SWCD Partnership Projects Opportunities for Engagement, Consensus - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

SWCD Partnership Projects Opportunities for Engagement, Consensus and Execution Nicole Bernd District Manager

Partnerships Courtesy of ThoughtCo./Pinteres t Partnerships are complex vehicles for delivering practical solutions to social and community issues. (strenghtingnonprofits.org)

SAND HILL RIVER ROCK RIFFLE PROJECT Partners: • Sand Hill Watershed District • Funding/Engineering (Houston Engineering) • DNR Ecological Resources • Permitting/Funding (Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Fund) • US Army Corp of Engineers Funding/Permitting • • Board of Water and Soil Resources Funding (Clean Water Legacy Fund) • • West Polk SWCD Project Manager/Grant Awardee/Permitting •

RED LAKE WATERSHED PROJECT 134, POLK COUNTY DITCH 63 Partners: • Red Lake Watershed District • Funding/Permitting • Board of Water and Soil Resources • Funding (Clean Water Legacy Fund) • Landowner • West Polk SWCD Project Manager/Grant Awardee/Permitting • • Red River Valley Conservation Service Area Engineering

BURNHAM CREEK WATERSHED RESTORATION PROJECT Partners: • Red Lake Watershed District • Funding • DNR Ecological Resources • Funding/Permitting U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service • • Funding • US Army Corp of Engineers • Permitting • Natural Resource Conservation Service • Board of Water and Soil Resources • Funding (Clean Water Legacy Fund) • West Polk SWCD • Project Manager/Grant Awardee/Permitting Red River Valley Conservation Service Area • Engineering

Partnerships Courtesy of ThoughtCo./Pinteres t Partnerships are complex vehicles for delivering practical solutions to social and community issues. (strenghtingnonprofits.org)

EXPECTATIONS • Natural resources professionals work in a variety of fields that are focused on conserving and protecting waterways, oceans, soil and wildlife. They are often involved in management and policy development for sustainable use and harvesting to ensure that natural resources are available for future generations. (Learn.org) • Conserving and using natural resources in a balanced manner that provides environmental and public health, recreational and economic benefit is one of the largest challenges state lawmakers face. (ncls.org)

Watershed MPCA Districts Environmental Natu tural R Resou ource ce Re Realm Counties USDA Legislature USFWS MDA MDH Economic Universities USACE Benefit Cities SWCD TNC Consultants Recreational BWSR Public Health Communities Stakeholders DNR

Engagement Consensus Is it easy to engage? Is there common interest/concern? Is it there always100% agreement/participation? What to do with Nay-Sayers? How to keep the momentum? Are you herding cats!?

Implement (Execution)

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ABSTRACT As professionals, we are expected to utilize a range of networks to implement economically and environmentally successful projects which meet not just our own mission, but those of our partners as well. The definition of “natural resources” may have many interpretations which can be as diverse as fluvial geomorphology on a section of stream to who to call to get a skunk out of an outhouse. This connation with varied mission statements greatly influence on-the-ground benefits and may be highly dependent upon interpretation of “natural resources “encountered within any project goal. The challenges of interpretation and consequent alignment of partners’ goals are engagement, consensus and execution. Once these goals are met it will provide a competitive advantage when seeking funding to implement the management strategies that hold the same belief or mission of preserving, restoring, protecting and enhancing our natural resources. This session structure will be interactive by encouraging conversation of success stories, examples, questions, and scenarios.