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Appendix L: Implementation Work Plan 2011‐2016

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Page 1: Appendix L: Implementation Work Plan 2011‐2016 · turtle, shovelnose sturgeon, mussels, and small stream fish). Identify and map areas for comprehensive watershed inventory of conservation

Appendix L: Implementation Work Plan 2011‐2016 

Page 2: Appendix L: Implementation Work Plan 2011‐2016 · turtle, shovelnose sturgeon, mussels, and small stream fish). Identify and map areas for comprehensive watershed inventory of conservation

 

Page 3: Appendix L: Implementation Work Plan 2011‐2016 · turtle, shovelnose sturgeon, mussels, and small stream fish). Identify and map areas for comprehensive watershed inventory of conservation

  

2011 –

Pag

e 1

20

11

Wo

rk P

lan

Status 

Task

Plan

nin

g

Dev

elop a

pra

ctic

e an

d e

duca

tion m

arke

ting p

rogra

m.

Cre

ate

med

ia p

lan t

o h

ighlig

ht

rain

gar

den

s an

d r

ain b

arre

ls.

Dev

elop a

cost

-shar

e pro

gra

m f

or

use

by

pro

duce

rs a

nd r

esid

ents

as

nee

ded

.

Dev

elop a

tar

get

ed e

duca

tion p

lan incl

udin

g k

ey m

essa

ges

and t

arg

etin

g s

tandar

d p

ract

ices

incl

uded

in t

he

cost

-shar

e pro

gra

m.

 

Dev

elop a

n e

duca

tion p

lan h

ighlig

hting e

ffort

s by

the

Citie

s of

Lafa

yett

e an

d W

est

Lafa

yett

e to

red

uce

Com

bin

ed S

ewer

Ove

rflo

ws

to t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

.

Dev

elop e

duca

tion p

lan h

ighlig

hting e

xist

ing g

reen

roofs

incl

udin

g g

reen

pra

ctic

es t

our

and p

rom

otional

mat

eria

ls.

 

Dev

elop e

duca

tion p

lan h

ighlig

hting p

ract

ices

whic

h w

ill incl

ude

gre

en p

ract

ices

tour,

utilit

y bill

inse

rts,

and p

rom

otional

m

ater

ials

.

Dev

elop e

duca

tion p

lan h

ighlig

hting t

he

storm

wat

er a

nd o

ther

ben

efits

of

tree

s.

D

evel

op e

duca

tion p

lan t

o h

ighlig

ht

pra

ctic

e, t

arget

dev

eloper

s, a

rchitec

ts,

and e

ngin

eers

, an

d p

rom

ote

via

tours

and m

ater

ials

.

 

Dev

elop e

duca

tion p

lan w

hic

h p

rovi

des

acc

ura

te info

rmat

ion a

bout

the

use

of

fert

ilize

r an

d t

he

nee

d f

or

phosp

horu

s-bas

ed

fert

ilize

rs o

n law

ns.

Cre

ate

an e

duca

tional

cam

pai

gn f

ocu

sed o

n c

ove

ring t

rash

can

s, n

ot

litte

ring,

and p

icki

ng u

p litte

r.

Exp

and b

usi

nes

s ce

rtific

atio

n p

rogra

m t

o incl

ude

a ce

rtific

atio

n for

gre

en b

uild

ers

off

erin

g g

reen

ser

vice

s an

d p

roduct

s.

Exp

lore

the

pote

ntial

and n

eed f

or

a se

mi-

annual

or

quar

terl

y new

slet

ter

in p

aper

and e

lect

ronic

form

at a

nd p

roduce

if det

erm

ined

.

Dev

elop a

lis

t of

pote

ntial

par

tner

gro

ups

and iden

tify

a c

onta

ct w

ithin

eac

h g

roup.

Iden

tify

a m

ethod o

f co

nta

ctin

g p

artn

er g

roups

and a

ppro

ach e

ach

pote

ntial

par

tner

to e

xplo

re o

pport

unitie

s.

Iden

tify

par

tner

org

aniz

atio

ns

whic

h h

ost

fie

ld d

ays,

work

day

s, a

nd c

lean

-up e

vents

.

Iden

tify

par

tner

org

aniz

atio

ns

whic

h h

ost

nat

ure

tours

, fiel

d t

rips,

and r

iver

tri

ps.

Rev

iew

sta

tus

of

the

Tip

pec

anoe

County

com

pre

hen

sive

pla

n.

Cre

ate

a lis

t of

serv

ice

org

aniz

atio

ns

thro

ughout

the

wat

ersh

ed.

Cre

ate

list

of pote

ntial

tar

get

s an

d p

artn

ers

for

educa

tion k

id a

nd a

dult v

ideo

pre

senta

tion.

Fundin

g

Iden

tify

a f

undin

g m

echan

ism

to d

evel

op a

ter

rest

rial

exo

tic

spec

ies

contr

ol pla

n.

Iden

tify

a f

undin

g m

echan

ism

to p

urc

has

e w

eekl

y sp

ots

on W

BAA.

Iden

tify

a f

undin

g s

ourc

e an

d p

artn

er t

o p

rovi

de

farm

in flo

odpla

in p

rofita

bili

ty a

nal

ysis

.

Iden

tify

fundin

g f

or

video

dev

elopm

ent

with v

ideo

tar

get

ing a

dult a

nd k

ids

gro

ups.

Iden

tify

fundin

g s

ourc

es f

or

cost

-shar

e an

d e

duca

tion p

rogra

ms.

Page 4: Appendix L: Implementation Work Plan 2011‐2016 · turtle, shovelnose sturgeon, mussels, and small stream fish). Identify and map areas for comprehensive watershed inventory of conservation

  

2011 –

Pag

e 2

20

11

Wo

rk P

lan

(co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

Educa

tion

Beg

in h

ost

ing v

oya

geu

r ca

noe

trip

s ta

rget

ing h

isto

rica

l an

d w

ater

qual

ity

info

rmat

ion.

Develop

 an ed

ucation po

ster program

 which highlights un

ique

 aspects of the

 Wabash River. 

Cre

ate

Cle

ar-B

lue-

Gre

en w

ebsi

te t

o b

e a

gre

en h

ub o

f re

sourc

es f

or

busi

nes

ses

and r

esid

ents

in T

ippec

anoe

County

.

Iden

tify

a r

oute

for

5K o

r 10K r

un/w

alk

along t

he

Wab

ash H

eritag

e Tra

il.

Iden

tify

and h

ire

a photo

gra

pher

to d

evel

op a

nat

ura

l ar

eas

and W

abas

h R

iver

-bas

ed p

ort

folio

.

Inve

stig

ate

the

pote

ntial

for

a yo

uth

-bas

ed W

abas

h R

iver

flo

at t

rip (

ala

Arr

ow

hea

d C

ountr

y RC&

D)

and p

lan e

vent.

Rev

iew

exi

stin

g s

ucc

essf

ul pet

was

te p

ick

up p

rogra

ms,

lik

e th

at o

f th

e H

endrick

s County

MS4 t

o r

eplic

ate

thei

r su

cces

ses.

Work

with iden

tified

par

tner

s an

d N

ature

Note

s to

dev

elop a

n a

nnual

cal

endar

and p

ost

to c

entr

al w

ebsi

te.

Ass

ist

TCPW

Q a

nd c

ounty

educa

tors

as

nee

ded

.

Com

ple

te a

nnual

Hoosi

er R

iver

wat

ch t

rain

ing a

nd c

onsi

der

ret

rain

ing v

olunte

ers

as n

eeded

.

Com

ple

te H

oosi

er R

iver

wat

ch q

uar

terl

y sa

mplin

g a

t 10 s

ites

.

Com

ple

te u

pdat

es t

o t

he

WREC w

ebsi

te q

uar

terl

y an

d p

rovi

de

that

info

rmat

ion t

o p

artn

ers

for

updat

e to

thei

r w

ebsi

tes

as w

ell.

Cre

ate

pam

phle

ts,

bro

chure

s, a

nd m

arke

ting m

ater

ials

as

nee

ded

and d

istr

ibute

thro

ugh p

artn

er o

rganiz

atio

ns,

on w

ebsi

tes,

an

d v

ia d

irec

t m

ailin

gs

and m

eetings.

Cre

ate

pre

ss r

elea

ses

quar

terl

y or

as n

eeded

.

Conduct

tw

ice

annual

chem

istr

y sa

mplin

g b

litze

s in

the

spri

ng a

nd f

all.

 

Dev

elop a

lis

t of

kid-f

rien

dly

sam

ple

sites

for

the

sam

plin

g b

litz

and e

nsu

re t

hat

sam

plin

g m

ethods

are

adap

ted t

o e

nco

ura

ge

child

ren’s

par

tici

pat

ion.

Conduct

annual

fis

h b

litz

in t

he

sum

mer

/fal

l

Inve

nto

ry

Com

ple

te inve

nto

ry o

f urb

an a

reas

to iden

tify

wat

ersh

ed r

etro

fit

nee

ds.

Dev

elop a

lis

t of

entities

to t

arget

for

per

vious

pav

emen

t in

stal

lation.

 H

ost

ser

ies

of

par

tner

mee

tings

to iden

tify

hab

itat

s nec

essa

ry t

o k

ey u

mbre

lla s

pec

ies

(red

-hea

ded

woodpec

ker,

bobw

hite,

box

turt

le,

shove

lnose

stu

rgeo

n,

muss

els,

and s

mal

l st

ream

fis

h).

Id

entify

and m

ap a

reas

for

com

pre

hen

sive

wat

ersh

ed inve

nto

ry o

f co

nse

rvat

ion p

ract

ices

.

Iden

tify

lan

dsc

apin

g c

om

pan

ies,

roof an

d g

utt

er c

om

pan

ies,

and w

indow

com

pan

ies

with w

hic

h p

artn

ersh

ips

could

be

built

.

Iden

tify

loca

tions

that

are

suitab

le f

or

gre

en r

oof

inst

alla

tion.

 

Page 5: Appendix L: Implementation Work Plan 2011‐2016 · turtle, shovelnose sturgeon, mussels, and small stream fish). Identify and map areas for comprehensive watershed inventory of conservation

  

2012 –

Pag

e 1

20

12

Wo

rk P

lan

Status 

Task

Plan

nin

g

Dev

elop a

volu

nte

er t

rack

ing d

atab

ase

and u

tiliz

e th

is t

o t

rack

volu

nte

er invo

lvem

ent.

Com

ple

te u

pdat

e of

the

storm

wat

er o

rdin

ance

and t

echnic

al s

tandar

ds

Iden

tify

tim

elin

e fo

r updat

ing o

r re

visi

ng t

he

Tip

pec

anoe

County

com

pre

hen

sive

pla

n.

Men

tor

com

munitie

s an

d c

ounties

to c

om

ple

te p

lannin

g a

s nee

ded

.

Rev

iew

sto

rmw

ater

ord

inan

ce a

nd t

echnic

al s

tandar

ds.

Tra

ck p

rogre

ss o

n W

abas

h R

iver

Wat

er Q

ual

ity

Tra

din

g p

rogra

m d

evel

opm

ent

as it

occ

urs

.

Dev

elop a

n e

duca

tion p

lan incl

udin

g d

emonst

ration d

ay a

nd p

rinte

d m

ater

ials

tar

get

ing t

he

use

of

bio

reac

tors

.

Dev

elop a

n e

duca

tion p

lan incl

udin

g d

emonst

ration d

ay a

nd p

rinte

d m

ater

ials

tar

get

ing t

he

use

of

wet

land c

ells

.

Dev

elop a

n e

duca

tion p

lan incl

udin

g d

emonst

ration d

ay a

nd p

rinte

d m

ater

ials

tar

get

ing t

wo s

tage

ditch

es.

Iden

tify

mec

han

ism

s an

d n

eed f

or

wat

er q

ual

ity

trad

ing p

rogra

m.

Fundin

g

Iden

tify

fundin

g s

ourc

e to

dev

elop T

ippEco

Now

.

Iden

tify

a f

undin

g m

echan

ism

to p

rom

ote

contr

olle

d b

urn

ing.

Iden

tify

additio

nal

cove

r cr

op f

undin

g o

ptions.

Iden

tify

and s

eek

finan

cial

ince

ntive

s fo

r la

ndow

ner

s to

est

ablis

h b

iore

acto

rs.

Iden

tify

and s

eek

finan

cial

ince

ntive

s fo

r la

ndow

ner

s to

est

ablis

h c

onst

ruct

ed w

etla

nd c

ells

.

Iden

tify

and s

eek

finan

cial

ince

ntive

s fo

r la

ndow

ner

s to

inst

all dra

inag

e w

ater

man

agem

ent

pra

ctic

es.

 Id

entify

fundin

g m

echan

ism

to c

om

ple

te r

esea

rch o

n c

ost

s of la

wn m

ainte

nan

ce c

om

par

ed t

o c

ost

of

pra

irie

or

wood

land

rest

ora

tion.

Iden

tify

pote

ntial

fundin

g s

ourc

es t

hat

supply

conse

rvat

ion/r

esto

ration ince

ntive

and e

asem

ent

pay

men

t.

Incr

ease

fundin

g f

or

com

munity

tree

pla

nting g

roups

such

as

Tre

e La

faye

tte

and W

est

Lafa

yett

e Tre

e Fu

nd.

Inve

stig

ate

options

for

fundin

g a

nd c

om

ple

tion o

f cl

imat

e re

ady

act

ion p

lan.

Corr

idor

Iden

tify

thre

ats

from

hum

an r

ecre

atio

n a

nd d

evel

opm

ent.

Ass

essm

ent Com

ple

te a

fie

ld a

sses

smen

t of

pote

ntial

gre

en infr

astr

uct

ure

ret

rofit

site

s an

d p

riori

tize

pote

ntial

loca

tion

s.

Com

ple

te a

sses

smen

t of

fiel

d a

nd s

trea

m b

ord

ers

usi

ng G

IS m

aps

and r

andom

on-t

he-

gro

und s

pot

chec

ks.

 

Page 6: Appendix L: Implementation Work Plan 2011‐2016 · turtle, shovelnose sturgeon, mussels, and small stream fish). Identify and map areas for comprehensive watershed inventory of conservation

  

2012 –

Pag

e 2

20

12

Wo

rk P

lan

(co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

Com

ple

te a

sses

smen

t of

road

side

mow

ing u

sing G

IS m

aps

and r

andom

spot

chec

ks.

Com

ple

te a

sses

smen

t of

veget

atio

n u

sing G

IS m

aps

and r

andom

on-t

he-

gro

und s

pot

chec

ks.

Com

ple

te e

conom

ic c

ost

/ben

efit a

nal

ysis

of

per

vious

pav

emen

t in

stal

lation.

