The Community Watershed Stewardship Program: experiments in engagement and equity in Portland, OR

Miller, Thaddeus R.; Goodling, Erin; Herrington, Cameron; Devlin, Jennifer

doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2015.08.008

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“…In water governance cases, for example, operationalizing this feature requires that 454 built capacities (Section 3.1.1) and structural changes (Section 3.1.4) support human 455 prosperity. It includes providing long-term access to water with sufficient quality and quantity 456 to satisfy people's basic livelihood needs, enhance their psycho-physical well-being, and 457 pursue economic activities while also maintaining ecological functions (Larson et al, 2013 In addition, decision-making is required that improves long-term renewability of freshwater 475 resources and supports efficient and wise use of water (Shah and Gibson, 2013 as reported by Miller et al (2015). In collaboration with the university the program 484 experimented with application procedures, messaging and outreach to increase the number 485 of projects that involved underrepresented communities while producing watershed health 486 benefits.…”

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Learning through evaluation – A tentative evaluative scheme for sustainability transition experiments

Luederitz

Schäpke

Wiek

et al. 2017

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Transitions towards sustainability are urgently needed to address the interconnected challenges of economic development, ecological integrity, and social justice, from local to global scales. Around the world, collaborative science-society initiatives are forming to conduct experiments in support of sustainability transitions. Such experiments, if carefully designed, provide significant learning opportunities for making progress on transition efforts. Yet, there is no broadly applicable evaluative scheme available to capture this critical information across a large number of cases, and to guide the design of transition experiments. To address this gap, the article develops such a scheme, in a tentative form, drawing on evaluative research and sustainability transitions scholarship, alongside insights from empirical cases. We critically discuss the scheme's key features of being generic, comprehensive, operational, and formative. Furthermore, we invite scholars and practitioners to apply, reflect and further develop the proposed tentative scheme -making evaluation and experiments objects of learning.

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Section: A C C E P T E D Accepted Manuscriptmentioning

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Learning through evaluation – A tentative evaluative scheme for sustainability transition experiments

Luederitz

Schäpke

Wiek

et al. 2017

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Stewardship can be in form of reformist, adaptive, sustainability, and transformative (Mathevet et al 2018). Public engagement is the critical element of stewardship in formal and informal way (Miller et al 2015). Stewardship evaluation at a catchment level showed that stewardship, in form of restoration, is influenced by the population density, political and program boundary, financial and technical resources, collaboration, and communication (Sheppard et al 2017).…”

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The potential for water stewardship partnership in Kenya

Isundwa

Mourad²

2019

Arab J Geosci

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Water resources face risks due to water use stress and water scarcity. Collective and integrated actions by different institutions and stakeholders are needed to reduce future water risks. This paper aimed to assess the potential for a water stewardship partnership in River Nzoia Basin to reduce future water risks facing the ecosystem, agriculture, and other sectors by quantifying water risks and mapping stakeholders for a water stewardship partnership in the basin. Water risks were quantified using indicators from remote sensing platforms and secondary sources. Stakeholder mapping was conducted using stakeholder analysis, while stakeholders' views were collected using questionnaires. The results showed that there is a high fluctuation in the vegetation cover and primary productivity in the basin pointing to a degradation and deforestation. It was also noted that there is an increase in the frequency and severity of drought and high evapotranspiration rates in some parts of the basin due to the low vegetation cover. Combining the results indicated an increase in water risk between 2000 and 2014 in different parts of the basin at a different magnitude of risks. The conducted interviews found that the basin lacked a stewardship program. However, there was a potential for a successful stewardship partnership among stakeholders as most of the stakeholders showed their ability to play a role in the stewardship program. The paper showed a need to form a water stewardship program at the basin to tackle drought, deforestation, and land degradation. The proposed water stewardship program should be built on commitment, transparency, and inclusivity.

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“…Also, restored floodplains are valued for ecosystem services like flood control. Framing goals in terms of human well‐being and ecosystem services might also increase the relevancy of this work among a more urbanized and increasingly diverse population …”

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Reimagining watershed restoration: a call for new investment and support structures for greater resiliency and long‐term impact

Warren

Reeve

Arnold³

2016

WIREs Water

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Hundreds of locally based watershed initiatives have mobilized stakeholders to take voluntary action to restore the ecological conditions of North America's watersheds. Lead organizations rely on project‐based grant funding, alignment with government programs, and volunteerism to incrementally restore what is ultimately a vast and complex ecosystem. Structurally, the vision and goals of these initiatives often exceed available resources and capacity. In 1999, the Bonneville Environmental Foundation began to test ways by which a funder might increase the capacity of local watershed organizations to achieve long‐term watershed restoration goals through a 10‐year commitment of funding and technical support. We partnered with other funders, collectively seeking solutions to increase the impact of this work. Reflecting on 13 years experience across 21 watersheds in 7 western states (USA), we have concluded that the scale of ecological change desired requires a time frame for planning, implementation, and public engagement that is inconsistent with present‐day approaches. This has left us asking how can the capacity and impact of a watershed initiative be sustained over many decades—a time frame that exceeds the tenure of any individual leader, the proven life cycles of many nonprofit organizations, and the commitment of most funders? Clear themes have emerged: (1) engaging diverse stakeholders in planning, (2) orienting the work around broader goals, (3) emphasizing human well‐being, and (4) developing resilient partnerships. Reimagining watershed restoration in this context, we suggest a new agenda for action and research that emphasizes a multidecadal planning horizon integrating climate change projections and changing demographics and social values. WIREs Water 2017, 4:e1174. doi: 10.1002/wat2.1174 This article is categorized under: Water and Life > Conservation, Management, and Awareness Engineering Water > Planning Water Human Water > Water Governance

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The Community Watershed Stewardship Program: experiments in engagement and equity in Portland, OR

Cited by 10 publications

References 7 publications

Learning through evaluation – A tentative evaluative scheme for sustainability transition experiments

Learning through evaluation – A tentative evaluative scheme for sustainability transition experiments

The potential for water stewardship partnership in Kenya

Reimagining watershed restoration: a call for new investment and support structures for greater resiliency and long‐term impact

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