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The South Santiam Watershed is situated in the Central Cascades and flows into the Willamette Valley. It drains approximately 1,040 square miles in area. With steep, mountainous terrain in the east and a low floodplain to the west, the watershed is characterized by much variation in elevation, ecoregions, and land use practices. The watershed supports three communities (Sweet Home, Lebanon, and Scio), and is located in Linn County, Oregon.

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Créé en 1976 entre les collectivités riveraines de la Basse-Durance, le SMAVD regroupe 78 communes riveraines de la Durance, les 4 Départements de Vaucluse, Bouches du Rhône, Alpes de Haute Provence et Hautes Alpes, ainsi que la Région PACA. Concessionnaire de la gestion du Domaine Public Fluvial de la Durance depuis 1982, le SMAVD oeuvre essentiellement dans les domaines suivants : ...

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The North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance (NSWA) supports stakeholder and public discussion concerning all aspects of Integrated Watershed Management for the North Saskatchewan River watershed in Alberta. NSWA is one of eleven Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils (WPACs) in Alberta.

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In 1997, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska and the Department of Interior formed a unique partnership with the goal of developing a shared approach for managing the Platte River. Water users from the three states and local and national conservation groups joined the effort. Together, these stakeholders developed an innovative approach for improving the management of the Platte — for the health of the ecosystem and the people that depend on it.

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Founded in 1996, the Sacramento River Watershed Program brings together dozens of groups and thousands of people, concerned about the health of the Sacramento River and its watershed. Covering 27,000 square miles from the Oregon border to the Delta, the Sacramento River Watershed covers most of northern California, linking every aspect of life in the region.

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How do you promote better management of water from a reservoir that provides services to two independently managed, and rapidly growing, provinces?

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The Upper Neuse River Basin Association (UNRBA) was formed in 1996 to provide an ongoing forum for cooperation on water quality protection and water resource planning and management within the 770-square-mile watershed. Seven (of the 8) municipalities, 6 counties, and local Soil and Water Conservation Districts in the watershed voluntarily formed the Association. Click on "read more" for further information...

With the support of Carlos Santiago Cabrera Proaño in LinkedIn Group "riversnetwork.org": "An interesting model is the water trust fund. The model integrates the most important stakeholders of a watershed for working under the concept of IWRM. This model does not is an autority, does not have a legal competence, but it is an space of coordination according to common interests that support legal processes. Examples: FONAG in Quito, Ecuador (www.fonag.org.ec) ;or FONAPA in Cuenca, Ecuador. (www.fonapa.org.ec)"

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