Com

ple

te s

urv

ey o

f al

l st

ream

culv

erts

to iden

tify

those

that

inhib

it f

ree

fish

pas

sage.

Com

ple

te s

urv

ey o

f W

abas

h R

iver

to iden

tify

pote

ntial

bac

kwat

er r

esto

ration loca

tions.

Conduct

one-

on-o

ne

site

vis

its

with indiv

idual

pro

duce

rs t

o d

iscu

ss p

resc

ribed

gra

zing.

Conduct

site

visi

ts w

ith indiv

idual

lan

dow

ner

s pro

moting t

he

ease

men

t pro

gra

m f

or

wet

land a

nd f

loodpla

in r

esto

ration.

Conduct

site

visi

ts w

ith lan

dow

ner

s to

pro

mote

no t

ill.

 Conta

ct lan

dow

ner

s fr

om

Wes

t La

faye

tte

to K

icka

poo C

reek

on r

iver

rig

ht

to info

rm t

hem

about

USD

A p

rogra

ms

for

um

bre

lla

spec

ies

pro

tect

ion.

Continue

to p

erfo

rm t

illag

e tr

anse

ct a

nd p

rom

ote

res

ults

to w

ater

shed

sta

kehold

ers.

Educa

tion A

ssis

t TCPW

Q a

nd c

ounty

educa

tors

as

nee

ded

.

Ass

ist

Tip

pec

anoe

SW

CD

with s

torm

dra

in s

tenci

ling p

rogra

m.

Ass

ist

with a

nnual

Mak

e A S

pla

sh e

vent.

Att

end S

pri

ng F

est,

Lat

ino F

est,

Laf

ayet

te,

Wes

t La

faye

tte,

and P

urd

ue

farm

ers

mar

kets

, M

ose

y D

ow

n M

ainst

reet

and o

ther

Att

end t

he

Hom

e an

d G

arden

Show

annual

ly t

o p

rom

ote

corr

ect

usa

ge

of

fert

ilize

r.

Dev

elop a

mes

sage

for

county

fai

rs a

nnual

ly a

nd a

tten

d c

ounty

fai

rs f

or

Founta

in,

Tip

pec

anoe,

and W

arre

n c

ounties

on a

n

Exp

lore

opport

unitie

s to

par

tner

with c

om

munity

even

ts a

nd f

estiva

ls (

Tas

te o

f Tip

pec

anoe,

Dan

cing in t

he

Str

eets

, O

ctober

fest

,

Iden

tify

par

tner

opport

unitie

s to

pro

mote

fie

ld d

ays

thro

ughout

the

wat

ersh

ed a

nd p

ost

to a

cen

tral

web

site

or

cale

ndar

.

Iden

tify

par

tner

work

day

s fo

r rive

r cl

ean-u

p,

exotic

spec

ies

contr

ol, o

r hab

itat

res

tora

tion o

pport

unitie

s.

Iden

tify

par

tner

s to

ass

ist

with e

duca

tion a

nd p

ract

ice

mes

sage

dev

elopm

ent

and d

eliv

ery.

Mee

t w

ith t

wo s

ervi

ce o

rgan

izat

ions

to p

rese

nt

info

rmat

ion o

n w

ater

qual

ity,

agri

cultura

l pra

ctic

es,

nat

ura

l la

nd p

rese

rvat

ion,

or

Req

ues

t as

sist

ance

fro

m s

ervi

ce o

rgan

izat

ions

on n

atura

l ar

eas

mai

nte

nan

ce,

Wab

ash R

iver

cle

an-u

p e

vents

, Sam

plin

g B

litz,

or

Support

CSO

im

ple

men

tation p

lans

as p

oss

ible

.

Work

with t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

fest

pla

nnin

g c

om

mitte

e to

pla

n a

nd im

ple

men

t th

e ev

ent.

Rec

ogniz

e se

rvic

e gro

ups

for

thei

r par

tici

pat

ion b

y honori

ng t

he

most

act

ive

gro

up r

elat

ive

to n

atura

l ar

eas

conse

rvation a

nd

Com

ple

te u

pdat

es t

o t

he

WREC w

ebsi

te q

uar

terl

y an

d p

rovi

de

that

info

rmat

ion t

o p

artn

ers

for

updat

e to

thei

r w

ebsi

tes

as w

ell.

 Cre

ate

pam

phle

ts,

bro

chure

s, a

nd m

arke

ting m

ater

ials

as

nee

ded

and d

istr

ibute

thro

ugh p

artn

er o

rganiz

atio

ns,

on w

ebsi

tes,

and

via

dir

ect

mai

lings

and m

eetings.

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2012 –

Pag

e 3

20

12

Wo

rk P

lan

(co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

Cre

ate

pre

ss r

elea

ses

quar

terl

y or

as n

eeded

.

Dev

elop a

cal

endar

of

wee

kly

wat

er q

ual

ity

mes

sages

.

Part

icip

ate

in D

etra

sh t

he

Wab

ash,

Cle

an S

wee

p,

Tox

Aw

ay,

and B

oile

r Bla

st t

o e

nco

ura

ge

litte

r re

mova

l an

d r

ecyc

ling.

Part

ner

with t

he

Tip

pec

anoe

SW

CD

to h

ost

a b

ooth

at

Ag D

ays.

Produce

quar

terl

y or

sem

i-an

nual

new

slet

ter

(if

det

erm

ined

nee

ded

and u

sefu

l in

2011).

Profile

volu

nte

ers

and t

hei

r m

onitoring e

ffort

s on p

artn

er w

ebsi

tes

and t

hro

ugh m

arke

ting e

ffort

.

Provi

de

info

rmat

ion t

o e

xist

ing n

ewsl

ette

r publis

her

s in

cludin

g T

ippec

anoe

SW

CD

, W

arre

n S

WCD

, Fo

unta

in S

WCD

, N

ativ

e Roots

,

Provi

de

info

rmat

ion t

o n

eighborh

ood a

ssoci

atio

ns

to h

ighlig

ht

connec

tivi

ty t

o t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

as

info

rmat

ion is

avai

lable

.

Com

ple

te y

outh

-bas

ed W

abas

h R

iver

flo

at t

rip if

dee

med

fea

sible

.

Conduct

annual

fis

h b

litz

in t

he

sum

mer

/fal

l

Conduct

tw

ice

annual

chem

istr

y sa

mplin

g b

litze

s in

the

spri

ng a

nd f

all.

 

Consi

der

dev

elopin

g a

n a

dopt-

a-si

te o

ption f

or

gro

ups

to s

ample

duri

ng e

ach s

amplin

g b

litz

and r

ecru

it v

olu

nte

ers

for

each

sa

mplin

g g

roup.

Com

ple

te a

nnual

Hoosi

er R

iver

wat

ch t

rain

ing a

nd c

onsi

der

ret

rain

ing v

olunte

ers

as n

eeded

.

Com

ple

te H

oosi

er R

iver

wat

ch q

uar

terl

y sa

mplin

g a

t 10 s

ites

.

Dev

elop e

duca

tion c

om

ponen

t fo

r th

e sa

mplin

g b

litz

and im

ple

men

t in

conce

rt w

ith e

ach s

amplin

g b

litz.

Eva

luat

e ev

ent

and d

eter

min

e re

med

iation o

f th

e W

abas

h S

amplin

g B

litz

follo

win

g e

ach b

litz.

Host

20 v

oya

geu

r ca

noe

trip

s ta

rget

ing h

isto

rica

l an

d w

ater

qual

ity

info

rmat

ion.

Iden

tify

10 p

rofe

ssio

nal

offic

es f

or

photo

gra

ph p

lace

men

t.

Iden

tify

busi

nes

ses

at w

hic

h e

duca

tional

post

ers

can b

e pla

ced a

nd p

ost

and r

ota

te p

ost

ers

quar

terl

y.

Exp

and p

artici

pat

ion in W

abas

h R

iver

fest

by

incr

easi

ng c

om

munity

atte

ndan

ce b

y 10%

annual

ly.

Hold

Stu

rgeo

n R

un d

uri

ng S

turg

eon s

paw

nin

g (

April)

and a

Riv

er R

un a

s par

t of

Riv

erfe

st (

July

).

Iden

tify

opport

unitie

s fo

r busi

nes

ses

to p

artici

pat

e in

the

sam

plin

g b

litz

via

emplo

yee

shar

ing o

r oth

er o

ptions.

Iden

tify

pote

ntial

topic

s an

d p

artici

pat

e in

WLF

I G

reen

seg

men

ts f

or

both

morn

ing a

nd n

oon n

ews

at lea

st o

nce

.

Invo

lve

cert

ifie

d C

lear

-Blu

e-G

reen

busi

nes

ses

in c

om

munity

even

ts a

s le

ader

s in

pro

moting g

reen

idea

ls in T

ippec

anoe

County

.

Provi

de

pet

ow

ner

giv

e-aw

ays

that

enco

ura

ge

pro

per

pet

was

te d

isposa

l.

Rota

te p

hoto

gra

phs

pla

ced in 5

0 p

rofe

ssio

nal

offic

es t

o m

ainta

in f

resh

vie

ws

of

nat

ura

l re

sourc

es.

Page 8: Appendix L: Implementation Work Plan 2011‐2016 · turtle, shovelnose sturgeon, mussels, and small stream fish). Identify and map areas for comprehensive watershed inventory of conservation

  

2012 –

Pag

e 4

20

12

Wo

rk P

lan

(co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

 

Work

with t

he

Tip

pec

anoe

Art

s Fe

der

atio

n t

o p

artn

er w

ith t

hei

r ev

ents

and u

nve

ilings

on t

he

ped

estr

ian b

ridge

or

nea

r th

e W

abas

h R

iver

.

Cer

tify

an a

dditio

nal

50 b

usi

nes

ses

thro

ugh t

he

Cle

ar-B

lue-

Gre

en p

rogra

m.

Com

ple

te m

ailin

g t

arget

ing lan

dow

ner

s w

ith r

ow

cro

p p

roduct

ion w

ithin

the

100 y

ear

floodpla

in.

Conduct

tar

get

ed m

ailin

g h

ighlig

hting c

onse

rvat

ion o

ptions

to liv

esto

ck p

roduce

rs.

Com

ple

te f

loodpla

in e

asem

ent

site

-bas

ed e

duca

tion e

vent

as p

oss

ible

and if

inte

rest

is

gen

erat

ed.

Dev

elop a

nd h

ost

a f

ield

day

hig

hlig

hting m

anag

emen

t an

d d

evel

opm

ent

of

buffer

hab

itat

s.

Dev

elop a

nd h

ost

a f

ield

day

hig

hlig

hting m

anag

emen

t an

d d

evel

opm

ent

of

gra

ssed

wat

erw

ays.

Dev

elop c

ove

r cr

op d

emonst

ration a

rea

hig

hlig

hting v

ario

us

spec

ies.

Cre

ate

a co

ntr

acto

rs lis

t fo

r sp

ecific

cove

r cr

op s

eedin

g.

Dev

elop a

str

ateg

y to

red

uce

sep

tic

syst

em im

pac

ts t

o t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

.

Host

annual

no t

ill w

ork

shop.

Host

annual

tour

or

work

shop h

ighlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

nutr

ient

and p

est

man

agem

ent

pla

nnin

g.

Host

annual

tour

or

work

shop h

ighlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

the

conse

rvat

ion s

yste

m in a

n o

per

atin

g a

rea.

Host

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

bio

reac

tors

.

 

Dev

elop v

ideo

s ta

rget

ed a

t ad

ult c

om

munity

gro

ups

(20 m

inute

s) a

nd k

ids

gro

ups

(10 m

inute

s) a

nd c

reate

lis

t of

pote

ntial

par

tner

gro

ups

at w

hic

h p

rese

nta

tion c

ould

occ

ur.

Educa

te lan

dow

ner

s ab

out

the

corr

ect

rate

s of

fert

ilize

r ap

plic

atio

n.

Enco

ura

ge

com

mer

cial

and g

ove

rnm

enta

l en

tities

to

mai

nta

in b

est

man

agem

ent

pra

ctic

es t

hat

rem

ove

litte

r fr

om

sto

rmw

ater

.

Enco

ura

ge

com

mer

cial

fer

tiliz

er a

pplic

ators

to c

om

ple

te c

ertifica

tion v

ia t

he

Offic

e of

the

India

na

Sta

te C

hem

ist.

Host

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

const

ruct

ed w

etla

nd c

ells

.

Host

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

dra

inag

e w

ater

man

agem

ent.

Host

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

two s

tage

ditch

es.

Host

cove

r cr

op w

ork

shop.

Host

fie

ld d

ay a

nd/o

r w

ork

shop t

o e

duca

te t

he

targ

et a

udie

nce

on p

ote

ntial

dev

elopm

ent

opport

unitie

s.

Host

sem

i-an

nual

public

mee

tings

or

even

ts a

t w

hic

h t

he

public

can

com

men

t on w

ater

shed

effort

s.

Host

sep

tic

syst

em c

are

and m

ainte

nan

ce w

ork

shops.

 

Host

work

shop a

nd/f

ield

day

to p

rese

nt

ord

inan

ce a

nd t

echnic

al s

tandar

ds

to d

evel

oper

s, n

eighborh

ood a

ssoci

atio

ns,

and

gove

rnm

ent

emplo

yees

.

 

Page 9: Appendix L: Implementation Work Plan 2011‐2016 · turtle, shovelnose sturgeon, mussels, and small stream fish). Identify and map areas for comprehensive watershed inventory of conservation

  

2012 –

Pag

e 5

20

12

Wo

rk P

lan

(co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

 

Host

work

shop a

nd/o

r fiel

d d

ay t

o p

rese

nt

LID

and L

C p

rinci

ple

s to

dev

eloper

s, n

eighborh

ood a

ssoci

atio

ns,

and g

ove

rnm

ent

emplo

yees

. H

ighlig

ht

inst

alle

d L

ow

Im

pac

t D

evel

opm

ent

and L

ivab

le C

om

munitie

s pra

ctic

es t

o r

esid

ential

lan

d o

wner

s.

Iden

tify

pote

ntial

dem

onst

ration s

ites

wher

e lo

w a

nd h

igh c

ost

str

eam

ban

k st

abili

zation t

echniq

ues

can

be

dis

pla

yed.

Incr

ease

aw

are

nes

s ab

out

exis

ting w

etla

nd p

rogra

ms.

Incr

ease

exp

osu

re o

f th

e Cle

ar-B

lue-

Gre

en c

ertifica

tion p

rogra

m a

nd c

ertified

busi

nes

ses.

Inve

stig

ate

opport

unitie

s fo

r cr

eation o

f a

storm

wat

er B

MP

tour

focu

sed o

n litte

r re

mova

l.

Utiliz

e Cle

ar C

hoic

es,

Cle

an W

ater

cam

pai

gn t

o g

ener

ate

250 p

ledges

to b

e phosp

horu

s-fr

ee f

ertiliz

er p

ledges

.

