Constituency Building by Delaware Highlands Conservancy
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Common Waters FundCommon Waters FundMaintain healthy forests in the Delaware River basin for clean drinking water• Funds Conservation Easement
expenses up to $25,000• Forest stewardship plans• Forest management practices
• Create a basin-wide community dedicated to working together. • Identify and protect areas deemed critical for water quality and identify the
practices that best contribute to maintaining water quality. • Encourage cross-boundary collaboration by facilitating communication,
information sharing, and partnerships. • Act as a regional information source for assembling educational outreach and
scientific research materials to enhance the collective knowledge base and support objective decision making.
• Increase public awareness of the status and trends of the region’s economy, community, and environment through the use of consistent data and information sharing.
• Develop a political will to bring funding to the region and seek out sources of conservation and economic development funds.
• Strengthen stakeholder capacity to address key issues. • Collaborate to incubate and promote initiatives that support and further the
goals of Common Waters. • Document project successes and failures to better assist other communities.
Common Waters PartnersCommon Waters Partners
Common Waters PartnersCommon Waters Partners
Common Waters PartnersCommon Waters Partners
Pike-Wayne Conservation PartnershipPike-Wayne Conservation Partnership
Confluence ProjectConfluence Project
Thank You! Discussion?• What are the relevant constituents and messages for the What are the relevant constituents and messages for the
watershed? watershed? – How are they the same/different across the watershed? – Is it important to talk about the whole watershed? Sub-
watersheds? Clusters? – Do we know enough about them to say?
• What marketing & communications tools and resources are What marketing & communications tools and resources are needed at a watershed-wide scale? needed at a watershed-wide scale? – What’s better done centrally? – What’s better done locally?
• How can we take advantage of existing expertise in the How can we take advantage of existing expertise in the watershed? watershed? – Who/what organization(s) need to be involved? – Who/what are best to lead?
• Any important/new issues, opportunities, obstacles not discussed?Any important/new issues, opportunities, obstacles not discussed?
