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People, Land, and Water of the Upper Thornton River Watershed: a Model for Countywide Watershed Management Planning
People, land, and water of the Upper Thornton River Watershed: A model for countywide watershed management planning Final Report to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation RappFLOW Grant #2005-0001-039 Prepared by Beverly Hunter, Project Director [email protected] Phone: 540 937-4038 This report is available in pdf format from www.rappflow.org November 29, 2006 12/18/2006 1 Introduction Rappahannock Friends and Lovers of Our Watershed (RappFLOW) is a group of volunteers founded in the summer of 2002. We work with many partner organizations as well as local leaders, landowners, and other stakeholders to help preserve, protect and restore the watersheds and water quality in Rappahanock County, Virginia. In this report, we provide highlights of the results, lessons learned and progress made from March 2005 through November 2006 in the project “People, land, and water of the Upper Thornton River Watershed: A model for countywide watershed management planning.” This project was funded in part by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, the County of Rappahannock, nonprofit organizations, and private donors. Several state agencies provided technical assistance and training. Rappahannock County is a rural, scenic county with a population of about 7,000 at the headwaters of the Rappahannock River Basin. Seven hundred and fifty-five (755) stream miles in 1,010 stream segments (National Hydrology Database 2005), many on steep slopes, crisscross our land area of about 267 square miles. The northwestern boundary is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, in Shenandoah National Park. The Rappahannock River forms the northeastern boundary with Fauquier County. -
Most Effective Basins Funding Allocations Rationale May 18, 2020
Most Effective Basins Funding Allocations Rationale May 18, 2020 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Chesapeake Bay Program Office Most Effective Basins Funding In the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Appropriations Conference Report, an increase to the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Budget was provided in the amount of $6 million for “state-based implementation in the most effective basins.” This document describes the methodology EPA followed to establish the most effective use of these funds and the best locations for these practices to be implemented to make the greatest progress toward achieving water quality standards in the Chesapeake Bay. The most effective basins to reduce the effects of excess nutrient loading to the Bay were determined considering two factors: cost effectiveness and load effectiveness. Cost effectiveness was considered as a factor to assure these additional funds result in state-based implementation of practices that achieve the greatest benefit to water quality overall. It was evaluated by looking at what the jurisdictions have reported in their Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs) as the focus of their upcoming efforts, and by looking at the average cost per pound of reduction for BMP implementation by sector. Past analyses of cost per pound of reduction have shown that reducing nitrogen is less costly by far than reducing phosphorus1. Based on that fact, EPA determined that the focus of this evaluation would be to target nitrogen reductions in the watershed. Evaluating the load reduction targets in all the jurisdictions’ Phase III WIPs shows that the agricultural sector is targeted for 86 percent of the overall reductions identified to meet the 2025 targets collectively set by the jurisdictions. -
Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund Projects Catalog 2012
CHESAPEAKE BAY RESTORATION FUND PROJECTS CATALOG 2012 CHESAPEAKE BAY RESTORATION FUND SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND RESTORATION PROJECTS FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PROJECTS CATALOG 2012 PROJECTS CATALOG 2012 Issue I The Division of Legislative Services of the Virginia General Assembly publishes this catalogue. The information contained in these pages is current as of May 2012. Thank you to all of our partners and to all grantees of the Foundation who have provided text and materials for this catalogue. This catalogue was developed for all agencies, organizations, and individuals interested in environmental education and restoration projects on the bay and its rivers. General Assembly Division of Legislative Services Compiled and Edited by Theresa Schmid Research Associate iv TABLE OF CONTENTS I. CHESAPEAKE BAY RESTORATION FUND HISTORY II. CHESAPEAKE BAY ADVISORY COMMITTEE III. SUMMARY OF CBRF ACTIVITIES IV. APPLYING FOR A GRANT A. CRITERIA B. APPLICATION PROCEDURES GRANT ACTIVITIES FROM 2000-2012 V. GRANT PROJECTS LIST A. 2000 INDEX B. 2001 INDEX C. 2002 INDEX D. 2003 INDEX E. 2004 INDEX F. 2005 INDEX G. 2006 INDEX H. 2007 INDEX I. 2008 INDEX J. 2009 INDEX K. 2010 INDEX L. 2011 INDEX M. 2012 INDEX VI. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROJECTS A. SCHOOLS B. ORGANIZATIONS - EDUCATIONAL FOR: 1. YOUTH 2. COMMUNITY v VII. RESTORATION/CONSERVATION PROJECTS A. MONITORING B. EASEMENTS VIII. FINANCIAL SUMMARIES IX. INDEX vi I. HISTORY In 1992, the Virginia General Assembly enacted legislation, co-patroned by Senator Frederick Quayle and Delegate Harvey Morgan, which established the Chesapeake Bay preservation license plate. The design included drawings of bay grass, oysters and crabs, and read “Friends of the Chesapeake." The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) began issuing the specialty plates in December 1992. -
