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Recap: June’08 Meeting

Recap: June’08 Meeting. What do you consider to be the most critical watershed issues? Problems to be solved Assets to be protected. Cherryville. Your Top Five Watershed Issues (from the 6-17-08 meeting; after ‘lumping’; no particular order ).

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Recap: June’08 Meeting

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  1. Recap: June’08 Meeting • What do you consider to bethe most critical watershed issues? • Problemsto be solved • Assetsto be protected Cherryville

  2. Your Top Five Watershed Issues(from the 6-17-08 meeting; after ‘lumping’; no particular order) • Urban Stormwater Runoff • Agricultural Impacts • Drinking Water Protection • Outreach & Education • Land Conservation • Misc. Overlapping Issues • Degraded riparian buffers • Erosion and sedimentation • Inadequate regulatory enforcement • Impacts of the drought • WWTPs (point source dischargers)

  3. ‘Stressor’= anything that impairs water quality, degrades habitat … or otherwise negatively affects watershedfunctions & resources Primarily Urban Stormwater runoff From any highly impervious area From specific sites/facilities Primarily Rural Livestock/cattle with direct access to streams (fecal, nutrients, sediment) Lack of Agricultural BMPs Conversion of farmland to high-IC development Major Watershed StressorsLinked to the Priority Issues What category for WWTPs?

  4. Major Watershed Stressors (cont’d) • Watershed-wide • Erosion & sedimentation from any land-disturbing activity without proper S&EC practices • Poor-quality or absent riparian buffers, incl. invasive species • Expanding development; new subdivisions • Lack of education/awareness re watershed problems & solutions (general public; landowners; local officials) • Lax enforcement of existing rules/ordinances (state – local) • Lack of effective local ordinances related to water quality and habitat protection • Lack of source water/drinking water protection strategies and practices

  5. Possible LWP GoalsLinked to the Watershed Stressors • Urban • Use this LWP process to identify the best sub-watersheds and project sites for stormwater BMPs • Adopt county and/or municipal stormwater ordinance(s), using the NC DWQ USMP model. • Seek funding for the construction/maintenance of strategically located stormwater BMPs (319, CWMTF, etc.)

  6. Possible LWP GoalsLinked to the Watershed Stressors • Rural • Work with rural landowners to fund & implement agricultural BMPs within priority sub-watersheds • Develop custom-tailored farm management plans • Use EEP and Ag Cost Share funding to install livestock fencing around riparian buffer zones and provide alternate watering sources. • Work with local/regional Land Trusts to develop a farmland preservation strategy.

  7. Possible LWP Goals • Watershed-wide • Identify priority sub-watersheds for various project types, and rank candidate sites/parcels within these • Agricultural BMPs, stormwater BMPs/retrofits, stream and buffer restoration, wetlands enhancement, habitat preservation • Establish new local ordinances related to watershed protection, e.g., buffer protection, tree protection, S&EC, stormwater management, LID, source water protection. • More effectively enforce existing rules/ordinances related to watershed protection.

  8. Possible Watershed-wide Goals(cont’d.) 4. Seek funding to establish a Local Watershed Coordinator position. 5. Develop & implement a Watershed Education Program; consider multiple ‘target audiences’, e.g., farmers, residential landowners, teachers/students, local officials (county commissioners), business/industry and the general public. 6. Develop & implement a Source Water Protection Program for citizens within WSW areas and users of community and private wells. [Jay F. assist?]

  9. NOTE • Some of these goals can be directly integrated into the EEP Local Watershed Planning (LWP) process over the next several months… • Others represent long-term recommendations that will require post-LWP actions by local stakeholders

  10. HOMEWORK • Review the proposed GOALs • Send any comments or changes -- or new goals you want to add -- to Hal by October 10th • hal.bryson@ncmail.net • 828-450-9408

  11. How to Incorporate the Priority Issues/Goals into our LWP Process? • NOW: Phase I…Phase II • Begin to shape the planning process around key issues... • Identify Priority Sub-watersheds for Stormwater BMPs (urban) and Agricultural BMPs (rural) • where Entrix can focus their field assessment and modeling work to identify the best project sites • LATER: Phase III • Project Atlas– criteria for ranking the project sites • Watershed Management Recommendations

  12. Which sub-watersheds should be priorities for Stormwater BMPs?

  13. Which sub-watersheds should be priorities for Agricultural BMPs?

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