NCWA Staff:

• Lori Lilly, Director/Watershed Council Coordinator


MISSION

The NCWA is a non-profit organization that coordinates watershed councils and other community-based efforts to improve watershed health in our area. The NCWA believes healthy watersheds sustain healthy communities.

VISION FOR THE WATERSHEDS

The NCWA envisions healthy watersheds that support optimally functioning ecological processes and sustainable populations of naturally spawning fish, wildlife and human communities. We recognize that salmon are a keystone species in Pacific Northwest ecosystems and that, without them, we cannot have healthy rivers. Therefore, the NCWA will continue much of its focus, its attention and resources on improving salmon habitat. We believe that by bringing back the social, economic and ecological role of salmon, the overall health of the watershed and our communities will improve.

VISION FOR THE NCWA

The NCWA works collaboratively within the community, in partnership with local, regional and federal agencies, as well as with businesses, corporations, willing landowners and volunteers, to foster stewardship, restoration, enhancement, recreation and celebration of our local rivers and watersheds. The NCWA serves as a resource for and coordinates the activities of its member watershed councils (Ecola Creek, Skipanon, Youngs Bay, and Nicolai-Wickiup) and maintains a diverse and engaged Board of Directors. The NCWA will build healthy communities through education and outreach, encouraging conservation, taking region-wide issues to the legislative level and providing opportunities for the public, landowners, and schools to become engaged in improving the health of their watersheds. We will continue to seek, maintain and increase funding for our staff, restoration projects, monitoring, assessments and activities that celebrate our local rivers and watersheds.