Title
Watershed Restoration Coalition’s Approach to Watershed Restoration in the Upper Clark Fork River Basin
Abstract
Watershed restoration efforts focus on implementing restoration plans to restore impacted systems with fully functioning systems. The ultimate goal of this process is to meet restoration targets that are demonstrated through long-term monitoring. Many watershed groups hold meetings to define watershed issues, develop environmental policy to protect their watershed, and monitor watershed health to help prioritize where restoration should take place. However, most watershed groups and partner organizations struggle to actually implement large scale restoration plans that make measurable improvements at a watershed scale.
The Watershed Restoration Coalition of the Upper Clark Fork (WRC) began its mission in 1999 to restore impacted watersheds and to protect open space in the Upper Clark Fork River Basin (UCFRB). Twelve strategic components are used by the WRC to implement successful watershed scale restoration efforts. This paper presents the WRC’s implementation strategy, philosophy, values, pitfalls, and current projects that are used to bring about watershed scale improvement in water quality, watershed physical attributes, ecosystems, and preservation of open space.
Start Date
1-4-2005 1:00 PM
End Date
1-4-2005 3:00 PM
Document Type
Poster
Watershed Restoration Coalition’s Approach to Watershed Restoration in the Upper Clark Fork River Basin
Watershed restoration efforts focus on implementing restoration plans to restore impacted systems with fully functioning systems. The ultimate goal of this process is to meet restoration targets that are demonstrated through long-term monitoring. Many watershed groups hold meetings to define watershed issues, develop environmental policy to protect their watershed, and monitor watershed health to help prioritize where restoration should take place. However, most watershed groups and partner organizations struggle to actually implement large scale restoration plans that make measurable improvements at a watershed scale.
The Watershed Restoration Coalition of the Upper Clark Fork (WRC) began its mission in 1999 to restore impacted watersheds and to protect open space in the Upper Clark Fork River Basin (UCFRB). Twelve strategic components are used by the WRC to implement successful watershed scale restoration efforts. This paper presents the WRC’s implementation strategy, philosophy, values, pitfalls, and current projects that are used to bring about watershed scale improvement in water quality, watershed physical attributes, ecosystems, and preservation of open space.