Tar

get

info

rmat

ion a

t pet

ow

ner

s usi

ng r

esid

ent

exper

ts,

like

vete

rinar

ians.

Ass

ist

TCPW

Q a

nd c

ounty

educa

tors

as

nee

ded

.

Ass

ist

Tip

pec

anoe

SW

CD

with s

torm

dra

in s

tenci

ling p

rogra

m.

Ass

ist

with a

nnual

Mak

e A S

pla

sh e

vent.

 Att

end S

pri

ng F

est,

Lat

ino F

est,

Laf

ayet

te,

Wes

t La

faye

tte,

and P

urd

ue

farm

ers

mar

kets

, M

ose

y D

ow

n M

ainst

reet

and o

ther

fe

stiv

als

and e

vents

to p

rom

ote

effort

s an

d e

vents

. Att

end t

he

Hom

e an

d G

arden

Show

annual

ly t

o p

rom

ote

corr

ect

usa

ge

of

fert

ilize

r.

 

Dev

elop a

mes

sage

for

county

fai

rs a

nnual

ly a

nd a

tten

d c

ounty

fai

rs f

or

Founta

in,

Tip

pec

anoe,

and W

arre

n c

ounties

on a

n

annual

bas

is.

Att

end a

dditio

nal

county

fai

rs a

s ap

pro

pri

ate.

 

Exp

lore

opport

unitie

s to

par

tner

with c

om

munity

even

ts a

nd f

estiva

ls (

Tas

te o

f Tip

pec

anoe,

Dan

cing in t

he

Str

eets

, O

ctober

fest

, Ja

zz F

est,

Fea

st o

f th

e H

unte

rs M

oon,

etc.

) to

hig

hlig

ht

the

Wab

ash

Riv

er.

Iden

tify

par

tner

opport

unitie

s to

pro

mote

fie

ld d

ays

thro

ughou

t th

e w

ater

shed

and p

ost

to a

cen

tral

web

site

or

cale

ndar

.

Iden

tify

par

tner

work

day

s fo

r rive

r cl

ean-u

p,

exotic

spec

ies

contr

ol, o

r hab

itat

res

tora

tion o

pport

unitie

s.

Iden

tify

par

tner

s to

ass

ist

with e

duca

tion a

nd p

ract

ice

mes

sage

dev

elopm

ent

and d

eliv

ery.

 M

eet

with t

wo s

ervi

ce o

rgan

izat

ions

to p

rese

nt

info

rmat

ion o

n w

ater

qual

ity,

agri

cultura

l pra

ctic

es,

nat

ura

l la

nd p

rese

rvat

ion,

or

the

Wab

ash R

iver

.

 

Req

ues

t as

sist

ance

fro

m s

ervi

ce o

rgan

izat

ions

on n

atura

l ar

eas

mai

nte

nan

ce,

Wab

ash R

iver

cle

an-u

p e

vents

, Sam

plin

g B

litz,

or

oth

er v

olu

nte

er o

pport

unitie

s.

Imple

men

tation

Com

ple

te 5

00 a

cres

of

no t

ill a

nnual

ly.

Com

ple

te e

asem

ent

and r

esto

ration e

ffort

s on 1

00 a

cres

of

floodpla

in.

Dev

elop a

pla

n t

o im

ple

men

t ra

in g

arden

and r

ain b

arre

l in

stal

lation w

ith iden

tified

com

pan

ies.

 

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2012 –

Pag

e 6

20

12

Wo

rk P

lan

(co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

 D

evel

op indiv

idual

on-s

ite

lives

tock

res

tric

tion p

lans

whic

h m

ay incl

ude

pro

visi

on o

f al

tern

ate

wat

er s

yste

ms,

liv

esto

ck f

enci

ng,

and r

ota

tional

gra

zing.

Imple

men

t 150 a

cres

of

conse

rvat

ion b

uffer

s.

Imple

men

t 2,5

00 a

cres

of

nutr

ient

and p

est

man

agem

ent.

Imple

men

t 3,2

00 f

eet

of

gra

ssed

wat

erw

ays.

 Im

ple

men

t 300 a

cres

of

the

conse

rvat

ion s

yste

m (

incl

udes

cove

r cr

op,

no t

ill,

nutr

ient

man

agem

ent,

pes

tici

de

man

agem

ent,

and

was

te u

tiliz

atio

n).

Im

ple

men

t 50 a

cres

of

pre

scri

bed

gra

zing o

r gra

zing m

anag

emen

t pra

ctic

es.

Imple

men

t 700 a

cres

of

cove

r cr

op.

Imple

men

t ed

uca

tion p

lan.

Imple

men

t m

edia

pla

n h

ighlig

ht

rain

gar

den

s an

d r

ain b

arre

ls.

Incr

ease

the

use

of

soil

man

agem

ent

sam

plin

g t

o e

nsu

re c

orr

ect

fert

ilize

r ap

plic

atio

n o

n 4

,000 a

cres

.

Inst

all 100 r

ain b

arre

ls.

Inst

all 15 r

ain g

arden

s.

Inst

all 4 a

cres

of

per

vious

pav

emen

t.

Inst

all co

nst

ruct

ed w

etla

nd t

reat

men

t ce

lls.

Inst

all one

gre

en r

oof.

Plan

t an

additio

nal

500 t

rees

in u

rban

are

as.

Prom

ote

pla

nting o

f tr

ees

liste

d o

n U

rban

Tre

e G

uid

e (m

ainta

ined

by

Citie

s of

Lafa

yett

e an

d W

est

Lafa

yett

e).

Prom

ote

soil

test

ing t

o e

stab

lish c

orr

ect

fert

ilize

r ap

plic

atio

n.

Res

tore

100 a

cres

of

wet

land.

Res

tric

t liv

esto

ck a

cces

s fr

om

3.5

mile

s of

stre

amban

k.

 W

ork

with 1

0 p

roduce

rs a

nnual

ly t

o d

evel

op indiv

idual

sol

utions

invo

lvin

g e

quip

men

t co

nve

rsio

n a

nd/o

r co

ntr

act

soil

sam

plin

g

with r

ecogniz

ed T

echnic

al S

ervi

ce P

rovi

der

s.

Work

with d

evel

oper

s to

incl

ude

gre

en r

oof in

stal

lation w

her

e poss

ible

.

Inve

nto

ry D

evel

op a

lis

t of

pote

ntial

wet

land r

esto

ration s

ites

and c

onduct

one-

on-o

ne

mee

tings

with indiv

idual

lan

dow

ner

s.

Dev

elop inve

nto

ry o

f ar

eas

curr

ently

usi

ng p

resc

ribed

gra

zing o

r gra

zing m

anag

emen

t pra

ctic

es.

Iden

tify

cer

tified

inst

alle

rs a

nd c

reat

e an info

rmat

ion p

ort

al t

o h

ighlig

ht

per

viou

s pav

emen

t.

Work

with t

he

hea

lth d

epar

tmen

t to

iden

tify

are

as o

f fa

iling o

r ab

sent

septic

syst

ems.

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 Work Plan

 Status 

Task

Planning

Com

ple

te c

om

pre

hen

sive

rev

iew

of la

ws,

rule

s, a

nd r

egula

tions

to d

eter

min

e deg

ree

of

pro

tect

ion f

or

wat

er q

ual

ity

in t

he

Men

tor

com

munitie

s an

d c

ounties

to c

om

ple

te p

lannin

g a

s nee

ded

.

Rev

iew

sto

rmw

ater

ord

inan

ce a

nd t

echnic

al s

tandar

ds.

Work

with loc

al o

ffic

ials

to d

evel

oped

contr

olle

d b

urn

ing p

lans

and o

rdin

ance

s, a

s nee

ded

.

Work

with t

he

Citie

s of

Lafa

yett

e an

d W

est

Lafa

yett

e to

dev

elop a

cre

dit ince

ntive

pro

gra

m f

or

LID

inst

alla

tion.

Fundin

g

Iden

tify

additio

nal

cove

r cr

op f

undin

g o

ptions.

Iden

tify

and o

bta

in f

undin

g t

o inst

all 2 e

duca

tional

kio

sks

addre

ssin

g w

ater

qual

ity,

col

lect

ed d

ata,

and g

ener

al W

abas

h R

iver

Iden

tify

fundin

g s

ourc

es.

Incr

ease

fundin

g f

or

com

munity

tree

pla

nting g

roups

such

as

Tre

e La

faye

tte

and W

est

Lafa

yett

e Tre

e Fu

nd.

Obta

in f

undin

g a

nd p

erso

nnel

to c

om

ple

te c

limat

e re

ady

action p

lannin

g.

Rev

iew

cost

-shar

e pla

n t

o iden

tify

new

fundin

g s

ourc

es a

nd n

eeds.

Rev

iew

curr

ent

stat

us

of

com

pre

hen

sive

pla

nnin

g f

or t

ow

ns,

citie

s, a

nd c

ounties

.

See

k finan

cial

ince

ntive

s fo

r la

ndow

ner

to r

esto

re w

etla

nds.

See

k finan

cial

ince

ntive

s fo

r la

ndow

ner

s to

est

ablis

h g

rass

ed w

ater

way

s.

See

k finan

cial

ince

ntive

s fo

r la

ndow

ner

s to

est

ablis

h t

he

syst

em.

See

k finan

cial

ince

ntive

s fo

r la

ndow

ner

s to

im

ple

men

t nutr

ient

and p

est

man

agem

ent.

Assessm

ent C

onduct

one-

on-o

ne

mee

tings

with indiv

idual

lan

dow

ner

s to

dis

cuss

wet

land r

esto

ration o

ptions.

Conduct

one-

on-o

ne

site

vis

its

with indiv

idual

pro

duce

rs t

o d

iscu

ss p

resc

ribed

gra

zing.

Conduct

site

visi

ts w

ith indiv

idual

lan

dow

ner

s pro

moting t

he

ease

men

t pro

gra

m f

or

wet

land a

nd f

loodpla

in r

esto

ration.

Conduct

site

visi

ts w

ith lan

dow

ner

s to

pro

mote

no t

ill.

Conta

ct a

ll ag

ricu

ltura

l la

ndow

ner

s w

ith lan

d in t

he

100-y

ear

floodpla

in t

o o

ffer

anal

ysis

. Conta

ct a

ll la

ndow

ner

s fr

om

Wes

t La

faye

tte

to A

ttic

a on r

iver

lef

t to

info

rm t

hem

about

USD

A p

rogra

ms

for

um

bre

lla s

pec

ies

Continue

to p

erfo

rm

tilla

ge

tran

sect

and p

rom

ote

res

ults

to w

ater

shed

sta

kehold

ers.

Educa

tion A

ssis

t TCPW

Q a

nd c

ounty

educa

tors

as

nee

ded

. Ass

ist

Tip

pec

anoe

SW

CD

with s

torm

dra

in s

tenci

ling p

rogra

m.

Ass

ist

with a

nnual

Mak

e A S

pla

sh e

vent.

 

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 Work Plan

 (co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

 

Att

end S

pri

ng F

est,

Lat

ino F

est,

Laf

ayet

te,

Wes

t La

faye

tte,

and P

urd

ue

farm

ers

mar

kets

, M

ose

y D

ow

n M

ainst

reet

and o

ther

fe

stiv

als

and e

vents

to p

rom

ote

effort

s an

d e

vents

. Att

end t

he

Hom

e an

d G

arden

Show

annual

ly t

o p

rom

ote

corr

ect

usa

ge

of

fert

ilize

r.

 

Dev

elop a

mes

sage

for

county

fai

rs a

nnual

ly a

nd a

tten

d c

ounty

fai

rs f

or

Founta

in,

Tip

pec

anoe,

and W

arre

n c

ounties

on a

n

annual

bas

is.

Att

end a

dditio

nal

county

fai

rs a

s ap

pro

pri

ate.

 

Exp

lore

opport

unitie

s to

par

tner

with c

om

munity

even

ts a

nd f

estiva

ls (

Tas

te o

f Tip

pec

anoe,

Dan

cing in t

he

Str

eets

, O

ctober

fest

, Ja

zz F

est,

Fea

st o

f th

e H

unte

rs M

oon,

etc.

) to

hig

hlig

ht

the

Wab

ash

Riv

er.

Iden

tify

par

tner

opport

unitie

s to

pro

mote

fie

ld d

ays

thro

ughou

t th

e w

ater

shed

and p

ost

to a

cen

tral

web

site

or

cale

ndar

.

 Id

entify

par

tner

work

day

s fo

r rive

r cl

ean-u

p,

exotic

spec

ies

contr

ol, o

r hab

itat

res

tora

tion o

pport

unitie

s.

Iden

tify

par

tner

s to

ass

ist

with e

duca

tion a

nd p

ract

ice

mes

sage

dev

elopm

ent

and d

eliv

ery.

 M

eet

with t

wo s

ervi

ce o

rgan

izat

ions

to p

rese

nt

info

rmat

ion o

n w

ater

qual

ity,

agri

cultura

l pra

ctic

es,

nat

ura

l la

nd p

rese

rvat

ion,

or

the

Wab

ash R

iver

.

 

Req

ues

t as

sist

ance

fro

m s

ervi

ce o

rgan

izat

ions

on n

atura

l ar

eas

mai

nte

nan

ce,

Wab

ash R

iver

cle

an-u

p e

vents

, Sam

plin

g B

litz,

or

oth

er v

olu

nte

er o

pport

unitie

s.

Support

CSO

im

ple

men

tation p

lans

as p

oss

ible

. W

ork

with t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

fest

pla

nnin

g c

om

mitte

e to

pla

n a

nd im

ple

men

t th

e ev

ent.

 Rec

ogniz

e se

rvic

e gro

ups

for

thei

r par

tici

pat

ion b

y honori

ng t

he

most

act

ive

gro

up r

elat

ive

to n

atura

l ar

eas

conse

rvation a

nd

impro

vem

ent

and/o

r vo

lunte

eris

m.

Com

ple

te u

pdat

es t

o t

he

WREC w

ebsi

te q

uar

terl

y an

d p

rovi

de

that

info

rmat

ion t

o p

artn

ers

for

updat

e to

thei

r w

ebsi

tes

as w

ell.

 

Cre

ate

pam

phle

ts,

bro

chure

s, a

nd m

arke

ting m

ater

ials

as

nee

ded

and d

istr

ibute

thro

ugh p

artn

er o

rganiz

atio

ns,

on w

ebsi

tes,

and

via

dir

ect

mai

lings

and m

eetings.

