| Candia,
New Hampshire |
| After
a year of targeted support from the New Hampshire NEMO effort,
NROC, the Town of Candia hosted a “Conservation
Nuts & Bolts” workshop that was attended by folks from
neighboring towns. The workshop led to a public education brochure
on the importance of open space conservation, and the town is
raising $200,000 for conservation purposes. |
| Floyd
County, Indiana |
| The
Indiana NEMO effort, Planning with POWER, worked with the county
planning director and helped organize a natural resource protection
committee to address future natural resource protection and water
quality concerns. The committee worked with POWER to develop
a list of critical issues for consideration in planning, including
the use of septic systems, development on steep hillsides and
protection of sensitive natural areas. |
| Alabama |
| In
response to state Stormwater Phase II requirements, the Cities
of Auburn and Opelika, Auburn University and Lee County formed
a stormwater think tank to tackle new regulations, improve stormwater
management and have a consistent regional message. AL NEMO representatives
help guide the group’s decisions and recommendations. NEMO
has also assisted in the creation of educational brochures that
target erosion and sediment control, stormwater management resources
and post-construction stormwater management practices. |
| Mississippi |
| MS
NEMO educational programs have assisted towns and counties throughout
Mississippi to assess the cumulative impact of new development
on storm drainage systems and to determine what on-site stormwater
BMPs to require. |
| Armand
Bayou Watershed, Texas |
| The TX NEMO Program convened
the Armand Bayou Watershed Partnership, a group of over 40 municipalities,
non-governmental organizations, state and federal agencies and
universities to develop a watershed protection plan that focuses
on preserving remaining stream habitat in this highly urbanized
area. The completed first phase of the plan details the state
of the watershed and major goals of watershed citizens. The Partnership
has begun working on the second phase, which will develop a habitat
protection plan and an overall plan that meets the ten elements
required by EPA watershed plans. |
| Eightmile
River Watershed, Connecticut |
| The Eightmile watershed
is comprised of a 63 square mile area of unusually intact forest
and agricultural lands in the Towns of East Haddam, Lyme and
Salem. Following an educational effort by the CT NEMO Program,
the three towns signed an Inter-municipal Conservation Compact,
agreeing to work together to grow in a way that protects the
pristine watershed’s resources. Since the Compact was signed,
the towns have formed open space committees, initiated local
land trusts, protected hundreds of acres of forest and farmland
and are seeking federal designation of the river under the Wild
and Scenic Rivers program. |
| Kandiyohi
County, Minnesota |
| In
response to citizen interest and information provided by Northland
NEMO, the county and the Cities of Spicer and New London have
provided funding to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
and citizen groups to conduct water quality monitoring on a number
of area lakes and streams. |
| Nevada |
| In
Nevada, the NEMO Program provides all participants in their workshops
with a NEMO resource binder filled with information on the impacts
of land use on natural resources. Planning commissioners are now
using the binders as a reference when considering development proposals.
As a result, commissioners are asking developers to find ways to
increase infiltration and reduce polluted runoff in their plans. |
| Connecticut |
| Working
with CT NEMO, at least ten municipalities within the state have
created separate Conservation Commissions to pursue natural resource
inventories, open space planning and other conservation-related
tasks. In towns that have combined Inland Wetlands and Conservation
Commissions, the wetland regulation function of the commission
often overwhelms the more planning-related conservation functions,
to the disadvantage of both. |
| Lake
Superior Watershed, Wisconsin & Minnesota |
| Northland
NEMO leads boat trips on Lake Superior for land use officials
as part of their A View from the Lake program. The trips provide
a unique opportunity to discuss how land use decisions impact
natural resources and, more specifically, Western Lake Superior.
Participants not only view the lake and shoreline, but also take
part in build-out scenarios of a model community and discuss
the benefits and drawbacks of different development patterns.
More than 500 local officials and interested citizens participated
in each of the project’s first two years. |
| Darby
Creek Watershed, Ohio |
| OH
NEMO has helped convene the ten jurisdictions within the Big
Darby Creek Watershed to work together on a joint natural resource
based comprehensive land use plan. The OH NEMO Program is coordinating
the scientific oversight and review of the plan, which will be
presented to all of the jurisdictions for their review and approval
in 2005. |
