The goal of the Clearwater Focus Watershed Program is to protect, restore, and enhance a connected network of functioning habitat types capable of supporting all fish life stages, and to re-establish normal patterns of production, dispersal, and exchange of genetic information within the Nez Perce Tribe's Treaty Territory.

The coordinator in this position will set the direction for the implementation toward the completion of the various Subbasin Management Plans throughout the NPT Treaty Territory. The position:

• Coordinates protection and restoration activities within the Nez Perce treaty territory
• Aids in the policy decisions of the Nez Perce Tribe in the management of their treaty territory
• Facilitates cooperative activities with state, local, and private organizations
• Supervises watershed project leaders from the Nez Perce Tribe
• Provides leadership in watershed activities for the Nez Perce Tribe


On-going projects within the Nez Perce Tribe Treaty Territory will continue toward restoring habitat through a variety of processes.  These activities will include road obliteration, culvert replacement, exclusion of cattle from sensitive riparian areas, assessment of critical stream reaches slated for restoration, surveying, education and outreach, and monitoring and evaluation.