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Using What Nature Gives Us: Using What Nature Gives Us: Watershed - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Using What Nature Gives Us: Using What Nature Gives Us: Watershed - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Using What Nature Gives Us: Using What Nature Gives Us: Watershed Planning and Restoration May 15, 2019 May 15, 2019 Brad Jensen, Executive Director Brad Jensen, Executive Director Samantha Nellis, Watershed Planner Samantha Nellis,
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Huron Pines Service Area Huron Pines Service Area
Huron Pines was established in 1973 to protect, restore and conserve Michigan’s natural resources. Our work across Northeast Michigan’s forests, lakes and streams improves economic, environmental, educational and recreational
- pportunities in communities
throughout our region.
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About our work About our work
Healthy Water Protected Places Vibrant Communities
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Subwatersheds Subwatersheds
Why a watershed approach? Our approach:
- Identify need
- Identify Partners and Collaborators
- Funding
- Characterize watershed
- Plan and Implement
- Community involvement and capacity building
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Au Sable Watershed: Early Efforts Au Sable Watershed: Early Efforts
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Grayling Stormwater Grayling Stormwater
- Combined Green and Grey
Infrastructure
○ 86 rain gardens ○ 7 oil-grit separators ○ 202 acres treated
- Reduction in nutrient,
sediments and temperature of water entering Au Sable river; increased groundwater infiltration
- Community Resiliency
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Lessons Learned Lessons Learned
- Building community enthusiasm and capacity
- Long-term maintenance
- Tying together green and grey infrastructure
- Helping funders set realistic targets
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Rifle River Watershed Rifle River Watershed
- 396 square mile watershed
- Most of the Rifle River and many of its
tributaries are designated trout streams
- Drains to Saginaw Bay, an EPA Area of
Concern
- West Branch and Rose City are the two
largest municipalities
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Partnership Approach Partnership Approach
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Characterize Watershed Characterize Watershed
- Rifle River Watershed Management
Plan
○ Characterize, identify goals and
- bjectives, implementation plan
- Comprehensive natural resources
inventories
○ 245 road/stream crossing sites ○ 405 streambank erosion sites ○ 214 Invasive plants incidences ○ 183 agricultural properties
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Project Highlights Project Highlights
- Outreach and Education
- brochures, mailings,
web-based toolkit, interpretive signs, landowner contacts, etc.
- Streambank Restoration
- tree revetments,
plantings
- Agricultural BMPs
- Road/stream crossings
- 11.2 miles reconnected
- Stormwater management
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Houghton Creek Houghton Creek
- Replaced undersized
culvert with timber bridge
- Reconnected 5 miles
- f upstream habitat
Before After
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Stormwater runoff Stormwater runoff
West Branch and Rose City
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Next Steps Next Steps
- Lake Huron Coastal Communities Stormwater Management
- Road/stream crossing improvements
- Invasive Species
- Educational and Outreach Efforts