SWAC

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Schoharie Watershed Program

PO Box 996, 6049 Main Street

Tannersville, NY 12485

Phone 518-589-6871

Fax 518-589-6874

GCSWCD Main Office

907 County Office Building

Cairo, NY 12413

Phone 518.622.3620

Fax 518.622.0344

GCSWCD Home Page

Schoharie Watershed Advisory Committee

About the Schoharie Watershed Advisory Committee

The Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District (GCSWCD) and the NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are working with eleven Schoharie watershed municipalities across three counties to implement recommendations in adopted Stream Management Plans. The Schoharie Watershed Advisory Committee (SWAC) was formed to assist in this Schoharie Watershed Project effort with project identification and decision-making. This basin-wide advisory committee evolved from smaller project advisory committees that were created to provide input in the development of individual stream management plans including the Batavia Kill, West Kill, East Kill, Manor Kill, and Schoharie Creek plans. SWAC focuses on utilizing annual action plans to prioritize and implement recommendations in adopted stream management plans, and continues the collaborative watershed planning efforts initiated by the Greene County Watershed Assistance Program with other projects. The Committee assists with reviewing and approving projects for funding and provides input into annual action plan updates. Currently, the 2009-2011 Action Plan is serving as a guide to prioritize projects for implementation that are important to the local communities, watershed managers and agencies working in the basin.

Committee Membership

The fifteen member Advisory Committee is comprised of municipal representatives from each of the eleven basin communities, a highway/infrastructure subcommittee representative, an education/outreach subcommittee representative, a representative from a recreation/habitat subcommittee and a Greene County Legislator. The make-up of the Committee is designed to represent the diversity of potential projects, as well as promote local officials’ involvement in the decision-making process.

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Text Box: Schoharie Watershed Advisory Committee Name Affiliation Erik Allan Highway Superintendent Nancy Allen Town of Hunter Dixie Baldrey Town of Lexington—Alternate Lynn Byrne Town of Lexington Eric Dahlberg Town of Conesville Joseph Farleigh Town of Roxbury Larry Gardner Greene County Legislator Alan Higgins Village of Hunter– Alternate James Hitchcock Greene County Legislator Linda Kline Village of Tannersville Walter Keller Fisheries biologist Dennis Lucas Town of Hunter—Alternate Mike McCrary Town of Jewett John McDaniel Town of Roxbury– Alternate Richard Morse Town of Prattsville—Alternate Kory O’Hara Town of Prattsville Janet Orlando Town of Gilboa Mike Tancredi Village of Hunter John Valenti Retired educator Rebecca Wilburn Town of Gilboa—Alternate Steve Walker Town of Windham

Text Box: Meeting Announcements The next SWAC meeting will be held sometime during the summer. Please check back for the date! Meetings are open to the public.

SWAC meets in February 2009 at the Watershed Assistance Program office to discuss potential projects.

Agency and Technical Support

In addition to the SWAC, there are advisory members comprised of technical and agency staff who are available to assist the Committee as needed. Advisory members include regulatory agencies (NYSDEC, NYCDEP, NYSDOH), County Soil & Water Districts, Planning Departments from the three counties, and non-profit organizations working in the basin, such as Trout Unlimited, Cornell Cooperative Extensions, and the Mountaintop Foundations. Advisory members are available to assist SWAC as needed, as well as serve as potential project sponsors.

Stream Management Plan Implementation Program

Guided by stream stewardship principles, the Schoharie Watershed Program offers assistance to local communities, residents, and organizations to advance recommendations from Schoharie Basin Stream Management Plans. Local municipalities, watershed residents and property owners, schools, and not-for-profit organizations that promote watershed programming are eligible to receive assistance from the Stream Management Plan Implementation Program.

If you have a project idea and want to see if it is eligible, want to explore the categories of funding, would like to submit an application for funding, or would just like to explore the Stream Management Plan Implementation Program Click Here (or on the

link above).

In looking toward the future, the Stream Management Plan Implementation Program is an excellent opportunity for municipalities to work together and contribute towards the implementation of projects benefiting watershed communities and water quality.