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The Kaskaskia Watershed: A Case Study on Cooperation, Conflicting Project Purposes, and the Watershed Approach
The Kaskaskia Watershed's management approach relies on forging healthy partnerships among the Corps of Engineers and diverse watershed interests, ultimately creating and sustaining comprehensive solutions within the watershed. The approach serves as a potential model approach for other watersheds. The Kaskaskia River and its watershed cover more than ten percent of Illinois. The Kaskaskia River rises in Champaign County, Illinois, and flows southwest for approximately 310 miles, where it empties into the Mississippi River above Chester, Illinois, approximately 118 miles north of the Ohio River mouth. The basin includes two multi-purpose reservoirs (Carlyle Lake and Lake Shelbyville) and a multi-purpose Navigation Project on the lower end. The multi-purpose reservoir projects—along with the navigation project—have become renowned for recreational opportunity. Additionally, the reservoirs are efficient, reliable providers of flood damage reduction. In 1998, the Kaskaskia River was nominated for the American Heritage Rivers program. This development garnered attention, and highlighted the potential for future water use conflicts and problems. The need for maintenance of navigation channels and a desire to generate interest in recreation rallied some existing groups comprised of business personnel, agency personnel and interested private parties. Their collective effort formed the Kaskaskia Watershed Association (KWA). Concerned about the watershed's condition and immediate future, the KWA, working as a consensus-driven board of directors, protects the watershed and balances navigation, recreation, water supply, conservation, sediment management and other diverse interests. The Corps of Engineers is one of six federal agencies involved with the KWA. Other KWA partners include seven state agencies, fourteen regional interests and many local interests spread across the four reaches of the watershed. The formation of the KWA has resulted in increased collaboration among stakeholders and agencies, providing a forum for grassroots partners to address watershed issues.
The Kaskaskia Watershed: A Case Study on Cooperation, Conflicting Project Purposes, and the Watershed Approach
The Kaskaskia Watershed's management approach relies on forging healthy partnerships among the Corps of Engineers and diverse watershed interests, ultimately creating and sustaining comprehensive solutions within the watershed. The approach serves as a potential model approach for other watersheds. The Kaskaskia River and its watershed cover more than ten percent of Illinois. The Kaskaskia River rises in Champaign County, Illinois, and flows southwest for approximately 310 miles, where it empties into the Mississippi River above Chester, Illinois, approximately 118 miles north of the Ohio River mouth. The basin includes two multi-purpose reservoirs (Carlyle Lake and Lake Shelbyville) and a multi-purpose Navigation Project on the lower end. The multi-purpose reservoir projects—along with the navigation project—have become renowned for recreational opportunity. Additionally, the reservoirs are efficient, reliable providers of flood damage reduction. In 1998, the Kaskaskia River was nominated for the American Heritage Rivers program. This development garnered attention, and highlighted the potential for future water use conflicts and problems. The need for maintenance of navigation channels and a desire to generate interest in recreation rallied some existing groups comprised of business personnel, agency personnel and interested private parties. Their collective effort formed the Kaskaskia Watershed Association (KWA). Concerned about the watershed's condition and immediate future, the KWA, working as a consensus-driven board of directors, protects the watershed and balances navigation, recreation, water supply, conservation, sediment management and other diverse interests. The Corps of Engineers is one of six federal agencies involved with the KWA. Other KWA partners include seven state agencies, fourteen regional interests and many local interests spread across the four reaches of the watershed. The formation of the KWA has resulted in increased collaboration among stakeholders and agencies, providing a forum for grassroots partners to address watershed issues.
The Kaskaskia Watershed: A Case Study on Cooperation, Conflicting Project Purposes, and the Watershed Approach
Taylor, Jackie (author) / Stemler, Joan (author)
Operations Management Conference 2006 ; 2006 ; Sacramento, California, United States
2006-08-03
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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