Learn about new and established techniques for “Fostering Community Water Stewardship”. These approaches link individual water conservation measures to community projects to reduce water use and help our aquifer.

Catlow Shipek, Senior Program Director and co-founder of Watershed Management Group, a non-profit organization in Tucson, shared actionable strategies, resources, and examples of how individuals can make an even bigger impact with water conservation through neighborhood and community efforts including local and statewide policy opportunities to help scale up collective stewardship in our communities.

Catlow Shipek is a founding member of the Watershed Management Group. He has over 15 years of experience in applied watershed management, planning and policy, specializing in demonstration projects involving rainwater harvesting, green infrastructure, stream restoration, and eco-sanitation. Mr. Shipek has worked on several successful Tucson policy initiatives and has served on the Citizens Water Advisory Committee for Tucson Water. He received an MSc in Watershed Management from the University of Arizona and chairs the School of Natural Resource and the Environment's advisory board.

Some links mentioned or in the chat during the program:
(1) Watershed Management Group Documents: https://watershedmg.org/document
(2) Hydrate Your Plants Powerpoint: https://watershedmg.org/sites/default/files/documents/hydrate_your_plants_general.pdf
(3) Developing a Net-Water Positive Vision for the Sierra Vista Subwatershed https://watershedmg.org/document/developing-net-water-positive-vision-sierra-vista-subwatershed
(4) Hans Huth. Hydrologist, the Agua Dulce Homeowners Association: Sweetwater in the Foothills - Through the Eyes of Friends & Neighbors https://www.facebook.com/groups/306986290043858/