To help lessen human impacts to the Siletz River Watershed, the Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District (LSWCD) is carrying out a multi-year outreach effort to build community connections with private residents, agricultural producers, timerbland managers, tribal entities, and other diverse stakeholders along the Lower Siletz River, Middle Siletz River, and Rock Creek watersheds. As a result, local knowledge will help inform future restoration projects identified to improve water quality on a landscape scale. LSWCD’s Conservation Programs Coordinator, Emily-Bell Dinan, will present on this effort at the Siletz Watershed Council’s winter quarterly meeting on Tuesday, December 17th.
This presentation will introduce the Siletz Stakeholder Engagement Project’s background, purpose, process, goals and timeline, and allow for discussion of how Siletz Watershed Council members can get involved in the years to come.
Emily-Bell joined LSWCD in 2018 to coordinate, develop, and lead restoration, community education and outreach projects serving environmental needs within Lincoln County. She earned her MS in Wetland Restoration Ecology at the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and her BA in Political Science from the City University of New York, Hunter College. Before relocating to the central Oregon Coast, Emily-Bell worked as a field botanist for the City of Eugene in the West Eugene Wetlands and as a Program Manager for the Bonneville Environmental Foundation. She has over a decade of experience in non-profit and government agencies supporting local communities and addressing environmental issues through her work at the Rockaway Waterfront Alliance, Roger That Garden Project, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York City Department of Sanitation, and New York City Parks Department.
The presentation will begin at 6:30 PM at the Siletz Public Library on 225 SE Gaither Street. Refreshments will be provided. A Siletz Watershed Council meeting will follow the presentation to give updates on the MidCoast Watersheds Council restoration and monitoring work in the Siletz Basin and any updates and announcements from the SWC community.