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WMB – Reorganization Process
Update – January 2012
Watershed
Management
Bureau
Current situation
Watershed
Management
Bureau
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About 45 full and part-time positions.
the summer.
8 – 10 interns in
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20+ programs
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12-15 funding sources
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~ 12 year history with current organization
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Declining budgets, challenges ahead
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Collecting less data than in past
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We do a pretty good job at what we do, but we can do
better.
WMB Programs
305(B) & 303(D) Reports and Water Quality
Assessments
Pool and Spa Inspections
Ambient River Monitoring
Permit Evaluations
Beach Inspections
Shellfish
Biomonitoring
Volunteer Lake Assessment Program
Coastal Program
Volunteer River Assessment Program
Ecological Risk Assessment
Water Quality Standards
Exotic Aquatic Plant Control
Watershed Assistance Section
NPS - Education and Outreach
Instream Flow Protection
Watershed Data Management
Lakes Management and Protection
Watershed Investigations/Complaints
Rivers Management and Protection
Watershed
Management
Bureau
Limnology Center
Watershed Protection and Restoration
Chaos Theory
Conference
Watershed
Management
Bureau
Purpose
Watershed
Management
Bureau
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To better organize the Watershed Management Bureau to
gain efficiencies, better focus on mission critical tasks and to
better utilized the skills and experience of WMB staff.
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To be better placed to handle opportunities (eg. new grants)
and challenges (eg. Federal budget cuts) without
deterioration of core mission activities.
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To better define the role of WMB within DES and relative to
other organizations throughout the state.
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To better communicate the information and products that
WMB creates and houses.
Process
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Watershed
Management
Bureau
WMB staff survey
Focus area workshops – outcomes
Outcome workshops – efficiencies
and priorities
Interviews with senior leadership
Reorg plan
Implementation
Assess
Focus areas
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Monitoring
Planning
Outreach
Restoration/protection
Regulation
Initial
observations and
next steps.
Watershed
Management
Bureau