Partnership’s primary efforts:
The Partnership unites invested entities- including watershed councils and other nonprofits, local governments, water, electric, and wastewater utilities, and district agencies - to further our collective goals of improving water quality and habitat in our regional waterways. The Partnership has established a framework to promote voluntary stormwater retrofit projects across urban areas in the Upper Willamette. It leverages both local and external resources by coordinating partners efforts in collaborative planning, engaging local businesses and community organizations, designing and implementing green infrastructure solutions, and monitoring water quality impacts at both site-specific and regional levels. These efforts complement and inform existing clean water programs of the involved partners.
The Long Tom Watershed Council coordinates and facilitates the Partnership. The LTWC is uniquely positioned to conduct outreach to local business and other interested parties as a non-regulatory entity.
WE WILL ADVANCE OUR MISSION BY PURSUING THE FOLLOWING GOALS:
Develop community understanding of human impacts on urban waters and wildlife and foster engagement in the protection and enhancement of urban waters
Engage businesses by providing technical assistance to implement voluntary stormwater improvement measures that also provide wildlife habitat and urban green areas
Leverage local and external resources to promote voluntary stormwater retrofit projects
Develop a monitoring framework to identify trends and monitor efficacy of stormwater improvement measures
Build and support local workforce capacity in the field of urban water quality
Increase authentic engagement of BIPOC (Black Indigenous & People of Color) and other historically marginalized communities and incorporate their priorities into programming