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The Regional Watershed Roundtables
All across the country diverse watershed interests have been gathering in Regional Watershed Roundtables to discuss the challenges facing today's watersheds. Using seed money provided by several federal agencies, the convenors of the Roundtables assembled diverse stakeholders from watersheds in their regions to identify and begin addressing common challenges. Each of the 13 Roundtables is unique, but some share similar goals, such as:
- Enhancing communication among local watershed interests.
- Providing forums for stakeholder discussions of barriers and innovative solutions to watershed management challenges.
- Providing peer-to-peer learning opportunities.
- Identifying areas of common ground.
- Identifying priorities and solving problems.
The experience and findings of the Roundtables will serve as building blocks for the National Watershed Forum so that it will meet the needs of the broad array of stakeholders involved in collaborative watershed protection and restoration efforts throughout the nation.
Following you will find the contact information for your Watershed Regions. There is some overlapping, however feel free to contact whomever you feel is appropriate with any questions or comments you might have.
Heartland
Rachael Herpel
Includes Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska
Alaska
Paul Jackson
Includes Alaska
Southeast
James Johnston
http://www.littletennesseewatershed.org
Includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Mississippi, and Puerto Rico
Northeast
Leslie Kane
Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont
South Central
Laura Koester
Includes Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
Great Lakes
Rae Ann Maday
Includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
Upper Mississippi
http://www.audubon.org/campaigns/umr/
Dan McGuiness Includes Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin
Pacific Northwest
Don Nelson
http://csanr.wsu.edu
Includes Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
Mid Atlantic
Carol O'Beirne
Includes Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia
Intermountain
Lee Roberts
Includes Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico (South Central), and Utah
California
Sari Sommarstrom
Includes California
Appalachian-Coal
Barry Thacker
Includes Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia
Rocky Mountain
Mary Ellen Wolfe
Includes Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming
