the interface of community and watershed restoration · questions for you….. what makes watershed...
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The Interface of
Community
and Watershed
Restoration
Questions for you….. What makes watershed restoration important in
this region?
What would a healthy, functioning watershed entail for this region?
How could a healthy watershed improve the lives of the residents in your communities?
How does the resiliency of a local community in terms of economics relate to the health of its watersheds?
How could an effective network of restoration activities improve the well being of watershed communities?
Until the 1990’s
The Pine River
was
jurisdictionally,
“no-man’s
land”
PRWIN Board
PRWIN Projects Coordinator
Education & Outreach
Increase Permanent or Semi- Permanent Vegetative Cover
Increase Water Storage on Landscape
Erosion Control Structures
Sufficient Funding
available to implement restoration
Evaluate affect of Restoration Efforts on the
function of the PRW
Understand the Ecologcial History and Threats to
theWatershed
Design Restoration
Projects that are Ecologically
benefical to PRW
Increase Landowner uptake of Ecological Restoration
The Pine River Watershed is a small sub-watershed
•The Pine River and its tributaries drain 19 700 ha of land
•Each stream within the Pine River system has a distance of roughly 26 km from Headwater to Mouth
The Landuse in this watershed is predominantly cash crop agriculture
•Only 7% of the Pine River Watershed remains forested and there are no major wetlands
•Streambank erosion due to undercutting by highflow velocities, lack of vegetated buffers and erosion by cattle were identified as major issues affecting water quality
Since the advent of PRWIN in the year 2000
the following measures have been taken
according to recommendations outlined in
the Pine River Watershed Study
Over 200 000 trees have been planted since 2006
5 cattle crossings have been installed
4 nitrate filters installed
Over 7 kms of cattle exclusion fencing has been built
6 alternative water sources have been provided to livestock
3 Wetland complexes have been created
5 Water and Sediment Control berms
McLarty Environmental Study
Area
Education and Treeplanting
Day at the McLarty ESA
McLarty Habitat Wetland
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Farrell Berm and
Sedimentation Wetland
Berm
Construction
Sedimentation
Wetland
Volunteer Tree
Planting:
Intergenerational ,
And Inspirational
Questions for you…. What makes watershed restoration important in
this region?
What would a healthy, functioning watershed entail for this region?
How could a healthy watershed improve the lives of the residents in your communities?
How does the resiliency of a local community in terms of economics relate to the health of its watersheds?
How could an effective network of restoration activities improve the well being of watershed communities?