Resource Vision and Goals

Watershed planning involves writing down a vision and goals to help guide your planning process. This work will

lay the foundation for measuring your success. Developing goals is iterative with assessing your watershed conditions and understanding resource potential. However, at the outset an overriding goal for the watershed and a set of general goals will help you "get started" with your planned outreach activities and work priority setting.

A vision statement is an idealized description of a desired outcome that inspires, energizes and helps you create a mental picture of your target. To achieve the best results, the vision will describe outcomes that are five to ten years away, although some look even further out.

What is your vision for the aquatic ecosystem in 20 to 50 years?
What are the goals for water quality, riparian areas, aquatic plant management, fisheries, and recreation?

Examples of overriding goals include:

To protect and restore the biological and physical health of -------- Creek and its tributaries.
To reestablish natural hydrologic processes in the -------- watershed.
To enhance the biological diversity and ecological functions in the -------- watershed.

Once an overriding goal is established, developing concrete goals around which resource characterizations, assessments and specific work recommendations can be developed, will make your plan much more concrete.

Resource Vision and Goals

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