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Deep River-Portage BurnsWaterway Initiative
South Shore Clean Cities WebinarApril 18, 2014
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Our Watershed at Glance
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Watershed Communities
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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
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The Watershed Approach
Flexible Framework for Managing Water Resources
•Geographically defined• Collaborative• Strategically addresses water resource goals (ex. water quality, habitat)
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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Previous Watershed Plans
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Watershed Characterization
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Surface Geology
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Soils- Runoff Potential
Increased Runoff Potential
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Soils- Highly Erodible Land
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Soils- Drainage Class
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Soils- Septic System Limitations
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Hydrology
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Hydrology
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Dams
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Regulated Drains
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Wetland Loss
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Land Cover- 2010
28%
0%
45%
9%
6%3%
1% 8%
AgricultureBare LandDevelopedForestGrasslandScrub/ShrubWaterWetland
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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
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Development Patterns
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Impervious Surface Cover
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Conservation Tillage
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Deep River-Portage Burns Waterway Baseline Assessment & TMDL Study
http://www.in.gov/idem/nps/3893.htm
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Habitat Assessment Data
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Habitat Assessment Data
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 350
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
11 13 13 11 11 11
210
3 37
13 13 13
27
11
1
11
1 2
13
1 2 1 1 311
1 2
113 1 1 1
10 7 6 10 7
17
11
12
12 9
14
14 13 11
1210
13
9
10
10 5
15
3
12 14
5
11
11
10 9
15
10 148 9
814
910 13
16
11
12
5 14
14
12 1616
15 12
13
9
9
7
5
6
8
7 7
7
8
7
612
8
11 410 10
6
5
55 7
7
5
7
6
6
85
6 8
95
5
3
3
5
4
5
6
36
4
5
9
8
5
4
3
4 37
74
3
68
11
8
7
9
7
9 7
104
4
3
9
6
7
6
3
10
4
98
6
4
5
75
9
44 7
9
05
0
00
6
3
0
00
0 5
7
2
04
0
2
0
0
0
5
0
00
0
0
0
0 0
0
00
4
0
6
10
4
66
6
4
4
6
10
4
10
10
10
10 10
6
6
4
4
6
4
4
44
4
6
6
48
4
10
4
10 4
Substrate Cover Channel Riparian
Pool/Current Riffle/Run Gradient Minimum
Site Number
QH
EI
Score
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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
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“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
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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