Allegheny River Headwaters Watershed Conservation Plan

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Allegheny River Headwaters Conservation Plan Chapter 7. Management Recommendations GOAL 3-3: REDUCE EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION IMPACTS. Objective 1: Increase the miles of streams with riparian buffers to achieve maximum protection of water resources. Method to achieve objective: Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority 1. Conduct an assessment of streambanks and riparian areas, and prioritize areas in need of restoration. Conservation Districts, Conservation Groups, Landowners, DEP Foundations, Private Sources High 2. Establish and maintain vegetated riparian corridors and implement best management practices using smart growth practices as a cost-effective means of nonpoint source pollution reduction. Conservation Groups, Conservation Districts, Landowners, PFBC, DEP Foundations, Private Sources, Cost-Share Programs, DEP, EPA High 3. Increase wildlife habitat by planting diverse natural plant communities along riparian buffers. Conservation Groups, Conservation Districts, Landowners, PFBC, DEP Foundations, Private Sources, Cost-Share Programs, DEP, EPA Medium 4. Promote the preservation and enhancement of vegetated streamside buffers through education about their benefits for wildlife, water quality, and flood prevention. Conservation Groups, DEP, NRCS, PFBC, PGC, USDA, EPA Foundations, Private Sources, DEP, NRCS, USDA, PDA, EPA, PFBC Medium Objective 2: Determine sources of erosion and sedimentation. Method to achieve objective: Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority 1. Conduct a watershed study to determine source of sedimentation and develop strategies to reduce impacts by implementing best management practices. Conservation Groups, Conservation Districts, DEP Foundations, Private Sources, DEP, EPA Medium 2. Support updates to the Pennsylvania Non-Point Source Management Plan and implement practices to reduce erosion. Conservation Groups, DEP, NRCS, PDA Foundations, Private Sources, DEP, EPA Medium Objective 3: Implement practices to reduce erosion and sedimentation impacts. Method to achieve objective: Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority 1. Incorporate environmentally sensitive construction and maintenance techniques on dirt and gravel roadways and install best management practices to minimize erosion and sedimentation form entering area waterways. Conservation Districts, conservation Groups, Center for Dirt & Gravel Roads, Municipalities, DEP Foundations, Private Sources, DEP, EPA High 7-20
Allegheny River Headwaters Conservation Plan Chapter 7. Management Recommendations GOAL 3-3: REDUCE EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION IMPACTS (CONTINUED). Objective 3: Implement practices to reduce erosion and sedimentation impacts (continued). Method to achieve objective: Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority 2. Use best management practices to control erosion and sedimentation in farming, forestry, development, mining, and oil and gas industries; and conduct more site inspections. Conservation Districts, Conservation Groups, DEP, DCNR Foundations, Private Sources, DEP, EPA High 3. Reduce impacts of erosion from stone quarries through the utilization of best management practices. Conservation Districts, DEP, Quarries DEP, Quarries Medium Objective 4: Establish controls to reduce erosion. Method to achieve objective: Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority 1. Establish a permit process that requires all earth moving industries to abide by the same erosion and sedimentation control standards. Conservation Groups, Conservation Districts, DEP Foundations, Private Sources, DEP, EPA Medium 2. Establish steep slope ordinances for earth moving industries. Conservation Groups, Conservation Districts, Municipalities, DEP Foundations, Private Sources, DEP, EPA Medium 3. Transfer permit violation fees to a local organization for water quality improvements within the watershed. Conservation Districts, DEP Conservation Groups, Private Sources Medium GOAL 3-4: EXPAND THE PROTECTION, STUDY, AND UNDERSTANDING OF WETLANDS. Objective 1: Protect wetlands. Method to achieve objective: Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority 1. Acquire important wetland areas. Planning Commissions, Conservation Groups, DCNR, PGC, DEP Foundations, Private Sources, DEP, DCNR High 2. Protect wetland habitats and surrounding buffers for birds and wildlife by limiting development, storm runoff, and other disturbances. Planning Commissions, Conservation Groups, DCNR, PGC, DEP Foundations, Private Sources, DEP, DCNR High 3. Enhance and promote programs that restore wetlands from agricultural and streamside areas of limited use. Planning Commissions, Conservation Groups, DCNR, PGC, DEP, USDA Foundations, Private Sources, DEP, USDA High 7-21
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