B. Aquatic life showing no significant negative effects from anthropogenic sedimentation
1.Change
public understanding of sedimentation effects on ecosystems/change inbehavior
2.Quantify sedimentation levels that
affect organisms/ reduction in loads to this point
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EXISTING PROGRAMS: 1. Outreach ·
Ag cost-share
program ·
Ag. BMP’s ·
Alliance for
Cheapeake Bay (fed. funds) · CBC Habitat Restoration · CBC Riparian Buffer Program · CBF education (pass-through of funds) ·
CBLAD education ·
CBLAD GIS ·
CBLAD Technical
Assistance Program ·
Citizen Watershed
groups ·
Clean Marina Program ·
Conservation Reserve
Enhancement Program –DCR ·
ERP Restoration
Program ·
SEAS –DCR ·
Water quality
improvement fund ·
Water Quality
Programs – Forestry ·
Riparian Forest
Buffer Initiative 2. Regulation ·
Bay Act Programs ·
Dredging permits ·
E & S – DCR/
local ·
Local Zoning ·
Stormwater
Management Act Programs- DCR/ CBLAD/ DEQ ·
TMDL N/A 3. Monitoring ·
Alliance citizen
monitoring ·
CBNERRS monitoring ·
Ches Bay monitoring
– DEQ ·
Polecat creek
monitoring ·
USGS water quality
monitoring 4. Planning/coordination
· Coastal Non-point Program –DCR · Elizabeth River Action Plan · Elizabeth River/Lynnhaven River restoration studies ·
5. Research · CBP Water Quality Models ·
Comprehensive Coastal Inventory -VIMS ·
N/A |
MISSING ELEMENTS: 1. Outreach ·
2. Regulation ·
3. Authority ·
4. Monitoring ·
Increase in use of
biological indicators ·
Increase citizen
monitoring and integrate with DEQ water quality program 5.
Planning/coordination
· Establish state leadership in development of standards ·
6.
Research · Increase understanding of climactic change impacts (sea level rise, increased shoreline erosion/sedimentation, increased precipitation and runoff) ·
7.
Definition of
management targets ·
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