TROUT BROOK WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN

The confluence of science and stakeholder involvement

Kate McDonald, Project Scientist

Trout Brook Watershed

• Stream bank erosion • Inadequate buffers • Yard waste dumping • Stream channel

alteration • Decreased dissolved

oxygen • Elevated chloride • Elevated nutrients

Problem Identification How can we use science and public involvement to inform effective watershed planning?

Problem Identification How can we use science and public involvement to inform effective watershed planning?

Problem Identification How can we use science and public involvement to inform effective watershed planning?

Where do you collect data? • Watershed-wide • Bracket potential

source areas • Accessibility • Landowner

permission • Don’t muddy the

waters by overcollecting

How much data is enough? • Continuous specific

conductance, dissolved oxygen, & temperature

• Early morning dissolved oxygen

• Total phosphorus • Chloride • Macroinvertebrates • Terrain conductivity

Nutrients and DO

How do your stakeholders fit in?

Photo credit: Will Graff, The Forecaster, February 7, 2013

Chloride

How do your stakeholders fit in?

Citizen Monitoring

• Local high school students • Led by Tom Mikulka, local resident and scientist • Sampling for bugs & chemistry • Taking advantage of CBEP equipment loan program

What does this mean for you?

Fred Dillon City of South Portland Stormwater Program Coordinator

Wendy Garland Maine DEP Environmental Specialist III

Tom Mikulka Cape Elizabeth Resident Monitoring Program Volunteer

Dr. Lois Ongley Professor of Geochemistry, Unity College

Special Acknowledgements

Bette Roberts Trout Brook Steering Committee

Kate McDonald ̶ Project Scientist Cumberland County Soil & Water Conservation District kmcdonald@cumberlandswcd.org

Acknowledgments