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Living on the Edge: A Study of Grassroots Water Quality Councils in the PNW

VT0102 (includes EB1930 & VT0102SB-satellite broadcast video)
Conflicts often arise when natural resources become scarce. In the western United States, watersheds have become divisive battlegrounds as competing factions vie for water use. This two-video set, with resource guide, instructs groups and communities in setting up a problem-solving watershed council and suggests resources to support the process. The package presents a sound case for consensus-based decision making.
Included: Set of 2 videos and guidebook.
Living on the Edge: A Study of Grassroots Water Quality Councils in the Pacific Northwest.VHS 2.5 hours. Case studies of six Pacific Northwest watersheds within Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, illustrate the difficulties, successes, and failures of citizens' committees as they attempt to reconcile disparate interests, to gain public support, and to overcome the tangle of governmental regulations.

Living on the Edge: Grassroots Watershed Planning in the Pacific Northwest. 2 hours VHS 16 min. satellite broadcast. A panel from the case study watersheds discusses watershed planning, new tools to use, and information on funding opportunities.

Guidebook: Creating Effective Groups to Address Pressing Local Problems: A Resource Guide for Watershed Councils in the Pacific Northwest. Emmett Fiske. Suggests resources to support the process of conflict resolution within community forums. It also includes information on dealing with anger and perspectives on power. Additional copies of the guidebook may be purchased separately as EB1930.

Publisher: Washington State University
Published: March 2003.



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