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Watershed Districts appear to be actively implementing <br />water-quality efforts ranging from monitoring to large- <br />scale capital improvement projects. In terms of the num- <br />ber of organizations implementing water-quality efforts, <br />Watershed Districts lead the rest of the organizations. <br />Although watershed-based nonprofits and JPBs do ~y' ~? ~ ~ i ti C~ SC' [-C 1-3 E_ ~~ :~ [`C?G~' N T R <br />implement water-quality programs, there are relatively ~ ~~ '= ~ ~ E~ ~= T ~`~'.1T E F - ~ L' .~ L 1 T Y C~ Fi A ti G F <br />few of these organizations (three watershed-based <br />~ <br />nonprofits and nine JPBs) and they therefore have a lim- ' t' <br />F - or of Ye io4v <br />~ <br />rr <br />ited reach. s <br />y <br />~;,~ ~:g oojectiJe <br />Cfuln~rtp Ltmdoii~fter~ 1'rartirz~ ~d b F ~ ~n '~n%ith <br /> <br />When asked if landowners have changed practices as a > ~ the <br />result of their projects, watershed decision-makers differ <br />in their responses. A significantly larger percentage of <br />JPBs and nonprofits believe that Landowners have <br />changed practices. <br />.~i ~ ,~~ ,~~e~ sT ~ .. <br />~i~;lL~'t~ ~,i ti_. ._ <br />35 <br />32 <br />z 28 <br />0 <br />N 24 <br />Z <br />~ 2C <br />0 <br />1E <br />0 <br />12 <br />m <br />z 8 <br />4 <br />0 <br />WD <br />-~-- Actively Engaged <br />-~-- Some projects and Monitoring <br />-+-- Limited WQ Projects <br />Developing WO Projects <br />.~c <br />.,enter! i. ru rs ~~r~~th v <br />ad ~st~. <br />`or <br />r~~ ,twos <br />- v~ _.. ~ _ :but -- <br />._ . znd ~~~ ghb s - eventual!Y <br />_~ .e to a C_ ~ ers.anding cf the prcbiero..Appa~- <br />er.tiy, _~~e ianr'owrers in question had been aware of <br />' tl~e prcb{ems but had been f~nanciaily unable to effect <br />real change. Th,e Watershed Distrct offered them this <br />1 <br />financial opportunity. <br />i <br />according to Renken, the Board succeeded because <br />1 <br />it didn't attempt to "rattle swords" or enforce the <br />measures, but instead used "a pragmatic, common- <br />I sense approach" <br />~~ ms`s <br />10 <br />WMO JPB NP <br />