Cre

ate

pre

ss r

elea

ses

quar

terl

y or

as n

eeded

. D

evel

op a

cal

endar

of

wee

kly

wat

er q

ual

ity

mes

sages

. Pa

rtic

ipat

e in

Det

rash

the

Wab

ash,

Cle

an S

wee

p,

Tox

Aw

ay,

and B

oile

r Bla

st t

o e

nco

ura

ge

litte

r re

mova

l an

d r

ecyc

ling.

Part

ner

with t

he

Tip

pec

anoe

SW

CD

to h

ost

a b

ooth

at

Ag D

ays.

Pr

oduce

quar

terl

y or

sem

i-an

nual

new

slet

ter

(if

det

erm

ined

nee

ded

and u

sefu

l in

2011).

Pr

ofile

volu

nte

ers

and t

hei

r m

onitoring e

ffort

s on p

artn

er w

ebsi

tes

and t

hro

ugh m

arke

ting e

ffort

.

 

Provi

de

info

rmat

ion t

o e

xist

ing n

ewsl

ette

r publis

her

s in

cludin

g T

ippec

anoe

SW

CD

, W

arre

n S

WCD

, Fo

unta

in S

WCD

, N

ativ

e Roots

, Tip

pec

anoe

Part

ner

ship

for

Wat

er Q

ual

ity,

and o

ther

s as

iden

tified

. Pr

ovi

de

info

rmat

ion t

o n

eighborh

ood a

ssoci

atio

ns

to h

ighlig

ht

connec

tivi

ty t

o t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

as

info

rmat

ion is

avai

lable

. Com

ple

te y

outh

-bas

ed W

abas

h R

iver

flo

at t

rip if

dee

med

fea

sible

. Conduct

annual

fis

h b

litz

in t

he

sum

mer

/fal

l Conduct

tw

ice

annual

chem

istr

y sa

mplin

g b

litze

s in

the

spri

ng a

nd f

all.

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 Work Plan

 (co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

 Consi

der

dev

elopin

g a

n a

dopt-

a-si

te o

ption f

or

gro

ups

to s

ample

duri

ng e

ach s

amplin

g b

litz

and r

ecru

it v

olu

nte

ers

for

each

sa

mplin

g g

roup.

Com

ple

te a

nnual

Hoosi

er R

iver

wat

ch t

rain

ing a

nd c

onsi

der

ret

rain

ing v

olunte

ers

as n

eeded

. Com

ple

te H

oosi

er R

iver

wat

ch q

uar

terl

y sa

mplin

g a

t 10 s

ites

. D

evel

op e

duca

tion c

om

ponen

t fo

r th

e sa

mplin

g b

litz

and im

ple

men

t in

conce

rt w

ith e

ach s

amplin

g b

litz.

Eva

luat

e ev

ent

and d

eter

min

e re

med

iation o

f th

e W

abas

h S

amplin

g B

litz

follo

win

g e

ach b

litz.

H

ost

20 v

oya

geu

r ca

noe

trip

s ta

rget

ing h

isto

rica

l an

d w

ater

qual

ity

info

rmat

ion.

Iden

tify

10 p

rofe

ssio

nal

offic

es f

or

photo

gra

ph p

lace

men

t.

Iden

tify

busi

nes

ses

at w

hic

h e

duca

tional

post

ers

can b

e pla

ced a

nd p

ost

and r

ota

te p

ost

ers

quar

terl

y.

Exp

and p

artici

pat

ion in W

abas

h R

iver

fest

by

incr

easi

ng c

om

munity

atte

ndan

ce b

y 10%

annual

ly.

Hold

Stu

rgeo

n R

un d

uri

ng S

turg

eon s

paw

nin

g (

April)

and a

Riv

er R

un a

s par

t of

Riv

erfe

st (

July

).

Iden

tify

opport

unitie

s fo

r busi

nes

ses

to p

artici

pat

e in

the

sam

plin

g b

litz

via

emplo

yee

shar

ing o

r oth

er o

ptions.

Id

entify

pote

ntial

topic

s an

d p

artici

pat

e in

WLF

I G

reen

seg

men

ts f

or

both

morn

ing a

nd n

oon n

ews

at lea

st o

nce

. In

volv

e ce

rtifie

d C

lear

-Blu

e-G

reen

busi

nes

ses

in c

om

munity

even

ts a

s le

ader

s in

pro

moting g

reen

idea

ls in T

ippec

anoe

County

. Pr

ovi

de

pet

ow

ner

giv

e-aw

ays

that

enco

ura

ge

pro

per

pet

was

te d

isposa

l.

Rota

te p

hoto

gra

phs

pla

ced in 5

0 p

rofe

ssio

nal

offic

es t

o m

ainta

in f

resh

vie

ws

of

nat

ura

l re

sourc

es.

 

Work

with t

he

Tip

pec

anoe

Art

s Fe

der

atio

n t

o p

artn

er w

ith t

hei

r ev

ents

and u

nve

ilings

on t

he

ped

estr

ian b

ridge

or

nea

r th

e W

abas

h R

iver

.

Cer

tify

an a

dditio

nal

50 b

usi

nes

ses

thro

ugh t

he

Cle

ar-B

lue-

Gre

en p

rogra

m.

Com

ple

te m

ailin

g t

arget

ing lan

dow

ner

s w

ith r

ow

cro

p p

roduct

ion w

ithin

the

100 y

ear

floodpla

in.

Conduct

tar

get

ed m

ailin

g h

ighlig

hting c

onse

rvat

ion o

ptions

to liv

esto

ck p

roduce

rs.

Com

ple

te f

loodpla

in e

asem

ent

site

-bas

ed e

duca

tion e

vent

as p

oss

ible

and if

inte

rest

is

gen

erat

ed.

Dev

elop a

nd h

ost

a f

ield

day

hig

hlig

hting m

anag

emen

t an

d d

evel

opm

ent

of

buffer

hab

itat

s.

Dev

elop a

nd h

ost

a f

ield

day

hig

hlig

hting m

anag

emen

t an

d d

evel

opm

ent

of

gra

ssed

wat

erw

ays.

D

evel

op c

ove

r cr

op d

emonst

ration a

rea

hig

hlig

hting v

ario

us

spec

ies.

Cre

ate

a co

ntr

acto

rs lis

t fo

r sp

ecific

cove

r cr

op s

eedin

g.

Dev

elop a

str

ateg

y to

red

uce

sep

tic

syst

em im

pac

ts t

o t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

. H

ost

annual

no t

ill w

ork

shop.

Host

annual

tour

or

work

shop h

ighlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

nutr

ient

and p

est

man

agem

ent

pla

nnin

g.

Host

annual

tour

or

work

shop h

ighlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

the

conse

rvat

ion s

yste

m in a

n o

per

atin

g a

rea.

H

ost

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

bio

reac

tors

. D

evel

op v

ideo

s ta

rget

ed a

t ad

ult c

om

munity

gro

ups

(20 m

inute

s) a

nd k

ids

gro

ups

(10 m

inute

s) a

nd c

reate

lis

t of

pote

ntial

Educa

te lan

dow

ner

s ab

out

the

corr

ect

rate

s of

fert

ilize

r ap

plic

atio

n.

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 Work Plan

 (co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

Enco

ura

ge

com

mer

cial

and g

ove

rnm

enta

l en

tities

to

mai

nta

in b

est

man

agem

ent

pra

ctic

es t

hat

rem

ove

litte

r fr

om

sto

rmw

ater

. Enco

ura

ge

com

mer

cial

fer

tiliz

er a

pplic

ators

to c

om

ple

te c

ertifica

tion v

ia t

he

Offic

e of

the

India

na

Sta

te C

hem

ist.

H

ost

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

const

ruct

ed w

etla

nd c

ells

. H

ost

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

dra

inag

e w

ater

man

agem

ent.

H

ost

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

two s

tage

ditch

es.

Host

cove

r cr

op w

ork

shop.

Host

fie

ld d

ay a

nd/o

r w

ork

shop t

o e

duca

te t

he

targ

et a

udie

nce

on p

ote

ntial

dev

elopm

ent

opport

unitie

s.

Host

sem

i-an

nual

public

mee

tings

or

even

ts a

t w

hic

h t

he

public

can

com

men

t on w

ater

shed

effort

s.

Host

sep

tic

syst

em c

are

and m

ainte

nan

ce w

ork

shops.

 H

ost

work

shop a

nd/f

ield

day

to p

rese

nt

ord

inan

ce a

nd t

echnic

al s

tandar

ds

to d

evel

oper

s, n

eighborh

ood a

ssoci

atio

ns,

and

gove

rnm

ent

emplo

yees

.

 

Host

work

shop a

nd/o

r fiel

d d

ay t

o p

rese

nt

LID

and L

C p

rinci

ple

s to

dev

eloper

s, n

eighborh

ood a

ssoci

atio

ns,

and g

ove

rnm

ent

emplo

yees

.

Hig

hlig

ht

inst

alle

d L

ow

Im

pac

t D

evel

opm

ent

and L

ivab

le C

om

munitie

s pra

ctic

es t

o r

esid

ential

lan

d o

wner

s.

Iden

tify

pote

ntial

dem

onst

ration s

ites

wher

e lo

w a

nd h

igh c

ost

str

eam

ban

k st

abili

zation t

echniq

ues

can

be

dis

pla

yed.

Incr

ease

aw

are

nes

s ab

out

exis

ting w

etla

nd p

rogra

ms.

In

crea

se e

xposu

re o

f th

e Cle

ar-B

lue-

Gre

en c

ertifica

tion p

rogra

m a

nd c

ertified

busi

nes

ses.

In

vest

igat

e opport

unitie

s fo

r cr

eation o

f a

storm

wat

er B

MP

tour

focu

sed o

n litte

r re

mova

l.

Utiliz

e Cle

ar C

hoic

es,

Cle

an W

ater

cam

pai

gn t

o g

ener

ate

250 p

ledges

to b

e phosp

horu

s-fr

ee f

ertiliz

er p

ledges

. Tar

get

info

rmat

ion a

t pet

ow

ner

s usi

ng r

esid

ent

exper

ts,

like

vete

rinar

ians.

Implem

entatio

n Com

ple

te 5

00 a

cres

of

no t

ill a

nnual

ly.

Com

ple

te e

asem

ent

and r

esto

ration e

ffort

s on 1

00 a

cres

of

floodpla

in.

D

evel

op indiv

idual

on-s

ite

lives

tock

res

tric

tion p

lans

whic

h m

ay incl

ude

pro

visi

on o

f al

tern

ate

wat

er s

yste

ms,

liv

esto

ck f

enci

ng,

Imple

men

t 150 a

cres

of

conse

rvat

ion b

uffer

s.

Imple

men

t 2,5

00 a

cres

of

nutr

ient

and p

est

man

agem

ent.

Im

ple

men

t 3,2

00 f

eet

of

gra

ssed

wat

erw

ays.

Im

ple

men

t 300 a

cres

of

the

conse

rvat

ion s

yste

m (

incl

udes

cove

r cr

op,

no t

ill,

nutr

ient

man

agem

ent,

pes

tici

de

man

agem

ent,

and

Imple

men

t 50 a

cres

of

pre

scri

bed

gra

zing o

r gra

zing m

anag

emen

t pra

ctic

es.

Imple

men

t 700 a

cres

of

cove

r cr

op.

Imple

men

t ed

uca

tion p

lan.

Incr

ease

the

use

of

soil

man

agem

ent

sam

plin

g t

o e

nsu

re c

orr

ect

fert

ilize

r ap

plic

atio

n o

n 4

,000 a

cres

. In

stal

l 100 r

ain b

arre

ls.

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2013 –

Pag

e 5

2013

 Work Plan

 (co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

In

stal

l 15 r

ain g

arden

s.

Inst

all 4 a

cres

of

per

vious

pav

emen

t.

Inst

all co

nst

ruct

ed w

etla

nd t

reat

men

t ce

lls.

Plan

t an

additio

nal

500 t

rees

in u

rban

are

as.

Prom

ote

pla

nting o

f tr

ees

liste

d o

n U

rban

Tre

e G

uid

e (m

ainta

ined

by

Citie

s of

Lafa

yett

e an

d W

est

Lafa

yett

e).

Res

tore

100 a

cres

of

wet

land.

Res

tric

t liv

esto

ck a

cces

s fr

om

3.5

mile

s of

stre

amban

k.

Work

with 1

0 p

roduce

rs a

nnual

ly t

o d

evel

op indiv

idual

sol

utions

invo

lvin

g e

quip

men

t co

nve

rsio

n a

nd/o

r co

ntr

act

soil

sam

plin

g

Work

with d

evel

oper

s to

incl

ude

gre

en r

oof in

stal

lation w

her

e poss

ible

.

Inventory

Iden

tify

pote

ntial

str

eam

ban

k st

abili

zation d

emonst

ration s

ite

wher

hig

h a

nd low

cost

option

s ca

n b

e dis

pla

yed.

Work

with t

he

hea

lth d

epar

tmen

t to

iden

tify

are

as o

f fa

iling o

r ab

sent

septic

syst

ems.

Research

Beg

in w

hite

pap

er o

n p

rair

ie a

nd w

oodla

nd c

onve

rsio

n.

Work

with r

esea

rcher

to c

om

ple

te law

n,

pra

irie

, an

d w

oodla

nd c

ost

and m

ainte

nan

ce r

esea

rch.

    

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2014 –

Pag

e 1

2014

 Work Plan

 Status 

Task

Planning

In

corp

ora

te L

ow

Im

pac

t D

evel

opm

ent

and L

ivab

le C

om

munitie

s pra

ctic

es into

com

pre

hen

sive

pla

n.

 

Inco

rpora

te t

he

WREC c

orr

idor

mas

ter

pla

n into

com

munity

dev

elop

men

t pla

nnin

g a

nd u

se t

his

pla

n a

s a

chec

k an

d b

alan

ce o

n

dev

elopm

ent

adja

cent

to t

he

rive

r.

Men

tor

com

munitie

s an

d c

ounties

to c

om

ple

te p

lannin

g a

s nee

ded

. Rev

iew

sto

rmw

ater

ord

inan

ce a

nd t

echnic

al s

tandar

ds.

 

Work

with t

he

hea

lth d

epar

tmen

t to

cre

ate

an o

rdin

ance

req

uir

ing a

ll pro

per

ties

sold

with a

sep

tic

syst

em t

o r

equir

e an

in

spec

tion a

t th

e tim

e of

sale

.

Fund

ing

Iden

tify

additio

nal

cove

r cr

op f

undin

g o

ptions.

Id

entify

fundin

g s

ourc

es.

Incr

ease

fundin

g f

or

com

munity

tree

pla

nting g

roups

such

as

Tre

e La

faye

tte

and W

est

Lafa

yett

e Tre

e Fu

nd.

Rev

iew

cost

-shar

e pla

n t

o iden

tify

new

fundin

g s

ourc

es a

nd n

eeds.

