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Presentation given by Derek Douglas to the mayor of Jellico, TN and citizens at the Clear Fork Watershed Council meeting held January 27, 2010.
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Clear Fork Watershed CouncilJanuary 27, 2011
Clear Fork Watershed Council’s
“State of the Watershed 2011”
Water Status is Good
Cabin Hollow Creek Capuchin Creek Clear Fork Davis Creek Gum Fork Hickory Creek Jellico Creek Laurel Fork Lick Fork Little Elk Creek
Little Tackett Creek Little Yellow Creek Louse Creek No Business Branch Stinking Creek Tackett Creek Terry Creek Valley Creek
Water Status is Impaired
Elk Fork White Oak Creek
Origins of the Jellico Project 2006-2007
The Appalachian Coal Country Watershed Team
Southern Team 2008-2010
Build capacity to enable the long-term stability and success of issue related
projects.
Core Goal One:
• Outreach
• Press Releases
• Grant Writing
• Board Organization
Assist sponsor organization in conducting the watershed research and water quality monitoring critical to future funding.
Core Goal Two:
Enhance community awareness and involvement through community education
and outreach.
Core Goal Three:
• Coordinating workshops with schools and youth groups•Creating publications to inform public of watershed issues• Tabling at community events and festivals
Support the efforts of community revitalization through economic development
projects and celebrate and increase the awareness and understanding of local history
and culture.
Core Goal Four:
Community Trails
Initiative&
BrownfieldsProject
Provide Professional Development for Volunteers
Core Goal Five:
• Networking
• Presentations
• Professional & Technical Writing
• Other Skill Building
CFWC Accomplishments in 2011
• Watershed planning process initiated.
• Recruited over 30 volunteers.• Leveraged a total of over 3,000
hours of service from community volunteers!
• Secured $30,000 in in-kind donations, and $4,500 in grants and monetary donations.
Projects in 2011
Water Forum-Brazil Water Resources Management, Development and
Participation Network Brownfield Assessment Project Community Trails Initiative Clear Fork Meth Project Expeditions Watershed planning/ water quality monitoring Baseline Initiative The Big Dip 2011
Rio Doce Water Forum--Brazil
What Is Asset Based Community Development?
It is an approach to community-based development, based on the principles of:
Appreciating and mobilizing individual and community talents, skills and assets (rather than
focusing on problems and needs)
Community-driven development rather than development driven by external agencies
Appalachian Coal Country Watershed Team (ACCWT)
It builds on: Appreciative inquiry which identifies and analyses the
community's past successes. This strengthens people's confidence in their own capacities and inspires them to take action
The recognition of social capital and its importance as an asset. This is why ABCD focuses on the power of associations and informal linkages within the community, and the relationships built over time between community associations and external institutions
Participatory approaches to development, which are based on principles of empowerment and ownership of the development process
Community economic development models that place priority on collaborative efforts for economic development that makes best use of its own resource base
Efforts to strengthen civil society.
Workshop Discussion
1. What are your concerns about the state of the Clear Fork watershed?
2. What all should be involved in planning
expeditions for 2011?
3. What month/week is best for Meth Awareness/Prevention campaign?