2024 - 2026 Strategic Plan 

The Illinois River Watershed Partnership has set its vision 2026 and identified strategic initiatives as essential toward its mission to improving the integrity of the Illinois River watershed.

Our Vision 2026

1.       Continue to offer, and facilitate provision of, impactful conservation and restoration programming.

  • Support consistency in use and understanding of data, analysis, and information to inform decision making.

  • Continue to grow and expand effective programming throughout the watershed that achieves measurable results in water quality and/or watershed management.

  • Make use of emerging technologies and solutions to help make better decisions based on qualitative and quantitative evidence.

2.       Maintain sustainable financial resources that keeps pace with demands of a growing population and region.

  • Cover all operating expenses and expand program investments that efficiently implement programming.

  • Actively pursue new funding opportunities in balance with available resources and in keeping with IRWP’s mission.

3.       Effectively promote and communicate the need for, work of, and impact of IRWP.

  • Diversify and expand the awareness of the organization and watershed engaging new and existing stakeholders in a meaningful way.

  • Measure and report on the results of IRWP programming in improving water quality and watershed management.

4.       Ensure quality organizational leadership, management, and staffing.

  • Expand the organization's reach and participation to engage new stakeholders and experts in decision making.

  • Maintain and develop staff and board capacity to achieve results.

Initiatives

Strategic Initiative #1: Improve Understanding of Watershed Dynamics and Water Quality Through Improved Monitoring and Analysis of Program and Land Use Impacts

Strategic Initiative #2: Education and Outreach to Stakeholders on the Importance of Watershed Management and Water Quality

Strategic Initiative #3: Implementation of Best Management Practices in the Watershed

Strategic Initiative #4: Quality Organizational Leadership, Management, and Staffing

Strategic Initiative #5: Maintain sustainable funding that keeps pace with demands of a growing population and region