Critical Loads of Acidity Database Tables
Critical Loads of Acidity Literature Database Citation Table Pub Terr. Authors Pub Date Title Citation Method Name Study Area ID Aqua. 52 Adams, M.B., Burger, 2000 Impact of harvesting and Forest Ecology and T empirical: Fernow Experimental J.A., Jenkins, A.B., and atmospheric pollution on nutrient Management 138: 301-319 experimental Forest Zelazny, L. depletion of eastern US hardwood forests. 15 Adams, M.B., Nichols, September Screening Procedure to Evaluate USDA Forest Service, A & T empirical Boundary Waters Canoe, D.S., Feder, C.A., 1991 Effects of Air Pollution on Eastern Northeastern Forest Dolly Sods, Great Gulf, Jensen, K.F., and Region Wildernesses Cited as Class Experiment Station; General Hercules-Glade, Otter Parrott, H. I Air Quality Areas. Technical Report NE-151 Creek, Presidential Range-Dry River, and Rainbow Lakes Wilderness Areas, and Southern Vermont 49 Backx, M. A. December Calculating Critical Loads of Sulfur thesis for the Department of A PnET-BGC Hubbard Brook E.F., NH 2004 and Nitrogen for Hubbard Brook Civil and Environmental Experimental Forest and Loch Vale Engineering, Syracuse Watershed using a Dynamic University Biogeochemical Model (PnET- BGC). 21 Binkley, D., Giardina, 1997 Status of Air Quality and Related Regional Review Colorado A & T Vegetation-Type Colorado, Arizona, and C., I. Dockersmith, Values in Class I National Parks Plateau Executive Summary: Guideline Utah National Parks and Morse, D., Scruggs, M., and Monuments of the Colorado http://www2.nature.nps.gov/air Monuments and Tonnessen, K. Plateau /pubs/ColoPlat.Review/index.h tml 23 Bouwman, A.F., Van 2002 A Global Analysis of Acidification Water, Air, and Soil Pollution T STOCHEM Alaska Vuuren, D.P., Derwent, and Eutrophication of Terrestrial 141:349-382 R.G. -
Shenandoah National Park Fisheries Monitoring Protocol
SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK FISHERIES MONITORING PROTOCOL Prepared by: James B. Atkinson Shenandoah National Park 3655 US Highway 211 E. Luray, VA 22835 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................ 3 OBJECTIVES............................................................................................................................................... 5 PROTOCOL DESIGN................................................................................................................................. 5 SAMPLING STRATEGY AND METHODS............................................................................................. 8 NUMBER OF PERSONNEL REQUIRED............................................................................................................ 8 PERSONNEL TRAINING ................................................................................................................................8 PERSONNEL SAFETY.................................................................................................................................... 9 SAMPLING CONDITIONS AND TIMES .......................................................................................................... 11 REQUIRED EQUIPMENT.............................................................................................................................. 11 SITE CHARACTERISTICS ........................................................................................................................... -
Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena - December 2018
Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena - December 2018 Location Date/Time Deaths & Property & Event Type and Details Injuries Crop Dmg DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COUNTY --- 1.3 SW WALTER REED [38.97, -77.05], 0.7 SW WALTER REED [38.97, -77.04], 0.5 WSW WALTER REED [38.98, -77.04], 0.6 WSW WALTER REED [38.98, -77.04], 1.0 SW WALTER REED [38.97, -77.05], 1.4 SW WALTER REED [38.97, -77.05] 12/15/18 20:25 EST 0 Flood (due to Heavy Rain) 12/16/18 07:30 EST 0 Source: River/Stream Gage The stream gage on Rock Creek at Sherrill Drive/DC exceeded the 7 foot flood stage during the indicated period. Water reached several portions of the Valley Trail between Picnic Areas 7 and 10 in Rock Creek Park, and completely covered the Rolling Meadows Trailbridge. The peak level of 8.02 feet occurred at 3:45 AM on the 16th. A potent upper-level low and associated area of surface low pressure approached the region from southwest on the 15th. Strong forcing for ascent and ample moisture transport in advance of the upper level low led to a prolonged period of rain across the region. Eventually low pressure transferred to the coast before precipitation wound down on the 16th. Widespread rainfall totals of 2-4 inches were observed across the area. (DC-Z001) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 12/17/18 00:47 EST 0 Coastal Flood 12/18/18 08:30 EST 0 An influx of freshwater due to heavy rain led to increased water level anomalies and coastal flooding along the Potomac River. -
