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Indian & Howards Creek LWP Stakeholder Goals - ReCap

Indian & Howards Creek LWP Stakeholder Goals - ReCap. Three Stakeholder Meetings last year March – June – September Major Watershed Issues were ‘Brain-stormed’ and Sorted Primarily URBAN – e.g., stormwater runoff

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Indian & Howards Creek LWP Stakeholder Goals - ReCap

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  1. Indian & Howards Creek LWPStakeholder Goals - ReCap • Three Stakeholder Meetings last year • March – June – September • Major Watershed Issues were ‘Brain-stormed’ and Sorted • Primarily URBAN – e.g., stormwater runoff • Primarily RURAL – e.g., livestock access to streams • WATERSHED-WIDE • Sediment & erosion control; riparian buffer protection • Watershed education, drinking water protection, collaborative land conservation efforts

  2. Stakeholder GoalsReCap • Identification of Priority Sub-watersheds for Agricultural and StormwaterBMPs

  3. Ecological Assets & Functional Ratings (Phase I Report) Hydrology/Water Quality + Habitat

  4. Priority Sub-watersheds Agricultural Stormwater Preservation(based on Phase I Functional Ratings)

  5. Indian & Howards Creek LWPPhase IStakeholder Goals - ReCap • URBAN • Identify the best sub-watersheds and project sites for stormwater BMPs • Develop recommendations for improving stormwater management • Seek funding for stormwater BMPs identified through the LWP • RURAL • Work with landowners to implement agricultural BMPs within priority sub-watersheds • Work with Land Trust(s) to develop a rural preservation strategy

  6. Indian & Howards Creek LWPPhase IStakeholder Goals - ReCap • WATERSHED-WIDE • Identify the best sub-watersheds for various project types, and rank projects for implementation • Evaluate the effectiveness of current local ordinances related to watershed protection; • Recommend new local ordinances, as needed • Provide for more effective enforcement of existing ones • Develop a local Watershed Education Program • Develop a Source Water Protection Plan for Cherryville

  7. Checking In… • Is everyone in agreement on the • Priority sub-watersheds? and • Stakeholder Goals? • Are volunteers willing to form up Sub-groups to meet before/after our regular meetings… to focus on particular Goals, e.g., development of consensus recommendations? • If not: choose top 2 or 3 goals to focus on during the three remaining Stakeholder meetings…

  8. LWP Stakeholder Goals – General Strategy • Decide on Objectives(sub-goals)and Timeline • May simply be to develop a set (list) of consensus recommendations related to a specific stressor or issue, and include these in the final Watershed Management Plan • Decide on Lead Party/Group to • Develop recommended actions • Implement/Fund and Monitor the actions, Long-term (post-LWP)

  9. LWP Stakeholder GoalsSpecific Strategies • URBAN • Identify best sub-watersheds & project sites for Stormwater BMPs • Already identified two (three?) priority sub-HUs • Entrix is scoped to identify/assess up to 10 urban BMP sites, at least three of which will be included in the final Project Atlas • Develop Stormwater Management recommendations • RECOMMEND: Special sub-group and/or Focus Future Mtg. • Seek Funding for Stormwater BMPs • BMP sites to be identified/prioritized over next ~ 6 - 9 months and included in final Project Atlas (Entrix)… • Long-term (post-LWP), funding proposals would need to be coordinated by team of ‘local champions’ (I/H Creek Advisory Team)

  10. LWP Stakeholder GoalsSpecific Strategies • RURAL • Implement Agricultural BMPs within priority sub-watersheds • Have already identified several priority sub-HUs • Entrix field evaluation of stream and wetlands restoration sites may identify Ag BMPs and/or candidates for farm mg’t. plans • Long-term implementation of Ag BMPs will require non-EEP funding sources (e.g., CWMTF), unless done in conjunction with EEP stream/wetland projects • Develop a Rural Preservation strategy • Agree on Priority Sub-watersheds (per Phase I work) • Entrix to assess/identify additional preservation opportunites (up to 10 sites?) during their field work • RECOMMEND: Special sub-group and/or Focus Future Mtg.

  11. LWP Stakeholder GoalsSpecificStrategies • WATERSHED-WIDE • ID the best sub-watersheds for various project types, and rank projects for implementation • Entrix will lead a project ranking exercise… [July?] • Evaluate current ordinances/policies related to watershed protection; • Establish new local ordinances, as needed • Provide for more effective enforcement • RECOMMEND:Special Sub-group and/or Focus Future Mtg.; build on summary of County ordinances in Phase I Report • Develop a local Watershed Education Program • RECOMMEND: Special Sub-group and/or Long-term Activity • Develop a Source Water Protection Plan for Cherryville • Jay Frick (PWSS) is leading/facilitating this effort…

  12. Summary:Strategy for LWP GOALs • URBANLeadParty • 1 – ID Best Sites for Stormwater BMPs … Entrix/EEP • 2 – Develop Stormwater Mg’t. Recommendations … SHs/Subgroup • 3 – Seek Funding for Stormwater BMPs … post-LWP SH Team • RURAL • 1 – Implement Agricultural BMPs … EEP + post-LWP SH Team • 2 – Rural Preservation Strategy … SHs/Subgroup • WATERSHED-WIDE • 1 – Rank Projects for Implementation … Entrix/EEP • 2 – Evaluate/Recommend Local Ordinances … SHs/Subgroup • 3 – Develop Watershed Education Program … SHs/Subgroup(post-LWP?) • 4 – Develop Source Water Protection Plan (Cherryville) … Jay Frick (PWSS)

  13. How Would You Rank these 4 GOALs? • U– Stormwater Management Recommendations • R – PreservationStrategy/Recommendations • WW – Local Ordinances Review/Recommendations • WW – Watershed Education Program

  14. Indian & Howards Creek LWPStakeholder Goals – Next Steps • April: Choose a Priority Goal to focus on:Local Rules & Ordinancesand/orStormwater Managementrecommendations • July(?):Entrix MCDA Exercise • Incorporate stakeholder criteria/weights into final project ranking spreadsheet, • Including up to 10 additional Ag or structural BMPs that can be modeled for pollutant removal effectiveness • October:Choose another Priority Goal to focus on:Rural Preservation strategyorWatershed Education Program

  15. A Common Strategy for Many EEP LWPs • Core group of LWP stakeholders forms a Long-term Advisory Team or Steering Group to coordinate the implementation & funding of recommended actions AFTER the formal LWP ends… • Example: Lower Creek Advisory Team (LCAT) in the upper Catawba • Regular (at least quarterly) meetings; EEP staff on team • Key stakeholders assist with landowner outreach/recruiting • Coordinated/cooperative approach to funding proposals

  16. Importance of ‘Local Champions’ • Without a commitment from a core group of the LWP Stakeholders to lead the long-range implementation of Final LWP recommendations, there is a strong possibility of the LWP ‘withering on the vine’…

  17. Sub-group Resources/Tools • Mike Herrmann’s Phase I Report • EEP Online Documents from past LWPs • e.g., Bledsoe Creek Watershed Management Plan(New River Basin; Alleghany County) • Center for Watershed Protection (CWP) Code & Ordinance Worksheet(evaluation of local development rules) • NCSU, NC WRC, NC DWQ, USEPA, CWP and Land Trusts –Online guidance documents/brochures related to Stormwater BMPs, Low Impact Development (LID), Smart Growth, Source Water Protection, Habitat Priorities, Conservation Easements

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