Agenda.2009.03.12

Notes (thanks to Louise Alexander)

Objectives of each team -> What is trying to be achieved

· To get percentages of main land cover types in the region. ->Heintz center report -> how much stuff do you actually have. Cover team is doing triangle wide land cover statistics. · Define how much of these land covers are protected triangle wide-> Significant natural heritage areas ->what proportion of the SNHA are protected · Comparison between 1992-2002 · Use GIS to clip out stream buffers for Wake County
 * Team 1 (Cover):**

· Establish criteria on how to define breaches · Establish a way to quantify what’s adjacent to streams within 50ft of the stream banks -> aerial photos and ground truth – look at the stream buffers of Wake County · What do our stream buffers look like and how are they being violated · Focus on Swift Creek Watershed – with a property look at Swift Creek Bluffs.
 * Team 2 (Buffer):**

· Mimic the sampling sites for buffer group and test for invasive vegetation · Characterize and quantify the exotic vegetation of Swift Creek as a watershed and on Swift Creek Bluff.
 * Team 3 (Exotic Vegetation Team):**

How much farmland is in the triangle · Find the acreage (%) of cropland and the types of crops grown and their yields. · Identify programs, map the cropland, create tables · Outline each other programs and why they are valuable -> on Triangle website Chatham County ->
 * Team 4 (Farmland):**

· Repeatability study · Produce a refined tool and instructions for water quality assessment. · Pilot use of tool in Swift Creek
 * Team 5 (Water Quality):**

· Presentation – Separate report for each group with an overall introduction and conclusion.
 * Final Report:**


 * Notes from Board**

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