What are the benefits of the watershed council to the local community?

• Watershed councils are comprised of people from the local community. They represent local knowledge with ties to the existing community and its complexity.

• Watershed councils work across jurisdictional boundaries and across agency mandates to look at the watershed more holistically.
• The council can be a forum to bring local, state, and federal land management agencies and plans together with local property owners and private land managers.
• The council forum provides local people with a voice in natural resource management that can significantly influence watershed management decisions.