This document discusses the importance of taking a comprehensive, collaborative approach to water resource management. It emphasizes that water issues cannot be solved through isolated "stovepipe solutions" and that all water uses and stressors must be considered. Successful programs get to know decision makers, span boundaries, and earn trust to reach cooperative solutions. Examples highlighted include federal/state task forces making issues local and multi-stakeholder programs involving multiple states.

1. WORKING TOGETHER FOR ONE WATER
 It really does take a village
 Stovepipe solutions don’t work – look comprehensively at all uses and stressors
 There is no I in Watershed
 Get to know the decision makers and influencers to reach solutions
 Learn and adapt
 Span boundaries – literal and figurative ones – and earn trust
 Examples where progress is being shown:
 Federal/State Hypoxia Task Force reaching out to all partners, making it local
 Chesapeake Bay Program – multi-state, multi-stakeholder