Community-Based Watershed Management

Supporting the capacity of municipalities, tribes, and community-based organizations to effectively steward, restore and develop their local watershed resources.

March 7th
Centennial Hall
8:30- 5:00pm

Alaska’s Waters: Challenges & Opportunities

Presentations in collaboration with American Water Resources Association

March 8th
Baranof Hotel
8:30- 5:30pm

Community Based Watershed Management-Identifying the Issues and Planning For Solutions

Session 1: Highlighting the Need for CBWM; Case Studies in Alaska
Session 2: The First Steps to Identifying the Issues: The Planning Processes- Community-based Planning and Management
Session 3: Framing the Message to engage the community

March 9th
Baranof Hotel
8:30- 5:00pm

CBWM-Putting the Plan into Action and Ensuring Credible Projects

Session 1: Credible Restoration: projects that result in local economic gain, meet ecological performance standards, and benefit community health.

Session 2: Securing Funding for CBWM: Developing a Strong Proposal, Building a Budget, Navigating State and Federal granting requirements

Connect: To bring together a diverse group of natural resource and community development professionals, agency staffers, tribes, municipalities, regional organizations, and other user groups who are working on watershed and land management issues in Southeast Alaska and the State.

Inform: To offer session trainings and panel discussions that provide participants with specific tools and resources necessary to carry out projects and management strategies that promote the local; watersheds resources, economy and community health.

Participate: To identify strategic partnership opportunities and ways to work collaboratively across the region that will continue to support and enhance informed community-based watershed projects and management strategies.