Our Missouri Waters Adaptive Management Strategy

Receive input,

Build shared understanding,

Refine characterization

Set Priorities

and Goals

Build &

Implement

Action Plans

Measure

and Adapt

Adapt and Adjust –

Continually Improve!

Characterize

the Watershed

Characterize

Watershed

Receive Input, Refine

& Build Shared

Understanding

Set Priorities &

Goals

The Collaborative

Watershed Process

Objectives:

• Local Watershed

Advisory Committee

• Series of meetings to:

• Educate/Inform

• Share/Discuss

• Set Priorities &

Next Steps

Deliverable is

Statement of Priorities

and Next Steps

Build/Implement Plans & Measure and Adapt

Multiple Planning Resources and

Opportunities

Exist to Protect/Restore Waters

• Nonpoint Source Watershed Plan

• Total Maximum Daily Load

• Source Water Protection Plan

• Stormwater Management Plan

• Nutrient Management Plan

• Conservation Plan

Our Missouri Waters Will Coordinate and Leverage

Plans and Resources to Provide an Enhanced

Outcome for Watersheds

Opportunities for the Regulated Community

• Join the Conversation - You’re

Stakeholders and You Have Valuable

Information!

• Watershed Characterization – What are

the stressors and where are they coming

from?

• Potential for Water Quality Trading

Characterization

Our Missouri Waters Tentative Timeline

July 2015

• Niangua watershed meetings began

October 2015

• Sac, Upper Mississippi-Cape, Meramec,

North Fork Salt watershed meetings begin

November 2015 – December 2015

• Lower Missouri-Crooked, Lower Grand,

meetings begin

• Preparing State of Our Waters for Group 2

January 2016 – July 2016

• Priorities drafted for Niangua, Sac, Upper

MS-Cape, Meramec

• Meetings begin in additional Group 1 and

Group 2 watersheds

August 2016 – December 2016

• Coordinated activity begins for

Niangua, Sac, Upper MS-Cape,

Meramec

• Priorities drafted for Lower MO-

Crooked, Lower Grand, N.F. Salt

• Preparing State of Our Waters for

Group 3

Watershed Local Planning Org. DNR Coordinator

• Meramec East-West Gateway COG Tracy Haag – SLRO

• Niangua Lake of the Ozarks COG Gwenda Bassett – SWRO

• Upper MS- Cape Southeast Missouri RPC Nancy Wilhelm – SERO

• Sac Watershed Committee Gwenda Bassett – SWRO

• Lower Mo-Crooked Mid-America Reg. Council Crew Schuster – KCRO

• North Fork Salt Mark Twain Regional COG Mary Culler – NERO

• Lower Grand Green Hills RPC Mary Culler – NERO

Regional Watershed Coordinators

Contact Your Watershed Coordinator

Northeast Region

Mary Culler, 660-385-8000

Kansas City Region

Crew Schuster, 816-251-0798

St. Louis Region

Tracy Haag, 314-416-2960

Southeast Region

Nancy Wilhelm, 573-840-9750

Southwest Region

Gwenda Bassett, 417-891-4300

dnr.mo.gov/omw/

Jennifer Hoggatt

Statewide Coordinator, Our Missouri Waters

jennifer.hoggatt@dnr.mo.gov

(573) 751-1403