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• The Colorado Riparian Association sees the value of habitat assessments county-wide in <br />selected areas, <br />• The Boulder County Audobon Society could use some help in assessing riparian habitat <br />and bird species on their east Boulder Creels and Valmont Reservoir bird observation <br />areas and, <br />• The Boulder County PACE program would like to utilize volunteers as observers by <br />assessing the waste disposal and containment practices of restaurants, service stations, <br />medical facilities, constn~ction sites and other businesses. <br />5. Future Steps and Potential Activities <br />Through this stakeholder outreach process, BCWI has now created the Boulder Creels <br />Community Stewardship Plan. Feedback from stakeholders has enabled BCWI to identify areas <br />of priority concern within the watershed and the opportunties to engage citizen volunteers in <br />watershed stewardship activities. Central to this approach will be the formation of partnerships <br />with the stakeholders who participated in this process, along with others, to collaborate on <br />various projects in the future. The formation of citizen volunteer "StreamTeams" to address <br />some of the issues described in this report will occur. Education and outreach, water quality <br />monitoring, invasive species removal, riparian habitat restoration, creek-cleanups and habitat <br />assessments are potential activities in which StreamTeam volunteers can act as stewards for <br />watershed protection. StreamTeam Program Objectives include: <br />• Educate people about their relationship to streams and watersheds <br />• Provide public involvement opportunities to protect local streams <br />• Protect water resources through pollution prevention and water conservation. <br />Sa. Collaboration <br />KICP (www.keepitcleanpartnership.orQ) and PACE are two of many regional partnerships that <br />will be formed to address some of these water quality issues. Alsq partnerships will be formed <br />with the cities and towns of Nederland, Boulder, Louisville, Lafayette, Erie, Superior, <br />Broomfield and, Boulder County. <br />BCWI, KICP, the City of Boulder and the USGS are now working together in the formation of <br />StreamTeams. k1 certain areas, BCWI and the KICP have found overlap and opportuities for <br />collaboration on activities that include education and outreach, water quality monitoring, <br />restoration, creek clean-ups and invasive species removal. Although many volunteer <br />opportunities will be accomplished via this collaborative effort, BCWI will not limit itself to just <br />those activities identified with this partnership. To augment the activities under this partnership, <br />BCWI will also conduct volunteer opportunities managed by BCWI staff and conducted by <br />StreamTeam volunteers that best fit within our organizational scope of work. <br />Sb. Education and outreach <br />BCWI will contact representatives from stakeholder groups to formulate a strategy on how best <br />to inform and engage the public in invasive species education and eradication. Educating citizens <br />via face-to-face interaction about how their actions along streamside trails affect the watershed <br />10 <br />