Transcript Taking the Next Step: Implementing the TMDL What IDEM Provides to Help With Implementation Compiling all the data in one place Data-driven recommendations and.

Taking the Next Step:
Implementing the TMDL
What IDEM Provides to Help
With Implementation
Compiling all the data in one place
Data-driven recommendations and reductions
Broad recommendations for BMP
implementation
Maps, graphs, charts, tables
Watershed staff available to help!
What the Watershed
Specialist Can Do to Help
Identify and coordinate with other groups and
stakeholders
Identify goals and make a plan to achieve
them
Identify realistic and appropriate load
reduction practices
Identify and apply for funding sources
Stakeholder Coordination
 Finding the right partners is critical
Technical support
Sources of workers/volunteers
 Funding
Administrative support
 Political/jurisdictional support
Goals
Watershed management plan
Load reduction and watershed improvement
goals
Realistic critical areas
Identification of BMPs and landowners
Big Raccoon Creek Load
Reduction Practices
Riparian Tree/Herbaceous Buffers
Stream Fencing
Grassed Waterways
Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans
Prescribed Grazing
Cover Crops
Riparian Buffer – An area of grass, shrubs or trees
located adjacent to streams, rivers, lakes and
wetlands.
 Stream Fencing (animal exclusion) – A
constructed barrier preventing animal access to a
stream.
 Grassed Waterways – A shaped or graded channel
that is established with suitable vegetation to carry
surface water at non-erosive velocity to a stable
outlet.
 Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan – A
plan to protect water quality and soil health by
managing manure and the nutrients in it.
 Prescribed Grazing – Managing the harvest of
vegetation with grazing or browsing animals.
 Cover Crops – Grasses, legumes or small grains
grown between regular crop production periods for
the purpose of protecting and improving the soil.
Funding Options for
Implementation
Clean Water Indiana Grants
LARE Grants
NRCS Funding- EQIP
 Private Funding Sources
319 Grants
Clean Water Indiana Grants
The Clean Water Indiana (CWI) Program was
established to provide financial assistance to
landowners and conservation groups.
The financial assistance supports the
implementation of conservation practices that
will reduce nonpoint sources of water pollution
through education, technical assistance,
training, and cost-sharing programs.
Lake and River Enhancement
(LARE) Program
The goal of the LARE program is to protect
and enhance aquatic habitat for fish and
wildlife through measures that reduce
nonpoint sediment and nutrient pollution of
surface waters to a level that meets or
surpasses state water quality standards.
NRCS - Environmental Qualities
Incentive Program (EQIP)
Provide financial assistance to help plan and
implement conservation practices that address
natural resource concerns and for opportunities
to improve soil, water, plant, animal, air and
related resources on agricultural land.
A purpose of EQIP is to help producers meet
federal, state and local environmental
regulations.
Private Funding Sources
 IASWCD provides a newsletter listing a wide
variety of grants and funding opportunities.
• (http://www.iaswcd.org/whatsnew/index.html)
 Recruit and develop partners to fund small,
individual projects.
 Recruit volunteers to complete individual
projects.
319 Grants
 Requires an approved Watershed
Management Plan (WMP).
 WMP must meet the 2009 checklist.
 Having an approved WMP can make you
more competitive for other grants.
For more information visit:
http://www.idem.IN.gov/nps/2524.htm
Converting the TMDL Document
to a WMP
 The data collection has already been
completed.
 Many of the necessary maps are in the TMDL
document.
Background information section, source
identification, and implementation sections
are all nearly complete.
Options for Completing the WMP
 Form a watershed group.
 Collaborate with a pre-existing group.
Conclusion
 Developing a WMP after a TMDL has
advantages.
IDEM watershed specialists can help identify
needs.
The next step is up to you.
Contact Info
Leanne Whitesell
Watershed Specialist
Office of Water Quality
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
100 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Phone: (317) 308-3119
Fax: (317) 308-3219
E-mail: [email protected]