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UPDATE: The Little Colorado River Watershed Chapters Association

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I hope the New Year is starting well for you. For the past 4 years our program has worked with across 35 chapters on the Navajo Nation doing land restoration, water conservation and food security work. We have direct experience working with chapters as well as understanding of the land policies that sometimes hinder trail development.

The Little Colorado River Watershed Chapters Association (LCRWCA) to do Watershed planning in 15 Navajo communities. Since that time LCRWCA has been a community-led watershed planning organization focused on nurturing water security and food security in Navajo communities. Using a Dine planning paradigm, we work with community stakeholders to determine appropriate sustainable solutions to address their priority resource issues.

We employ an experiential training model to build community capacity in citizen science, land restoration techniques, water harvesting, and the restoration of traditional food systems using Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK).

To view videos of the organization’s projects, visit: www.facebook.com/LCRWCA

By Kern Collymore

LCRWCA Sr. Youth Coordinator
Diné Bikéyah Community Leadership Program