Collaborative Spaces and Places Liz Gladin Research Associate, SEI; Oxford, UK & Davis, Ca. USA Doctoral Candidate, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK 1

‘natural resource management is much more about managing relationships than managing resources’ (Natcher 2007) 2

Research Context IRWMP: transition to new governance model Widening stakeholder participation in NRM: exploring the ‘stakeholder infrastructure’ Water resources, uses and users: influences on management, historical legacies, water rights, information needs for collaborative decision making 3

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CABY region CABY Region Study Area - 4 watersheds highly integrated water resource infrastructure Sierra Nevada watersheds 5

The CABY IRWMP 6

WEAP Model for the CABY Watershed WEAP model schematic Model includes: 324 catchments 25 Reservoirs 39 diversions 33 hydropower plants 14 transmission links to 13 major water demands 7

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Additional Pressures Changing/conflicting policy landscapes. Upstream/in-region demands. Downstream/out-of-region demands. Fiscal Pressures on resources. Uncertainty: climate change, land use change, information needs. 9

Research Questions Collaborative process in CABY region? Form of SH participation? Multiple ‘Knowledges’ and values ? Network structures/processes? Impact on collaboration of multiple overlapping processes/participation? IRWMP regions within Sierra Region? 10

CABY Region Stakeholder Infrastructure includes IRWMP: state funding mechanism: state directive. FERC Hydro-relicensing application processes : federal mandatory. Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP): state mandatory. Yuba Salmon Forum (YSF) : watershed-based voluntary. Sierra Water Works Group (SWWG) : Sierra-wide IRWMP group – voluntary. 11

Research Approach Ethnographic – interviews, participant-observation. Stakeholder / Social Network analysis : SH meetings, public outreach meetings, project collaborations Knowledge mapping: disciplinary, professional, experiential, cultural Document analysis: organizational mission statements, SH participation guidelines, legislation/regulatory, response letters. 12

SNA map US political blogging 13

CABY Region Collaborative Forums 14

Building Capacity for Collaborative Resilience Spatial and temporal ‘nesting’ Diversity – heterogeneity, asymmetry, redundancy in resource/social /institutional components. Changes in network structure, process Self-organizing systems: accountability and sense-making, challenging, facilitating Knowledge: substantive, strategic – ‘ecology of games’; (Social) learning, uncertainties, adaptive 15

Building Capacity for Collaborative Resilience ‘ Fuzzy and overlapping’ collaborative networks Collaboration as a temporal and spatial process, not an event – collaborative memory Importance of place-based associations and spatial (re)scaling 16

Managing relationships 17 DWR Local Agency DWRCABYLocal Agency

Thank you. Feedback & Comments welcome Liz Gladin: 18