What has the ASWCD Done Lately for their Community?

What Have We Done Lately??

Peters Creek Flooding…and blasting…and construction

Spring 2006 2008, post-construction

1980 – same bend in the creek

Community Events & Education

The ASWCD Forage Directory, a comprehensive list of local producers

Estimated tons per year

Seasonal variability

Yard Waste (commercial and household) 13,373 1 summerWood Material from Anchorage Woodlot 2,500 2 summerConstruction, Demolition and Land C learing Waste (wood fraction only) 10,000 1,4 summerPallets 4,500 3 year roundOther Wood Waste 15,748 1 year roundFood Waste (commercial and household) 24,174 1 year roundBarn Waste (manure and bedding, primarily horses) 43,800 5 year roundPaper - Newspaper 15,787 1 year round - Corrugated Cardboard 31,520 1 year round - Mixed Paper 51,899 1 year roundBiosolids (from wastewater treatment) 20,000 year round

2 Anchorage Soil and Water Conservation District

Summary of Organic Waste Composition Data for Anchorage

1 Sound Resource Management, Waste Flow Analysis and Background Document, Working Draft , August 8, 1998. This waste flow analysis and background document was produced as a preparatory step to the Anchorage Waste Reduction and Recycling Task Force's planning process. The report summarizes information available at that time, including four analyses of Anchorage municipal solid waste composition conducted in 1997, 1982, 1978 and 1972 on waste delivered to MOA transfer facilities.

3 Larson, Eric, and Patricia DeRoche, Potential Supplies and Costs of Waste Wood and Paper in Southcentral Alaska , Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, J uly 1996.4 Estimate based on assumption wood accounts for between 13% and 21% of construction, demolition and land clearing waste. Other fractions of this waste stream may also be compostable.5 Estimate based on an Anchorage horse population of 4,000 animals, and an average daily production rate of manure and bedding of 60 pounds per horse per day, as per Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences publication, Horse Stable M anure Management , 2002.

Research and Publications

Annual Poster Contest for all K-12 students

Kincaid Sand Dunes & Coastal Refuge Cleanup

Composting 101 Classes

….so can backyard composting

Conservation Planning andGetting Your Horse PropertyCompliant In 3 Steps or Less

Understanding the Large Animal Ordinance

Assistance with Property Owner & Area Issues, New Management Methods