Annual Report - Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

Patuxent Reservoirs Watershed Annual ReportNovember 2005TABLE 1. PRIORITY RESOURCES CHARTResource: Stream SystemIssue: Preventing stream habitat degradation - The stream system includes all intermittent and perennial streams and their adjacentfloodplains. A stable stream system provides significant nutrient and sediment removal during both baseflow and stormflow events.The stream and its associated riparian buffer are also important as sources of high quality food and habitat for both aquatic andterrestrial organisms.Measures Goals Implementation Items Time Line ResponsiblePartnerBuffer corridor width andcontinuityStream bank and stream channelstability• A minimum 35-foot riparian bufferon all streams on properties thatwere developed prior to currentstream buffer requirements.• No areas of "severe" or "verysevere" stream bank erosion basedon the Stream Corridor Assessmentsand other locally collected data.• Establish and maintainminimum 35' riparian bufferson all publicly-owned land• Accelerate programs toestablish and maintainstreamside buffers to aminimum of 35' on privatelyownedlands to the maximumextent possible• Establish and maintainstreamside fencing programs tokeep all livestock out ofstreams to the maximum extentpossible2006 -2013 WSSC,MNCP&PC,HC,MC2006 - 2023 WSSC,MNCP&PC, HC,HSCD, MC,MSCD2006 - 2013 HSCD, MSCD• Address significant areas ofstream bank and channelinstability through streamrestoration projects andstormwater retrofits to themaximum extent possible2006 - 2013 HC,HSCDMNCP&PC, MC13