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Who is considered a stakeholder?
Since funding for the development
of the Action Plan and most of its associated
projects will come
from the state, any taxpayer
in Rhode Island is technically eligible to participate.
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However, the local focus on the Action
Plan, and the intent behind it as a locally-driven initiative
lend weight to the priorities of watershed residents,
residents of watershed communities, and the government
and nonprofit stakeholders. The survey and its distribution
were designed to target these groups.
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Stakeholders (to name just a
few)
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| DEM Staff |
Historic Preservation
Associations |
| Town planners |
Pond Associations |
| Northern
Rhode Island Conservation District |
RI Department
of Health |
| Narragansett Bay Commision |
Chambers of Commerce |
| Audubon Society of Rhode
Island |
Land trusts/Conservation
Commissions |
| Dam Owners Associations |
Municipal officials |
How
were these groups contacted?
In addition, distrubution of the survey
served the goal of a preliminary watershed outreach
effort. We hoped to reach an audience that had not been
reached prior and that might not be aware of its status
as a "stakeholder" in the watershed. Certainly,
there is much work yet to be done and results from the
survey point to a serious need
for outreach efforts in the watershed.
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