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Expanding Volunteer Efforts Laura R. Wilson ~ AmeriCorps |
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| BRANCH LAKE BMP DEMONSTRATION PROJECT Purpose & General Project Plan Tasks, Schedules, & Estimated Costs Task 1: LOA ~ Task 2: Steering Committee ~ Task 3: Education, Information and Publicity ~ Task 4: BMP Demonstration Projects ~ Task 5: Technical Assistance ~ Task 6: Project Administration and Final Report Deliverables Interagency Coordination, Roles, and Responsibilities Environmental Results/Measures of Performance Project Manager Estimated Total Cost, Federal & Non-Federal Sources & Amounts Budget Information Appendix A – description of eroding sites in the Branch Lake watershed |
Acknowledgments AmeriCorps Branch Pond Watershed Survey Additional Education and Outreach Efforts Expansion of the VLMP Additional Outreach and Education Efforts |
Acknowledgments:
This service year would not have been possible without tremendous support from the following people:
Steve Kahl - Water Research Institute, University of Maine
Betty Lee - Water Research Institute, University of Maine
Jon Underwood - Director, SERVE/Maine Volunteer Leader Program
Brett Johnston - President, Branch Pond Association
And grateful thanks are extended to the following for their assistance:
| Roy Bouchard - Maine Department of Environmental Protection John Dunn - City of Ellsworth Code Enforcement Roland Dupuis - Natural Resources Conservation Service, Ellsworth, Maine Karen Hahnel - Maine Department of Environmental Protection Nick Houtman - University of Maine Public Affairs John Jemison - University of Maine Cooperative Extension Timothy King - City of Ellsworth City Manager Ken Libbey - Maine Department of Environmental Protection - Bangor office Web Pearsall (formerly of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection) David Power - Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District Scott Williams - Director, Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program |
and my fellow AmeriCorps members, who provided assistance and moral
support this year: Kate Albert, Ginger Aldus, Brian Boucher, Tori Bunker, Chris
Baumann-Feurt, Beth Lammers, Tamara Lee, Heather Leslie, Jessie MacDougall, Paul Piszczek,
Shelby Rousseau, Don Shields. Thanks are also due to the many who volunteered to help "their" lakes, without whom this year would have not been such a success. |
AmeriCorps:
The Water Research Institute at the University of Maine sponsored an AmeriCorps – SERVE/Maine Volunteer Leader to expand its outreach mission. AmeriCorps is a National Service Program, established in 1994, with the following goals: getting things done, strengthening communities, encouraging responsibility, and expanding opportunity. There are over 20,000 AmeriCorps members serving in the United States, in over 300 diverse programs. The SERVE/Maine Volunteer Leader program was established in 1997 to recruit and train volunteers to protect water quality and expand public land access in Maine. In its initial season, thirteen AmeriCorps volunteers participated in activities throughout the state, with a mission of "working themselves out of a job" by establishing or revitalizing volunteer groups so that the Volunteer Leader is no longer necessary for the organization to remain functional.
As the SERVE/Maine Volunteer Leader sponsored by the Water Research Institute, I served from October of 1997 to October of 1998. During this time, I have raised local awareness of water quality issues by assisting the Branch Pond Association in performing a nonpoint source watershed survey, and by performing education and outreach activities throughout central and eastern Maine. I have also helped bring more central and eastern Maine lakes into the Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program (VLMP). To accomplish this, I have worked closely with several groups and agencies. These include the VLMP, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, the City of Ellsworth, and the Branch Pond Association. Due to the local area volunteer support for the Branch Pond watershed survey, the Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District and the City of Ellsworth have applied for and received grant funding to aid local lake protection efforts.
