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Using and Sustaining Partnerships to Collect, Share,
and Analyze Data
Kyle AbrahamEffectiveness Monitoring Coordinator
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
Brief History:Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds
Oregon Plan Monitoring StrategyOregon Watershed Enhancement Board
Ballot Measure 66 (1999)Ballot Measure 76 (2010)
What Does OWEB Do?OWEB Mission: To help protect and restore healthy watersheds and natural habitats that support thriving communities and strong economies.
Conservation Effectiveness PartnershipUnited States Department of Agriculture:
Natural Resource Conservation ServiceOregon Watershed Enhancement BoardOregon Department of Environmental QualityOregon Department of Agriculture
Conservation Effectiveness PartnershipAgencies signed Memorandum of
UnderstandingEstablished partnership goals:
Extent of the investment in watershed improvement actions;
How local organizations utilize the agencies grant programs;
Impacts of grant investments on water quality and watershed health;
Gaps in the treatment of priority limiting factors and watersheds; and
Tools and methods of reporting accomplishments.
Conservation Effectiveness Partnership
Accomplishments
Identify two basins where significant investments by all parties overlapped
Wilson River (Tillamook) Whychus Creek (Deschutes)
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OWRI_projects
4th Field Watershed Boundary
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Tillamook Basin
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OWRI_projects
4th Field Watershed Boundary
0 10 205Miles
UpperDeschutes
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WR3
WR5
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AccomplishmentsWilson River: Measurable decrease in E. coli bacteria.Whychus Creek: Significant decrease in stream
temperature.
Improvements in water quality
Using and Sustaining PartnershipsPartnership Examples
Oregon Plan for Salmon and WatershedsOregon Watershed Enhancement BoardConservation Effectiveness PartnershipMany other examples {
http://www.oregon.gov/OWEB/}
Recommendations for Success:Establish roles and responsibilitiesDevelop clear goals and objectivesMaintain open communication with partners
For more information:
Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watershedshttp://www.oregon-plan.org/
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Boardhttp://www.oregon.gov/OWEB/
Network of Oregon Watershed Councilshttp://oregonwatersheds.org/
Oregon Association of Conservation Districtshttp://www.oacd.org/