Resource integration and shared outcomes at the watershed scale

Abstract

Shared resources are universal resources that are vital for sustaining communities, enhancing our quality of life and preserving ecosystem health. We have a shared responsibility to conserve shared resources and preserve their integrity for future generations. Resource integration is accomplished through ecosystem management, often at a watershed scale. The shared outcome of resource integration is sustainability, which can be measured with the appropriate criteria and indicators. Using a watershed approach to land stewardship, we can identify priority problems, obtain stakeholder involvement, integrate the support and participation of multiple agencies, and measure success through monitoring.

Parent Publication

• Land Stewardship in the 21st Century: The Contributions of Watershed Management; 2000 March 13-16; Tucson, AZ

Citation

Towns, Eleanor S. 2000. Resource integration and shared outcomes at the watershed scale. In: Ffolliott, Peter F.; Baker Jr., Malchus B.; Edminster, Carleton B.; Dillon, Madelyn C.; Mora, Karen L., tech. coords. Land Stewardship in the 21st Century: The Contributions of Watershed Management; 2000 March 13-16; Tucson, AZ. Proc. RMRS-P-13. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 74-80.