Assessm

ent C

onduct

a f

easi

bili

ty a

sses

smen

t to

iden

tify

appro

pri

ate

bac

kwat

er h

abitat

are

a.

Conduct

one-

on-o

ne

mee

tings

with indiv

idual

lan

dow

ner

s to

dis

cuss

wet

land r

esto

ration o

ptions.

Conduct

one-

on-o

ne

site

vis

its

with indiv

idual

pro

duce

rs t

o d

iscu

ss p

resc

ribed

gra

zing.

Conduct

site

visi

ts w

ith indiv

idual

lan

dow

ner

s pro

moting t

he

ease

men

t pro

gra

m f

or

wet

land a

nd f

loodpla

in r

esto

ration.

Conduct

site

visi

ts w

ith lan

dow

ner

s to

pro

mote

no t

ill.

Continue

to p

erfo

rm

tilla

ge

tran

sect

and p

rom

ote

res

ults

to w

ater

shed

sta

kehold

ers.

Education

Ass

ist

TCPW

Q a

nd c

ounty

educa

tors

as

nee

ded

. Ass

ist

Tip

pec

anoe

SW

CD

with s

torm

dra

in s

tenci

ling p

rogra

m.

Ass

ist

with a

nnual

Mak

e A S

pla

sh e

vent.

 Att

end S

pri

ng F

est,

Lat

ino F

est,

Laf

ayet

te,

Wes

t La

faye

tte,

and P

urd

ue

farm

ers

mar

kets

, M

ose

y D

ow

n M

ainst

reet

and o

ther

fe

stiv

als

and e

vents

to p

rom

ote

effort

s an

d e

vents

. Att

end t

he

Hom

e an

d G

arden

Show

annual

ly t

o p

rom

ote

corr

ect

usa

ge

of

fert

ilize

r.

Dev

elop a

mes

sage

for

county

fai

rs a

nnual

ly a

nd a

tten

d c

ounty

fai

rs f

or

Founta

in,

Tip

pec

anoe,

and W

arre

n c

ounties

on a

n

 

Exp

lore

opport

unitie

s to

par

tner

with c

om

munity

even

ts a

nd f

estiva

ls (

Tas

te o

f Tip

pec

anoe,

Dan

cing in t

he

Str

eets

, O

ctober

fest

, Ja

zz F

est,

Fea

st o

f th

e H

unte

rs M

oon,

etc.

) to

hig

hlig

ht

the

Wab

ash

Riv

er.

Iden

tify

par

tner

opport

unitie

s to

pro

mote

fie

ld d

ays

thro

ughou

t th

e w

ater

shed

and p

ost

to a

cen

tral

web

site

or

cale

ndar

. Id

entify

par

tner

work

day

s fo

r rive

r cl

ean-u

p,

exotic

spec

ies

contr

ol, o

r hab

itat

res

tora

tion o

pport

unitie

s.

Iden

tify

par

tner

s to

ass

ist

with e

duca

tion a

nd p

ract

ice

mes

sage

dev

elopm

ent

and d

eliv

ery.

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2014 –

Pag

e 2

2014

 Work Plan

 (co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

 

Mee

t w

ith t

wo s

ervi

ce o

rgan

izat

ions

to p

rese

nt

info

rmat

ion o

n w

ater

qual

ity,

agri

cultura

l pra

ctic

es,

nat

ura

l la

nd p

rese

rvat

ion,

or

the

Wab

ash R

iver

.

 

Req

ues

t as

sist

ance

fro

m s

ervi

ce o

rgan

izat

ions

on n

atura

l ar

eas

mai

nte

nan

ce,

Wab

ash R

iver

cle

an-u

p e

vents

, Sam

plin

g B

litz,

or

oth

er v

olu

nte

er o

pport

unitie

s.

Support

CSO

im

ple

men

tation p

lans

as p

oss

ible

. W

ork

with t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

fest

pla

nnin

g c

om

mitte

e to

pla

n a

nd im

ple

men

t th

e ev

ent.

Rec

ogniz

e se

rvic

e gro

ups

for

thei

r par

tici

pat

ion b

y honori

ng t

he

most

act

ive

gro

up r

elat

ive

to n

atura

l ar

eas

conse

rvation a

nd

Com

ple

te u

pdat

es t

o t

he

WREC w

ebsi

te q

uar

terl

y an

d p

rovi

de

that

info

rmat

ion t

o p

artn

ers

for

updat

e to

thei

r w

ebsi

tes

as w

ell.

 

Cre

ate

pam

phle

ts,

bro

chure

s, a

nd m

arke

ting m

ater

ials

as

nee

ded

and d

istr

ibute

thro

ugh p

artn

er o

rganiz

atio

ns,

on w

ebsi

tes,

and

via

dir

ect

mai

lings

and m

eetings.

Cre

ate

pre

ss r

elea

ses

quar

terl

y or

as n

eeded

. D

evel

op a

cal

endar

of

wee

kly

wat

er q

ual

ity

mes

sages

. Pa

rtic

ipat

e in

Det

rash

the

Wab

ash,

Cle

an S

wee

p,

Tox

Aw

ay,

and B

oile

r Bla

st t

o e

nco

ura

ge

litte

r re

mova

l an

d r

ecyc

ling.

Part

ner

with t

he

Tip

pec

anoe

SW

CD

to h

ost

a b

ooth

at

Ag D

ays.

Pr

oduce

quar

terl

y or

sem

i-an

nual

new

slet

ter

(if

det

erm

ined

nee

ded

and u

sefu

l in

2011).

Pr

ofile

volu

nte

ers

and t

hei

r m

onitoring e

ffort

s on p

artn

er w

ebsi

tes

and t

hro

ugh m

arke

ting e

ffort

.

 

Provi

de

info

rmat

ion t

o e

xist

ing n

ewsl

ette

r publis

her

s in

cludin

g T

ippec

anoe

SW

CD

, W

arre

n S

WCD

, Fo

unta

in S

WCD

, N

ativ

e Roots

, Tip

pec

anoe

Part

ner

ship

for

Wat

er Q

ual

ity,

and o

ther

s as

iden

tified

.

Provi

de

info

rmat

ion t

o n

eighborh

ood a

ssoci

atio

ns

to h

ighlig

ht

connec

tivi

ty t

o t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

as

info

rmat

ion is

avai

lable

. Com

ple

te y

outh

-bas

ed W

abas

h R

iver

flo

at t

rip if

dee

med

fea

sible

. Conduct

annual

fis

h b

litz

in t

he

sum

mer

/fal

l Conduct

tw

ice

annual

chem

istr

y sa

mplin

g b

litze

s in

the

spri

ng a

nd f

all.

 

Consi

der

dev

elopin

g a

n a

dopt-

a-si

te o

ption f

or

gro

ups

to s

ample

duri

ng e

ach s

amplin

g b

litz

and r

ecru

it v

olu

nte

ers

for

each

sa

mplin

g g

roup.

Com

ple

te a

nnual

Hoosi

er R

iver

wat

ch t

rain

ing a

nd c

onsi

der

ret

rain

ing v

olunte

ers

as n

eeded

. Com

ple

te H

oosi

er R

iver

wat

ch q

uar

terl

y sa

mplin

g a

t 10 s

ites

. D

evel

op e

duca

tion c

om

ponen

t fo

r th

e sa

mplin

g b

litz

and im

ple

men

t in

conce

rt w

ith e

ach s

amplin

g b

litz.

Eva

luat

e ev

ent

and d

eter

min

e re

med

iation o

f th

e W

abas

h S

amplin

g B

litz

follo

win

g e

ach b

litz.

H

ost

20 v

oya

geu

r ca

noe

trip

s ta

rget

ing h

isto

rica

l an

d w

ater

qual

ity

info

rmat

ion.

Iden

tify

10 p

rofe

ssio

nal

offic

es f

or

photo

gra

ph p

lace

men

t.

Iden

tify

busi

nes

ses

at w

hic

h e

duca

tional

post

ers

can b

e pla

ced a

nd p

ost

and r

ota

te p

ost

ers

quar

terl

y.

Exp

and p

artici

pat

ion in W

abas

h R

iver

fest

by

incr

easi

ng c

om

munity

atte

ndan

ce b

y 10%

annual

ly.

Hold

Stu

rgeo

n R

un d

uri

ng S

turg

eon s

paw

nin

g (

April)

and a

Riv

er R

un a

s par

t of

Riv

erfe

st (

July

).

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2014 –

Pag

e 3

2014

 Work Plan

 (co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

Id

entify

opport

unitie

s fo

r busi

nes

ses

to p

artici

pat

e in

the

sam

plin

g b

litz

via

emplo

yee

shar

ing o

r oth

er o

ptions.

Id

entify

pote

ntial

topic

s an

d p

artici

pat

e in

WLF

I G

reen

seg

men

ts f

or

both

morn

ing a

nd n

oon n

ews

at lea

st o

nce

. In

volv

e ce

rtifie

d C

lear

-Blu

e-G

reen

busi

nes

ses

in c

om

munity

even

ts a

s le

ader

s in

pro

moting g

reen

idea

ls in T

ippec

anoe

County

. Pr

ovi

de

pet

ow

ner

giv

e-aw

ays

that

enco

ura

ge

pro

per

pet

was

te d

isposa

l.

Rota

te p

hoto

gra

phs

pla

ced in 5

0 p

rofe

ssio

nal

offic

es t

o m

ainta

in f

resh

vie

ws

of

nat

ura

l re

sourc

es.

 

Work

with t

he

Tip

pec

anoe

Art

s Fe

der

atio

n t

o p

artn

er w

ith t

hei

r ev

ents

and u

nve

ilings

on t

he

ped

estr

ian b

ridge

or

nea

r th

e W

abas

h R

iver

.

Cer

tify

an a

dditio

nal

50 b

usi

nes

ses

thro

ugh t

he

Cle

ar-B

lue-

Gre

en p

rogra

m.

Com

ple

te m

ailin

g t

arget

ing lan

dow

ner

s w

ith r

ow

cro

p p

roduct

ion w

ithin

the

100 y

ear

floodpla

in.

Conduct

tar

get

ed m

ailin

g h

ighlig

hting c

onse

rvat

ion o

ptions

to liv

esto

ck p

roduce

rs.

Com

ple

te f

loodpla

in e

asem

ent

site

-bas

ed e

duca

tion e

vent

as p

oss

ible

and if

inte

rest

is

gen

erat

ed.

Dev

elop a

nd h

ost

a f

ield

day

hig

hlig

hting m

anag

emen

t an

d d

evel

opm

ent

of

buffer

hab

itat

s.

Dev

elop a

nd h

ost

a f

ield

day

hig

hlig

hting m

anag

emen

t an

d d

evel

opm

ent

of

gra

ssed

wat

erw

ays.

D

evel

op c

ove

r cr

op d

emonst

ration a

rea

hig

hlig

hting v

ario

us

spec

ies.

Cre

ate

a co

ntr

acto

rs lis

t fo

r sp

ecific

cove

r cr

op s

eedin

g.

Dev

elop a

str

ateg

y to

red

uce

sep

tic

syst

em im

pac

ts t

o t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

. H

ost

annual

no t

ill w

ork

shop.

Host

annual

tour

or

work

shop h

ighlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

nutr

ient

and p

est

man

agem

ent

pla

nnin

g.

Host

annual

tour

or

work

shop h

ighlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

the

conse

rvat

ion s

yste

m in a

n o

per

atin

g a

rea.

H

ost

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

bio

reac

tors

.

 

Dev

elop v

ideo

s ta

rget

ed a

t ad

ult c

om

munity

gro

ups

(20 m

inute

s) a

nd k

ids

gro

ups

(10 m

inute

s) a

nd c

reate

lis

t of

pote

ntial

par

tner

gro

ups

at w

hic

h p

rese

nta

tion c

ould

occ

ur.

Educa

te lan

dow

ner

s ab

out

the

corr

ect

rate

s of

fert

ilize

r ap

plic

atio

n.

Enco

ura

ge

com

mer

cial

and g

ove

rnm

enta

l en

tities

to

mai

nta

in b

est

man

agem

ent

pra

ctic

es t

hat

rem

ove

litte

r fr

om

sto

rmw

ater

. Enco

ura

ge

com

mer

cial

fer

tiliz

er a

pplic

ators

to c

om

ple

te c

ertifica

tion v

ia t

he

Offic

e of

the

India

na

Sta

te C

hem

ist.

H

ost

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

const

ruct

ed w

etla

nd c

ells

. H

ost

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

dra

inag

e w

ater

man

agem

ent.

H

ost

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

two s

tage

ditch

es.

Host

cove

r cr

op w

ork

shop.

Host

fie

ld d

ay a

nd/o

r w

ork

shop t

o e

duca

te t

he

targ

et a

udie

nce

on p

ote

ntial

dev

elopm

ent

opport

unitie

s.

Host

sem

i-an

nual

public

mee

tings

or

even

ts a

t w

hic

h t

he

public

can

com

men

t on w

ater

shed

effort

s.

Host

sep

tic

syst

em c

are

and m

ainte

nan

ce w

ork

shops.

H

ost

work

shop a

nd/f

ield

day

to p

rese

nt

ord

inan

ce a

nd t

echnic

al s

tandar

ds

to d

evel

oper

s, n

eighborh

ood a

ssoci

atio

ns,

and

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Pag

e 4

2014

 Work Plan

 (co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

 

Host

work

shop a

nd/o

r fiel

d d

ay t

o p

rese

nt

LID

and L

C p

rinci

ple

s to

dev

eloper

s, n

eighborh

ood a

ssoci

atio

ns,

and g

ove

rnm

ent

emplo

yees

.

Hig

hlig

ht

inst

alle

d L

ow

Im

pac

t D

evel

opm

ent

and L

ivab

le C

om

munitie

s pra

ctic

es t

o r

esid

ential

lan

d o

wner

s.

Iden

tify

pote

ntial

dem

onst

ration s

ites

wher

e lo

w a

nd h

igh c

ost

str

eam

ban

k st

abili

zation t

echniq

ues

can

be

dis

pla

yed.

Incr

ease

aw

are

nes

s ab

out

exis

ting w

etla

nd p

rogra

ms.

In

crea

se e

xposu

re o

f th

e Cle

ar-B

lue-

Gre

en c

ertifica

tion p

rogra

m a

nd c

ertified

busi

nes

ses.

In

vest

igat

e opport

unitie

s fo

r cr

eation o

f a

storm

wat

er B

MP

tour

focu

sed o

n litte

r re

mova

l.

Utiliz

e Cle

ar C

hoic

es,

Cle

an W

ater

cam

pai

gn t

o g

ener

ate

250 p

ledges

to b

e phosp

horu

s-fr

ee f

ertiliz

er p

ledges

. Tar

get

info

rmat

ion a

t pet

ow

ner

s usi

ng r

esid

ent

exper

ts,

like

vete

rinar

ians.

