Colorado

As part of PWAW, the Colorado Watershed Assembly (CWA) will develop more comprehensive outreach services and deliver better information on state programs such as the Interbasin Compact Committee and Regional Roundtables; Water Quality Control Commission; instream flow, floodplain management, education and funding opportunities within the Colorado Water Conservation Board; abandoned mine cleanup programs from the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety; and other government programs. CWA will also be providing watershed planning services for 319 funding and sending out more information on additional funding opportunities, training programs, conferences and education materials from other sources to keep the watershed groups informed and engaged.

Montana

One over-arching goal for the Montana Watershed Coordination Council (MWCC) is to build and sustain a watershed training "curriculum" for locl watershed groups. In order to enhance the capacity of the watershed groups under PWAW, MWCC will coordinate the following training program:

1. Two trainings focused on one or more of the following: grant writing, major donor solicitation, general fundraising, membership, and board fundraising.
2. Train Montana's watershed groups in basic and advanced accounting and grant management procedures which may include but is not limited to: QuickBooks, grant management, contract management, procurement, and audits.
3. Two trainings for coordinators and their board member(s) that focuses on one or more of the following: improved board communication, board recruitment, board management, annual/strategic plans, increased community participation, organizational efficiency, and information dissemination to local and state decision makers.

Utah

Under PWAW, the Utah Watershed Coordinators Council will complete the following four tasks:

1. Convene the UWCC three times a year. Provide training on a variety of key skills including financial resource management, technical competencies, grant writing, reporting, project management, and public outreach. Share successes among the participants and build on those successes statewide.
2. Develop a targeted education and outreach campaign to enhance communication between UWCC and state and local leaders. Distribute training material to local watershed coordinators who will present information about UWCC to state and local leaders. Improve UWCC email linkages and pursue state funding support.
3. Train watershed coordinators and committee members to monitor, restore and protect their watersheds. Strengthen partnerships and promote trust between local committees and state and federal agencies.
4. Help UWCC personnel attend regional and national water quality workshops and conferences.
5. Provide financial support to local watershed committees for information and education projects and other activities.`

Wind River Alliance

With financial support from PWAW, the Wind River Alliance will improve the protection of its watershed using the following four initiatives:

1. the WRA Summer Youth Leadership Camp,
2. Measuring the Watershed,
3. the WRA Youth Council Roundtable, and
4. an education campaign for local stakeholders and decision makers.

Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Watershed protection takes many forms. The Rosebud project will look at how choices about the source of basic energy needs impacts the amount of non-point source (NPS) pollution generated, and how changes in energy provision can have a lasting, positive impact on watershed health and water quality. Specifically, it will compare the impact of standard electric use vs. various renewable energy applications that TWP and the Rosebud tribe are installing at homes and facilities on the reservation.

PWAW activities on the Rosebud reservation will include but are not limited to:

• Work with the Rosebud tribe's Tribal Utility Commission (TUC), Housing Department (SWA), and the Low Income Housing Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to monitor and gather energy use data at five sites where renewable energy applications were or are being installed by TWP;
• gather and analyze energy use data from these five renewable energy sites;
• create a report on the Cost of Electric Consumption vs. Renewable Energy;
• create a report on the Impact of Energy Use Decisions on NPS Pollution; and
• work with Rosebud leaders at TUC, SWA, LIHEAP and their water quality departments to make the linkages between energy use and housing policies and watershed protection and health.