Branch Pond residents have been concerned with undesirable changes in their lake, such as increased sedimentation and algae and plant growth. Branch is an important local resource, located in the eastern Maine city of Ellsworth. Branch supports a healthy cold-water fishery, as well as other recreational uses, and is the public drinking water supply for Ellsworth. I recruited 20 volunteers to perform a nonpoint source watershed survey, which involves locating and documenting sources of sediment to the lake. These 20 volunteer surveyed the 25 square mile watershed in the spring of 1998. Training was provided by Scott Williams (executive director of the VLMP) and Jeff Dennis (Maine DEP). I (along with volunteers from local agencies)then visited each area and made recommendations to reduce or eliminate erosion. One hundred fifty-eight areas were experiencing erosion that could have a negative impact on Branch, the majority of which were related to poorly constructed or poorly maintained roads and ditches. Other identified problems included eroding logging roads and driveways, unstable construction sites, and camps/homes lacking a shorefront buffer. In several cases, after landowners were apprised of the problem, corrections were made voluntarily. For example, one landowner seeded and mulched an area around a newly constructed garage when he learned that the exposed soil posed a threat to the lake. Outreach and education efforts associated with the watershed survey included several articles in local newspapers, television news coverage of the watershed survey training, and direct contact with lake and watershed landowners.
Additional Education and Outreach Efforts:
During my year of service, I organized, presented, or participated in several educational activities throughout the area. In cooperation with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, a Watershed Stewards Program was held at the Ellsworth Extension office. In this program, twenty hours of watershed related education is provided in return for a commitment of 20 hours of volunteer time. This program was held in the winter and early spring of 1998, with 21 participants. Fourteen were residents of Branch Pond, other participants included three Green Lake residents, one from Graham Lake, two from the town of Franklin, and one from the town of Hampden.
Watershed Stewards Program Topics:
 | Maine Lakes 101 (an introduction to Maine lakes) |
| Nonpoint Source Pollution |
| Safe Lawn and Garden Care |
| Septic System Care, Construction, and Maintenance |
| How to Protect Home Water Supplies (The Save H2OME Program) |
| What NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service) can do for your conservation efforts |
| Status of Branch Pond Water Quality |
| Status of Ellsworth Water Quality and Supply |
| Aquatic Weed Management and Pond Ecology |
| Watershed Survey Training |
| Use of Aquatic Insects to Monitor Changes in Stream Ecology |
The majority of the Watershed Stewards Program participants took part in the Branch Pond watershed survey; other volunteer projects included water quality protection efforts at Green Lake, Graham Lake, and Beech Hill Pond (Ellsworth area lakes). Due to the success of this program, and the interest level of area residents, the program was repeated in the fall of 1998, with participants from Green and Phillips Lakes (both located in the Ellsworth/Dedham area).
Other nonpoint education programs associated with the Branch Pond project included two presentations at Branch Pond Association annual meetings, and slide presentations of the Branch Pond project were presented at the Phillips Lake Watch meeting, Ellsworth High School, and the Ellsworth Rotary. Approximately 180 people attended these presentations. A poster describing the Branch Pond project was displayed at the 1998 Maine Water Conference in Augusta, and the 1998 NEC/NALMS (New England Chapter of the North American Lake Management Society) conference held in Durham, New Hampshire. This poster was also displayed at Ellsworth City Hall.
During my year of service, I worked with the Maine DEP and the VLMP to create a list of priority lakes for volunteer recruitment. Priority lakes must either be on a list of priority lakes maintained by the DEP or be a lake for which there was data, but no current monitor. Working with another SERVE/Maine Volunteer Leader (Kate Albert, sponsored by the Northern Maine Regional Office of the Maine DEP), press releases were sent to local newspapers and radio stations. Kate and I screened potential VLMP volunteers were screened for level of commitment and access to a priority lake. Fourteen people were identified as meeting the VLMP criteria and were mailed brochures and applications. The VLMP then provided training for the new volunteers. The following is a list of lakes identified as priorities in eastern Maine for which I actively recruited volunteers, and an indication of current monitor status:
Lake Name Town Monitor Status
Long Pond Bucksport No monitor
Jacob Buck Pond Bucksport Monitor(s) trained in 1998
Silver Lake Bucksport Monitor(s) trained in 1998
Sawyer Pond Greenville Applicant did not contact VLMP
Spencer Pond Greenville Monitor(s) trained in 1998
Etna Pond
Etna
Monitor(s) trained in 1998
Hermon Pond Hermon
Monitor(s)
trained in 1998
West Garland Pond Garland Applicant did not contact VLMP
Sandy (Freedom) Pond Freedom Monitor(s) trained in 1998
Sebasticook Lake Newport Applicant did not contact VLMP
A monitor was also recruited and trained to monitor Graham Lake (not a priority lake) in the Ellsworth/Dedham area. A twelfth volunteer was not able to attend any of this year’s scheduled trainings, and will join the program next year as an alternate monitor for Etna Pond.
