(a) [Policy No. 1] Provide funding and support for a water resources field agent who will provide assistance in planning, conducting, and evaluating educational programs by working with local governments, property owners, and the public. The field agent should conduct regular educational presentations to civic groups and organizations in the community on water resource issues and watershed plan implementation.

(b) [Policy No. 2] Conduct educational programs to meet applicable stewardship objectives and which are geared toward specific neighborhoods, organizations, and user groups. Programs should provide information, discussion, and activities and should address water quality and quantity issues and problems particular to these groups. Subjects covered may include on-site sewage disposal system operation and maintenance; riparian management; waste reduction, recycling, and disposal; water conservation.

(c) [Policy No. 3] Continue Clallam Conservation District’s ongoing program of water quality education for small farm and commercial farm operators. Reach out to small farm operators to identify needs and concerns, provide information about good stewardship, and provide technical assistance for conservation planning and best management practices.

(d) [Policy No. 4] Conduct outreach and awareness programs to reach a broad spectrum of the population, including previously underserved groups. Integrate environmental education and activities into other social and economic programs. Environmental education objectives should include giving marginalized groups employment skills, control over their environment, access to power, and cultural identity.

(e) [Policy No. 5] Conduct classroom workshops on clean water practices, planning for clean water, and salmon and watershed awareness. Integrate water quality and quantity studies into existing reading, social studies, and mathematics curricula.

(f) [Policy No. 6] Provide opportunities for students to earn classroom credit for participation in water quality community service projects, including short-term internships, attendance at public hearings, and serving on watershed management committees and other advisory boards.

(g) [Policy No. 7] Acquire and distribute self-contained educational programs such as scripted slide shows and videos; self-guided tours; and water quality self-assessment, to libraries, organizations, schools, and individuals.

(h) [Policy No. 8] Develop or purchase educational displays for use in public spaces, government offices, community events.

(a) [Policy No. 9] Create and distribute a personal water quality decision-making guide, which includes issues related to individual attitudes and behavior, describes the options and opportunities the individual has to correct and prevent nonpoint source pollution, and the effects of those choices, and provides the individual with avenues to further protect water quality in their home, business, and community.

(b) [Policy No. 10] Increase community and governmental awareness and understanding of tribal governments in general, and the local tribes in particular. Provide information about tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, and government-to-government interactions.

(c) [Policy No. 11] All jurisdictions should work individually and cooperatively to identify, record, study and encourage the preservation, maintenance and appropriate use of lands, sites and structures that have cultural significance. The early identification and resolution of conflicts between the preservation of cultural resources and competing land uses should be promoted and facilitated.

(d) [Policy No. 12] Publicize the procedures for obtaining an hydraulic project approval permit from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for any activity within stream channels, and other State and local permits governing critical areas.

(e) [Policy No. 13] Use tourism advertising, publicity, and promotions to communicate environmental stewardship messages to local and regional audiences. Actively work with news media, tourism bureaus, and Chamber of Commerce to include education and information about water resource protection in their promotions.

(f) [Policy No. 14] Develop art, literature, and historical presentations at schools and museums which demonstrate the cultural importance of the beneficial uses of water. Create items of popular culture (such as cards, calendars, posters, T-shirts) which portray aspects of the Port Angeles Watershed and its community as source of community identity.

(a) [Policy No. 15] Identify stream, wetland, and shoreline sites in the watershed which could be used for educational programs and develop site-specific materials for these places. Conduct field trips to these sites to demonstrate beneficial use and nonpoint pollution issues and solutions.

(b) [Policy No. 16] Conduct field trips and watershed tours for organizations, agency staff and boards, and the general public demonstrating nonpoint problems, beneficial uses, model farms and homes, and various best management practices as they apply to everyday situations in the watershed.

(c) [Policy No. 17] Work with teachers, citizens groups, agencies, and landowners to coordinate water quality and habitat enhancement projects on local streams. Utilize local volunteers to conduct an ongoing water quality monitoring program as an educational and public involvement tool.

(d) [Policy No. 18] Encourage neighborhood groups to undertake “Adopt A ... (water resource)” projects. Sponsor “Adopt A Stream,” “Adopt A Beach,” and “Adopt A Wetland” workshops in Clallam County to provide training to volunteer groups.

(e) [Policy No. 19] Bring together adversarial groups in partnerships to plan, conduct, and evaluate restoration and enhancement projects on streams, shorelines, and wetlands. Use these group projects to identify common goals and negotiate common benefits in resource protection.

(f) [Policy No. 20] Conduct training sessions for County, State, and agency staff, contractors, and equipment operators whose activities may impact or influence water quality.

(g) [Policy No. 21] Conduct a stormwater demonstration project which includes a field workshop for local contractors, developers, and the public. Projects should be designed to accompany stormwater management manuals developed by County, City, and State.

(h) [Policy No. 22] Conduct on-site sewage disposal workshops to educate people about on-site sewage disposal, including standard and alternative technology, costs, and maintenance. Train people to operate, observe, inspect, and maintain their systems.

(i) [Policy No. 23] Educate the public and decision makers about the benefits of preserving open spaces and natural environments, and opportunities for acquisition and dedication of open spaces.

(j) [Policy No. 24] Offer recognition and tangible reward to individuals, groups, businesses, and agencies who demonstrate leadership and make a commitment to protecting water quality or quantity. The annual “Citizen of the Year” award should include a separate category for environmental stewardship.

(k) [Policy No. 25] Actively develop the community celebrations, exercises, and conferences which foster visioning, goal setting, and consensus-building; and which build trust, respect, and cooperation between leaders, staff, citizens, and groups.

(a) [Policy No. 26] Neighborhood groups which represent more than twenty (20) percent of the households in their neighborhood and meet on a regular basis can be officially recognized by the Clallam County Commissioners by making application with the County. These organizations will be notified of comprehensive plan modifications, zone changes, long plats, large lot subdivisions and development projects which could affect their neighborhoods.

(b) [Policy No. 27] Encourage proponents of change or development to work with neighborhood groups to reach mutually acceptable proposals.

(c) [Policy No. 28] Publicize policy actions, meeting dates and times, and contact numbers for public officials, through an easily identified and readable column in the newspapers. Active solicitation of public involvement should be a necessary component of research, planning, and policy making budgets and timelines. At a minimum, public involvement methods should consist of information dissemination, discussion, activities, and evaluation.

(d) [Policy No. 29] Conduct annual “neighborhood meetings” with neighborhood councils, advisory boards, the Board of County Commissioners, City Council, Conservation District Board of Supervisors, and other agency representatives to discuss and respond to watershed and neighborhood-specific issues. Neighborhood meetings can serve as an avenue for mutual education between government officials and the public on issues concerning the regions built environment, neighborhood sites with historic or cultural significance, neighborhood design issues, view protection, control of sprawl and other quality of life issues.

(e) [Policy No. 30] Clear, proactive communications on issues that concern all peoples and the region are a necessary prerequisite for building a basis for understanding and protecting cultural resources. Clallam County should apply the same process to cultural resources as is now used for archeological and historical resource protection. This process should be supplemented by cooperative agreements and collaboration between jurisdictions, and by including the tribe in the notice of action in permitting processes for areas of tribal interest.

(f) [Policy No. 31] Utilize dispute resolution services to conduct training on goal setting and consensus-building for neighborhood groups, citizens and government staff. Use dispute resolution services and programs to resolve conflicts and mediate solutions before resorting to litigation.