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LocaL InItIatIves
The focus of this Section is to highlight some of the local initiatives that have been planned or
implemented throughout this planning cycle. This Section also includes a list of watershed groups
and natural resource agencies focused on improving water quality across the basin. There may be
more of these groups and agencies active within the basin and as DWQ becomes aware of water
quality improvement or protection activities, they will be updated within this Section. Please contact
the New River Basin Planner to have your program/projects listed here.
the Importance of LocaL InItIatIves
Local initiatives to protect water quality are essential to any community because local citizens
make decisions that affect change in their own communities. There are a variety of limitations local
initiatives can overcome including limited state government budgets and staff resources, minimal
regulations for land use management, rulemaking processes and many others. Local organizations
and agencies are able to combine professional expertise in a watershed, thus allowing groups to
holistically understand the challenges and opportunities of different water quality efforts. Involving
a wide array of people in water quality projects also brings together a wide range of knowledge and
interests and encourages others to become involved and invested in these projects.
By working in coordination across jurisdictions and agency lines, more funding opportunities may
be available. This will potentially allow local entities to do more work and be involved in more
activities because their funding sources are diversified. The most important aspect of these local
endeavors is that the more localized the project, the better the chances for success.
The collaboration of local efforts are key to water quality improvements. There are good examples
of local agencies and groups using these cooperative strategies throughout the basin and specific
groups and projects are discussed within each of the 10-digit watershed write ups in the three
Subbasin Chapters. Some of these groups are listed below. DWQ applauds the foresight and
proactive response of local watershed groups and local governments to address any number of
water quality problems.
CHAPTER 6
LocaL InItIatIves &
voLuntary IncentIve
programs
In the new RIveR BasIn
chapter topIcs
£Local Initiatives
£NCNR
£CG&L
£319 Grant
£SWCD
£CWMTF
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natIonaL commIttee for the new rIver
Land Protection
NCNR protects land critical for preserving important wildlife habitat, rare and endangered species,
cornerstones of biodiversity, and working farmland along the New River and its tributaries,
through voluntary acquisitions and conservation easements.
Restoration
NCNR works with private landowners to stabilize eroding stream banks, restore riparian buffers
to preventing further erosion, and to create healthy riparian habitat for wildlife and aquatic life.
Advocacy
NCNR works to increase citizens’ capacity to defend and protect the New River watershed, by
working with local citizens to identify and address specific land and water use activities that
threaten the New River’s health, wildlife, and scenery.
New River Builder Program
The National Committee for the New River’s New River Builder Program was begun in 1998 to
establish or improve riparian buffers in the New River Basin. Under CWMTF 2007-407, 14.15
miles of streambank were planted with 112,870 livestakes and 1,060 trees and potted shrubs.
Sites are evaluated for suitability for planting. Severely eroded streambanks are not suitable as
River Builder sites. All sites are planted with livestakes of native shrubs, potted native shrubs,
and native trees. During a visit with the owner, type and location of shrubs and trees are
discussed. River access points are marked and owner questions are addressed. Landowners
sign an agreement for each site to leave the plantings undisturbed for 15 years. There is also
a small cost share fee charged for each site. A test plot of 100 livestakes is marked at planting
and survival monitoring is done at each site annually after the leaves have fallen, in autumn or
winter.
To date NCNR has planted almost 70 miles of riparian buffer, including 600,000 livestakes and
18,000 trees and shrubs. Since 1998, the Clean Water Management Trust Fund has funded the
River Builder Program almost continuously.