During my year of service, I began serving on two local committees. These are the steering committee for the Beech Hill Pond Best Management Practices (BMP) project, and the Natural Resource Management Local Working Group, concerned with "downeast" Maine river.
Additional Outreach and Education Efforts:
Other educational activities I assisted with include the EnviroFair at Hermon Middle School, The Central Maine Regional Envirothon, the 1998 Northern Maine Children’s Water Festival, and the Caravel (Carmel) Middle School’s Outdoor Days. Several hundred children participated in these activities in 1998.
Accomplishments:
A new Branch Pond watershed committee has been formed to work on the recommendations
from the watershed survey. Focus will be on correcting problems found during the survey,
and continuing to educate watershed residents
The Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District was awarded funding for a BMP
(Best Management Practices) demonstration in the Branch Pond watershed (Funding from EPA
– Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, through the Maine DEP)
The City of Ellsworth was awarded funding to provide buffer plants to Branch Pond
residents (funding from the Maine Department of Human Services – Drinking Water
Program)
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension has sponsored an AmeriCorps Volunteer
Leader, due to the success of the Branch Pond effort. This Volunteer Leader is working
with other local lake groups, to perform additional watershed surveys
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension has performed an addition "Watershed
Stewards Program" in the Hancock County/Ellsworth area, specifically for residents of
Green and Phillips Lakes. As part of this program, I have presented information on the
success of the Branch Pond effortAttachments:
- Branch Pond Grant Proposal, submitted to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Summer, 1998
- List of Volunteers Recruited during service year
- Examples of press releases, flyers, and personal letters sent
- Newspaper Articles about the VLMP and the Branch Pond projects
- Documentation of, and suggestions for improvement of, sites in the Branch Pond watershed that are experiencing erosion
BRANCH LAKE BMP DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
Hancock County Soil & Water Conservation District
Branch Lake is a 2703-acre water body located entirely within the city of Ellsworth, Maine. The direct watershed area measures 23.4 square miles and includes portions of the towns of Orland and Dedham. Branch Lake is an extremely valuable resource to, and the public drinking water supply for, the rapidly growing city of Ellsworth. According to the Maine State Planning Office, Hancock County is one of the three fastest growing counties in the state, making this drinking water supply even more critical to the future development of the city of Ellsworth.
The lake supports a healthy cold-water fishery, and is stocked with landlocked salmon annually. In addition, a self-sustaining population of both brown and lake trout exists. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife documents heavy fishing pressure on Branch Lake. The lake is popular with both ice and open water fishermen. The northern basin of Branch Lake is heavily developed with seasonal camps and year-round homes, the southern basin is sparsely developed, with 1200 feet of shorefront property owned by the state of Maine. The drinking water supply intake is located in the southern basin. Other attractions on Branch Lake include a private boat landing, state-owned beach, campground, and the YMCA’s Camp Jordan.
