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Community Conservation Assistance Toolkit (CCAT)

Community Conservation Assistance Toolkit (CCAT). A Local Capacity Building Initiative. Mission. To support communities, public officials, Districts and CWQCC’s in their efforts to protect local soil and water resources from unplanned municipal landuse impacts.

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Community Conservation Assistance Toolkit (CCAT)

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  1. Community Conservation Assistance Toolkit (CCAT) A Local Capacity Building Initiative

  2. Mission To support communities, public officials, Districts and CWQCC’s in their efforts to protect local soil and water resources from unplanned municipal landuse impacts. *Tie-in to Ecosystem-Based Management initiative.

  3. Grant Deliverables • Environmental Health Checklist * • Community Conservation Assistance Guide * • Watershed Report Card † • District Employee CCAT Training Session † • CWQCC Checklist † • * To be developed by Sarah during Year 1 of the grant. • † To be developed by NYS SWCC staff during Year 2 of the grant.

  4. Who’s Who? • Grant administrator - NYACD • Steering Committee- NYS SWCC • Technical Advisory Committee- Inter-agency membership

  5. Technical Advisory Committee • Ed Hoxsie, Dutchess County SWCD, WQCC Contact • Mary Jane Porter, NYS Water Resources Institute • Jennifer Fais, Southern Tier Central Regional Planning and Development Board • Gerry Chartier, Town of Berne Planning Board, Association of Towns and Villages, Albany Co. WQCC, retired from NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation. • Ken Smith, NYS Dept. of State- Local and Regional Programs • Jennifer Trimber, Chemung County EMC • Kathy Bertuch, Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board, NYS Association of Regional Councils • Kevin Lewis, Oneida County SWCD • Jane Thapa, NYS Dept. of Health- Water Supply Protection • Dave Behm, NYS Dept. of Agriculture and Markets- Farmland Protection Division • Barbara Silvestri, Schenectady Co. SWCD • Rich Lewis, Dept. of Agriculture and Markets- NYS SWCC • George Proios, New York Association of Conservation Districts, Suffolk Co. SWCD, NYS SWCC (Chair)

  6. Year 1 Deliverables Environmental Health Checklist To raise awareness amongst citizens, municipal officials and CWQCC’s about the public benefits of healthy natural systems and the potential risks residential land uses pose to soil and water resources. Community Conservation Assistance Guide To connect communities with existing technical resources and funding opportunities to move forward with conservation planning.

  7. Environmental Health Checklist For citizens, municipal officials, SWCD staff, and CWQCC’s. Goal: To educate individuals and stimulate public interest about the conservation of local soil and water resources. Areas of Focus: • Drinking water protection • Erosion control • Storm, flood and water management • Food and fiber production

  8. Environmental Health Checklist - Layout Overview

  9. Environmental Health ChecklistApproach 1. Introduce user to resource issue (ex. Storm and Flood Management). • Offer information about how healthy natural systems provide benefits to communities (such as storm and flood protection). • Offer a case study to illustrate how has degraded the ability of natural systems to provide services in the past (ex. unforeseen flooding as a result of poorly planned development) and how that community has counteracted those negative impacts (ex. Use of rain gardens) to positively impact local natural resources.

  10. Environmental Health ChecklistApproach • 2. Engage users to respond to a series of statements designed to: • clarify how individuals and communities can negatively impact the natural environment. • provoke awareness about the state of local soil and water resources • generate public interest for proactive community planning

  11. Community Conservation Assistance Guide

  12. Toolkit Development Process • Role of Technical Advisory Committee • Project website • Status reports and current drafts of tools are available • www.uvm.edu/~sgordon1 • Testing drafted tools • Urban, suburban and rural test groups • County Water Quality Coordinating Committees

  13. CCAT Year 1 Timeline September 2007 - February 2008: • Meet with NYACD to solidify project goals • Develop draft layout and text of Environmental Health Checklist • Organize Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) March / April 2008: • Continue drafting process for Environmental Health Checklist • Schedule and hold first TAC meeting to optimize Checklist • Draft layout for Community Conservation Assistance Guide • Determine community test groups • Schedule and conduct first community pilot sessions May / June 2008: • Schedule and conduct second TAC work session • Schedule and conduct second series of community pilot sessions • Finalize layout and text for both tools July 2008: • Make final changes to Checklist and Assistance Guide • Submit tools for approval by NYS SWCC • Have final products printed

  14. Thank you! Are there any questions or comments?

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