The aerial perspective as a tool for collaborative restoration and management initiatives.
Presentation Abstract
The aerial perspective is a useful tool to understand watershed-scale issues and to bring stakeholders and decision-makers together for collaborative restoration and management initiatives. Watershed-scale dynamics and processes are complex. Layer on multiple political jurisdictions, competing land uses, topography, and ecology and the issues can seem abstract and disjointed. In addition, the ability to gather objective data and monitor progress can be a vital part of protection and restoration efforts. Through the aerial perspective provided by a small plane: interconnections between differing land use types are easier to understand; monitoring vast and remote areas is completed more effectively and requires less time; threats and opportunities can be identified, documented and presented to the public more effectively. In addition, elected officials, state and federal agencies; local conservation districts; shellfish growers; dairy farmers; tribal leaders and others can collaborate more effectively when they can better understand the multiple perspectives represented in a watershed. The aerial perspective allows people to truly understand a river system from the headwaters to the delta. This presentation will focus on two case studies in the Puget Sound region (the Samish River and the Nisqually River) where the use of the aerial perspective has been instrumental in fostering successful outcomes.
Session Title
Session S-08G: Rethinking Our Waterways: Effective Collaboration with Landowners, Project Partners and Decision Makers
Conference Track
Shorelines
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2014 : Seattle, Wash.)
Document Type
Event
Start Date
1-5-2014 5:00 PM
End Date
1-5-2014 6:30 PM
Location
Room 6C
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Aerial photography in watershed management--Washington (State)--Samish River Watershed; Aerial photography in watershed management--Washington (State)--Nisqually River Watershed
Geographic Coverage
Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); Samish River Watershed (Wash.); Nisqually River Watershed (Wash.)
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
The aerial perspective as a tool for collaborative restoration and management initiatives.
Room 6C
The aerial perspective is a useful tool to understand watershed-scale issues and to bring stakeholders and decision-makers together for collaborative restoration and management initiatives. Watershed-scale dynamics and processes are complex. Layer on multiple political jurisdictions, competing land uses, topography, and ecology and the issues can seem abstract and disjointed. In addition, the ability to gather objective data and monitor progress can be a vital part of protection and restoration efforts. Through the aerial perspective provided by a small plane: interconnections between differing land use types are easier to understand; monitoring vast and remote areas is completed more effectively and requires less time; threats and opportunities can be identified, documented and presented to the public more effectively. In addition, elected officials, state and federal agencies; local conservation districts; shellfish growers; dairy farmers; tribal leaders and others can collaborate more effectively when they can better understand the multiple perspectives represented in a watershed. The aerial perspective allows people to truly understand a river system from the headwaters to the delta. This presentation will focus on two case studies in the Puget Sound region (the Samish River and the Nisqually River) where the use of the aerial perspective has been instrumental in fostering successful outcomes.
