Binational Vision Project: Project Team
Original 2005 Binational Watershed Advisory Committee (BWAC)
From 2002 until 2005, the Binational Watershed Advisory Committee (BWAC) provided guidance for the Binational Vision for the Tijuana River Watershed. The duties of the BWAC members included:
- Attend quarterly meetings
- Help develop the Vision Documents
- Review and add to the website and its databases
- Help identify stakeholders
- Facilitate outreach to stakeholders
- Network with decision makers
- Represent the Binational Tijuana River Watershed Advisory Council
Binational Watershed Advisory Committee Co-Chairs
- Saxod, Elsa: Office of Binational Affairs, City of San Diego
- Silvan, Laura: Proyecto Fronterizo de Educacion Ambiental A.C. (PFEA)
Research Team
The Binational Vision for the Tijuana River Watershed working team consisted of researchers from San Diego State University, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, and the Autonomous University of Baja California. The team drafted documents, facilitated stakeholder involvement, and coordinated meetings and events, among other duties. As a result, the team produced a Binational Vision document that reflected stakeholders’ views of the desired state of the watershed for the near and distant future.
Research Team Members
- Dr. Paul Ganster
- Dr. Richard Wright
- Dr. José Luis Castro Ruiz
- M.C. Walter R. Zúñiga
Stakeholders
- Ávila Niebla, Miguel Ángel: Comisión Estatal de Servicios Públicos de Tijuana (CESPT)
- Borja Medina, Myrna Yolanda: Dirección Municipal de Ecología
- Brightwood, Sarah Livia: Fundación La Puerta, A.C.
- Connolly, Michael: Campo Environmental Protection Agency
- Cueva Lopéz, Toribio: Comisión Estatal de Servicios Públicos de Tijuana (CESPT)
- Diáz, F. Javier: Mexican Consulate of San Diego
- Espinoza, Roberto: Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas
- Fege, Anne S.: San Diego Natural History Museum
- Fege, Dave: USEPA Border Liaison Office
- González Aguirre, Eduardo Germán: Consultant
- Guzmán, Saúl: Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT)
- Holler, Ivan: County of San Diego
- Kiy, Richard: International Community Foundation
- McMicheaux, Dion: International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC)
- Muñoz, Virgilio: Tijuana Trabaja
- Nevarez, Ana L.: Loponti Holdings, Inc.
- Oberbauer, Tom: County of San Diego
- Phillips, Clay: City of Imperial Beach, Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (TRNERR)
- Ramírez Pineda, Patricia: Comisión Estatal de Servicios Públicos de Tecate (CESPTe)
- Roman Calleros, Jesús: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC)
- Romero Ibarrola, Guillermo: Fundación la Puerta, A.C.
- Rosquillas, Antonio: Dirección de Protección Civil
- Saenz, Ron: San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)
- Sandoval Millán, Joaquín: Presidencia Municipal de Tecate
- Schlachter, Joyce: Bureau of Land Management
- Tañor Q., Onésimo: Dirrección Municipal de Ecología
- Valdez, Victoria: Arch-Vic Construction
- Vale Sánchez, Sergio: Presidencia Municipal de Tecate
- Villegas Ibarra, Enrique: Dirección General de Ecología
- Wilken, Mike: El Instituto de Culturas Nativas (CUNA)
- Winkelman, Doretta: Executive Director and Co-founder of PROBEA
- Zavala, José Carmelo: Cámara Nacional de la Industria de Transformación (CANACINTRA)
- Zepeda Berrelleza, Hugo: Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT)
It was the goal of the original team to create a “living document” and the 2013 update reflects these goals.
Key 2013 participants:
- Dr. Paul Ganster: San Diego State University (SDSU)
- David Gibson: California Region Water Quality Control Board
- Carlos de la Parra: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF)
- Doug Liden: EPA, Border liason office
- Melissa Valdovinos: California Region Water Quality Control Board
- Claudia Marcela Achoy Lopez: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
- Jan Thurman: San Diego State University (SDSU)
- Elizabeth Eklund: San Diego State University (SDSU)
- Harry Johnson: San Diego State University (SDSU)