FIguRe 6-1: Results oF the nCnR’s new RIveR BuIldeR PRogRam (leFt: 2005; RIght: 2009)
*Pictures Provided by NCNR’s Lynn Caldwell
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aLLeghany county/nrcs
Between 2008 and 2010, the Alleghany County Natural Resource Conservation Service has
successfully spent over one million dollars of funding from the Environmental Quality Incentives
Program to protect water quality and improving animal health in Alleghany County. Listed below
are some of the accomplishments the County has completed in those three years:
£20+ wells;
£5 waste storage structures;
£4 agricultural handling facilities;
£100+ watering tanks for live stock;
£Several miles of cattle exclusion fencing;
£Several miles of pipeline installed to place tanks away from streams;
£200+ acres of true Prescribed Grazing with stockpile winter forage;
£Several Stream Crossings;
£Heavy-Use areas protected;
£2500 feet of stream restoration; and
£Wetlands created and/or restored.
aLLeghany county envIrothon
Alleghany County has been very active in the North West Envirothon competition since its
inception in 1999. The first Alleghany County Envirothon was held March 2008 as a way to
provide additional training and experience for local teams entering the thirteen county NW
Envirothon Competition held each spring in Wilkes County. There are 52 teams registered for
the 2011 regional event to be held March 31, 2011.
The spirit of competition stimulates student’s interests in environmental concerns and cultivates
student’s desire to learn more about our natural resources and environmental issues and
motivates them to further develop their skills and grow into environmentally-aware, action-
oriented adults. Teams are tested on their knowledge and understanding of local natural
resource issues in aquatics, forestry, soils, wildlife, and current issues.
The “Outdoor Masters” from Glade Creek Elementary and the “Green Machine” from Alleghany
high school competed with 49 middle school and 51 high school teams in the North Carolina
State Envirothon held April 23-24, 2010 at Cedarock Park in Alamance County. They moved
on to the state level competition after winning one of the top seven seats in the Area 2 NW
Envirothon competition held March 25, 2010 at the McGee Educational Resource Center in
Wilkesboro, NC.
federaL, state & LocaL IncentIve programs
constructIon grants & Loans (cg&L)
The NC Construction Grants and Loans (CG&L) Section of DWQ provides grants and loans to
local government agencies for the construction, upgrades and expansion of wastewater collection
and treatment systems. As a financial resource, the section administers five major programs
that assist local governments. Of these, two are federally funded programs administered by the
state, the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) Program and the State and Tribal Assistance
Grants (STAG). The STAG is a direct congressional appropriations for a specific “special needs”
project within NC. The High Unit Cost Grant (SRG) Program, the State Emergency Loan (SEL)
Program and the State Revolving Loan (SRL) Program are state funded programs, with the
later two being below market revolving loan money. The Section also received an additional
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Capitalization Grant authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 in the
amount of $70,729,100. These funds are administered according to existing SRF procedures.
All projects must be eligible under title VI of the Clean Water Act. For more information, please
see the CG&L website. No funds were awarded in the New River Basin between 2003 and
2010.
sectIon 319 - grant program
Section 319 of the Clean Water Act provides grant money for nonpoint source demonstration and
restoration projects. Through annual base funding, there is approximately $450,000 available
for demonstration and education projects across the state. An additional $2 million is available
annually through incremental funds for restoration projects statewide. All projects must provide
non-federal matching funds of at least 40% of the project’s total costs. Project proposals are
reviewed and selected by the North Carolina Nonpoint Source Workgroup made up of state and
federal agencies involved in regulation or research associated with nonpoint source pollution.
Information on the North Carolina Section 319 Grant Program application process is available
online. Descriptions of current projects and general Section 319 Program information are
available online.
Many 319 projects are demonstration projects and educational programs that allow for the
dissemination of information to the public through established programs at NC State University
(NCSU) and the NC Cooperative Extension Service. Other projects fund stream restoration
activities that improve water quality. Between 2003 and 2010, there were two projects in the
New River basin funded through the Section 319 Program. Managed by NCSU, the goal of one
project – Anaerobic Biotreatment of Acid Mine Drainage at Ore Knob Mine – was to develop a
watershed restoration plan for a watershed impaired by acid mine drainage from an abandoned
copper and zinc mine. The watershed characterization included surface water and groundwater
monitoring and extensive characterization of the mine tailings pile. The project also evaluated
several alternative approaches to the management and cleanup of the tailings pile and the acid
mine drainage being released from the pile to achieve required pollutant load reductions.
