“Best Management Practices for Mountain Stream Water Quality: Erosion Control, Stormwater, and Stream Restoration”

 April 16, 2003

Holiday Inn of Banner Elk, NC

 Sponsored by:

North Carolina State University

College of Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Soil Science Department

NCSU Water Quality Group

NC Cooperative Extension Service

Water Resources Research Institute of the University of North Carolina

 

Date

Wednesday, April 16, 2003

 Location:

Holiday Inn of Banner Elk 1615 Tynecastle Hwy  Banner Elk, NC   28604   (828) 898-4571

Directions:    From Boone take Hwy 105 turn right on Hwy 184 at Tynecastle. Holiday Inn is approximately 3 miles on the  right.

 Who Should Attend

Link to Registration Form

Fees:

$25 per person if registering by April 2, 2003.

After this date the fee is $35.

 The fee includes lunch, break service, and transportation each day and workshop materials.

 Accomodations:

Holiday Inn of Banner Elk– (828) 898-4571 

1615 Tynecastle Hwy   Banner Elk, NC  28604

Avery County Chamber of Commerce– (828)898-5605  (800)972-2183

 For more lodging and food information, visit the Avery County Chamber of Commerce  at www.averycounty.com/index2.html

 

Agenda

8:30    Registration

 

9:00    Mike Pitman, County Extension Director,   

Workshop Leader and Moderator

           Bill Cook, Banner Elk Town Manager, 

 Introduction and Welcome

           Wendy Patoprsty, Extension Agent,

   Water Quality Programs

            Dani Wise, Extension Specialist-Water Quality

   Valle Crucis Wetland          

            Dr. Rich McLaughlin, NCSU Specialist, 

 Erosion and Sediment Control and Water Quality

            Bill Hunt, Extension Specialist,    

                Stormwater Management

            Dr. Greg Jennings, PE, NCSU Specialist,

                       Stream Restoration

12:30   Lunch

 

            Field Tours

            *             Shawneehaw Creek Stabilization and Habitat Enhancement, Banner Elk

            *             Kentucky Creek Stabilization and Habitat Enhancement, Newland

                        Under Construction in Newland; Contractor- Northstate Environmental

            (Please check box on Registration Form if attending the above field tours.)

 

  April 17, 2003

 

 9:00             Optional Tour of  Stream Restoration Sites 

                      

Watauga River Watershed- Dutch and Clark Creeks; Valle Crucis; Created Wetland; Worley Creek; Sharp Creek & Cove Creek

(Please check box on Registration Form if attending the above field tour.)

 

About the Workshop:

The purpose of this workshop is to provide practical hands on instruction regarding:

•Stream Restoration using natural channel design techniques

•New Sediment and Erosion Control Technologies

•Innovative Stormwater Management / BMP’s

•Water Quality / Watershed Education

 Field Tour Overview

•Shawneehaw Creek is a trout stream that runs through the middle of Banner Elk Town Park.  Over 4,000 linear feet have been stabilized with improved trout habitat.

•Previous channelization and buffer removal caused channel widening, bank instabilities, and loss of sediment transport capacity.  The completed project has improved water quality and aquatic habitat by reducing sedimentation, improved stream stability by altering channel dimension pattern and profile, and improved riparian and floodplain functionality.

•Stormwater wetland and underground vault.

•Tour Kentucky Creek (under construction) in the Town of Newland.

  

For More Information Contact:

Avery County Cooperative Extension Service                                                                    

805 Cranberry Street                                                                                                                 

 Newland, NC 28657                                                                                                                

(828) 733-8270                                                                                                                

Email: Mike_Pitman@ncsu.edu