1. We want to establish/encourage permanently protected, vegetated streamside buffers along Coffee Creek and its tributaries.
2. We want to encourage the conservation, management, and improvement of existing forested land in the upper portion of the watershed. At a minimum, we do not want to decrease the amount (acreage) of forested land in the upper watershed (i.e. "no net loss" of forested acreage).
3. We want to educate/inform stakeholders of the value of Coffee Creek and of ways to protect its water quality and aquatic life.
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4. In two years, we want to have a better understanding of the processes involved in identifying the sources of E. coli (i.e. failing septic systems, wildlife, domestic pets, etc.), and we want to educate watershed stakeholders on management techniques available to reduce pathogenic contamination of Coffee Creek and its tributaries.
5. We want to document the contribution (loads) of sediment, nutrients, and bacteria from the surface and subsurface drains that discharge to Coffee Creek and its tributaries by the end of 2004. Only drains from which loads were not documented as part of this watershed management plan development are included in this goal.
(Concentrations and loads in Coffee Creek and its major tributaries (Pope O’Connor Ditch, Shooter Ditch, Johnson Ditch, and Suman Tribuatary) are already recorded in this watershed management plan.)
6. In five years, we want to reduce the amount of sediment reaching Coffee Creek via the Pope O’Connor Ditch by 65% and the amount of nutrients reaching Coffee Creek via the Pope O’Connor Ditch by 40%.
7. In five years, we want to reduce the amount of sediment reaching Coffee Creek via Shooter Ditch by 65% and the amount of nutrients reaching Coffee Creek via Shooter Ditch by 40%. |
