Transcript Implementation Committee • Updates – July 20, 2015 – Dave Wilson has moved on to start a consulting business.

Implementation Committee
• Updates – July 20, 2015
– Dave Wilson has moved on to start a consulting
business. 71 applications for the Ex. Director
position were received. The Foundation Board of
Directors have selected 5 people for interviews.
We are hopeful that a final selection will be made
within the next three weeks.
– Questions or input? Contact Steve Taylor, Chair of
MCBF at [email protected]
• Interim activities are going smoothly
– Annual Work Plan submitted to EPA June 1st.
– Leveraging and Habitat Improvement Reports are due Sept. 1st. Requests for match
and information will go out this week.
– The Assateague Concessions (Beach Hut & Kayak Rentals) are open and doing very
well. Check them out, you will be very pleased. Sandi Smith @ MCBP
– Carrie Samis left MCBP in late June, Harrison Jackson is has taken over education
duties. The Coastal Stewards program is going well; 15 stewards including 3 team
leaders. Projects include plantings at Bishopville, Berlin community garden, banding
birds, interpretation & education at the state and national parks and at Castaways
campground. An announcement to hire a new Education Coordinator will go out in
the next few weeks.
– Summer hires: Education Intern – Joanna Trojanowski/SU, Science Intern Kat
Phillips/SU & UMES, Worcester County STEM Interns LuAnn Mottley/Pocomoke HS,
Zainab Mizra /SDHS. Also we have been approved to host a Chesapeake
Conservation Corps intern stating in September to work with volunteers and
educators.
– Grants have been submitted for
1. National SeaGrant: (MD/VA/DE) Stakeholder toolkit to engage vulnerable
populations in Coastal Adaptation & Resiliency (ASERT)
2. SHA Grant for Trail Development at Wor. County’s Greys Creek Park
Jen Rafter @ MCBP
Implementation Committee & the CCMP
• MCBP owes a HUGE thanks to everyone that
took the time to provide input, edit and
approve the 2015 – 2025 plan.
• 3 year process…..
– More than 150 people provided comments,
ideas, and edits.
– Four day long workshops, multiple public
presentations & meetings with partners, public
input workshop, an online survey, and multiple
iterations.
• Four sections –same as before, more
concise (from 505 actions down to 222
actions) and all actions support a clear
deliverable for each section.
CCMP Section
Water Quality
(54 actions)
Fish & Wildlife
(99 actions)
Recreation & Navigation
(24 actions)
Community & Economic
Development
(45 actions)
All actions should support an overall
endpoint/product
TMDL impairments & Nutrient Reduction
Strategy
Expand the periodic Ecosystem Health
Assessment to include terrestrial monitoring
Adopt and implement a Coastal Bays Sediment
Management Plan
Expand the periodic State of the Coastal Bays
report to include social and economic
indicators. Anticipate and plan for sea level rise
and coastal resiliency.
Number of actions by partner
100
92
90
80
70
60
54
50
40
30
25
20
10
14
3
1
3
5
3
1
1
4
4
3
7
1
1
0
Tracking worksheets will be distributed in the near future.
The Implementation Committee will next need to determine
actions can to pursue in 2015-2016
It take a village to write a management plan!
• We hope that each of you takes as much pride
& ownership in the final product as the staff
does.
• The Program is truly a consensus based
collaboration and we have a great deal of
forward momentum.
• Well done everyone! Thank you so very much!