Easygrants ID: 18695 NFWF/Legacy Grant Project ID: 0603.09.018695
Easygrants ID: 18695 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation NFWF/Legacy Grant Project ID: 0603.09.018695 Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants 2009 - Submit Final Programmatic Report (Activities) Grantee Organization: Trout Unlimited, Inc. Project Title: Thornton River Dam Removal (VA) Project Period 09/01/2009 - 12/31/2010 Award Amount $72,933.00 Matching Contributions $18,460.00 Project Location Description (from Proposal) The project site is approximately 1 km downstream of the confluence of the North Fork and South Fork of the Thornton River on the main stem Thornton River, in Sperryville, VA. Project Summary (from Proposal) Removed an aging four foot high, 80 foot long dam on the Thornton River that blocks fish migration. Project allowed four species of diadromous fish that formerly migrated into the Rappahannock watershed to access 93 kilometers of high quality upstream habitat. Summary of Accomplishments Trout Unlimited has met all objectives stated for the Thornton River Dam Removal Project. In December 2009, the dam was removed from the Thornton River by contractors using heavy equipment. The old dam material was buried offsite in the floodplain and incorporated into the two constructed floodplains that were made. Two large rock vanes using quarry stone were constructed as designed spanning the river channel and both active floodplains. Woody debris was incorporated into the rock vanes, which were tied into the floodplain elevation. The old mill raceway located between the dam and the old Fletcher’s Mill was blocked with large rock and material to eliminate the threat of a channel avulsion. A constructed wetland was created on the east margin on the upstream constructed floodplain. -
Prepared in Cooperation With
SENSITIVITY OF STREAM BASINS IN SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK TO ACID DEPOSITION By Dennis D. Lynch and Nancy B. Dise U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4115 Prepared in cooperation with UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Richmond, Virginia 1985 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL HODEL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Dallas L. Peck, Director For additional information write to: Copies of this report can be Chief, Virginia Office purchased from: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Services Section 3600 West Broad Street, Room 606 Western Distribution Branch Richmond, Virginia 23230 U.S. Geological Survey Box 25425, Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 (Telephone: (303) 236-7476) CONTENTS Page Abstract .................................. 1 Introduction ................................ 2 Background ............................... 2 Purpose and scope ........................... 3 Acknowledgments ............................ 3 Location and description of study area ................... 3 Geology ................................ 5 Soils ................................. 7 Precipitation ............................. 9 Methods of study .............................. 10 Selection of sampling sites ...................... 10 Description of basin characteristics .................. 12 Sample collection and analytical techniques .............. 12 Data reduction and statistical techniques ............... 14 Indices of sensitivity to acid deposition ................. 25 Factors affecting sensitivity -
Upper Hazel River TMDL Implementation Plan 1
Upper Hazel River Bacteria Total Maximum Daily Load Plan Technical Report Submitted to: Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation and Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Prepared by: Engineering Concepts, Inc. Submitted: June 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLES ..........................................................................................................................................3 FIGURES.........................................................................................................................................3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.............................................................................................................4 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.....................................................................................................5 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 5 Review of TMDL Study ............................................................................................................. 6 Public Participation..................................................................................................................... 6 Implementation Actions.............................................................................................................. 7 Measurable Goals and Milestones for Attaining Water Quality Standards................................ 8 Stakeholder’s Roles and Responsibilities .................................................................................. -
