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Katherine Czajkowski
Mohawk Watershed Coordinator
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Background:
Our Waters, Our Communities, Our Futures
Asked the question “How best to manage natural resources and human activities”
Report recommended an Ecosystem-Based Management Approach to Watershed Planning
The Mohawk River Watershed was one of the recommended targets.
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Developed with direct input from various partners
Set of 5 priority ecosystem management goals
A plan for how we achieve those goals
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Goal 1: Fish, Wildlife and Habitats: Conserve and protect fish, wildlife and their habitats
Goal 2: Water Quality: Protect and improve water . Goal 3: Flood Hazard Risk Reduction: Promote
Flood Hazard Risk Reduction and Enhanced Flood Resiliency
Goal 4: Community Revitalization
Goal 5: Working Landscapes: Maintain the
existing working landscapes.
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Governor Cuomo’s cabinet level “Mighty Waters Working Group”
NYSDEC: Environmental Sustainability
Flood Hazard Risk Reduction
NYDOS: Community Revitalization
Maintain Working Landscapes
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16 member Steering Committee
5 Subcommittees
Where the real work gets done!
1 for each goal in the Action Agenda Subcommittee Chairs
Ad-hoc work groups
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Subcommittees Develop list of proposed projects
The more detail the better!!! The What, Why, Who, and How Much!!
Present this list to the full Steering Committee
Steering Committee Collectively agree on proposed projects across the subcommittees Identify the most appropriate partner, set of partners
Basin Program Staff
Settle on final list of projects within budget restraints, solicit feedback from Steering Committee
Determine contract methods Initiate project implementation
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Promote collaboration on basin-wide activities related to Conservation Restoration Sustainable Economic Revitalization
Help foster sustainable management “Ecosystem Based Management” (EBM)
Through partnerships
Federal/State/Local/ Non-profits/Academia etc…
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Ocean and Great Lakes EPF funding
FY 12/13 (212K), 13/14 (145k), 14/15 (145k)
Minigrants
Trees-for-Tribs
Watershed Symposium
Hudson River Environmental Cond. Obs. System
Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring
Sediment Management
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Mohawk River
Hudson River
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Hudson River Environmental Conditions Observing System (HRECOS) - http://www.hrecos.org/joomla/
Utica and Lock 8
Flood forecasting/warnings
Ice jam forecasting
Water quality conditions
Sediment transport
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2012 – Mohawk River Basin Mini-Grants Program Awards
Applicant Project Title Description
Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy Bintz Conservation Easement Protection of ~120 acres of active working farmland and
associated natural areas with a conservation easement in the
Town of Glenville
Schoharie River Center, Inc. Schoharie River Center – Environmental
Study Team
Expand water quality monitoring by local community-
based volunteer Environmental Study Teams
Restoration of riparian buffers to slow bank erosion and the
liberation of suspended sediment
Town of Colonie Mohawk Landings Park Connection Establish a trail connection from Colonie’s Mohawk
Landings Park to the Colonie Bike Path and the Mohawk
River to enhance opportunity for recreational activities and
access to the River
Town of Niskayuna Niskayuna Waterfront Development
Feasibility Study
Feasibility study to assess the viability of building a
community facility/boathouse on land adjacent to Aqueduct
Park.
Schoharie County Schoharie County Recreation Map Development of an inventory of recreational opportunities
that exist within Schoharie County. The inventory will then
be utilized in the development and distribution of a GIS-
based web and paper map identifying recreational
opportunities within Schoharie County.
ECOS: The Environmental
Clearinghouse, Inc.
Along the Bike Trail Guides and Educational
Workshops
Research, development and printing of guide booklets for
use of the Mohawk River bike/hike trail in Albany,
Schenectady and Montgomery Counties.
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Through a grant with FEMA a Flood Hazard Mitigation Study was performed on Main-Stem Mohawk from Utica to Schenectady
Identify at-risk facilities located within a floodplain Identify funding for communities Conduct similar work in tributaries (Schoharie)
Identify “soft” projects – wetland and riparian corridor
restoration sites, retention basin projects etc…
Flood Inundation Warning System
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“Relative Abundance of Blueback Herring (Alosa aestivalis) in Relation to Permanent and Removable Dams on the Mohawk River”
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Soil and Water Coalition – Watershed Management Plan - 2010
Funded through DOS - Local Waterfront
Revitalization Program (LWRP) Grant Makes significant contributions toward many of
the Action Agenda goals Plan includes:
Characterization and description of subwatersheds Assessment of natural resources Evaluation of government roles and laws Development of management strategies
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Wadeable Assessment by Volunteer Evaluators (WAVE)
External Water Quality Data Coordination Effort
Integration of water quality data into DEC mandated reporting
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Restoration and stabilization of riparian areas through planting of vegetation such as trees, shrubs, or grasses along streambanks
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River Days
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Day in the Life of the River
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Department of State Watershed Planning Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) Brownfield Opportunity Areas Grants Program Strategic Planning
Department of Agriculture and Markets
Agricultural Environmental Management Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
Empire State Development Corp.
Governor's Economic Development Councils Mohawk Valley Regional Council preparing to provide a forum for these particular goals
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2013 Governor’s State Budget Included Mohawk River Basin Program allocation
800k included as a separate line in the HREP
Implement the Mohawk River Basin Action Agenda
What to do with the funding? Projects that are directly linked to Action Agenda
targets will be funded
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Subcommittees • Fish, Wildlife, & Habitats • Water Quality • Flood Hazard Risk Reduction
Steering Committee
DEC Basin Program Staff
Project Implementation
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Continue to reach out to new partners with different expertise – To achieve shared goals
The Mohawk Identity
Continue collaboration on myriad of issues
Continue to leverage our resources and expertise
Collectively develop management priorities
Outline time-frame for achieving these goals
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Questions?
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Katherine Czajkowski – Basin Coordinator
518-357-2383 [email protected]
Alexander Smith – Program Manager
518-285-5627