The Watershed Collaborative: Where did it come from? · 5/11/2016 · May 11, 2016 . Overview...
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The Watershed Collaborative: Where did it come from?
Arkansas Basin Roundtable
May 11, 2016
Overview
Colorado’s Water Plan and the Basin Implementation Plans
How Watershed Health came into the picture
The Sales Pitch from the Arkansas Basin Roundtable
The Watershed Health Working Group
Where we are now
The Colorado Water Plan
May, 2013 Governor Hickenlooper’s Executive Order
Basin Plans by July, 2014
Basin Implementation Plan
CWCB Board meeting, July, 2013 in Alamosa, CO
West Fork Fire burning in Rio Grande basin
Watershed Health added as a category
Arkansas Basin Roundtable:
Basin Implementation Plan—
Watershed Health Working
Group
Presentation to the Metro RT
January 8, 2014
Overview
Watershed Health within the Basin Plan
Arkansas is an Importing and Exporting basin
Non-consumptive needs
Capturing the experience of others
Fire Suppression
Post-fire recovery
Forest health
Other watershed environmental services
Basin Plan Outline
Imports &
Exports
Historic
Diversions
Twin Lakes
Homestake
Fry-Ark
Watershed
Health crosses
basin &
jurisdictional
boundaries
Final
Priority with
Zones of
Concern
Arkansas
Headwaters
Watershed
with 5-mile
upstream distance
Watershed Health Plan format but tied to Non-
Consumptive Needs (JW Asso.)
Thank you Colorado Springs Utilities for
brainstorming this approach
Going Forward
Invite the Federal, State and NGO’s to
participate
Deliverables
Establish a common technical platform for
watershed health plans (HUC’s)
Generate a reference “HOW TO” library
Produce a preliminary Watershed Health Basin
Action Plan
GIS Mapping Support by Colorado Springs
Utilities Watershed Section
The Invitation
BYOC & BYOS
Bring Your Own Consultants
Bring Your Own Staff
Ark RT will fund the facilitation
# of meetings can be reduced by webinar
Integration of basin-to-basin efforts
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Collaboration to generate Plans that are similar
across basin boundaries
Funding through future WSRA grants (joint?)
Watershed Health Working Group
Facilitator was key
Participation was tremendous
Particularly the public agencies
Hard to get the discussion away from WILD FIRE
Session at Roundtable Summit March, 2014
Webinar a big success
Mapping Products
Wheel of Fire
The Group works its way through the process
Colorado Water Plan Figure 7.1-3
“The Arkansas Basin illustrates a process with a strong emphasis on pre-disaster preparedness through collaborative dialogues with potentially affected parties”
Watershed Health Toolkit
Contents
“The following documents are included in this tookit to assist other roundtables, watersheds and communities in starting down the path toward improved watershed health:”
http://www.arkansasbasin.com/arkansas-bip
Watershed Health Toolkit
Color coded tools
Progression of Authority
Action Plan
CUSP Bylaws
Where We Are Now
Watershed Health Working Group now Arkansas River Watershed Collaborative
Coalitions and Cooperatives (COCO)
Watershed Health Coordinator
Draft a Strategic Plan
Questions or Comments