The second 319 project was coordinated by the National Committee for the New River, which
restored the headwaters of an unnamed tributary to the Little Phoenix River in Ashe County.
The project successfully restored the stream dimension and profile to 315 linear feet of the
tributary, allowing the sediment load to be properly transported through the stream reach during
high flow events. This restoration included the replacement of a culvert with a steel beam and
concrete bridge. Stream banks were stabilized to prevent further erosion, with a 99% survival
rate observed at the end of the project period for the trees and shrubs that were planted.
Benthic habitat in the stream was greatly improved through this restoration project, as indicated
by monitoring conducted by the Division of Water Quality.
Table 6-1 list the most current 319 contracts in the New River Basin. More information can be
found about these contracts and the 319 Grant Program on their website.
taBle 6-1: 319 gRant ContRaCts In the new RIveR BasIn Between 2003 & 2008
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2004 711 Little Phoenix Creek Stream
Restoration
Stream
Restoration
0505000101 National
Committee for
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$65,400
2005 EW06045 Anaerobic Biotreatment of
Acid Mine Drainage of Ore
Knob Mine
Innovative
BMP
0505000102 NCSU $153,194
Total Funded:$ 218,594
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soIL & water conservatIon
The Division of Soil and Water Conservation cooperates with federal and local partners to
administer a comprehensive statewide program to protect and conserve the state’s soil and
water resources. The division serves as staff for the North Carolina Soil and Water Conservation
Commission to help deliver conservation programs at the local level. The division provides
leadership and assistance in locally-led conservation to the state’s 96 local soil and water
conservation districts and their state association by providing financial, technical and educational
assistance to districts, landowners, agricultural producers and the general public. The division
delivers programs in nonpoint source pollution management, cost share for agricultural best
management practices, technical and engineering assistance, soil surveys, conservation
easements, and environmental and conservation education.
Their mission is to provides programs, technical services and educational outreach promoting
voluntary natural resource management and conservation on the private lands of North Carolina
through a non-regulatory, incentive-driven approach.
Locally, the Alleghany Soil and Water Conservation District has allocated a total of $618,757 in
cost shared funding to improve water quality in the New River basin between 2006 and 2010
with the installation of several Agricultural Cost Share Program BMPs and Community Cost
Share Program BMPs which are listed out below.
Agricultural Cost Share Program (ACSP)
The ACSP is a voluntary program to protect water quality by installing best management
practices on agricultural lands. This approach is supported by financial incentives, technical
and educational assistance, research, and regulatory programs provided to farmers by local
soil and water conservation districts.
Alleghany County Soil & Water Conservation District
Conservation Cover BMPs:
£399 ac. BMPs to decrease erosion by improving ground cover (pasture renovation, cropland
conversion, critical area stabilization, conservation tillage)
Stream Protection BMPs:
£21,435 ft livestock exclusion
£48 troughs or tanks with heavy use areas
£13 wells
£2365 ft agricultural road repair
£7 stream crossings
£7 spring developments
Waste Management BMPs:
£8 feed/waste storage structures with heavy use areas
£9 roof run off/stormwater management systems
Benefits include:
£2070 acres affected
£1632 tons of soil saved
£5386 lbs of nitrogen managed/saved
£3485 lbs of phosphorus managed/saved
Alleghany County adopted the Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program in 2003 which is
administered by the Soil & Water District. As of February 2011, the county has 9,932 acres of
land enrolled in the Farmland Preservation Program. The purpose of this program is to promote
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the health, safety, rural agricultural values, and general welfare of the County, and more specifically, increase
identity and pride in the agricultural community and its way of life; encourage the economic and financial
health of farming; increase protection from undesirable, non-farm development; and increase the protection of
farms from nuisance suits and other negative impacts on properly managed farms.
