Prince William Soil & Water Conservation District
ANNUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPORT
FY2000
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FY2000 PERFORMANCE MEASURES
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Programs |
Goal | Achieved |
| Conservation Programs to youths | 2,500 | 2,590 |
| Arbor Day participation | 730 | 804 |
| Citizen Stream Education programs | 120 | 161 |
| Teachers receiving assistance | 115 | 120 |
| Teachers newsletters distributed monthly (September - May) | 1,620 | 1,800 |
| Farm Field Day | 1 | 1 |
| Land Use change reviews **100% of received reviews completed | 50 | ** |
| Soil & Water Quality Conservation CBLAD Plans | 30 | 33 |
CONSERVATION EDUCATION
The Prince William Soil & Water Conservation District develops and presents programs to youths and adults on soil, water, wetlands, agriculture, and general conservation.
| Youths | Adults | ||
| Performance Goal: 2,500 youths | Soil Profile Tubes | 362 | 8 |
| Achieved: 2,590 youths | Pond Study | 60 | 31 |
| Wetlands & Wildlife | 104 | 28 | |
| Career Day | 300 | 6 | |
| Adopt-A-Stream Game | 60 | 0 | |
| Watershed Model | 1,655 | 148 | |
| Chesapeake Bay Steward | 25 | 13 | |
| Farm Field Trip | 24 | 7 | |
| Annual Total | 2,590 | 241 |
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Library of Conservation Education Resources Lesson plans, information and background material, videos, slide programs, computer software, and audio cassettes are in the library and available to all teachers.
Performance Goal: 115 teachers Achieved: 120 teachers |
43 teachers received packets of free materials, brochures or posters. 65 teachers borrowed a total of 97 items from the lending library. 12 teachers borrowed the watershed model. |
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PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES |
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Secondary Education
Youth Conservation Camp scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Envirothon competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Community Service volunteer opportunities Science Fair Support |
3 High School Students (2 from Osbourn Park High School and 1 from Manassas Osbourn High School will be sponsored by PWSWCD at the VASWCD Youth Conservation Camp this summer. Region II Envirothon at Montpelier. Prince William's team placed 4th, 11 points behind the third place team. The top three teams go on to the state competion. Osbourn Park High School summer intern program will include opportunities to join the Adopt-A-Stream Program and visit Dutchland Farm (dairy). |
| Teachers Training | 64 teachers attended training in activities and resources for SOLs related to ponds, forestry, wetlands and watersheds. Posters, sources of free or inexpensive multimedia resources, Watershed Connections activity books, PWC watershed maps. |
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Teachers' Newsletter
Newsletters were distributed monthly to Elementary, Middle and High School teachers
Performance Goal: 1,620 newsletters Achieved: 1,800 newsletters |
September, included "Natural Wonders in My Watershed" the Natural Resource Conservation Week poster contest theme. October, teachers were encouraged to attend the AG in the Classroom and Watershed Model training sessions. November, included an article on Osbourn Park High School students who have joined the Adopt-A-Stream program. December, included an article on the District of the Year Award for Achievement in Education. January, included articles on stream monitoring and Adopt-A-Stream programs. February, announcements on the teacher workshop, Project WAVE and the Arbor Day Poster Contest. March, Virginia Naturally 2000 (Governor Gilmore's Environmental Education Initiative), incorporating Arbor Day into the SOLs. April, included Arbor Day Poster Contest winners, various Arbor Day ceremonies and their contribution to trees on public lands, including school sites. May, focused on planning field trips and special events for next years' classes, including Farm Field Day and the Arbor Day Poster Contest. |
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Farm Field Day
Performance Goal: 1 event Achieved: 1 event - 400 students |
400 fourth grade students attended the October 6th program learning about the importance of agriculture in Prince William County. The event was open from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and over 50 volunteers helped with the activities. |
| Natural Resource Conservation Week | "Natural Wonders of My Watershed" poster contest awards ceremony was held at the Bull Run Regional Library on November 12th from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
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Arbor Day Ceremonies
Performance Goal: 730 posters Achieved: 804 posters |
Winning posters were displayed at the McCoart building for the week of April 3-10 and at Leesylvania State Park's visitor center during the week of Potomac River Natural Heritage Day/PWSWCD's Arbor Day Ceremony. A total of 1,391 attendees at 12 sites, from April 4th through May 6th, participated in the Arbor Month ceremonies throughout Prince William County and the Manassas City area. |
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Publication Distribution Citizens Action Directory - A "who-to-call" guide to various environmental questions for PWC citizens. You and Your Land - A homeowner guide to good land stewardship. |
Performance Goal: 3,000 Achieved: 3,116
You and Your Land Performance Goal: 300 Achieved: 297 |
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Citizen Stream Education Programs Programs coordinated by the District include Adopt-A-Stream, Stream Stewards and Save Our Streams (stream monitoring).
