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Overview of: status of stewardship endowment and contracts stewardship guidelines stewardship management program
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Stewardship Program
Report
CWMTF Board Retreat
February 15, 2010
Team Members
Penny Adams
Christopher Fipps
Nancy Guthrie
Robin Hammond
Cheryl Johnson
Tom Jones
Sarah King
Richard Rogers
Cherri Smith
Will Summer
Stewardship Topics to be Covered
Endowment
Contracts
Guidelines
Management Fund
Endowment
NC Conservation Easement
Endowment Fund is being established
with State Treasurer’s Office
Contracts
55 individual grant agreement contracts for
closed acquisitions being closed out.
14 new contracts being established with land
trusts for annual monitoring of all properties
from those 55 individual grants.
Future acquisition closings.
Stewardship Guidelines
Baseline Documentation
Report
Standards for
Monitoring Reports
Reserved Rights Policy
Reserved Rights
Requests
Easement Amendments
Enforcement Process
Stewardship Management
Fund
$20,000 for FY 2010/2011
Stewardship Management Fund
$2,500 cap per management activity
Invoices to substantiate cost
Documentation of management issue
Activities Eligible for Funding
Priority for management activities that protect
integrity of conservation easement and/or
protect water quality.
Lower priority for funding for activities that
enhance the conservation values of the
easement area.
ATV trespassing – direct water quality threat
Dumping – direct water quality threat
ATV trespassing – site degradation / emerging water quality threat
Solution - gate installation / access control
Riparian buffer planting – enhancing conservation values / improving WQ
Invasive plant removal – enhancing conservation values
Criteria for Evaluating Proposals for
Management Funds
Type of management activity
Threat to easement area and/or protection of
water quality
Extent of management issue
Additional resources contributed to project
Stewardship Management Fund
Schedule
Announce to land trusts February 2010
Proposals for funds due May 3, 2010
Approvals June 2010
Questions and Comments