More information about this program can be found in the Alleghany County Voluntary Farmland Preservation
Program Ordinance online.
Community Conservation Assistance Program
CCAP is a voluntary, incentive-based program designed to improve water quality through the installation of
various best management practices (BMPs) on urban, suburban and rural lands not directly involved with
agriculture production. Eligible landowners may include homeowners, businesses, schools, parks and publicly
owned lands. How rapid urbanization affects water quality becomes important as North Carolina’s land use
continues to change. CCAP can help educate landowners on water quality, stormwater management and
retrofit practices to treat stormwater runoff.
Alleghany County
Through the Community Conservation Assistance Program the district is helping to treat stormwater runoff
on 1,826,850 sq/ft of impervious surface in the Bledsoe Creek priority watershed with BMPs like critical area
stabilization and a stormwater wetland project through partnering with the Town of Sparta to complete. These
practices will affect 500 people in the Town of Sparta by reducing N and P from the stream. The Alleghany
district is also assisting in installation of pet waste receptacles in the Sparta Town Park to further protect
Bledsoe Creek/Little River/New River.
The district is partnering with the local high school shop class to convert 55 gallon barrels used by local
businesses into rain barrels for homeowners. This will help by treating the roof runoff and keeping the plastic
barrels out of the landfill and out of the river, where they sometimes end up.
The Alleghany District also partnered with the Ecosystems Enhancement Program to find stream restoration
projects on several sub-watersheds in the county. Projects on Crab Creek, Glade Creek and Little Pine Creek
are currently under construction or near completion. The district is working with EEP to find willing landowners
for a new project in one of the priority areas identified in the Bledsoe Creek Watershed Management Plan
which was completed in 2007. (More information on projects such as benefits, acres of easement, etc. should
be available through EEP.)
The district has acquired a conservation easement on a farm on the New River and hopes to hold more
easements that will allow for protection of the New River watershed.
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Created in 1996, the Clean Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF) makes grants to local
governments, state agencies and conservation non-profits to help finance projects that
specifically address water pollution problems. The fund has made several investments in the
New River Basin. Table 6-2 includes a list of recent (2003-2009) projects and their cost. These
projects include several land acquisitions and restoration funding.
taBle 6-2: Clean wateR management tRust Fund PRojeCts Between 2003 - 2009
Id aPPlICant name PuRPose amount
Funded total Cost
2010D-010 Blue Ridge Conservancy - donated/ Long
Branch Cr
Mini-grant- Donated $25,000 $314,794
2010D-007 Blue Ridge Conservancy - donated/ Old
Orchard
Mini-grant- Donated $19,000 $68,500
2010D-005 National Committee for the New River - donated/ ,MacConnell Tract Mini-grant- Donated $20,100 $182,650
2010D-001 National Committee for the New River -
donated/ Gentry Tract
Mini-grant- Donated $22,225 $435,675
2010-414 National Committee for the New River - Rest/
Old Field Creek Stream Restoration
Restoration $95,100 $208,165
2010-413 National Committee for the New River - Rest/ River Builder Project, New River Restoration $285,852 $307,000
2010-035 National Committee for the New River - Acq/
Darnell Tract,New River State Park, Roan
Creek
