Three Drop Thursday
Serious funding, Wiki! & Five Stages
Friends of Confluence West –
Welcome to Three Drop Thursday, a snapshot of what we’ve been paying attention to this week.
This week: serious headwaters restoration funds, Wiki! Wiki! and one the better quotes.
For the West,
Kimery
Serious funding & Tackling Three Queestions
Those who get our e-blasts regularly know that we’ve been paying close attention to the Forest Service’s new $5B (+) ten-year wildfire risk reduction “fireshed” strategy. Currently, this “risk-reduction” funding doesn’t prioritize work on critical watersheds, endangered wildlife habitat, or climate resilience. How do all of us healthy-headwaters-and-habitat-huggers ensure that these new funds are on par with the current Forest Service priority of community hardening and thinning?
Tapping into the expertise of the Healthy Headwaters Alliance, in January, we’re launching the Watersheds for Firesheds project supporting western tribes, NGOs, and municipalities, with timely resources and analysis focused on these questions:
When is the money coming?
What can it be used for?
What do you have to do to get it?
As we get the project up and running, we’ll ask you for your stories – what’s working? Where have you run into brick walls? What’s your best advice?
Wiki! Who’s Got a Wiki?
A group of some of Colorado Basin’s smartest researchers and scientists – that’s who! Welcome to the just-launched Colorado River Science Wiki. (If you’re not confused and worried about the trajectory and health of the Basin, then you’re not paying attention.) Here’s what’s in the Wiki:
Recent and ongoing Colorado River research efforts and findings
Up-to-date synthesis of the science relevant to management
One-stop access to key technical datasets and data tools
Informing discussions about the next Interim Guidelines (now that’s a brave group of Wiki-ers!)
Engaging the greater Colorado River community in joint information-gathering
The Five Stages - Quote of the Week
“For water agencies, embracing potable reuse is not unlike the five stages of grief - denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. “
Steven Moore, General Manager, Ross Valley Sanitary District, former Vice-Chair, California State Water Board
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