-
Education
of larger community and public agencies
o Watershed
issues
o Real
Estate Agents (new-comers)
-
Development
of New Homes
o Infrastructure
adequate? Are current standards appropriate?
o Participation
of all residents
-
Road Pass
ability
o Slides
o Culvert
size and spacing inadequate
o Maintenance
of culverts
o Energy
dissipaters
o Road side
ditch size
-
Fire
Management
o Road size,
construction- silt
o Brush
clearing- slit
o Controlled
burns- silt, nutrients
o Cape Ivy
– useful or not
ENVIRONMENTAL
INFORMATION AND PLANNING
(Ken Ekelund)
Goal:
Education (inward, educating ourselves)
o E. Coli-
Septic, animals
o Silt-
Roads, grading, natural
o Pesticides-
Ag Sources
o Giardia
-
Eradication
of Non-Native Species (Lloyd Jones, Richard Taylor)
-
Restoration
o Stream bed
– esp. following Non-native plant removal
o Upland - Logging roads, abandoned roads
-
Imbalances
o Log jams
from cut logs
o Lack of
fire (45 year cycle)
-
Fish
Habitat
o Silt from
roads
o Migration
barriers, log jams
o Lack of
deep pools
o Cape Ivy
along streams (toxic)
o Water
quality / Quantity
§
Annual
variation
§
Water
diversion
§
Runoff
from development
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