Acquisition-Buffers $416,000 $931,710
2010-004 Blue Ridge Conservancy - Acq/ Braun Tract, Big
Laurel Creek
Acquisition-Buffers $1,621,000 $3,819,713
2009D-017 Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated
Minigrant/ Tobin Tr
Mini-grant- Donated $24,975 $278,384
2009D-015 Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated
Minigrant/ Black Tr
Mini-grant- Donated $23,800 $205,350
2009D-014 Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated
Minigrant/ Baldridge Farm
Mini-grant- Donated $25,000 $86,750
2008S-003 West Jefferson, Town of - Storm Minigrant/Planning/Little Buffalo Creek Mini-grant- Stormwater $50,000 $55,000
2008G-010 Watauga County - Mini/Greenway/Planning/
New River
Mini-grant-
Greenway
$35,000 $42,000
2008G-005 Sparta, Town of - Greenway Planning Minigrant/
Bledsoe Cr
Other $35,000 $44,000
2008D-014 Piedmont Land Conservancy - Donated Minigrant/ Davis Chapel Tr Mini-grant- Donated $25,000 $480,000
2008D-012 Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated
Minigrant/ Baldwin Tr/ Helton Cr
Mini-grant- Donated $20,700 $406,600
2008D-004 Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated
Minigrant/ Black Tract/ UT Prathers Cr
Mini-grant- Donated $25,000 $1,385,000
2008-812 National Committee for the New River - Plan/Rest/ Old Field Creek Restoration (Withdrawn)Planning $24,000 $34,400
2008-811 National Committee for the New River - Plan/
Rest/ Lambert-Leight Tracts, North Fork New
River (Withdrawn)
Planning $25,000 $45,800
2008-810 National Committee for the New River - Plan/
Rest/ Boone Greenway Restoration
Restoration $25,000 $75,000
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Funded total Cost
2008-711 Pilot View RC&D, Inc - Storm/ Town of Sparta
BMPs and Master Plan
Stormwater $297,250 $397,424
2008-420 Resource Institute, Inc - Rest/ Pine Orchard
Creek Creek Restoration
Restoration $374,000 $446,612
2008-409 National Committee for the New River - Rest/
NRSP Oliver Tract, South Fork New River
Restoration $152,000 $165,700
2008-408 National Committee for the New River - Rest/
Jimmy Smith Park, Boone Creek
Restoration $55,000 $73,040
2008-401 Appalachian State University - Rest/ Boone
Creek Restoration
Restoration $422,400 $1,067,727
2008-1011 National Committee for the New River - InnovSW/ Kraut Cr Urban SW Demo Innovative Stormwater $136,000 $148,000
2008-069 Sparta, Town of - Acq/ Bledsoe Creek Greenway Acquisition-Buffers $200,000 $240,491
2008-052 NC Wildlife Resources Commission - Acq/
Miller-Hufnagel Tracts, Ben Bolen Creek
(Withdrawn)
Acquisition-Buffers $316,000 $872,880
2008-047 NC Div Parks & Recreation - Acq/ Snake Mountain Tract, North Fork New River
(Withdrawn)
Acquisition-Buffers $603,000 $3,645,370
2008-022 High Country Conservancy - Acq/ Bluff Mountain, Buffalo Creek Acquisition-Buffers $710,000 $1,402,550
2008-002 Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Acq/ Pond
Mountain Tract, Big Horse Creek
Acquisition-Buffers $5,000,000 $13,800,000
2007S-003 Boone, Town of - SStorm Minigrant/ South Fork
New River
Mini-grant-
Stormwater
$50,000 $62,000
2007D-005 National Committee for the New River -
Donated Minigrant/ Peak Tract, S. Fork New River
Mini-grant- Donated $21,453 $162,553
2007D-004 National Committee for the New River -
Donated Minigrant/ Arrendell Tract, N. Fork New River
Mini-grant- Donated $21,607 $165,607
2007D-003 National Committee for the New River -
Donated Minigrant/ Earnhardt Tract, Grassy
Creek (Withdrawn)
Mini-grant- Donated $22,334 $412,834
2007D-002 National Committee for the New River -
Donated Minigrant/ Caldwell Tract, S. Fork New
River
Mini-grant- Donated $22,172 $200,992
2007D-001 National Committee for the New River -
Donated Minigrant/ Langer Tract, S. Fork New
River
