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Sandy Creeks Ecosystem-based
Management Demonstration Area
NYOGLECC Meeting January 11, 2008
Talcott Falls
John Bartow, NYS Tug Hill Commission
Gretchen Wainwright, The Nature Conservancy
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Lessons Learned
• Geographic context
• On-the-ground projects and planning should happen concurrently
• Keep the local stakeholders involved along the way
• Need good science and planning
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Courtesy GPSGreatLakes.com
Geographic Context: Great Lakes Basin
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Geographic Context: Lake Ontario Sub-basin
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Geographic Context: Eastern Lake Ontario watershed
The key is paying attention to appropriateness of scale and level of detail in planning and projects.
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Community Involvement/Focus Groups
• EcoLogic, LLC hired to solicit and document stakeholder input
• Initial stakeholder meeting with general audience• Seven focus group meetings and follow-up
discussions• Final report completed November 2007• Report findings will be integrated into the EBM
Strategy
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Public Outreach & Education
• Articles in Watertown Daily Times• TNC Central & Western NY Chapter newsletters;
TNC Nature New York magazine• Sandy Creeks EBM Newsletter from Tug Hill
Commission• Technical assistance for towns applying for
grants and obtaining State Legislative funds • Funded a Dune Steward in Summer 2006• Tug Hill Commission participation in
Town/Village meetings
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Quotes from Stakeholders
OPTIMISTIC
• “Start with education about the positive benefits of actions; we are regulated to death already.”
• “The rural quality of life is what residents cherish and tourists seek. Let’s not lose that.”
• “The EBM approach can only be truly successful if the human element is considered and remembered ... while planning for rare communities of plants and animals and significant areas of scenic quality, we need to not forget that people live and raise their families here… Funding must follow planning.”
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Quotes from Stakeholders
PESSIMISTIC
• ““The North Country is one of the best-kept secrets in the country….Pressures that were only on the lake or the river are moving inland onto Tug Hill.”
• “It’s going to be a challenge. We have a diversity of people who may not agree. Some are not from here.”
• “Even people in agencies don’t know what ecosystem-based management is.”
• “Over the years acronyms and programs come and go. I hope ecosystem-based management is not just another.”
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Planning: EBM Strategy Development• Consultant (Biohabitats, Inc.) hired to develop a strategy
for developing an EBM plan • Assessed availability of ecological and socio-economic
data: different boundaries, scales, bases for data • Identified information needs in watershed• Baseline conditions report will document current state,
data gaps, how to fill• EBM Strategy document will recommend how to develop
an EBM plan for Sandy Creeks• Planning process will be based on TNC’s Conservation
Action Planning process and will capture broad ecological assets as well as ecosystem targets
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Implementation Projects To Date
• Forest headwater BMP and portable bridge building workshops
• Swallow-wort chemical control at Stony Point • Purple loosestrife biological control along dunes
and wetlands • Monitor Mills Dam - Environmental Impact
Assessment for dam removal• Agricultural Riparian Corridor Restoration
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Invasive Species
Swallow-wort, Summer 2006: 100 acres sprayed, 25 landowners engaged and educated
Galarucella beetles
Purple Loosestrife Biological Control45,000 beetles released at 5 sites in 2006
Evaluation of results underway
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Logger Outreach and EducationOctober 2006
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Environmental Assessment of installation of fish passage was completed. Passage can not be added at this time due
to VHS (Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia) in Lake Ontario
Monitor Mills Dam
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Future WorkImplementation• Continued swallow-wort spraying to contain its spread• Mapping of invasive species in dune/wetland complex• Logger education about invasive species• Kiosks at the north and south ends of the dune/wetland area with
several supporting panels in-between• Additional agricultural riparian buffer restoration• Eliminate ATV use in Inman Gulf
Planning• Compilation and synthesis of past planning activities in the
watershed• Natural Heritage inventory• USGS Study of the Tug Hill Aquifer• Initial meeting with stakeholder core team• Continuing outreach, education, community involvement
After Nov 2008: develop complete EBM plan
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Approaches Employed
• Utilize local and knowledgeable partners• Keep stakeholders informed• Build on existing knowledge and previous work• Contract with local entities where possible • Work closely with existing organizations that
share your goals (i.e. SLELO)• Simultaneous planning and implementation may
be necessary
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Project Partners
• The Nature Conservancy, Central and Western NY Chapter
• NYS Tug Hill Commission• NYS Department of Environmental Conservation• NYS Department of State• Subcontractors:
– Biohabitats, Inc. with Camoin Associates– EcoLogic, LLC– Jefferson County Soil & Water Conservation District– Cooper Environmental– Cornell University
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Questions?