Leveraging Resources for Implementing a Successful Nonpoint Source Grant Project

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1 Leveraging Resources for Implementing a Successful Nonpoint Source Grant Project Nathaniel Sajdak Watershed Director Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority Wallkill River Watershed Management Group

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3 What is a Watershed Restoration Plan? A watershed-based plan designed to determine the course of action necessary through the identification of specific measures to be taken to restore impaired waters and to protect unimpaired waters

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5 WATERSHED EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROGRAMS PROGRAM GOAL: Raise watershed awareness and promote the importance of local environmental stewardship

6 COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM PROGRAM GOAL: To engage local community members in hands-on opportunities to protect, restore, and / or enhance their local watersheds.

7 AGRICULTRAL OUTREACH & ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PROGRAM GOAL: To assist with promoting, planning, and implementing agricultural best management practices designed to improve existing natural resources

8 RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM PROGRAM GOAL: Implementation of riparian buffer restoration, floodplain enhancement, and vegetative streambank stabilization projects

9 STORMWATER OUTREACH & ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PROGRAM GOAL: Implementation of stormwater management programs and improvement projects including rain gardens, infiltration, and bio-infiltration projects to reduce stormwater runoff to surface waterways

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12 The Growth of the SCMUA-WRWMG-NJDEP Agricultural Cost Share Program

13 SCMUA-WRWMG-NJDEP Ag Cost Share Program This program provides 319(h) funding opportunities for Sussex County s agricultural community to implement various conservation practices, projects, which are intended to address surface water quality impairments. These funds will be used as leverage with USDA-NRCS Farm Bill funds to implement projects within the following watershed basins: Papakating Creek Watershed Clove Brook / Clove Acres Lake Watershed Upper Paulins Kill Watershed

14 Successful Implementation of a USDA-NRCS, SCMUA/WRWMG & NJDEP Agricultural BMP Cost-Share Project Wantage Township, NJ

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16 MANURE STOCKPILES: Manure Stacking Areas / Stockpiles have the potential to contribute excessive nutrients and pathogens as contaminated runoff or leachate into surface waterways and groundwater sources.

17 BARNYARD RUNOFF: Barnyards are places where livestock gather to eat, drink and eventually deposit manure. They can be a major source of where nutrients could leach or run off into the groundwater or surface waterways.

18 UNRESTRICTED LIVESTOCK ACCESS TO A SURFACE-WATERWAY: Unrestricted livestock access to streams is associated with many negative effects. Livestock defecating in streams may deposit harmful pathogens and excessive nutrients in streams. Degraded streambanks may result in increased nutrient and pathogen loading as well as elevated water temperatures.

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23 The Ideal Farms Story

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27 Delaware River Watershed Initiative April 2013 Delaware River Watershed Initiative April 2013

28 Unprecedented collaboration of leading conservation organizations who will align their work to protect lands, restore streams, test innovative approaches in ecologically significant places, and monitor results over time. Major Partnering Organizations: 1. Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 2. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) 3. Open Space Institute

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34 Potential to restore and reforest a 4.5 mile corridor of the Wallkill River on property parcels owned by Sparta Township, USDA-NRCS, Sparta Board of Ed, and NJDEP

35 NJDEP s 319(h) Non-Point Source Pollution Control Grant Program Provided a Funding Foundation to Build Upon Empowered a Watershed Group to Make things happen Offered Technical Resources and Guidance Supported and Encouraged the of Building of Partnerships to further the Growth of a Projects

36 CRITICAL KEYS TO SUCCESS Identify Resource Concerns and Restoration / Stewardship Objectives Generate Management Strategies Foster Unique Cooperative Partnerships to Share & Leverage Resources Engage and Empower the Local Community Put the Shovel in the Ground

37 THE POWER OF LEVERAGING RESOURCES TO DRIVE WATERSEHD RESTORATION AND STEWARDSHIP Improve Water Quality and Watershed Health Enhance Ecological Habitats Generate New Recreational Opportunities Raise Educational Awareness Promote Active Involvement by Community Stewards in the long-term protection & maintenance of our watersheds

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39 Nathaniel Sajdak Watershed Director Eric VanBenschoten Watershed Ag Specialist Kristine Rogers Watershed Education Specialist Amanda Hayes AmeriCorps Watershed Ambassador

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