Watershed Regeneration Action Plan
A community-based, tribally co-led planning process to heal communities, lands, and waters through interdependent regenerative solutions including policy change, design of the built environment, and land care practices.
Based on a robust community engagement and co-design process, incorporating citizen science and technical expert knowledge, the WRAP characterizes existing watershed conditions and prioritizes site-specific solutions. Our WRAP will incorporate EPA nine-element Watershed Planning principles within a broad community-based plan for funding, implementing, and evaluating site-specific regenerative interventions, and serve as an EPA 319 plan for our watershed.
The WRAP works to address multiple interdependent challenges throughout the Watershed draining to the Mystic River and Mystic Harbor:
Water Quality and Ecological Collapse
Vulnerability to Climate Risks
Integrated Planning and Community Coordination
Partner Organizations
This work builds on our LISCIF, SeaGrant funded climate vulnerability analysis, CT DEEP and CIRCA funded Living Atlas, The Nature Conservancy funded bioregional regeneration strategy, and support from numerous partner organizations who we extend our deep gratitude to.