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Deep River-Portage Burns Waterway Initiative South Shore Clean Cities Webinar April 18, 2014
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This presentation provides an overview of existing watershed conditions that are likely contributing to water quality and aquatic habitat issues and include information about a collaborative effort to restore these waterways for current and future generations to enjoy.
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Deep River-Portage BurnsWaterway Initiative
South Shore Clean Cities WebinarApril 18, 2014
Our Watershed at Glance
Watershed Communities
Known Water Quality Problems-Impaired Streams
10%
23%
59%
8%
Percent by Mile
D.O. E. coliIBC Siltation
Based on draft 2012 303d ListD.O. = Dissolved OxygenIBC = Impaired Biotic Communities
The Watershed Approach
Flexible Framework for Managing Water Resources
•Geographically defined• Collaborative• Strategically addresses water resource goals (ex. water quality, habitat)
Watershed Steering Committee & Public Involvement
Steering Committee Representation
•Municipal• County & Regional• Environmental & Conservation• Recreation• Business & Industry•Universities• State & Federal
Public Involvement
• At least quarterly public meetings• Education & outreach program• Volunteer stream monitoring program
The Watershed Management Plan•Watershed Community Initiative (elements 1-3)
•Watershed Inventory (elements 4-16)
• Identify Problems & Causes (elements 17-18)
• Identify Sources & Calculate Loads (elements 19-21)
• Set Goals & Identify Critical Areas (elements 22-24)
• Choose Measures/ Best Management Practices (elements 25-26)
• Action Register & Schedule (element 27-31)
• Tracking Effectiveness (elements 32-33)
Values
• Recreational opportunities • Aesthetics•Deep River is one of the few rivers in NWI that still has large sections of natural meanders• Connects so many cities•Drains to and affects Lake Michigan•Habitat/natural areas and biodiversity•Wildlife
•Quality of life• Sense of place• Parks and trails • Economic and tourism• Eventually becomes our drinking water • Beauty of Lake George•Mix of agricultural and urban land uses• Agricultural production and local produce
Stakeholder Concerns
• Loss of recreational opportunities•Negative impact to property values• Impacts to tourism• Coordination amongst municipalities, residents and businesses• Loss of fish habitat and wetlands• Riparian area & floodplain encroachment
• Stormwater runoff- sediment, nutrients, and pathogens (urban & ag)• Flooding• Reconciling drainage with water quality and habitat• Buy-in & public involvement•Open space conservation• Loss of cropland to development
Previous Watershed Plans
Watershed Characterization
Surface Geology
Soils- Runoff Potential
Increased Runoff Potential
Soils- Highly Erodible Land
Soils- Drainage Class
Soils- Septic System Limitations
Hydrology
Hydrology
Dams
Regulated Drains
Wetland Loss
Land Cover- 2010
28%
0%
45%
9%
6%3%
1% 8%
AgricultureBare LandDevelopedForestGrasslandScrub/ShrubWaterWetland
Shifting Land Use
Agriculture
Bare Land
Developed
Forest
Grassland
Scrub/ Shrub
Water
Wetland
0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000
2010 2006 2001 1996 1985
Acres
Development Patterns
Impervious Surface Cover
Conservation Tillage
Deep River-Portage Burns Waterway Baseline Assessment & TMDL Study
http://www.in.gov/idem/nps/3893.htm
Habitat Assessment Data
Habitat Assessment Data
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Substrate Cover Channel Riparian
Pool/Current Riffle/Run Gradient Minimum
Site Number
QH
EI
Score
Project Tasks & Timelines Overview
Total Maximum Daily Load
Study(IDEM)
Complete Fall 2014
Develop Watershed
Management Plan
Jan 2014 – June 2015
Education & Public
Involvement Program
Jan 2014 – Dec 2017
Volunteer Stream
Monitoring Program
Apr - Oct 2014 - 2017
Develop & Promote Cost-Share Program
June 2015
Implement Cost-Share Program
July 2015 – Dec 2017
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.”- MARGARET MEADE
Questions/Comments?
Joe ExlSenior Water Resource PlannerNorthwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission6100 Southport RoadPortage, IN 46368219-763-6060 [email protected]
http://www.nirpc.org/environment/deep-river-portage-burns-waterway-initiative.aspx
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