Watershed Management Bureau

WMB – Reorganization Process

Update – January 2012

Watershed Management Bureau

Current situation

About 45 full and part-time positions. 8 – 10 interns in the summer.

20+ programs

12-15 funding sources

~ 12 year history with current organization

Declining budgets, challenges ahead

Collecting less data than in past

We do a pretty good job at what we do, but we can do better.

Watershed Management Bureau

WMB Programs

305(B) & 303(D) Reports and Water Quality Assessments

Pool and Spa Inspections

Ambient River Monitoring Permit Evaluations

Beach Inspections Shellfish

Biomonitoring Volunteer Lake Assessment Program

Coastal Program Volunteer River Assessment Program

Ecological Risk Assessment Water Quality Standards

Exotic Aquatic Plant ControlWatershed Assistance Section NPS - Education and Outreach

Instream Flow Protection Watershed Data Management

Lakes Management and Protection Watershed Investigations/Complaints

Rivers Management and ProtectionWatershed Protection and Restoration

Limnology Center

Watershed Management Bureau

Chaos Theory

Conference

Watershed Management Bureau

Purpose

To better organize the Watershed Management Bureau to gain efficiencies, better focus on mission critical tasks and to better utilized the skills and experience of WMB staff.

To be better placed to handle opportunities (eg. new grants) and challenges (eg. Federal budget cuts) without deterioration of core mission activities.

To better define the role of WMB within DES and relative to other organizations throughout the state.

To better communicate the information and products that

WMB creates and houses.

Watershed Management Bureau

Process

WMB staff survey Focus area workshops – outcomes Outcome workshops – efficiencies

and priorities Interviews with senior leadership Reorg plan Implementation Assess

Watershed Management Bureau

Focus areas Monitoring Planning Outreach Restoration/protection Regulation

Initial observations and next steps.