Im

ple

men

tation

 Beg

in indiv

idual

LID

ret

rofit

des

ign a

nd inst

alla

tion d

emonst

ration.

 Com

ple

te 5

00 a

cres

of

no t

ill a

nnual

ly.

Com

ple

te d

esig

n o

f st

ream

ban

k st

abili

zation d

emonst

ration.

Com

ple

te e

asem

ent

and r

esto

ration e

ffort

s on 1

00 a

cres

of

floodpla

in.

Conve

rt 3

acr

es o

f la

wn t

o p

rair

ie o

r w

oodla

nd.

Dev

elop indiv

idual

on-s

ite

lives

tock

res

tric

tion p

lans

whic

h m

ay incl

ude

pro

visi

on o

f al

tern

ate

wat

er s

yste

ms,

liv

esto

ck f

enci

ng,

Imple

men

t 150 a

cres

of

conse

rvat

ion b

uffer

s.

Imple

men

t 2,5

00 a

cres

of

nutr

ient

and p

est

man

agem

ent.

Im

ple

men

t 3,2

00 f

eet

of

gra

ssed

wat

erw

ays.

Im

ple

men

t 300 a

cres

of

the

conse

rvat

ion s

yste

m (

incl

udes

cove

r cr

op,

no t

ill,

nutr

ient

man

agem

ent,

pes

tici

de

man

agem

ent,

and

Imple

men

t 50 a

cres

of

pre

scri

bed

gra

zing o

r gra

zing m

anag

emen

t pra

ctic

es.

Imple

men

t 700 a

cres

of

cove

r cr

op.

Imple

men

t ed

uca

tion p

lan.

Incr

ease

the

use

of

soil

man

agem

ent

sam

plin

g t

o e

nsu

re c

orr

ect

fert

ilize

r ap

plic

atio

n o

n 4

,000 a

cres

. In

stal

l 100 r

ain b

arre

ls.

Inst

all 15 r

ain g

arden

s.

Inst

all 4 a

cres

of

per

vious

pav

emen

t.

Inst

all co

nst

ruct

ed w

etla

nd t

reat

men

t ce

lls.

Inst

all one

gre

en r

oof.

Pl

ant

an a

dditio

nal

500 t

rees

in u

rban

are

as.

Prom

ote

pla

nting o

f tr

ees

liste

d o

n U

rban

Tre

e G

uid

e (m

ainta

ined

by

Citie

s of

Lafa

yett

e an

d W

est

Lafa

yett

e).

Res

tore

100 a

cres

of

wet

land.

Res

tric

t liv

esto

ck a

cces

s fr

om

3.5

mile

s of

stre

amban

k.

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Pag

e 5

2014

 Work Plan

 (co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

W

ork

with 1

0 p

roduce

rs a

nnual

ly t

o d

evel

op indiv

idual

sol

utions

invo

lvin

g e

quip

men

t co

nve

rsio

n a

nd/o

r co

ntr

act

soil

sam

plin

g

Work

with d

evel

oper

s to

incl

ude

gre

en r

oof in

stal

lation w

her

e poss

ible

.

Inventory

Com

ple

te lan

d p

rote

ctio

n m

ap iden

tify

ing t

arget

corr

idors

. Id

entify

tw

o-s

tage

ditch

dem

onst

ration s

ite

within

Tip

pec

anoe

County

. W

ork

with t

he

hea

lth d

epar

tmen

t to

iden

tify

are

as o

f fa

iling o

r ab

sent

septic

syst

ems.

Research

Com

ple

te w

hite

pap

er o

n p

rair

ie a

nd w

oodla

nd c

onve

rsio

n a

nd p

rese

nt

info

rmat

ion t

o w

ater

shed

res

iden

ts.

      

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2015 –

Pag

e 1

2015

 Work Plan

 Status 

Task

Planning

Com

ple

te m

aste

r pla

n f

or

Riv

er R

oad

Sce

nic

Byw

ay.

Det

erm

ine

a m

echan

ism

and n

eed f

or

mak

ing u

pdat

es t

o p

lannin

g d

ocu

men

ts r

esultin

g in inco

rpora

tion

of

curr

ent

conditio

ns

and

 D

evel

op m

echan

ism

for

updat

ing law

s, r

ule

s, a

nd r

egula

tions

to p

rote

ct a

nd im

pro

ve w

ater

qual

ity

in t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

and its

tr

ibuta

ries

. M

ento

r co

mm

unitie

s an

d c

ounties

to c

om

ple

te p

lannin

g a

s nee

ded

. Rev

iew

sto

rmw

ater

ord

inan

ce a

nd t

echnic

al s

tandar

ds.

Fund

ing

Iden

tify

additio

nal

cove

r cr

op f

undin

g o

ptions.

Iden

tify

fundin

g s

ourc

es.

Incr

ease

fundin

g f

or

com

munity

tree

pla

nting g

roups

such

as

Tre

e La

faye

tte

and W

est

Lafa

yett

e Tre

e Fu

nd.

Rev

iew

cost

-shar

e pla

n t

o iden

tify

new

fundin

g s

ourc

es a

nd n

eeds.

Assessm

ent C

onduct

one-

on-o

ne

mee

tings

with indiv

idual

lan

dow

ner

s to

dis

cuss

wet

land r

esto

ration o

ptions.

Conduct

one-

on-o

ne

site

vis

its

with indiv

idual

pro

duce

rs t

o d

iscu

ss p

resc

ribed

gra

zing.

Conduct

site

visi

ts w

ith indiv

idual

lan

dow

ner

s pro

moting t

he

ease

men

t pro

gra

m f

or

wet

land a

nd f

loodpla

in r

esto

ration.

Conduct

site

visi

ts w

ith lan

dow

ner

s to

pro

mote

no t

ill.

Continue

to p

erfo

rm

tilla

ge

tran

sect

and p

rom

ote

res

ults

to w

ater

shed

sta

kehold

ers.

Corridor

W

ork

with t

he

targ

et a

udie

nce

to iden

tify

bar

rier

s bet

wee

n n

eighborh

oods

and t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

.

Education

Ass

ist

TCPW

Q a

nd c

ounty

educa

tors

as

nee

ded

. Ass

ist

Tip

pec

anoe

SW

CD

with s

torm

dra

in s

tenci

ling p

rogra

m.

Ass

ist

with a

nnual

Mak

e A S

pla

sh e

vent.

 Att

end S

pri

ng F

est,

Lat

ino F

est,

Laf

ayet

te,

Wes

t La

faye

tte,

and P

urd

ue

farm

ers

mar

kets

, M

ose

y D

ow

n M

ainst

reet

and o

ther

fe

stiv

als

and e

vents

to p

rom

ote

effort

s an

d e

vents

. Att

end t

he

Hom

e an

d G

arden

Show

annual

ly t

o p

rom

ote

corr

ect

usa

ge

of

fert

ilize

r.

Dev

elop a

mes

sage

for

county

fai

rs a

nnual

ly a

nd a

tten

d c

ounty

fai

rs f

or

Founta

in,

Tip

pec

anoe,

and W

arre

n c

ounties

on a

n

 

Exp

lore

opport

unitie

s to

par

tner

with c

om

munity

even

ts a

nd f

estiva

ls (

Tas

te o

f Tip

pec

anoe,

Dan

cing in t

he

Str

eets

, O

ctober

fest

, Ja

zz F

est,

Fea

st o

f th

e H

unte

rs M

oon,

etc.

) to

hig

hlig

ht

the

Wab

ash

Riv

er.

Iden

tify

par

tner

opport

unitie

s to

pro

mote

fie

ld d

ays

thro

ughout

the

wat

ersh

ed a

nd p

ost

to a

cen

tral

web

site

or

cale

ndar

. Id

entify

par

tner

work

day

s fo

r rive

r cl

ean-u

p,

exotic

spec

ies

contr

ol, o

r hab

itat

res

tora

tion o

pport

unitie

s.

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2015 –

Pag

e 2

2015

 Work Plan

 (co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

Id

entify

par

tner

s to

ass

ist

with e

duca

tion a

nd p

ract

ice

mes

sage

dev

elopm

ent

and d

eliv

ery.

 

Mee

t w

ith t

wo s

ervi

ce o

rgan

izat

ions

to p

rese

nt

info

rmat

ion o

n w

ater

qual

ity,

agri

cultura

l pra

ctic

es,

nat

ura

l la

nd p

rese

rvat

ion,

or

the

Wab

ash R

iver

.

 

Req

ues

t as

sist

ance

fro

m s

ervi

ce o

rgan

izat

ions

on n

atura

l ar

eas

mai

nte

nan

ce,

Wab

ash R

iver

cle

an-u

p e

vents

, Sam

plin

g B

litz,

or

oth

er v

olu

nte

er o

pport

unitie

s.

Support

CSO

im

ple

men

tation p

lans

as p

oss

ible

. W

ork

with t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

fest

pla

nnin

g c

om

mitte

e to

pla

n a

nd im

ple

men

t th

e ev

ent.

Rec

ogniz

e se

rvic

e gro

ups

for

thei

r par

tici

pat

ion b

y honori

ng t

he

most

act

ive

gro

up r

elat

ive

to n

atura

l ar

eas

conse

rvation a

nd

Com

ple

te u

pdat

es t

o t

he

WREC w

ebsi

te q

uar

terl

y an

d p

rovi

de

that

info

rmat

ion t

o p

artn

ers

for

updat

e to

thei

r w

ebsi

tes

as w

ell.

 

Cre

ate

pam

phle

ts,

bro

chure

s, a

nd m

arke

ting m

ater

ials

as

nee

ded

and d

istr

ibute

thro

ugh p

artn

er o

rganiz

atio

ns,

on w

ebsi

tes,

and

via

dir

ect

mai

lings

and m

eetings.

Cre

ate

pre

ss r

elea

ses

quar

terl

y or

as n

eeded

. D

evel

op a

cal

endar

of

wee

kly

wat

er q

ual

ity

mes

sages

. Pa

rtic

ipat

e in

Det

rash

the

Wab

ash,

Cle

an S

wee

p,

Tox

Aw

ay,

and B

oile

r Bla

st t

o e

nco

ura

ge

litte

r re

mova

l an

d r

ecyc

ling.

Part

ner

with t

he

Tip

pec

anoe

SW

CD

to h

ost

a b

ooth

at

Ag D

ays.

Pr

oduce

quar

terl

y or

sem

i-an

nual

new

slet

ter

(if

det

erm

ined

nee

ded

and u

sefu

l in

2011).

Pr

ofile

volu

nte

ers

and t

hei

r m

onitoring e

ffort

s on p

artn

er w

ebsi

tes

and t

hro

ugh m

arke

ting e

ffort

.

 

Provi

de

info

rmat

ion t

o e

xist

ing n

ewsl

ette

r publis

her

s in

cludin

g T

ippec

anoe

SW

CD

, W

arre

n S

WCD

, Fo

unta

in S

WCD

, N

ativ

e Roots

, Tip

pec

anoe

Part

ner

ship

for

Wat

er Q

ual

ity,

and o

ther

s as

iden

tified

.

Provi

de

info

rmat

ion t

o n

eighborh

ood a

ssoci

atio

ns

to h

ighlig

ht

connec

tivi

ty t

o t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

as

info

rmat

ion is

avai

lable

. Com

ple

te y

outh

-bas

ed W

abas

h R

iver

flo

at t

rip if

dee

med

fea

sible

. Conduct

annual

fis

h b

litz

in t

he

sum

mer

/fal

l Conduct

tw

ice

annual

chem

istr

y sa

mplin

g b

litze

s in

the

spri

ng a

nd f

all.

 

Consi

der

dev

elopin

g a

n a

dopt-

a-si

te o

ption f

or

gro

ups

to s

ample

duri

ng e

ach s

amplin

g b

litz

and r

ecru

it v

olu

nte

ers

for

each

sa

mplin

g g

roup.

Com

ple

te a

nnual

Hoosi

er R

iver

wat

ch t

rain

ing a

nd c

onsi

der

ret

rain

ing v

olunte

ers

as n

eeded

. Com

ple

te H

oosi

er R

iver

wat

ch q

uar

terl

y sa

mplin

g a

t 10 s

ites

. D

evel

op e

duca

tion c

om

ponen

t fo

r th

e sa

mplin

g b

litz

and im

ple

men

t in

conce

rt w

ith e

ach s

amplin

g b

litz.

Eva

luat

e ev

ent

and d

eter

min

e re

med

iation o

f th

e W

abas

h S

amplin

g B

litz

follo

win

g e

ach b

litz.

H

ost

20 v

oya

geu

r ca

noe

trip

s ta

rget

ing h

isto

rica

l an

d w

ater

qual

ity

info

rmat

ion.

Iden

tify

10 p

rofe

ssio

nal

offic

es f

or

photo

gra

ph p

lace

men

t.

Iden

tify

busi

nes

ses

at w

hic

h e

duca

tional

post

ers

can b

e pla

ced a

nd p

ost

and r

ota

te p

ost

ers

quar

terl

y.

Exp

and p

artici

pat

ion in W

abas

h R

iver

fest

by

incr

easi

ng c

om

munity

atte

ndan

ce b

y 10%

annual

ly.

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2015 –

Pag

e 3

2015

 Work Plan

 (co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

H

old

Stu

rgeo

n R

un d

uri

ng S

turg

eon s

paw

nin

g (

April)

and a

Riv

er R

un a

s par

t of

Riv

erfe

st (

July

).

Iden

tify

opport

unitie

s fo

r busi

nes

ses

to p

artici

pat

e in

the

sam

plin

g b

litz

via

emplo

yee

shar

ing o

r oth

er o

ptions.

Id

entify

pote

ntial

topic

s an

d p

artici

pat

e in

WLF

I G

reen

seg

men

ts f

or

both

morn

ing a

nd n

oon n

ews

at lea

st o

nce

. In

volv

e ce

rtifie

d C

lear

-Blu

e-G

reen

busi

nes

ses

in c

om

munity

even

ts a

s le

ader

s in

pro

moting g

reen

idea

ls in T

ippec

anoe

County

. Pr

ovi

de

pet

ow

ner

giv

e-aw

ays

that

enco

ura

ge

pro

per

pet

was

te d

isposa

l.

Rota

te p

hoto

gra

phs

pla

ced in 5

0 p

rofe

ssio

nal

offic

es t

o m

ainta

in f

resh

vie

ws

of

nat

ura

l re

sourc

es.

 

Work

with t

he

Tip

pec

anoe

Art

s Fe

der

atio

n t

o p

artn

er w

ith t

hei

r ev

ents

and u

nve

ilings

on t

he

ped

estr

ian b

ridge

or

nea

r th

e W

abas

h R

iver

.

