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☼ FY 2008 ANNUAL PLAN OF WORK ☼
☼NEW RIVER-HIGHLANDS RC&D STREAMBANK RESTORATION The New River-Highlands RC&D Council will develop streambank stabilization and restoration demonstration projects throughout the RC&D Area. Partners will include the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service and local Soil & Water Conservation Districts to plan and implement demonstration projects. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ACTION COST COUNCIL STAFF PLANNED ESTIMATE: REPRESENTATIVE: REPRESENTATIVE 2008: 2009: & TIME ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Implement | Complete | $250,000 | Thomas Dumper | Gary Boring 160 hours
☼SOUTHEASTERN ASSOCIATION OF RC&D COUNCILS 2008 MEETING The New River-Highlands RC&D Council will serve as the local host council for the Southeastern Association of RC&D Councils’ 2008 meeting. The council will secure the facilities, plan and conduct tours, plan the meeting arrangements and assist with program planning and training. The council will assist with financial planning for the meeting and handle meeting registration. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ACTION COST COUNCIL STAFF PLANNED ESTIMATE: REPRESENTATIVE: REPRESENTATIVE 2008: 2009: & TIME ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Implement | Complete | $240,000 | M. Jay Hubble | Gary Boring 200 hours
☼SOUTHEASTERN RC&D 2007-2008 MEETING DISPLAY The RC&D Council will work with the Virginia Association of RC&D Councils Publicity Committee to plan and develop an exhibit both for the Southeastern Association of RC&D Councils’ 2007 meeting in Asheville, NC and to promote the 2008 meeting in Virginia. The council will secure funding for the display and promotional items. The display will be a manned booth and feature the 2008 meeting highlights. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ACTION COST COUNCIL STAFF PLANNED ESTIMATE: REPRESENTATIVE: REPRESENTATIVE 2008: 2009: & TIME ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Complete | | $2,000 | C. P. Shorter | Gary Boring 32 hours David Richert 32 hours
☼APPOMATTOX RIVER TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD STUDY This proposal includes a scope of work sufficient to meet Virginia’s 1997 Water Quality Monitoring, Information and Restoration Act (WQMIRA) requirements, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommendations and requirements for eligibility to receive EPA Section 319 funding. The proposed scope of work would result in the development of comprehensive Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Implementation Plans (IP’s) for fecal coliform/e-coli for Flat Creek, Nibbs Creek, Deep Creek and West Creek of the Appomattox River drainage. The proposed scope of work follows the procedures that have been utilized by MapTech, Inc. to complete TMDL IP’s for over 30 completed TMDL’s. The deliverables will include a document describing the process in detail and a condensed version for general public distribution. A discussion of the project scope is summarized around the 10 required components of TMDL Implementation Plan (IP) development as per “Guidance manual for TMDL IP’s”. _________________________________________________________________________ ACTION COST COUNCIL STAFF PLANNED ESTIMATE: REPRESENTATIVE: REPRESENTATIVE 2008: 2009: & TIME ________________________________________________________________________________ Complete | | $38,000 | Chuck Shorter | Gary Boring 20 hours Becky Smith 20 hours
☼WYTHE-CARROLL LOOP TRAIL This project will explore the possibility of a loop trail off the New River Trail that would start near Austinville and extend along a series of ridges and connect back to the New River Trail at Foster Falls. This would create a trail of approximately 10 miles. The council will identify the number of property owners involved and evaluate the potential for the trail to determine if a feasibility study is wanted. _____________________________________________________________________________________ ACTION COST COUNCIL STAFF PLANNED ESTIMATE: REPRESENTATIVE: REPRESENTATIVE 2008: 2009: & TIME ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Complete | | $4,000 | Bob Martin | Gary Boring 32 hours |