Watershed Management Bureau WMB – Reorganization Process Update – January 2012

Watershed Management Bureau Current situation  About 45 full and part-time positions. 8 – 10 interns in the summer.  20+ programs  funding sources  ~ 12 year history with current organization  Declining budgets, challenges ahead  Collecting less data than in past  We do a pretty good job at what we do, but we can do better.

Watershed Management Bureau WMB Programs 305(B) & 303(D) Reports and Water Quality Assessments Pool and Spa Inspections Ambient River MonitoringPermit Evaluations Beach InspectionsShellfish BiomonitoringVolunteer Lake Assessment Program Coastal ProgramVolunteer River Assessment Program Ecological Risk AssessmentWater Quality Standards Exotic Aquatic Plant Control Watershed Assistance Section NPS - Education and Outreach Instream Flow ProtectionWatershed Data Management Lakes Management and ProtectionWatershed Investigations/Complaints Rivers Management and Protection Watershed Protection and Restoration Limnology Center

Watershed Management Bureau Chaos Theory Conference

Watershed Management Bureau Purpose  To better organize the Watershed Management Bureau to gain efficiencies, better focus on mission critical tasks and to better utilized the skills and experience of WMB staff.  To be better placed to handle opportunities (eg. new grants) and challenges (eg. Federal budget cuts) without deterioration of core mission activities.  To better define the role of WMB within DES and relative to other organizations throughout the state.  To better communicate the information and products that WMB creates and houses.

Watershed Management Bureau Process  WMB staff survey  Focus area workshops – outcomes  Outcome workshops – efficiencies and priorities  Interviews with senior leadership  Reorg plan  Implementation  Assess

Watershed Management Bureau Focus areas  Monitoring  Planning  Outreach  Restoration/protection  Regulation Initial observations and next steps.