Cer

tify

an a

dditio

nal

50 b

usi

nes

ses

thro

ugh t

he

Cle

ar-B

lue-

Gre

en p

rogra

m.

Com

ple

te m

ailin

g t

arget

ing lan

dow

ner

s w

ith r

ow

cro

p p

roduct

ion w

ithin

the

100 y

ear

floodpla

in.

Conduct

tar

get

ed m

ailin

g h

ighlig

hting c

onse

rvat

ion o

ptions

to liv

esto

ck p

roduce

rs.

Com

ple

te f

loodpla

in e

asem

ent

site

-bas

ed e

duca

tion e

vent

as p

oss

ible

and if

inte

rest

is

gen

erat

ed.

Dev

elop a

nd h

ost

a f

ield

day

hig

hlig

hting m

anag

emen

t an

d d

evel

opm

ent

of

buffer

hab

itat

s.

Dev

elop a

nd h

ost

a f

ield

day

hig

hlig

hting m

anag

emen

t an

d d

evel

opm

ent

of

gra

ssed

wat

erw

ays.

D

evel

op c

ove

r cr

op d

emonst

ration a

rea

hig

hlig

hting v

ario

us

spec

ies.

Cre

ate

a co

ntr

acto

rs lis

t fo

r sp

ecific

cove

r cr

op s

eedin

g.

Dev

elop a

str

ateg

y to

red

uce

sep

tic

syst

em im

pac

ts t

o t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

. H

ost

annual

no t

ill w

ork

shop.

Host

annual

tour

or

work

shop h

ighlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

nutr

ient

and p

est

man

agem

ent

pla

nnin

g.

Host

annual

tour

or

work

shop h

ighlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

the

conse

rvat

ion s

yste

m in a

n o

per

atin

g a

rea.

H

ost

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

bio

reac

tors

.

 

Dev

elop v

ideo

s ta

rget

ed a

t ad

ult c

om

munity

gro

ups

(20 m

inute

s) a

nd k

ids

gro

ups

(10 m

inute

s) a

nd c

reate

lis

t of

pote

ntial

par

tner

gro

ups

at w

hic

h p

rese

nta

tion c

ould

occ

ur.

Educa

te lan

dow

ner

s ab

out

the

corr

ect

rate

s of

fert

ilize

r ap

plic

atio

n.

Enco

ura

ge

com

mer

cial

and g

ove

rnm

enta

l en

tities

to

mai

nta

in b

est

man

agem

ent

pra

ctic

es t

hat

rem

ove

litte

r fr

om

sto

rmw

ater

. Enco

ura

ge

com

mer

cial

fer

tiliz

er a

pplic

ators

to c

om

ple

te c

ertifica

tion v

ia t

he

Offic

e of

the

India

na

Sta

te C

hem

ist.

H

ost

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

const

ruct

ed w

etla

nd c

ells

. H

ost

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

dra

inag

e w

ater

man

agem

ent.

H

ost

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

two s

tage

ditch

es.

Host

cove

r cr

op w

ork

shop.

Host

fie

ld d

ay a

nd/o

r w

ork

shop t

o e

duca

te t

he

targ

et a

udie

nce

on p

ote

ntial

dev

elopm

ent

opport

unitie

s.

Host

sem

i-an

nual

public

mee

tings

or

even

ts a

t w

hic

h t

he

public

can

com

men

t on w

ater

shed

effort

s.

Host

sep

tic

syst

em c

are

and m

ainte

nan

ce w

ork

shops.

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2015 –

Pag

e 4

2015

 Work Plan

 (co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

H

ost

work

shop a

nd/f

ield

day

to p

rese

nt

ord

inan

ce a

nd t

echnic

al s

tandar

ds

to d

evel

oper

s, n

eighborh

ood a

ssoci

atio

ns,

and

 

Host

work

shop a

nd/o

r fiel

d d

ay t

o p

rese

nt

LID

and L

C p

rinci

ple

s to

dev

eloper

s, n

eighborh

ood a

ssoci

atio

ns,

and g

ove

rnm

ent

emplo

yees

.

Hig

hlig

ht

inst

alle

d L

ow

Im

pac

t D

evel

opm

ent

and L

ivab

le C

om

munitie

s pra

ctic

es t

o r

esid

ential

lan

d o

wner

s.

Iden

tify

pote

ntial

dem

onst

ration s

ites

wher

e lo

w a

nd h

igh c

ost

str

eam

ban

k st

abili

zation t

echniq

ues

can

be

dis

pla

yed.

Incr

ease

aw

are

nes

s ab

out

exis

ting w

etla

nd p

rogra

ms.

In

crea

se e

xposu

re o

f th

e Cle

ar-B

lue-

Gre

en c

ertifica

tion p

rogra

m a

nd c

ertified

busi

nes

ses.

In

vest

igat

e opport

unitie

s fo

r cr

eation o

f a

storm

wat

er B

MP

tour

focu

sed o

n litte

r re

mova

l.

Utiliz

e Cle

ar C

hoic

es,

Cle

an W

ater

cam

pai

gn t

o g

ener

ate

250 p

ledges

to b

e phosp

horu

s-fr

ee f

ertiliz

er p

ledges

. Tar

get

info

rmat

ion a

t pet

ow

ner

s usi

ng r

esid

ent

exper

ts,

like

vete

rinar

ians.

Implem

entatio

n Beg

in c

onst

ruct

ion o

f st

ream

ban

k st

abili

zation d

emonst

ration s

ite.

Com

ple

te 5

00 a

cres

of

no t

ill a

nnual

ly.

Com

ple

te e

asem

ent

and r

esto

ration e

ffort

s on 1

00 a

cres

of

floodpla

in.

Conve

rt 3

acr

es o

f la

wn t

o p

rair

ie o

r w

oodla

nd.

Des

ign a

nd p

erm

it t

wo-s

tage

ditch

dem

onst

ration s

ite

in T

ippec

anoe

County

. D

evel

op indiv

idual

on-s

ite

lives

tock

res

tric

tion p

lans

whic

h m

ay incl

ude

pro

visi

on o

f al

tern

ate

wat

er s

yste

ms,

liv

esto

ck f

enci

ng,

Imple

men

t 150 a

cres

of

conse

rvat

ion b

uffer

s.

Imple

men

t 2,5

00 a

cres

of

nutr

ient

and p

est

man

agem

ent.

Im

ple

men

t 3,2

00 f

eet

of

gra

ssed

wat

erw

ays.

Im

ple

men

t 300 a

cres

of

the

conse

rvat

ion s

yste

m (

incl

udes

cove

r cr

op,

no t

ill,

nutr

ient

man

agem

ent,

pes

tici

de

man

agem

ent,

and

Imple

men

t 50 a

cres

of

pre

scri

bed

gra

zing o

r gra

zing m

anag

emen

t pra

ctic

es.

Imple

men

t 700 a

cres

of

cove

r cr

op.

Imple

men

t ed

uca

tion p

lan.

Incr

ease

the

use

of

soil

man

agem

ent

sam

plin

g t

o e

nsu

re c

orr

ect

fert

ilize

r ap

plic

atio

n o

n 4

,000 a

cres

. In

stal

l 100 r

ain b

arre

ls.

Inst

all 15 r

ain g

arden

s.

Inst

all 4 a

cres

of

per

vious

pav

emen

t.

Inst

all co

nst

ruct

ed w

etla

nd t

reat

men

t ce

lls.

Plan

t an

additio

nal

500 t

rees

in u

rban

are

as.

Prom

ote

pla

nting o

f tr

ees

liste

d o

n U

rban

Tre

e G

uid

e (m

ainta

ined

by

Citie

s of

Lafa

yett

e an

d W

est

Lafa

yett

e).

Res

tore

100 a

cres

of

wet

land.

Res

tric

t liv

esto

ck a

cces

s fr

om

3.5

mile

s of

stre

amban

k.

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2015 –

Pag

e 5

2015

 Work Plan

 (co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

W

ork

with 1

0 p

roduce

rs a

nnual

ly t

o d

evel

op indiv

idual

sol

utions

invo

lvin

g e

quip

men

t co

nve

rsio

n a

nd/o

r co

ntr

act

soil

sam

plin

g

Work

with d

evel

oper

s to

incl

ude

gre

en r

oof in

stal

lation w

her

e poss

ible

.

Inventory

Map

the

exte

nt

of

terr

estr

ial ex

otic

spec

ie.

Work

with t

he

hea

lth d

epar

tmen

t to

iden

tify

are

as o

f fa

iling o

r ab

sent

septic

syst

ems.

            

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2016 –

Pag

e 1

2016

 Work Plan

  Status 

Task

Planning

Com

ple

te d

evel

opm

ent

of

clim

ate

read

y ac

tion p

lan.

Men

tor

com

munitie

s an

d c

ounties

to c

om

ple

te p

lannin

g a

s nee

ded

.

Rev

iew

sto

rmw

ater

ord

inan

ce a

nd t

echnic

al s

tandar

ds.

Assessm

ent C

om

ple

te a

sses

smen

t of

fiel

d a

nd s

trea

m b

ord

ers

and c

om

par

e re

sults

with 2

012 a

sses

smen

t.

Com

ple

te a

sses

smen

t of

road

side

mow

ing a

nd c

om

par

e re

sults

with 2

012 a

sses

smen

t.

Com

ple

te a

sses

smen

t of

veget

atio

n a

nd c

om

par

e re

sults

with 2

012 a

sses

smen

t.

Conduct

one-

on-o

ne

mee

tings

with indiv

idual

lan

dow

ner

s to

dis

cuss

wet

land r

esto

ration o

ptions.

Conduct

one-

on-o

ne

site

vis

its

with indiv

idual

pro

duce

rs t

o d

iscu

ss p

resc

ribed

gra

zing.

Conduct

site

visi

ts w

ith indiv

idual

lan

dow

ner

s pro

moting t

he

ease

men

t pro

gra

m f

or

wet

land a

nd f

loodpla

in r

esto

ration.

Conduct

site

visi

ts w

ith lan

dow

ner

s to

pro

mote

no t

ill.

Continue

to p

erfo

rm

tilla

ge

tran

sect

and p

rom

ote

res

ults

to w

ater

shed

sta

kehold

ers.

Corridor

 Addre

ss p

edes

tria

n s

afet

y im

pro

vem

ents

, Rai

l bri

dge

ped

estr

ian/b

ike

pro

men

ade,

and im

pro

ved p

edes

tria

n a

nd b

ike

acce

ss

along U

S 2

31 b

ridge.

 Cre

ate

limited

-acc

ess

pad

dle

r put-

in/t

ake

out

at T

railh

ead P

ark,

J.

Fred

eric

k H

offm

an M

emori

al N

ature

Are

a, P

rett

y Pr

airi

e Road

, Am

phithea

tre

Park

, O

verlook

Park

, an

d W

ildca

t Cre

ek.

 Cre

ate

wat

er a

cces

s si

tes

at loca

tions

iden

tified

in t

he

Gre

enw

ay M

aste

r Pl

an incl

udin

g:

Del

phi, b

oat

bas

ins

adja

cent

to

Will

iam

sburg

on t

he

Wab

ash,

and

Cic

ott

Par

k.

Dev

elop t

he

bas

ins

adja

cent

to W

illia

msb

urg

Apar

tmen

ts o

n t

he

Wab

ash f

or

recr

eational

use

.

Exp

and t

he

Wab

ash H

eritag

e Tra

il to

cre

ate

trai

l ad

jace

nt

to t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

thro

ughout

the

length

of Tip

pec

anoe

County

.

Prote

ct o

r ac

quir

e pro

per

ties

within

the

floodpla

in o

r ad

jace

nt

to t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

.

Rec

onfigure

the

Lafa

yett

e G

olf C

ours

e an

d L

yboult F

ield

s to

rem

ove

them

fro

m t

he

floodw

ay.

Education

Ass

ist

TCPW

Q a

nd c

ounty

educa

tors

as

nee

ded

. Ass

ist

Tip

pec

anoe

SW

CD

with s

torm

dra

in s

tenci

ling p

rogra

m.

Ass

ist

with a

nnual

Mak

e A S

pla

sh e

vent.

 Att

end S

pri

ng F

est,

Lat

ino F

est,

Laf

ayet

te,

Wes

t La

faye

tte,

and P

urd

ue

farm

ers

mar

kets

, M

ose

y D

ow

n M

ainst

reet

and o

ther

fe

stiv

als

and e

vents

to p

rom

ote

effort

s an

d e

vents

. Att

end t

he

Hom

e an

d G

arden

Show

annual

ly t

o p

rom

ote

corr

ect

usa

ge

of

fert

ilize

r.

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2016 –

Pag

e 2

2016

 Work Plan

 (co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

D

evel

op a

mes

sage

for

county

fai

rs a

nnual

ly a

nd a

tten

d c

ounty

fai

rs f

or

Founta

in,

Tip

pec

anoe,

and W

arre

n c

ounties

on a

n

 

Exp

lore

opport

unitie

s to

par

tner

with c

om

munity

even

ts a

nd f

estiva

ls (

Tas

te o

f Tip

pec

anoe,

Dan

cing in t

he

Str

eets

, O

ctober

fest

, Ja

zz F

est,

Fea

st o

f th

e H

unte

rs M

oon,

etc.

) to

hig

hlig

ht

the

Wab

ash

Riv

er.

Iden

tify

par

tner

opport

unitie

s to

pro

mote

fie

ld d

ays

thro

ughout

the

wat

ersh

ed a

nd p

ost

to a

cen

tral

web

site

or

cale

ndar

. Id

entify

par

tner

work

day

s fo

r rive

r cl

ean-u

p,

exotic

spec

ies

contr

ol, o

r hab

itat

res

tora

tion o

pport

unitie

s.

Iden

tify

par

tner

s to

ass

ist

with e

duca

tion a

nd p

ract

ice

mes

sage

dev

elopm

ent

and d

eliv

ery.

 

Mee

t w

ith t

wo s

ervi

ce o

rgan

izat

ions

to p

rese

nt

info

rmat

ion o

n w

ater

qual

ity,

agri

cultura

l pra

ctic

es,

nat

ura

l la

nd p

rese

rvat

ion,

or

the

Wab

ash R

iver

.

 

Req

ues

t as

sist

ance

fro

m s

ervi

ce o

rgan

izat

ions

on n

atura

l ar

eas

mai

nte

nan

ce,

Wab

ash R

iver

cle

an-u

p e

vents

, Sam

plin

g B

litz,

or

oth

er v

olu

nte

er o

pport

unitie

s.

Support

CSO

im

ple

men

tation p

lans

as p

oss

ible

. W

ork

with t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

fest

pla

nnin

g c

om

mitte

e to

pla

n a

nd im

ple

men

t th

e ev

ent.

