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Watershed Awareness Initiative

The Watershed Awareness Initiave (WAI) is a new initiative in 2008, it is presently funded by the federal and provincial governments and anticipated t be funded into 2013. Even though the WAI is a new program it has been influenced by other environmental initiatives such as Environmental Farm Plans (EFP's) and Agri-Environmental Group Plans (AEGP's) in the Province.

The WAI will build on the momentum and lessons learned form Saskatchewan AEGP's. The primary objectives og the WAI are to increase watershed awareness as well as, the capacity of locally based groups to develop and manage new and mature AEPG's within rural Saskatchewan.

Focus on delivery for the WAI is on increasing watershed awareness and the effectiveness of a group plan that all producers and stakeholders in a particular watershed can relate to and identify with. Producers within a watershed are the primary target, with awareness initiatives directed towards the local level by targeting groups such as ADD boards, Rural Municipalities (RM's), excisting watershed groups and smaller sub watersheds within larger watersheds.