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resource management:
watershed management
Watershed – or drainage basins – are a
useful geographic unit to better manage the interconnected and interdependent
resources of the ecosystem. The
integrated approach for resource management calls for the need to
understand the interactive environmental processes at the watershed scale to
balance the demand on the natural resources against the ecological, economic,
and social stability and cumulative environmental effects.
Watershed management integrates different
issues as it addresses the utilization, protection, restoration, and
improvement of water resources, water quality, stream systems, lakes,
estuaries, floodplains, forestry, aquatic resources, wildlife and vegetation,
recreation, and hydropower.
Watershed issues require coordination and
collaboration among multiple agencies and stakeholders, which are often
achieved by forming Watershed Partnerships.
This partnership approach is a relatively new method of watershed
management. In this method,
public agencies, organizations, and stakeholders work together in a
community-based collaborative decision making framework.
This ensures that those who are most interested and most affected by
the outcome of the decision are participants in the decision process.
At WRIME, Inc., we offer
our services to you to build watershed partnerships for effective watershed
management. Our experience in the
collaborative process and expertise in the tools and technology to analyze and
interpret watershed data makes us uniquely qualified to serve our clients.
We believe that technology alone cannot resolve issues unless it is
related and made consistent with the fundamental understanding of the natural,
social, ecological, and economic systems.
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