you are here > about us > goals > top goals
Top Goals For
The River, Programs
and the Organization
An Outcome of the CAC
Planning Retreat Held April, 1999
Top CAC RIVER Goals
(voted most important among existing RAP river goals through a pre-retreat
survey)
- Protect and restore fish and wildlife habitat, including fish spawning and nursery areas, wetlands, and aquatic and upland breeding, nesting, and migration habitats.
- Achieve and maintain water quality that protects ecological integrity and permits safe recreation, including swimming, fishing and boating.
- Encourage the implementation of a staged river cleanup to remediate existing polluted sites and prevent further degradation.
- Reduce pollutant loading to the river, including nutrients, sediment, and toxics.
- Establish and maintain a coordinated monitoring network and information management system for the AOC.
Top CAC PROGRAM Goals
(as identified at the CAC Planning Retreat held April, 1999)
- Increase public environmental awareness of RAP activities and goals (visibility, recognition). Maintain and promote education and outreach programs (e.g. River Watch Program, Bio-sentinel Program, Stewardship Awards, etc.).
- Conduct education and outreach - awareness, individual responsibility, wider media approach, show examples in community.
- Establish a coastal wetlands site restoration with a comprehensive program (education, signage, etc.).
- Complete the habitat plan, including a list of grant/funding opportunities.
- Interpret industrial, human and natural history in through signage, displays, etc.
- Develop and maintain a bank of potential projects driven by RAP recommendations.
Top CAC ORGANIZATIONAL Goals
(as identified at the CAC Planning Retreat held April, 1999)
- Hire assistant.
- Increase visibility.
- Continue seeking private, federal, state funds to support program goals.
- Maintain and increase diversity of membership.
- Secure stable, long-term organizational funding.