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Home My WebLink About01l_NCS000250 EE Program Overview 2019 9.20.19NORTH CAROLINA Department of Transportation :?a External Education Program September 2019 Agenda • Permit Requirements • Program Accomplishments • Considerations for the Future 2 Program Objectives Implement a program to educate the public about the importance of stormwater quality, and what they can do to support it • Maintain diverse educational materials to engage and educate the public from different social, economic and age groups Encourage public involvement in NCDOT stormwater quality programs Permit ..- Measurable.. External Education and Maintain the External Education and Involvement Plan. Involvement Plan The plan shall include the requirements for the measurable goals below. Provide educational Provide stormwater pollution prevention awareness materials to general information to the general public. public Maintain public education Maintain a public education website to document website NCDOT pollution prevention programs and promote stormwater quality; include information on stormwater, water quality, stormwater projects and activities, and ways to contact HSP staff. • Develop educational Work with DEQ and other agencies to promote and partnerships distribute public education materials. Continue public Continue the AAH program. Additional programs may involvement programs also be developed. External Education and Involvement (EEI) Plan NCDOT maintains an EEI Plan — Develop training content based on intended audience • Materials should target appropriate education -level, age, primary language, social background, and economic status — Utilize numerous communication channels with wide range of information types !North Carolina Department of Transportation Highway Stormwater Program External Education Plan n.w.a w :iW l.r.w�n Irk Cnw Mr�Ni y,lK 11`if0 �ab F�h.n Ltr w.�w rW t rour.mn rn resm2M 4W' W r)6p 1W x.ior6w �M ►V4AS! 5 ncdot.gov tormWker Pollut;ion: our connection? r Why Stormwater Quality Matters Program Accomplishments ducational Materials to General Public ncdot.goV ❑o elifish... r•cIean. �x -F �r POLLCTIOIV:,. What'sDur Connection ? A H dFhIR� Ecosystems want to hop. Y so [ittering has to stop? ncdot.gov _ ncdot.g— ncdvt.gvv Program Accomplishments LiuuatmHai iviateria to General Public Stormwater Treatment and Hazardous Spill Basin Rainwater Harvesting � Y t. `Water -wise' vegetation and hiking trails Educational Materials to General Public • Social media • NCDOT.GOV • Stormwater • Litter Management • Educator Resources • NCDOT Connect website for contractors/ DOT partners • Little Alamance Creek Partnership website Stormwater Management Program Established in 1998. the N.C. Department of Transportation's Highway Stormwater Program is focused on protecting and improving water quality while providing and supporting a safe and integrated transportation system for the state of North Carolina. • r►rrwr r �rrrrrrrrr rurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.rrrr .wr r rr �.ryr:rrrlrrrrrr rrrr err - -a - .: - - - - - _ - - - - - - _. --- _ - - - - - - - __ - - I - Adopt -A -Highway Website • Program started in 1988 • Volunteers include individuals, families, civic organizations, schools, professionals, etc. • 2019 - over 4,700 Groups • AAH Annual Pickup - 3.5M Pounds • NCDOT provides AAH sign/ recognition for longstanding groups • Covering-9,000 roadway miles P.�.P-t_irrF,�s https://www.ncdot.gov/initiatives- policies/environmental/litter- management/Pages/default.aspx I J� c4,ot 9a14'rtt�tp Search... Rome x InMMires & Policies u Environmental » Adopt -A -Highway x Get Involved Get Involved Participation in North Carolina's Adopt -A -Highway program is free. The N.C. Department of Transportation, however, asks volunteer groups to commit at Least four years to cLeanups aLong a 2-miLe stretch of roadway. Litter cleanups happen at Least four times a year — and sometimes more on heaviLy traveled roads. Volunteers must he at least 12 years old and children 12.17 must be supervised by an adult who is at Least 21 years old. NCDOT provides participants safety training, safety vests and trash bags. Groups may keep their adopted section of highway if their contract is renewed at the end of each four-year period and they meet their required number of pickups. Applying to Adopt -A -Highway Other Litter Management Programs • Sponsor -A -Highway • SWAT -A- Litterbug • Litter Sweep • Every Spring and Fall • State Forces plus other volunteer groups participate • New Litter Characters: • Ava, Oliver, and Linnie the Litterbug Volunteer Locally North Carolina Department of Transportation Biannual Cleanup Drive Forms, posters and telephnne listings are available on