Webinars

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"Drinking Water Providers Partnership" features Julie Harvey, Drinking Water Protection Coordinator with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.  It also features a panel discussion with Dr. Jon Souder, Assitant Professor with Oregon State University Extension Service; Michelle Smith, Water Project Manager for the Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts, and Jared Weybright, the Executive Director of the McKenzie Watershed Council. 

This session provides an overview of  grant opportunities for projects that have a federal nexus and address environmental conservation and restoration projects in community/municipal drinking water source areas.  This is a great opportunity for councils, districts, and land trusts to work with our federal partners and public water systems on projects that are mutually beneficial.  We also feature a panel of current member organizations who currently partner on DEQ projects.

November 18, 2020 - Organizational Collaboration in many forms, a panel discussion 

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Collaboration among organizations can come in many forms and offer a diversity of individual and collective benefits.  However, collaboration also takes a lot of work and deciding on a collaborative approach that is the right fit for you and your partners can be overwhelming.  By attending this webinar you will hear from four different organizations on how they approach collaboration, what structure works for them and the opportunities and challenges that come with a collaborative approach to conservation work. 

Panel Members: 

Courtney Shaff is OWEB’s Interim Business Operation Manager and has been with OWEB for almost 15 years.  Courtney manages multiple grant programs at OWEB that support both individual as well as partnership capacity.
 
Brian Barr, has been the Executive Director of the Rogue River Watershed Council since it emerged from the merger of four separate watershed councils in the Rogue Basin.  Brian has spent almost half of his life working on Rogue River issues and is passionate about fish conservation.
 
Jessica McDonald is Greenbelt Land Trust’s new Executive Director, but has been working with the land trust since 2009 as the Associate Director and Development Director.  Jessica has been one of the key leaders on the Confluence Project, a vison of collaboration and community among diverse environmental organizations in Corvallis.   
 
Sydney Nilan is the coordinator of the Upper Willamette Stewardship Network.  Sydney’s position brings together a set of organizations with a strong history of loose coordination toward more purposeful collaboration.  This collaborative effort is helping them to leverage each organization’s unique strengths to create new opportunities and landscape scale impact throughout the Upper Willamette basin.
 
Abbie Forrest is the coordinator of the Wasco Area Watershed Councils, a unique collection of five watershed councils that work collectively through a coordinating board and are directly supported through the Wasco SWCD.   

October 29th, 2020:  Fish and Fire: Time for a New Perspective?

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Gordon Reeves is an Emeritus Fish Ecologist for the U.S. Forest Service

Fire has been assumed to have negative effects on fish and their aquatic ecosystems.  One primary reason for this is the perspective that aquatic ecosystems are stable through time, returning to an equilibrium condition shortly after disturbance.  However, a dynamic perspective of aquatic ecosystems has emerged in recent years, which view disturbances, such as fire, as an integral component of aquatic habitats. Also, several recent studies on the effect of fire on fish and aquatic ecosystems have found that native fish are well adapted to changes resulting from fire, and not necessarily affected negatively.  These findings present the opportunity to consider adjustments to existing institutional management policies and practices to the extent feasible. It will also require convincing the public and interested parties about the validity of the new perspective and provide them an understanding of the implications to policy and practices. This presentation examines the new perspective and the challenges of incorporating it, or some part of it, into policies, practices, and public perceptions and the consequences of not being able to make these changes. 

August 20th, 2020 - Planning Successful Programs and Events in a Pandemic 

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This webinar features:

• Grace Graham, Program Associate, Columbia Slough Watershed Council 
• Jane Keppinger, District Manager, Marion Soil & Water Conservation District
• Lynette Villagomez, Outreach Coordinator, North Coast Land Conservancy

This session explores tips and best practices in adapting fundraising initiatives, education/outreach programs and other events to meet social distancing guidelines. 

June 18th, 2020 - After the Quarantine: Practical Tips for Reopening 

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Session Presenters:  

• Laura Salerno Owens, President, Markowitz Herbold PC,
• Kyle Busse, J.D.; Leading Employment Attorney, Markowitz Herbold PC

As employees return to work, employers are facing uncharted waters and need to be prepared to handle the “new normal.” The leaders of the employment team at Markowitz Herbold – Laura Salerno Owens and Kyle Busse – will answer frequently asked questions on workplace re-openings, and provide practical tips and policies to help minimize your workplace liabilities.

May 29th, 2020: A Primer for Financial Strategy in Times of Crisis 

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Session Presenter: Scott Schaffer, Principal:  Lead Consultant, Public Interest Management Group

Session Description: The current public health crisis has disrupted many nonprofits’ operations and funding sources, with longer-term impacts that remain unknown. Nonprofits, including land trusts and watershed councils, face immediate budget impacts and potential threats to sustainability. In this session we will summarize steps that organizational leaders can take to visualize a financial strategy to proactively address the impacts of the crisis.

April 16th, 2020: Clean Rivers Coalition statewide outreach campaign strategy 

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• Roy Iwai is a water resources specialist with Multnomah County's Water Quality Program.
• Keri Handaly, Senior Environmental Analyst, City of Gresham
• Alix Danielsen, Watershed Restoration and Outreach project manager for Hood River Watershed Group

The Clean Rivers Coalition (CRC), Oregon's new clean water outreach coalition, is a voluntary collaborative that brings together local government, state and federal agencies, watershed councils, SWCD's, and water-related non-profits. The CRC is developing a statewide outreach platform and a new outreach campaign that combines science and social marketing. The new value-based outreach campaign was informed by stakeholder feedback, a public survey, and the development of an open source pollutant risk database that the CRC used to help prioritize water pollutants in a limited resource environment. CRC shares their new outreach campaign strategic plan in this session.

March 19th, 2020 - OWRIO: The Clone Wars - Win When Reporting Restoration Projects 

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This webinar features Bobbi Riggers, OWEB's Data Coordinator. 

Learn how to streamline reporting in the Oregon Watershed Restoration Inventory’s online tool using the “Clone” feature and be equipped with helpful hints and a template for tracking necessary details prior to reporting. The Oregon Watershed Restoration Inventory (OWRI) originated with the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds and is the largest restoration information database in the Western U.S. The Inventory is used for tracking, reporting, and supporting restoration efforts, and to inform watershed assessments and future restoration project planning and prioritization.

February 20th - Publicize your work with free PR from the partnership 

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This webinar features Natalie Bennon, account executive from Gard Communications.  Since January 2017, the Oregon Conservation Partnership has secured funding for Natalie to help members publicize their work. 

In this webinar, Natalie discusses how you can work with her to bring more attention to your work. She has worked with dozens of conservation districts, watershed councils, and land trusts throughout Oregon to get the word out in the news about everything from newly funded OWEB projects to efforts to the threads on public funding for conservation projects.

January 16th, 2020 - Recent Changes in Oregon Law that Affect your Nonprofit Organization 

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Session Presenter:  David E. Atkin is the Director and Attorney of the Center for Nonprofit Law. He has provided legal counsel to Watershed Councils in the past and has participated in the CONNECT conference.

Session Description:
The Oregon legislature passed a bill in 2019 to amend the Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Act that just took effect this month, on January 1, 2020.  There are numerous changes in the law that affect your nonprofit organizations. This presentation explains these changes in Oregon law and answer questions about how they apply to your specific organizations.

Note that this webinar is about nonprofits, specifically, and there is no discussion of laws affecting SWCDs.