Sierra Nevada Alliance Water Group capacity assessment report

The Sierra Nevada Alliance developed a set of surveys, conducted over six weeks’ time in December 2004 and January 2005, to assess the capacity and organisational needs of watershed groups in the Sierra. The surveys were designed to assess groups in three different categories, Alliance members, Sierra land use groups and Sierra watershed organisations. This report focuses on the Sierra Nevada watershed groups.

The Alliance defines watershed groups as those working to protect and restore their rivers, lakes and streams. Thirty-five out of the 55 Sierra watershed groups receiving surveys responded to the Alliance’s Watershed Group Capacity Survey, for a response rate of 64%.