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Fraser River Action Plan 3rd Research Workshop Evaluating the Ecosystem Objective Setting Process in the Salmon River Watershed K. Grant Resource Management and Environmental Studies University of British Columbia This presentation reviewed the application of the “ecosystem objective setting process” in the Salmon River watershed, and then outlined a current research project to evaluate the success of the process. The “ecosystem objective setting process” is a process by which a community complies and reviews relevant information about the ecosystem in which they live, and then develops a long-term vision for their ecosystem based on what the community knows, and how ecosystem residents want to live. The vision is articulated in terms of “ecosystem objectives” (narrative statements which describe the desired state of an ecosystem). Over the past year, the Salmon River Watershed Roundtable has undertaken the ecosystem objective setting process in the Salmon River watershed. The main objective of the evaluation project was to: 1. place the case study in the context of current literature on watershed management and collaborative processes; 2. describe the procedures used in the case study; 3. evaluate the success of the process from both the participant’s and academic point of view; and, 4. make recommendations regarding the applicability of the process to other watershed ecosystems. Data collection methods included record collection, participant observation, interviews with process participants and a survey of watershed residents. Results of this study should be available in the form of a graduate thesis in August, 1996. Page 167
Fraser River Action Plan 3rd Research Workshop Development of a Citizen’s Monitoring Program for Benthic invertebrates in the Salmon River Watershed K.J. Cash and J.M. Culp National Hydrology Research Institute In consultation with the Salmon River Watershed Roundtable, we have been developing a monitoring program for the Salmon River that incorporates local knowledge and assists in the development of environmental objectives and bio-indicators. This program included the development of a simple, but rigorously designed, scientific monitoring program intended to be carried out by volunteers. Local stakeholders are involved in all aspects of the monitoring program from the setting of objectives, through field monitoring of the system and the interpretation of the collected data. In this way, the shareholders become more aware of and involved in local water quality issues, while providing considerable financial savings to provincial and federal governments. Our model is intended to serve as a template for the development of similar programs elsewhere in British Columbia. In addition, we are developing a simple reporting system for relating our scientific findings to the Roundtable and general public. This reporting system will be developed in consultation with the Roundtable and will be based on existing models such as the Save Our Streams and TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) River Pulse and Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Stream Keepers programs. Page 169
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