To assure that watershed groups can play a valuable substantive role in states’ watershed management programs, encourage and maintain heterogeneous participation in watershed partnerships as they work through assessment, planning or day-to-day operations of the partnership, wrestle with internal differences, and establish new collective goals and strategies to achieve them. Continue reading →
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Bidwell, R. D., & Ryan, C. M. (2006) Finding 2
To assure that watershed groups can play a valuable substantive role in states’ watershed management programs, encourage active recruiting to include a variety of perspectives. As collaborative policies are developed, sponsors must strike a balance to achieve an appropriate balance of participants to address each concern. Continue reading →
Bidwell, R. D., & Ryan, C. M. (2006) Finding 3
Explicitly recognize the implications of organizational affiliation when designingpolicies that foster collaboration in watersheds. Organizational culture and preexisting constituent relationships may dictate definitions of the problem and the range of preferred alternatives in agency-affiliated partnerships. Continue reading →
Ferreyra, C., & Beard, P. (2007) Finding 1
Define both technical and collaborative management targets for watershed management. Continue reading →
Ferreyra, C., & Beard, P. (2007) Finding 3
Develop collaborative advantage in watershed management by working to develop and emphasize benefits not only for the partnership as a whole, but also for every individual and organization involved (e.g. access to credible data, learning opportunities, support for individual initiatives, local relevance, etc). Continue reading →
Ferreyra, C., & Beard, P. (2007) Finding 4
Build interorganizational leadership skills among watershed management team members that addresses the inherent tension between the nurturing and steering functions of leadership in network settings. Focus on an effective but at the same time democratic leadership style that empowers participants to respectfully engage during discussions, allowing for constructive disagreement to enrich both dialogue and action. Continue reading →
Ferreyra, C., & Beard, P. (2007) Finding 5
Build watershed management team member ownership of a certain action by focusing on actions where consequences are more immediately visible, such as those that can have an impact on watershed sub-units or on communities of interest. Continue reading →
Ferreyra, C., & Beard, P. (2007) Finding 6
To facility collaborative watershed management, design a multi-level communication strategy that addresses inter-personal, inter-organization, and community needs. Continue reading →
Ferreyra, C., & Beard, P. (2007) Finding 7
Establish an evaluation system for collaborative watershed management that takes into consideration not only the quality and quantity of water resources, but also the quality and quantity of interorganizational alliances, capacity and knowledge of each partner organization. Continue reading →
Hoppe, K. (2005) Finding 1
In social marketing projects, focus communication messages on sources of water pollution and actions that must be taken, when the public is already aware that they should care about water quality. Continue reading →
