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BASIN MANAGEMENT IN A METROPOLITAN SETTING

BASIN MANAGEMENT IN A METROPOLITAN SETTING. Soft Solutions for Hard Problems: Saving Endangered Salmon. Margaret Pageler Seattle, USA August, 2005. Salmon Life Cycle and Urbanization. Endangered Salmon – The Environmental Challenge. Waters and shorelines have been altered and polluted

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BASIN MANAGEMENT IN A METROPOLITAN SETTING

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  1. BASIN MANAGEMENT IN A METROPOLITAN SETTING Soft Solutions for Hard Problems: Saving Endangered Salmon Margaret Pageler Seattle, USA August, 2005

  2. Salmon Life Cycle and Urbanization

  3. Endangered Salmon – The Environmental Challenge • Waters and shorelines have been altered and polluted • River water flows have changed • Population growth stresses water supply

  4. Political Challenge – Local Fragmentation and Central Neglect • Central government mandates protection but doesn’t provide resources • Seattle metropolitan area has 2 million people in a narrow strip between mountains and saltwater • Local government is fragmented and highly decentralized • 70 towns and cities agree – they loathe and distrust the central city • Strong political tradition of local autonomy and private property rights

  5. Keys to Solutions • Establish a non-coercive political environment • Involve women mayors and council members • Respect autonomy • Craft fair cost-sharing • Build small successes • Build trust • Market the icon • Mobilize citizen support

  6. Building a Credible Institutional Structure • Inter-local compact • Decision-making “forum” • Rotating or shared chairmanships • Meetings held in the suburbs, not the central city • Voting and cost-sharing formulas • Stakeholder steering committee • Teams of scientists

  7. Achievements • 100% participation in basin planning by local governments • Broad-based support for salmon recovery from business, industry, and environmentalists • Adopted science-based strategies • Local politicians “win” as restoration projects improve rivers and streams • Cooperative applications for state and federal grants • All salmon recovery plans are integrated to form a master strategy for Puget Sound

  8. Resources water conservation www.savingwater.org Puget Salmon recovery www.sharedsalmonstrategy.org Cedar River salmon recovery http://dnr.metrokc.gov/Wrias/8/index.htm Other salmon efforts www.mrsc.org/Subjects/Environment/esa/esa- prog.aspx Margaret Pageler www.margaretpageler.com

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