Rec

ogniz

e se

rvic

e gro

ups

for

thei

r par

tici

pat

ion b

y honori

ng t

he

most

act

ive

gro

up r

elat

ive

to n

atura

l ar

eas

conse

rvation a

nd

Com

ple

te u

pdat

es t

o t

he

WREC w

ebsi

te q

uar

terl

y an

d p

rovi

de

that

info

rmat

ion t

o p

artn

ers

for

updat

e to

thei

r w

ebsi

tes

as w

ell.

 

Cre

ate

pam

phle

ts,

bro

chure

s, a

nd m

arke

ting m

ater

ials

as

nee

ded

and d

istr

ibute

thro

ugh p

artn

er o

rganiz

atio

ns,

on w

ebsi

tes,

and

via

dir

ect

mai

lings

and m

eetings.

Cre

ate

pre

ss r

elea

ses

quar

terl

y or

as n

eeded

. D

evel

op a

cal

endar

of

wee

kly

wat

er q

ual

ity

mes

sages

. Pa

rtic

ipat

e in

Det

rash

the

Wab

ash,

Cle

an S

wee

p,

Tox

Aw

ay,

and B

oile

r Bla

st t

o e

nco

ura

ge

litte

r re

mova

l an

d r

ecyc

ling.

Part

ner

with t

he

Tip

pec

anoe

SW

CD

to h

ost

a b

ooth

at

Ag D

ays.

Pr

oduce

quar

terl

y or

sem

i-an

nual

new

slet

ter

(if

det

erm

ined

nee

ded

and u

sefu

l in

2011).

Pr

ofile

volu

nte

ers

and t

hei

r m

onitoring e

ffort

s on p

artn

er w

ebsi

tes

and t

hro

ugh m

arke

ting e

ffort

.

 

Provi

de

info

rmat

ion t

o e

xist

ing n

ewsl

ette

r publis

her

s in

cludin

g T

ippec

anoe

SW

CD

, W

arre

n S

WCD

, Fo

unta

in S

WCD

, N

ativ

e Roots

, Tip

pec

anoe

Part

ner

ship

for

Wat

er Q

ual

ity,

and o

ther

s as

iden

tified

.

Provi

de

info

rmat

ion t

o n

eighborh

ood a

ssoci

atio

ns

to h

ighlig

ht

connec

tivi

ty t

o t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

as

info

rmat

ion is

avai

lable

. Com

ple

te y

outh

-bas

ed W

abas

h R

iver

flo

at t

rip if

dee

med

fea

sible

. Conduct

annual

fis

h b

litz

in t

he

sum

mer

/fal

l Conduct

tw

ice

annual

chem

istr

y sa

mplin

g b

litze

s in

the

spri

ng a

nd f

all.

 

Consi

der

dev

elopin

g a

n a

dopt-

a-si

te o

ption f

or

gro

ups

to s

ample

duri

ng e

ach s

amplin

g b

litz

and r

ecru

it v

olu

nte

ers

for

each

sa

mplin

g g

roup.

Com

ple

te a

nnual

Hoosi

er R

iver

wat

ch t

rain

ing a

nd c

onsi

der

ret

rain

ing v

olunte

ers

as n

eeded

. Com

ple

te H

oosi

er R

iver

wat

ch q

uar

terl

y sa

mplin

g a

t 10 s

ites

. D

evel

op e

duca

tion c

om

ponen

t fo

r th

e sa

mplin

g b

litz

and im

ple

men

t in

conce

rt w

ith e

ach s

amplin

g b

litz.

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 (co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

Eva

luat

e ev

ent

and d

eter

min

e re

med

iation o

f th

e W

abas

h S

amplin

g B

litz

follo

win

g e

ach b

litz.

H

ost

20 v

oya

geu

r ca

noe

trip

s ta

rget

ing h

isto

rica

l an

d w

ater

qual

ity

info

rmat

ion.

Iden

tify

10 p

rofe

ssio

nal

offic

es f

or

photo

gra

ph p

lace

men

t.

Iden

tify

busi

nes

ses

at w

hic

h e

duca

tional

post

ers

can b

e pla

ced a

nd p

ost

and r

ota

te p

ost

ers

quar

terl

y.

Exp

and p

artici

pat

ion in W

abas

h R

iver

fest

by

incr

easi

ng c

om

munity

atte

ndan

ce b

y 10%

annual

ly.

Hold

Stu

rgeo

n R

un d

uri

ng S

turg

eon s

paw

nin

g (

April)

and a

Riv

er R

un a

s par

t of

Riv

erfe

st (

July

).

Iden

tify

opport

unitie

s fo

r busi

nes

ses

to p

artici

pat

e in

the

sam

plin

g b

litz

via

emplo

yee

shar

ing o

r oth

er o

ptions.

Id

entify

pote

ntial

topic

s an

d p

artici

pat

e in

WLF

I G

reen

seg

men

ts f

or

both

morn

ing a

nd n

oon n

ews

at lea

st o

nce

. In

volv

e ce

rtifie

d C

lear

-Blu

e-G

reen

busi

nes

ses

in c

om

munity

even

ts a

s le

ader

s in

pro

moting g

reen

idea

ls in T

ippec

anoe

County

. Pr

ovi

de

pet

ow

ner

giv

e-aw

ays

that

enco

ura

ge

pro

per

pet

was

te d

isposa

l.

Rota

te p

hoto

gra

phs

pla

ced in 5

0 p

rofe

ssio

nal

offic

es t

o m

ainta

in f

resh

vie

ws

of

nat

ura

l re

sourc

es.

 

Work

with t

he

Tip

pec

anoe

Art

s Fe

der

atio

n t

o p

artn

er w

ith t

hei

r ev

ents

and u

nve

ilings

on t

he

ped

estr

ian b

ridge

or

nea

r th

e W

abas

h R

iver

.

Cer

tify

an a

dditio

nal

50 b

usi

nes

ses

thro

ugh t

he

Cle

ar-B

lue-

Gre

en p

rogra

m.

Com

ple

te m

ailin

g t

arget

ing lan

dow

ner

s w

ith r

ow

cro

p p

roduct

ion w

ithin

the

100 y

ear

floodpla

in.

Conduct

tar

get

ed m

ailin

g h

ighlig

hting c

onse

rvat

ion o

ptions

to liv

esto

ck p

roduce

rs.

Com

ple

te f

loodpla

in e

asem

ent

site

-bas

ed e

duca

tion e

vent

as p

oss

ible

and if

inte

rest

is

gen

erat

ed.

Dev

elop a

nd h

ost

a f

ield

day

hig

hlig

hting m

anag

emen

t an

d d

evel

opm

ent

of

buffer

hab

itat

s.

Dev

elop a

nd h

ost

a f

ield

day

hig

hlig

hting m

anag

emen

t an

d d

evel

opm

ent

of

gra

ssed

wat

erw

ays.

D

evel

op c

ove

r cr

op d

emonst

ration a

rea

hig

hlig

hting v

ario

us

spec

ies.

Cre

ate

a co

ntr

acto

rs lis

t fo

r sp

ecific

cove

r cr

op s

eedin

g.

Dev

elop a

str

ateg

y to

red

uce

sep

tic

syst

em im

pac

ts t

o t

he

Wab

ash R

iver

. H

ost

annual

no t

ill w

ork

shop.

Host

annual

tour

or

work

shop h

ighlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

nutr

ient

and p

est

man

agem

ent

pla

nnin

g.

Host

annual

tour

or

work

shop h

ighlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

the

conse

rvat

ion s

yste

m in a

n o

per

atin

g a

rea.

H

ost

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

bio

reac

tors

.

 

Dev

elop v

ideo

s ta

rget

ed a

t ad

ult c

om

munity

gro

ups

(20 m

inute

s) a

nd k

ids

gro

ups

(10 m

inute

s) a

nd c

reate

lis

t of

pote

ntial

par

tner

gro

ups

at w

hic

h p

rese

nta

tion c

ould

occ

ur.

Educa

te lan

dow

ner

s ab

out

the

corr

ect

rate

s of

fert

ilize

r ap

plic

atio

n.

Enco

ura

ge

com

mer

cial

and g

ove

rnm

enta

l en

tities

to

mai

nta

in b

est

man

agem

ent

pra

ctic

es t

hat

rem

ove

litte

r fr

om

sto

rmw

ater

. Enco

ura

ge

com

mer

cial

fer

tiliz

er a

pplic

ators

to c

om

ple

te c

ertifica

tion v

ia t

he

Offic

e of

the

India

na

Sta

te C

hem

ist.

H

ost

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

const

ruct

ed w

etla

nd c

ells

. H

ost

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

dra

inag

e w

ater

man

agem

ent.

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 (co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

H

ost

annual

work

shop o

r pre

senta

tion for

landow

ner

s hig

hlig

hting t

he

ben

efits

of

two s

tage

ditch

es.

Host

cove

r cr

op w

ork

shop.

Host

fie

ld d

ay a

nd/o

r w

ork

shop t

o e

duca

te t

he

targ

et a

udie

nce

on p

ote

ntial

dev

elopm

ent

opport

unitie

s.

Host

sem

i-an

nual

public

mee

tings

or

even

ts a

t w

hic

h t

he

public

can

com

men

t on w

ater

shed

effort

s.

Host

sep

tic

syst

em c

are

and m

ainte

nan

ce w

ork

shops.

H

ost

work

shop a

nd/f

ield

day

to p

rese

nt

ord

inan

ce a

nd t

echnic

al s

tandar

ds

to d

evel

oper

s, n

eighborh

ood a

ssoci

atio

ns,

and

 

Host

work

shop a

nd/o

r fiel

d d

ay t

o p

rese

nt

LID

and L

C p

rinci

ple

s to

dev

eloper

s, n

eighborh

ood a

ssoci

atio

ns,

and g

ove

rnm

ent

emplo

yees

.

Hig

hlig

ht

inst

alle

d L

ow

Im

pac

t D

evel

opm

ent

and L

ivab

le C

om

munitie

s pra

ctic

es t

o r

esid

ential

lan

d o

wner

s.

Iden

tify

pote

ntial

dem

onst

ration s

ites

wher

e lo

w a

nd h

igh c

ost

str

eam

ban

k st

abili

zation t

echniq

ues

can

be

dis

pla

yed.

Incr

ease

aw

are

nes

s ab

out

exis

ting w

etla

nd p

rogra

ms.

In

crea

se e

xposu

re o

f th

e Cle

ar-B

lue-

Gre

en c

ertifica

tion p

rogra

m a

nd c

ertified

busi

nes

ses.

In

vest

igat

e opport

unitie

s fo

r cr

eation o

f a

storm

wat

er B

MP

tour

focu

sed o

n litte

r re

mova

l.

Utiliz

e Cle

ar C

hoic

es,

Cle

an W

ater

cam

pai

gn t

o g

ener

ate

250 p

ledges

to b

e phosp

horu

s-fr

ee f

ertiliz

er p

ledges

. Tar

get

info

rmat

ion a

t pet

ow

ner

s usi

ng r

esid

ent

exper

ts,

like

vete

rinar

ians.

Implem

entatio

n Beg

in b

ackw

ater

hab

itat

are

a des

ign.

By

2016,

dev

elop a

pla

n t

o r

epla

ce c

ulv

erts

that

inhib

it fis

h p

assa

ge.

Com

ple

te 5

00 a

cres

of

no t

ill a

nnual

ly.

Com

ple

te e

asem

ent

and r

esto

ration e

ffort

s on 1

00 a

cres

of

floodpla

in.

Com

ple

te indiv

idual

LID

ret

rofit

des

igns

and inst

alla

tion a

s poss

ible

with o

ne

dem

onst

ration inst

alle

d b

y 2016.

Com

ple

te inst

alla

tion o

f dem

onst

ration s

ite

hig

hlig

hting low

and h

igh c

ost

str

eam

ban

k st

abili

zation o

ptions.

Com

ple

te inst

alla

tion o

f dem

onst

ration t

wo-s

tage

ditch

pro

ject

in T

ippec

anoe

County

. Conve

rt 3

acr

es o

f la

wn t

o p

rair

ie o

r w

oodla

nd.

Dev

elop indiv

idual

on-s

ite

lives

tock

res

tric

tion p

lans

whic

h m

ay incl

ude

pro

visi

on o

f al

tern

ate

wat

er s

yste

ms,

liv

esto

ck f

enci

ng,

Imple

men

t 150 a

cres

of

conse

rvat

ion b

uffer

s.

Imple

men

t 2,5

00 a

cres

of

nutr

ient

and p

est

man

agem

ent.

Im

ple

men

t 3,2

00 f

eet

of

gra

ssed

wat

erw

ays.

Im

ple

men

t 300 a

cres

of

the

conse

rvat

ion s

yste

m (

incl

udes

cove

r cr

op,

no t

ill,

nutr

ient

man

agem

ent,

pes

tici

de

man

agem

ent,

and

Imple

men

t 50 a

cres

of

pre

scri

bed

gra

zing o

r gra

zing m

anag

emen

t pra

ctic

es.

Imple

men

t 700 a

cres

of

cove

r cr

op.

Imple

men

t ed

uca

tion p

lan.

Incr

ease

the

use

of

soil

man

agem

ent

sam

plin

g t

o e

nsu

re c

orr

ect

fert

ilize

r ap

plic

atio

n o

n 4

,000 a

cres

.

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2016 –

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e 5

2016

 Work Plan

 (co

ntinued

) Status 

Task

In

stal

l 100 r

ain b

arre

ls.

Inst

all 15 r

ain g

arden

s.

Inst

all 4 a

cres

of

per

vious

pav

emen

t.

Inst

all co

nst

ruct

ed w

etla

nd t

reat

men

t ce

lls.

Inst

all one

gre

en r

oof.

In

stal

l tw

o e

xam

ple

0.5

mile

tw

o-s

tage

ditch

es.

Plan

t an

additio

nal

500 t

rees

in u

rban

are

as.

Prom

ote

pla

nting o

f tr

ees

liste

d o

n U

rban

Tre

e G

uid

e (m

ainta

ined

by

Citie

s of

Lafa

yett

e an

d W

est

Lafa

yett

e).

Res

tore

100 a

cres

of

wet

land.

Res

tric

t liv

esto

ck a

cces

s fr

om

3.5

mile

s of

stre

amban

k.

Work

with d

evel

oper

s to

incl

ude

gre

en r

oof in

stal

lation w

her

e poss

ible

.

Inventory

Dev

elop a

con

trol pla

n f

or

iden

tified

ter

rest

rial

exo

tic

spec

ies.

W

ork

with t

he

hea

lth d

epar

tmen

t to

iden

tify

are

as o

f fa

iling o

r ab

sent

septic

syst

ems.

Res

earc

h

Com

ple

te p

rofita

bili

ty a

nal

ysis

for

inte

rest

ed a

gri

cultura

l la

ndow

ner

s.

   

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