Using and Sustaining Partnerships to Collect, Share,

and Analyze Data

Kyle AbrahamEffectiveness Monitoring Coordinator

Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board

Brief History:Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds

Oregon Plan Monitoring StrategyOregon Watershed Enhancement Board

Ballot Measure 66 (1999)Ballot Measure 76 (2010)

What Does OWEB Do?OWEB Mission: To help protect and restore healthy watersheds and natural habitats that support thriving communities and strong economies.

Conservation Effectiveness PartnershipUnited States Department of Agriculture:

Natural Resource Conservation ServiceOregon Watershed Enhancement BoardOregon Department of Environmental QualityOregon Department of Agriculture

Conservation Effectiveness PartnershipAgencies signed Memorandum of

UnderstandingEstablished partnership goals:

Extent of the investment in watershed improvement actions;

How local organizations utilize the agencies grant programs;

Impacts of grant investments on water quality and watershed health;

Gaps in the treatment of priority limiting factors and watersheds; and

Tools and methods of reporting accomplishments.

Conservation Effectiveness Partnership

Accomplishments

Identify two basins where significant investments by all parties overlapped

Wilson River (Tillamook) Whychus Creek (Deschutes)

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OWRI_projects

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Tillamook Basin

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4th Field Watershed Boundary

0 10 205Miles

UpperDeschutes

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AccomplishmentsWilson River: Measurable decrease in E. coli bacteria.Whychus Creek: Significant decrease in stream

temperature.

Improvements in water quality

Using and Sustaining PartnershipsPartnership Examples

Oregon Plan for Salmon and WatershedsOregon Watershed Enhancement BoardConservation Effectiveness PartnershipMany other examples {

http://www.oregon.gov/OWEB/}

Recommendations for Success:Establish roles and responsibilitiesDevelop clear goals and objectivesMaintain open communication with partners

For more information:

Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watershedshttp://www.oregon-plan.org/

Oregon Watershed Enhancement Boardhttp://www.oregon.gov/OWEB/

Network of Oregon Watershed Councilshttp://oregonwatersheds.org/

Oregon Association of Conservation Districtshttp://www.oacd.org/

kyle.abraham@oweb.state.or.us