Performance Goal: 120 participants Achieved: 161 participants |
Streams include Neabsco Creek at Leesylvania State Park, Neabsco Creek at Cloverdale Park, Powells Creek at route 1, and the Potomac River at Leesylvania State Park. 4 groups are conducting stream clean-ups at least twice a year. |
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District Quarterly Newsletter
1,100 newsletters distributed quarterly |
Fall 1999 Accelerated BMP Cost-Share Program Farm Field Day Winter Wise Horsemanship
Winter 2000 District of the Year Award NRCW Poster contest winners Introduction to the manure exchange program
Spring 2000 Planning of Arbor Day activities Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) approved Arbor Day activities |
| Special Events |
Watershed Exploration Trail at Leesylvania State Park, 10/9. Earth Day at Belmont Elementary School 10/18. Farm Tour with Prince William Board of County Supervisors L. Ben Thompson and Ruth Griggs, County Executive Craig Gerhart and Dept. Of Public Works Director Bob Wilson. Toured 3 farms with BMPs installed: Macuci (beef cattle, horses), Carter (beef), Dusty Lane Farm (dairy). |
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION
The Prince William Soil & Water Conservation District develops Soil & Water Quality Conservation Plans, administers the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program, and addresses urban NPS pollution and the increasing number of horse farm owners in the county.
The Tributary Strategy nutrient reduction goals were achieved in the second quarter of FY2000 for completed and approved BMPs:
| 1st Qtr | 2nd Qtr | 3rd Qtr | 4th Qtr | |
| Nitrogen Goal | 21,600 | 21,600 | 21,600 | 21,600 |
| Actual Nitrogen Reduction | 16,555 | 24,942 | 25,429 | 26,170 |
| Phosphorus Goal | 2,490 | 2,490 | 2,490 | 2,490 |
| Actual Phosphorus Reduction | 2,556 | 2,940 | 2,996 | 3,013 |
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PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES |
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| Soil & Water Quality Conservation Plans (SWQCP) Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Department |
Completed plans Brummund Burke Carter (2) Daugherty DeMichele Dutchland (7) Fox Meadow Gough (2) Klene Lueking Mahar Mannix McCreary Miller Rice Ruddle Russo Sansone Savage Shiner Shoup Stirrup Va Beef (2) Walsh In Progress plans Bender Butterfield Clemen (3) Galbraith Gerber Kelmill (7) Lancaster Primeau Rosner Sharpe |
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PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES |
ACCOMPLISHMENTS |
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Virginia Agricultural BMP Cost-Share Program Key to BMP Codes: SL-6, Grazing Land Protection SL-8B, Small Grain cover Crop for Nutrient Mgt. SL-11, Permanent Veg. Cover, Critical Areas SL-11B, Farm Road/Heavy Traffic Animal Travel Lane Stabilization SP-1, Nutrient Management Plan Writing SP-2, Soil Analysis for Nutrient Mgt. Plan SP-3, Sidedress Application of Nitrogen on Corn SP-3B, Manure Applic. To corn using pre-sidedress nitrate test to determine need for sidedress nitrogen SP-4, Late Winter Split Application of Nitrogen on Small Grains WP-2, Streambank Protection WP-4, Animal Waste Control Facility WP-4D, Soil Test in Support of Nutrient Mgt. Plan CREP, Conservation Reserve Enchancement Program (USDA Program) |
18 SL-6 1 Voluntary (Bouchard) 7 In Progress (Carter(2), Gardner, Gough, Martindell, Russo, and Stirrup) 8 Completed (Graham, Hopkins, Hostetter, Macuci, Martindell, Miller, Ruddle, and Taylor) 2 Canceled (DeMichele, and Ford) 1 SP-2 Completed (Dutchland Farms) 2 SP-3 1 In Progress (Dusty Lane) 1 Completed (Dutchland Farms) 2 SP-3B 2 Completed (Dusty Lane and Dutchland) 1 SP-4 Completed (Dutchland Farms) 8 WP-2 5 In Progress (Carter (3), and Russo (2) 2 Completed (Sansone, and White) 1 Canceled (Lueking) 5 WP-4 3 In Progress (Dutchland, Kelmill and Shiner) 1 Completed (Sansone) 1 Canceled (Fox Meadow) 1 SP-4D Completed (Dutchland |
| Urban NPS Reduction Activities E&S Plan reviews for City of Manassas, towns of Dumfries, Haymarket, Occoquan, and Quantico to insure that erosion plans and practices selected will provide necessary limitation on soil movement into streams. Prince William Park Authority Prince William Board of County Supervisors |
Jamie Lawry, Stormwater Management (SWM) Engineer, DCR, Warrenton, provided new
SWM Regulations which recommends designing SWM facilities to provide 24-hour extended-detention of the runoff from
a 1-year frequencey storm as an alternative to the 2-year peak rate reduction required by Minimum Standard (MS)-19
of the Virginia Erosion & Sediment Control Regulations. 1 E&S Control Plan review, Town of Dumfries 5 Public Facility reviews 5 Rezoning reviews 4 Special Use Permit reviews Prepared a watershed condition assessment with recommendations for the Ben Lomond Regional Park/Mayhew Sports Complex. Prepared report on environmental considerations of using Landfill Phase IV area as an ATV Track. |
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PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES |
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| Equine and Agricultural Community Outreach Efforts to make horse owners aware of our presence and of the availability of technical, financial and educational assistance. This group is growing in size in the county, and traditionally has not participated often with District programs. |
The Prince William and John Marshall (Fauquier Co.) SWCDs and the Fauquier Cooperative
Extension hosted a Dairy Farmer Dinner/Seminar to inform dairy farmers of environmental regulations coming into
effect in the near future, how they would be affected and what they could do to comply. Approximately 50 farmers
attended. Prince William SWCD hosted the "Environmentally Sensitive Horsekeeping" seminar in April with 80 attendees resulting in 19 calls requesting technical assistance. Developed a Manure Exchange Service within Prince William County. |
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