9/13/2014 The Confluence‐ A Watershed Welcome Acknowledgements  NRP’s current partners (MOU)‐ Stand up and take a bow!  Other important players‐ Stand up and Identify  Special Acknowledgements‐ COLA and Bad River Watershed  Think about who Isn’t here and should be further recruited as we go forward? Watershed: Confluence Objectives  Foster the Human Watershed  Advance the watershed vision at local level     through community action Meaningful communication and partnership of individuals and groups on common watershed objectives Intra‐ Inter‐ Meet people, have fun, share ideas, move those ideas forward in an integrated fashion. Make Every Rain‐Drop Count 1 3 2 10,000 Million Billion Trillion Quadrillion 1 9/13/2014 BOGSAR Method “Visioning”‐Chaos with yelling, freezer paper, markers, and adhesive dots  B…..uncha  Brain‐storming of (common) issues and  O…f    G…uys (Gals, too)  S….tanding    A….round ….a  R……iver  Riverway vs. Rest Land > ¾ Watershed!! % Area objectives Determine top common objectives Break out sessions focusing on details top , objectives Report back to main group Follow‐up report to participants‐ summarize concepts Pilot blue‐print for follow‐up partnering‐ implementation  < 2% Land in watershed is in Federal Riverway!! 20% Water  We control the remaining 98%!! Water‐ 22% 2% 78% Land % Land Water River Other 98% Outside Riverway Rest 2 9/13/2014 Climate Change as Game Changer Ownership Balance Private‐ 46%  Growing season 1‐2 months longer.  Torrential Rain‐ Run‐off of sediment and % Watershed Public‐ 54% NPS USFS Phosphorus increase  Flooding/Droughts  Especially at risk‐ Cool‐water fish communities  Lake nutrient problems compounded Counties State* Private Nutrients‐ LCO‐ NOW Leonard’s Gage  “This station will likely be discontinued Oct. 1,  Too much phosphorus  About 2.4 Tons /yr.  Lake Watershed ~ 1 Ton (40%) 2014, due to lack of funding..” P (lbs) Rain Gri Round Cranberry Bogs Whitefish Whi LCO direct Cranb Rain Mu Bay 3 9/13/2014 LCO‐Future Reduction Plan  Want to reduce P by ~ ¾ Ton Regional Buffer Opportunity  Hayward Nursery ‐Grow our own? Who/How?  Eliminate Cranberry and Musky Bay (~700 lbs.)  Reduce lake watershed P by 10‐27% (~ 750 lbs.)  CAN Do it mainly with increased Buffer Zones P lbs.‐ “New” 0 Grindstone Round 397 Whitefish 765 194 LCO Cranberry 0 547 Rain Musky Bay 829 Watershed Tactics Lone Ranger Whole Watershed Army Thank You “For men may come, and men may go‐ But I go on, forever” – Poem, “The Brook” by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1853 “We’re part of the fire that is burning, but from the ashes we can build a better day!”‐ “The Story In Your Eyes” , Moody Blues , 1971 Make friends, talk, contribute, have fun‐ Refine the human watershed. Don’t forget:…………………………….. 4