Hazel River Success Story
Implementing Best Management Practices and Other Restoration Efforts to Improve the Quality of Streams in the Upper Hazel Watershed Impaired Waterbody Improved: The Hazel River watershed covers approximately 225,990 acres and includes the Hughes, Rush, Thornton and Hazel Rivers (Figure 1). The Hazel River originates in Rappahannock County and continues downstream to its confluence with the Rappahannock River. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) first listed the Hazel River and its tributaries on Virginia’s 303(d) list of impaired waters for violations of the bacteria water quality standard in 2002 and 2004. A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study was completed to address these impairments in 2007. In June 2009, a TMDL Implementation Plan (IP) was completed, followed by a 319 grant funded implementation project that began in July 2009. Additionally, this project has been awarded a Section 319(h) funds for implementation through June 2019. To reduce bacteria loadings, various agricultural and residential best management practices (BMPs) have been employed; through a mix of 319(h) and other federal, state, landowner, and private foundation funds and incentives. Implementing agricultural and septic system BMPS on the ground and providing sewer service to approximately 98 households/businesses in the Rush River watershed has reduced bacterial inputs both from point and non-point sources. Stream quality is beginning to respond to these efforts, as can be seen in Figure 2 and Figure 3. Figure 1. Map of the Upper Hazel River TMDL IP Watershed. Cleaning up the Hazel: The Actions of Many Even before the IP was developed, diverse partnerships formed to address the impaired streams in the area. -
WSP for Rappahannock County and Washington
The Water Supply Plan for Rappahannock County and the Town of Washington Prepared By: Tim Bondelid Consulting Engineer and Systems Analyst September 2011 1 Table of Contents List of Figures..................................................................................................................... 5 List of Tables ...................................................................................................................... 6 Executive Summary............................................................................................................ 7 Objective......................................................................................................................... 7 Summary of Findings ..................................................................................................... 7 List of Acronyms ................................................................................................................ 9 SECTION I: Overview of Rappahannock County ........................................................... 10 Physical Description ..................................................................................................... 10 Population..................................................................................................................... 13 Residential Water Usage............................................................................................... 13 Climate......................................................................................................................... -
Rappahannock Watershed
Rappahannock Watershed County Culpeper Stream DEQ Station ID Latitude Location Date Hydrologic method: Longitude Monitored Unit Code Score Condition Cedar Run 3CED-C2-SOS 38 21 48 Under 522 bridge 7/19/2001 E16 modified 77 58 33 8 Acceptable Cedar Run 3CED-C2-SOS 38 21 48 Under 522 bridge 1/28/2002 E16 modified 77 58 33 11 Acceptable Cedar Run 3CED-C2-SOS 38 21 48 Under 522 bridge 3/28/2001 E16 modified 77 58 33 5 Unacceptable Cedar Run 3CED-C2-SOS 38 21 48 Under 522 bridge 10/26/2001 E16 modified 77 58 33 10 Acceptable Cedar Run 3CED-C2-SOS 38 21 48 Under 522 bridge 4/26/2002 E16 modified 77 58 33 9 Acceptable Crooked Run 3COO-C1-SOS 38 21 13 100' upst from Rt 15 bridge 10/26/2001 E15 modified 78 06 49 10 Acceptable Crooked Run 3COO-C1-SOS 38 21 13 100' upst from Rt 15 bridge 8/5/2001 E15 modified 78 06 49 8 Acceptable Crooked Run 3COO-C1-SOS 38 21 13 100' upst from Rt 15 bridge 4/11/2002 E15 modified 78 06 49 11 Acceptable Crooked Run 3COO-C1-SOS 38 21 13 100' upst from Rt 15 bridge 3/28/2001 E15 modified 78 06 49 5 Unacceptable Page 1 of 20 Crooked Run 3COO-C1-SOS 38 21 13 100' upst from Rt 15 bridge 2/6/2002 E15 modified 78 06 49 9 Acceptable Hazel River 3HAZ-C5-SOS 38 31 35 Rt 644 8/8/2001 E04 modified 78 10 20 10 Acceptable Hazel River 3HAZ-C5-SOS 38 31 35 Rt 644 4/26/2002 E04 modified 78 10 20 9 Acceptable Hazel River 3HAZ-C5-SOS 38 31 35 Rt 644 10/23/2001 E04 modified 78 10 20 9 Acceptable Hazel River 3HAZ-C5-SOS 38 31 35 Rt 644 1/11/2002 E04 modified 78 10 20 7 Acceptable Hazel River 3HAZ-C5-SOS 38 31 35 Rt 644 5/3/2001 E04 modified