Common Waters FundCommon Waters FundMaintain healthy forests in the Delaware River basin for clean drinking water• Funds Conservation Easement

expenses up to $25,000• Forest stewardship plans• Forest management practices

• Create a basin-wide community dedicated to working together. • Identify and protect areas deemed critical for water quality and identify the

practices that best contribute to maintaining water quality. • Encourage cross-boundary collaboration by facilitating communication,

information sharing, and partnerships. • Act as a regional information source for assembling educational outreach and

scientific research materials to enhance the collective knowledge base and support objective decision making.

• Increase public awareness of the status and trends of the region’s economy, community, and environment through the use of consistent data and information sharing.

• Develop a political will to bring funding to the region and seek out sources of conservation and economic development funds.

• Strengthen stakeholder capacity to address key issues. • Collaborate to incubate and promote initiatives that support and further the

goals of Common Waters. • Document project successes and failures to better assist other communities.

Common Waters PartnersCommon Waters Partners

Common Waters PartnersCommon Waters Partners

Common Waters PartnersCommon Waters Partners

Pike-Wayne Conservation PartnershipPike-Wayne Conservation Partnership

Confluence ProjectConfluence Project

Delaware Highlands ConservancyHawley, PA - 570.226.3164Bethel, NY - 845.583.1010

info@delawarehighlands.orgwww.DelawareHighlands.org

Thank You! Discussion?• What are the relevant constituents and messages for the What are the relevant constituents and messages for the

watershed? watershed? – How are they the same/different across the watershed? – Is it important to talk about the whole watershed? Sub-

watersheds? Clusters? – Do we know enough about them to say?

• What marketing & communications tools and resources are What marketing & communications tools and resources are needed at a watershed-wide scale? needed at a watershed-wide scale? – What’s better done centrally? – What’s better done locally?

• How can we take advantage of existing expertise in the How can we take advantage of existing expertise in the watershed? watershed? – Who/what organization(s) need to be involved? – Who/what are best to lead?

• Any important/new issues, opportunities, obstacles not discussed?Any important/new issues, opportunities, obstacles not discussed?