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Watershed Action Plan Complete Draft Dan Cloak Environmental Consulting April 3, 2003 Outline Update ● Review Action Plan process. ● Review events since August 2002. ● What’s new in the complete draft? Outline Update ● Review Action Plan process. ● Review events since August. ● What’s new in the complete draft? Evaluate ● Outputs ● Outcomes Update 2001 June 2002 Action Worksheets Draft Chaps. 1–9 Jan. – March 2002 August 2002 General Features Draft Chap. 10 Objectives WMI’s Role & Future Target Audience & Length “Strategic Policy Objectives” Contents Next Steps for the WMI Since August 2002 Regulatory Executive Forum Structure & Staffing Prioritization Exercise San Jose/District Joint Meeting Action Plan Revisions Major Changes in This Draft Expanded Chapter 1 to describe process used to create the Plan. Moved “Strategic Objectives” and “Next Steps” to Chapters 3 – 9 Focused Chapter 10 on WMI role Incorporated comments Notes & bibliography Added information resources Created an Executive Summary Graphics & layout Evaluation Output: ● Did we do what we said we’d do? Outcome: ● Will we achieve our aims? Output Outcome Evaluating Outputs Primary Objectives Additional Objectives Target Audiences Characteristics Contents Outline WAPTAG Achievements Stayed focused on objectives Met commitments & deadlines Delivered more than expected Maintained our sense of humor Desired Outcomes How can we use the Watershed Action Plan to preserve and enhance Basin watersheds? Strategic Objectives Incorporate the Vision into General Plans & Specific Area Plans Strategic Objectives Drainage systems that detain or retain runoff. Strategic Objectives Integrated planning of floodplains & riparian corridors Strategic Objectives Integrated Water Resources Planning Strategic Objectives Habitat Conservation Planning Strategic Objectives Expand the Refuge Strategic Objectives Multi-objective planning and adaptive management for in-stream projects & programs Strategic Objectives Better assessments, TMDLs & discharge permits Action Plan Structure Introduction Overview to Narratives ● Vision ● Natural & social history ● Regulatory mandates & programs ● Strategic objectives ● Next steps for the WMI WMI Role Achieving Strategic Objectives Objectives Opportunities Implement multi-objective Stream Stewardship Plans stream restoration projects for the Guadalupe, West using adaptive management Valley, & Lower Peninsula watersheds Coordinate TMDL & permit requirements to support planning & longterm regulatory stability Guadalupe Hg TMDL, SFC Sediment TMDL, PBDEs, EDCs, Trash “watch list” Integrated multi-use planning of floodplains & riparian corridors Water Resources Protection Collaborative Protect natural communities and species diversity on a landscape or ecosystem scale. HCP/NCCP process and planning for DESFBNWR expansion. WMI Roles Facilitate stakeholder processes Bring consensus recommendations to decision-makers Educate and involve the public Some Lessons Learned The process is the plan. Experience of collective learning, discovery, and problem-solving. Examine political & scientific facts & uncertainties. Prepare for ongoing adaptive management. The ways that we learn, as well as our knowledge, improve with experience. Summary The complete draft incorporates stakeholder comments and the results of Core Group discussions. WAPTAG kept their eye on the ball. The Action Plan can help the WMI achieve significant results. Role described in Chapter 10 would require WMI to build capacity. Conclusion Ecosystems are integrated and complex; social, legal, and political systems are also integrated and complex. These systems are in constant change, and change each other. Successful intervention follows from a common understanding of how our social, political, and natural environments interact. This Action Plan is one step in the journey toward that common understanding. Discussion