1. Watershed Action Plan Complete Draft Dan Cloak Environmental Consulting April 3, 2003

2. Outline Update ●Review Action Plan process. ●Review events since August 2002. ●What’s new in the complete draft?

3. Outline Update ●Review Action Plan process. ●Review events since August. ●What’s new in the complete draft? Evaluate ●Outputs ●Outcomes

4. Update Jan. – March 2002 General Features 2001 Action Worksheets June 2002 Draft Chaps. 1 – 9 August 2002 Draft Chap. 10 “Strategic Policy Objectives” WMI’s Role & Future Next Steps for the WMI Target Audience & Length Objectives Contents

5. Since August 2002 Regulatory Executive Forum Structure & Staffing Prioritization Exercise San Jose/District Joint Meeting Action Plan Revisions

6. Major Changes in This Draft Expanded Chapter 1 to describe process used to create the Plan. Moved “Strategic Objectives” and “Next Steps” to Chapters 3 – 9 Focused Chapter 10 on WMI role Incorporated comments Notes & bibliography Added information resources Created an Executive Summary Graphics & layout

7. Evaluation Output: ●Did we do what we said we’d do? Outcome: ●Will we achieve our aims? OutputOutcome

8. Evaluating Outputs Primary Objectives Additional Objectives Target Audiences Characteristics Contents Outline

9. WAPTAG Achievements  Stayed focused on objectives  Met commitments & deadlines  Delivered more than expected  Maintained our sense of humor

10. Desired Outcomes How can we use the Watershed Action Plan to preserve and enhance Basin watersheds?

11. Strategic Objectives Incorporate the Vision into General Plans & Specific Area Plans

12. Strategic Objectives Drainage systems that detain or retain runoff.

13. Strategic Objectives Integrated planning of floodplains & riparian corridors

14. Strategic Objectives Integrated Water Resources Planning

15. Strategic Objectives Habitat Conservation Planning

16. Strategic Objectives Expand the Refuge

17. Strategic Objectives Multi-objective planning and adaptive management for in-stream projects & programs

18. Strategic Objectives Better assessments, TMDLs & discharge permits

19. Action Plan Structure  Introduction  Overview  to  Narratives ●Vision ●Natural & social history ●Regulatory mandates & programs ●Strategic objectives ●Next steps for the WMI  WMI Role

20. Achieving Strategic Objectives ObjectivesOpportunities  Implement multi-objective stream restoration projects using adaptive management Stream Stewardship Plans for the Guadalupe, West Valley, & Lower Peninsula watersheds  Coordinate TMDL & permit requirements to support planning & long- term regulatory stability Guadalupe Hg TMDL, SFC Sediment TMDL, PBDEs, EDCs, Trash “watch list”  Integrated multi-use planning of floodplains & riparian corridors Water Resources Protection Collaborative  Protect natural communities and species diversity on a landscape or ecosystem scale. HCP/NCCP process and planning for DESFBNWR expansion.

21. WMI Roles Facilitate stakeholder processes Bring consensus recommendations to decision-makers Educate and involve the public

22. Some Lessons Learned The process is the plan. Experience of collective learning, discovery, and problem-solving. Examine political & scientific facts & uncertainties. Prepare for ongoing adaptive management. The ways that we learn, as well as our knowledge, improve with experience.

23. Summary The complete draft incorporates stakeholder comments and the results of Core Group discussions. WAPTAG kept their eye on the ball. The Action Plan can help the WMI achieve significant results. Role described in Chapter 10 would require WMI to build capacity.

24. Conclusion Ecosystems are integrated and complex; social, legal, and political systems are also integrated and complex. These systems are in constant change, and change each other. Successful intervention follows from a common understanding of how our social, political, and natural environments interact. This Action Plan is one step in the journey toward that common understanding.

25. Discussion