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Key Elements for Successful Collaboration: Examples from TBEP

Key Elements for Successful Collaboration: Examples from TBEP. Holly Greening Tampa Bay Estuary Program July 2014. Tampa Bay in the 1970s. “The Kitchen” (Hillsborough Bay near Gibsonton). Archie Creek. Photo by JOR Johansson. Restoring Tampa Bay. Citizen action SWFWMD SWIM

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Key Elements for Successful Collaboration: Examples from TBEP

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  1. Key Elements for Successful Collaboration:Examples from TBEP Holly Greening Tampa Bay Estuary Program July2014

  2. Tampa Bay in the 1970s “The Kitchen” (Hillsborough Bay near Gibsonton) Archie Creek Photo by JOR Johansson

  3. Restoring Tampa Bay • Citizen action • SWFWMD SWIM late 1980s • TBEP 1990

  4. TBEP Partners

  5. TBEP Structure Policy Board PB final approval MB recommends to PB Management Board Staff recommends to MB TBEP Staff TAC and CAC provides input to Staff Technical Advisory Committee (Open to scientists, managers) Community Advisory Committee (Appointed by PB)

  6. EARLY Key Element:Resolution to Participate Consider an ‘Agreement to Participate’ • All PB and MB parties sign on to collaborate and act in good faith • Agree to identify the goals • Agree to contribute funds and/or in-kind to support technical work • Agree to stay science-based

  7. EARLY Key Element:Establish a convener • Organize and facilitate • Maintain databases • Point of contact • Manage technical contractors/projects • Prepare annual assessments on progress • Report to stakeholders, agencies and the public

  8. EARLY Key Element Invite all to participate in a collaborative process • Public sector • Private sector- mining • Regulatory agencies • Agriculture (FDACS) • Electric utilities • Environmental groups

  9. EARLY Key Elements:Synthesize existing information and identify gaps • Status and trends of important natural resources, water quality, pollution sources, other impacts • Technical and public documents • Document and track ongoing projects and actions • Identify and prioritize critical gaps in information or knowledge needed to make management decisions (2-day workshop)

  10. EARLY Key Element: Adopt Measurable Goals Resource goals considered important by scientists, policymakers and the public Restore seagrass acreage to that observed in ~1950. Difference between 1950 and 1990 seagrass cover

  11. Key Element:Adequate monitoring and clear reporting Advanced wastewater treatment begins Stormwater regulations enacted TBEP formed Data source: EPCHC

  12. Key Elements in Tampa Bay’s Management Strategy • Target resources identified by both public and science as “worthy” indicators • Community willing to work together towards common goals • Science-based numeric goals and targets • Multiple tools: Regulation; public/private collaborative actions; citizen actions • Long-term monitoring • Convener to track, facilitate, report progress • Assessment and adjustment

  13. Questions ? Holly Greening, TBEP Director hgreening@tbep.org

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