Mini-grant- Donated $23,241 $326,241
2007-703 Boone, Town of - Storm/ Constructed Wetlands and Retrofits, South Fork New River Stormwater $178,000 $280,000
2007-418 Resource Institute, Inc - Rest/ Pine Orchard
Creek Restoration
Restoration $146,000 $236,000
2007-407 National Committee for the New River - Rest/
River Builder Program, New River Tributaries
Restoration $238,000 $253,336
2007-406 National Committee for the New River - Rest/East Fork New River Restoration Restoration $189,962 $233,307
2007-405 National Committee for the New River - Rest/
Boone Creek Restoration
Restoration $27,000 $35,912
2006D-033 Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated
Minigrant/ Old Fields Farm, Elk Creek
Mini-grant- Donated $25,000 $1,415,000
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2006D-032 High Country Conservancy - Donated Minigrant/
Reninger Tract, Winkler Creek
Mini-grant- Donated $25,000 $415,000
2006D-023 Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated
Minigrant/ Koontz Farm, Stillhouse Branch
Mini-grant- Donated $25,000 $1,480,000
2006B-014 National Committee for the New River - Acq/
Main Tracts, North Fork New River and Mine
Branch (Transferred to Div of Parks and Rec
Acquisition-Buffers $116,000 $358,415
2006A-819 Sparta, Town of - Stormwater Minigrant/ Stormwater Drainage Study, Bledsoe Creek Mini-grant- Stormwater $27,000 $30,000
2005D-021 Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated
Minigrant/ Coffey Tract, Aho Branch
Mini-grant- Donated $20,000 $300,000
2005D-017 Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated
Minigrant/ Tobin Farm, South Beaver Creek
Mini-grant- Donated $25,000 $325,000
2005D-015 Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated Minigrant/ Tate Farm II, Ripshin Creek Mini-grant- Donated $25,000 $565,000
2005D-007 National Committee for the New River -
Donated Minigrant/ Smith Farm
Mini-grant- Donated $20,300 $151,300
2005D-006 National Committee for the New River -
Donated Minigrant/ Kemp Tract, North Fork New
River
Mini-grant- Donated $18,000 $39,000
2005D-004 Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated Minigrant/ Davis Tract, Little Horse Creek *Mini-grant- Donated $24,000 $124,000
2005D-003 Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated
Minigrant/ Clark/Burleson Tract, Little Horse Creek
Mini-grant- Donated $24,000 $174,000
2005D-001 Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated
Minigrant/ Almond Farm, Piney Creek
Mini-grant- Donated $15,000 $235,000
2005B-028 NC Div Parks & Recreation - Acq/ Bower and
Darnell Tracts, South Fork New River
Acquisition-Buffers $2,270,000 $6,561,000
2005A-805 National Committee for the New River - Plan/Rest/ Boone Creek Greenway and Restoration Plan
Planning $30,000 $54,000
2004D-013 High Country Conservancy - Donated Minigrant/
Horseshoe Farm Tract
Mini-grant- Donated $24,052 $361,552
2004D-009 Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated
Minigrant/ McCarthy Tract, Little Glade Creek *
Mini-grant- Donated $25,000 $207,000
2004D-005 National Committee for the New River - Donated Minigrant/ Joyner Tract, Big Horse
Creek
Mini-grant- Donated $23,200 $99,200
2004D-002 Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated Minigrant/ Chanlett Tract, Stillhouse Branch Mini-grant- Donated $25,000 $308,000
2004D-001 Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated
Minigrant/ Stack Tract
Mini-grant- Donated $25,000 $348,000
2004B-027 Nature Conservancy, The - Acq/ Trout Club
Tract, Long Hope Creek
Acquisition-Buffers $2,967,000 $3,418,000
2003A-016 National Committee for the New River -
Acq/ New River Heights Tract, South Fork (Withdrawn)
Acquisition-Buffers $396,000 $714,050
Total Amounts $18,222,723 $51,717,584