Training and Support

Between the years 2000 and 2009 the WATER Institute’s Basins of Relations program trained 150 participants representing 45 watersheds in Northern, Central and Southern California. These trainings helped foster the formation or supported the existing work of over 30 community based watershed groups, many of which have raised thousands of dollars to do critical restoration work, organizing and education in their watersheds. The WATER Institute continues to provide technical support, site visits, consultations and networking to sustain those groups that have attended these trainings.

In order to reach a broader community, we conduct other training and education activities such as providing expert testimony and educational presentations at public meetings, conferences and for the media; providing consultation services to landowners, agencies and organizations; and, providing resource referrals to landowners, farmers, contractors, and schools wanting to implement restorative practices. See Speaker's Bureau for more information.