our webs ite. ncdot.gov/11ttersweep 10 NCDOT Office of Education Initiatives Website includes: • Litter Awareness Teacher Kits • Stormwater Pollution Awareness: • Brochures/ graphics • Sample lesson plans for Grades K-12 • Posters https://www.ncdot.gov/initiatives-policies/students- youth/ed ucators/Pages/default.aspx Search... Q thme x Initiatives 6 pdkie6 ^ SbldeMe b YOuth w Edureb)r Re 11 Educator Resources The N.C. "hn eparent of Transportation offers lesson plans, handouts and other materials for educators interested in teaching students about safety and transportatiomrelated matters. Litter Awareness Teacher Kits The department's Litter Management Unit provides, teachers with kits (determined by grade Lewi.) that include stickers. pencils. activity sheets and more to teach students about the importance of not littering. Let's Go NCI Let's Co NCI A Pe*Aian and Bkwle Saletr Skifls Prooram Ior,'kalfhx Active Children is a collection all lesson plans., materials, activities and instructional videos for teaching children sale pedestrian and bicycle behaviors. Stormwater Pollution Awareness HSP Connect Website Website includes: • HSP products and useful links • Program Area summaries I� Core P ro g ra m documents/forms https://connect.ncdot.gov/resou rces/hyd ro /Pages/H ighway-Stormwater-Progra m.aspx Asses Maregemen[ Erwironnental be —hi GIs Iff"WrIMM Materiak&Tests Photog...My speoFcations St— Traffic SateTy Highway Stormwater Program Highway 5tormwater Program products and useful links * Co —N— +R—r— +Hytlraura � ... ii - . About the Program uCooi Ow— The Highway Stormwaler Pmgmm (i was established in 1998 as an NCLOTX ds iniiative to protect and improve water qualily while fulfill NCI]OT's mission of providing and supporting a safe and integrated transpodall system that enhances the slate. A joint effort of the HydMuirs unit and Roadside Emniormenn unit, the HSP has created and maintains mots and resourres fm business parhters, ¢dusters and the general pudic. 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Read Yore -� Stormwater Management Plan Version 2.08 (SMP) The Ronmrd[a Marra;temenl Plane canprehensiae tlooumerA tha[svnhnarves PRI Sterol SW 201E Impaired Wales Map v (Dims- of water Resouroest HC 305(b) and M3(d) list CLii ision of water Resources) Suda- Water passiicatimrs 0 [Oiui—cr Water Resources) LUGS National wafer Int —hom System 94AIS Soda- Wale, CJassf-hims Map Iweh Gist MA -Sensor Precipitation 0 Eshrtnes (Nil En /ee Dire" St, f ter hVil— cs Contact Fortin Fart)a ctsi5'eedback a ��.l" 11'S5 area a' -,onnect 11C-COT cor Little Alamance Creek Partnership Website Website includes: • News about what's going on in the watershed • Restoration projects • Stream cleanups • WQ monitoring • Community engagement opportunities http://www.Iittlealamancecreek.com/ Map Satellite Ixt7 L� ciEeenrllle daldb l �] I HGWI:gfmT.e tl.o 14Mb A Maps McInl—q: to ro L&t ALn-0 C; k ' T+ . le 13 ncdvt.gvv Program Accomplishments 012 r �ANp [IERN I1➢ :. x : x � : 7.• :ram` . �� ` c NAL • '� EXERCISE I AREA DPW— -- iM (ZOO-0 KOH I* pie, Develop Education Partnerships Other Past Outreach Examples Examples: • Civic Groups/Organizations - AAH • Conferences, Seminars, Workshops • State Fair • County Parks & Rec. Festivals • Summer STEM Sessions 2016-19 ncdvt.gvv Program Accomplishments E I j k� if ei i Summer STEM Sessions 2015 • Wake Forrest Middle School (Judging Design Projects) 2016 • Holly Springs Elementary School • Mills Park Elementary School • Forrestville Elementary School 2017 • Ballentine Elementary School (Lego Robotics Challenge) • Green Elementary School — (Cafe Project) • Lincoln Heights Elementary School • Rolesville Middle School • Cedar Fork Elementary School • Root Elementary School — (Erosion Project) • Angier Elementary School (Harnett Co.) 2018 • Norwood Elementary School (Stanly Co.) • Wildwood Forest Elementary School • York Elementary School 17 Camp Lejeune Stormwater BMP Design - Build Exercise SAME Construction Camp • NCDOT HSP Staff: • Provided instruction to 40 high school students (4 teams) — Students given hypothetical scenario, pollutants, BMP design criteria, physical constraints • Approved designs which were then built by students • Measured and tested BMPs and graded each team In Considerations for the Future • NCDOT will continue to foster relationships with education partners (e.g., Office of Education Initiatives) to leverage their expertise and resources • NCDOT will evaluate options to extend educational opportunities to other parts of NC • HSP will continue to partner with REU's Litter Management outreach initiatives and NCDOT's Office of Communications to expand social media presence and to maintain the Department's public facing websites 19 External Education 20