Texas Watershed Planning

July 8, 2009: Sustainable Organizational Structure for Long-Term WPP Implementation

9:30 - 10 a.m. Welcome & Purpose/Introductions [Aaron Wendt, TSSWCB]
10 - 10:15 a.m. Models for Sustainability [Roger Miranda, TCEQ]
10:15 - 10:30 a.m. National Perspective on Watershed Group Organization [Matt Berg, AgriLife Extension]
10:30 - 10:40 a.m. Break
10:40 - 11:40 a.m. Sustaining Watershed Groups and Implementation [Bill Jarocki, NW Env. Finance Ctr.]
11:40 - 12:10 p.m. Creating and then Working with a Nonprofit Conservation Partner [Bill West, GBRA]
  • San Antonio Bay Foundation
  • Guadalupe-Blanco River Trust
12:10 - 12:30 p.m. Catered working lunch (or bring your own)
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Legal Framework for Nonprofit Organization Formation
  • Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations [Barry Silverberg]
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Discussion of Organizational Structures [Aaron Wendt, TSSWCB]
2:30 - 2:40 p.m. Break
2:40 - 3:15 p.m. Other topics for discussion/status/follow-up [Aaron Wendt, TSSWCB]
  • Clearinghouse of Funding Mechanisms [Kevin Wagner, TWRI]
  • Texas Watershed Planning Short Course [Kevin Wagner, TWRI]
  • Texas Watershed Steward Program [Jennifer Peterson, AgriLife Extension]
  • Initiative for Watershed Excellence [Eric Mendelman, RSI]
  • Texas Stream Team [Jason Pinchback, RSI]
  • EPA WPP Review Guide [Mike Bira, USEPA]
3:15 - 3:30 p.m. Wrap-Up [Kerry Niemann, TCEQ]
  • Other Tools and Resources Needed by Coordinators
  • Next meeting
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