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Goals

Functioning as part of the Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership (LNRP) administrative umbrella, OCWC will connect multiple conservation stakeholders and serve several community-based functions:

• An engaged citizen and nonprofit organization group acting as a connector to spread awareness about community outreach and engagement opportunities.

• A conduit for information flow from local, state, and regional management agencies.

• An organizing body for complementary habitat restoration projects and water quality monitoring.

The synergies among LNRP Watershed Groups will:

• Enhance the watershed stewardship groups existing within the project area by building their capacity to reach and engage local citizens and officials. As a Friend group under the umbrella of LNRP, participants will help partners join forces and create a more powerful campaign than they would be able to do alone. Through sustained outreach, it will support the planning and development of volunteer and membership drives. Increased membership builds the sustainability of these groups by providing membership funds, organizational momentum, and a core “target audience” for future river stewardship programs and initiatives.

• Provide citizens and officials with opportunities to individually participate in protecting and restoring the rivers. Coastal Resiliency events hosted on the various branches and tributaries along the river will give citizens and officials opportunities to be involved with coordinated river protection and restoration activities that show immediate results.

• Raise citizens’ and officials’ awareness and understanding of threats to the river, including contamination that results in listing as 303(d) impaired waters. Coastal Resiliency seminars will bring speakers that can address timely and critical issues for each of the basins. Finally, the LNRP and partner newsletters will contain stories that will specifically address issues that are relevant to better understanding as well as promoting “action” events in which membership and the general public can participate.

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Leadership

The following people made up the Ozaukee County Watershed Coalition Steering Committee:

• Peter Vander Velden
  Cybersecurity Engineer - University of Wisconsin- Madison

• Jon Crain
  Director of Parks, Recreation, and Forestry - City of Port Washington

• Medhavi Ambardar

  Chief Scientist - Lake Michigan Bird Observatory

• Mitch Vincent

  President - Ulao Creek Partnership

• Rich Weber

  Vice President - Ulao Creek Partnership

• Jacob Fincher

  Executive Director - Southeastern Wisconsin Watershed Trust, Inc.

• Peter Igel

  Community Member

• Thomas Stolp

  Executive Director - Restoring Lands

• Patricia Scuglik

  Director of Partnerships - Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership

Ozaukee County Watershed Coalition

Post Office Box 224
Port Washington, WI 53074

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