Rob Wolfe describes what the Bow River Watershed Council learned through the various iterations of its watershed plans and state of the watershed reports. Rob Wolfe has some key lessons to share with other facilitators involved in watershed planning. A strong terms of reference for committees and operating principles for all committees (how to achieve consensus) is the starting point.
Rob Wolfe is an Environmental Planner with Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development.
From March 12-14th, 2013, people involved in water issues in Alberta met in Red Deer to discuss ideas and plans for managing water resources. The conference, jointly hosted by the Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) Alberta Chapter and Alberta Watershed Planning & Advisory Councils (WPACs), emphasized the integrated planning that is necessary for water management in the future.
The Alberta Land-use Knowledge Network was able to record many of the keynote speakers and conference presentations.