As shown by transparency data, the water quality of the lake is currently good. In 1997, of the over 300 lakes monitored by the Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program, only 19 showed greater mean secchi disk depths. However, problems with sedimentation and nutrient enrichment exist. The water intake for the cities' pumping station had to be shut down for a period in the spring of 1998 due to turbidity. Branch Lake does not meet the standards of the Maine DEP for water quality attainment (1996 Water Quality Assessment), due to organic enrichment and low levels of dissolved oxygen. Areas of critical brown trout spawning habitat receive large sediment loads from eroding ditches and poorly installed culverts (Ron Brokaw, Maine IF&W). Concern exists among shorefront residents that the quality of the water has been deteriorating over the past fifteen years. There are reports of cove areas becoming shallower, and sediment entering the lake has formed deltas in a number of areas. For these reasons, as well as an increase in rooted aquatic plants and algae, the 151 member Branch Pond Association has supported the University of Maine Water Research Institute in sponsoring an AmeriCorps Volunteer Leader to organize a watershed education and assessment program.
In the spring of 1998, 20 local volunteers participated in the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Watershed Stewards Program and performed a Watershed Survey. Seventeen of these volunteers are residents of Branch Lake. Over 130 areas in the watershed were documented as having erosion problems that have the potential to contribute sediment and phosphorus to Branch Lake. The overwhelming majority of the problems are road related. Other identified problems include eroding driveways, beach and shoreline erosion, unstable boat ramp areas, exposed soil and inadequate vegetation.
The city recently has taken some steps to protect Branch Lake by creating an R-3 zone in the Ellsworth portion of the watershed, requiring non-lakefront watershed lots to have 200’ of road frontage and be at least 2-acre parcels. This new zoning will go into effect on July 1st, 1998. The City Council in Ellsworth has also approved a local comprehensive plan. The city has also done work to correct an area (intersection of Happytown and Winkumpaugh roads) that was contributing significant sediment loads to a stream (Winkumpaugh) critical for the spawning of brown trout.
The residents of Branch Lake and the city of Ellsworth are beginning to recognize nonpoint source pollution as a threat to their lake and drinking water supply. The next step is to demonstrate methods of reducing nonpoint source pollution (BMPs) to encourage their utilization throughout the watershed and the local area.
The purpose of this project is to demonstrate to watershed residents and city officials the appropriate Best Management Practices (BMPs) that can be utilized to reduce sediment and nutrient inputs to Branch Lake, and to raise public awareness as to water quality problems associated with nonpoint source pollution (NPS).
General Project Plan:
This project will begin in February of 1999 and continue through January of 2001. The first major task is to distribute information about the project to the public. An introduction to this project, as well as periodic updates, will be publicized through news releases, in the District newsletter, and in the Branch Pond Association newsletter. Information on nonpoint source pollution, as well as information about the demonstration BMPs and an offer of technical assistance will be mailed to watershed residents early in the life of the project, in the Spring of 1999. Information and progress reports will be presented at the Branch Pond Association’s annual meetings in July of 1999 and July of 2000. Displays will be set up at local river festivals and fairs, and information posted at suitable locations throughout the area, including Ellsworth City Hall, local stores, the Hancock County SWCD office, the state owned beach, and the local boat landing.
A major emphasis of this project will be demonstration projects and technical assistance. BMPs will be installed on town and private roads, as well as private shorefronts and driveways during 1999 and 2000. Many of these sites will require the cooperation of the City of Ellsworth, private road associations, and private landowners. Most of the demonstration BMPs will be constructed in high-traffic (therefore high visibility) areas of the watershed. For residents with problems not addressed by these demonstrations, technical assistance will be provided. Tours of the BMPs will be included in the project. Two tours are planned, for landowners, residents, and municipal officials. These will be held in the summer/fall of 2000, when the majority of the BMPs will have been installed. Photos of the sites before BMP implementation will be shown during these tours. Members of other area lake associations (e.g. Green, and Phillips) will be invited to join these site tours. An informational pamphlet will be developed and will include a map of the watershed, as well as directions to and descriptions of all the BMP sites. This will be distributed in the regular Branch Pond association mailing, as well as available at the District office, local stores, city hall, and may be published in local newspapers, so that anyone interested could look at the map/description, travel to the area, and view the BMP.
Educating and increasing the awareness of the watershed and area community is also part of this project. The education portion of this project will reach out to adults and children both living within and outside the Branch Lake watershed beginning in March of 1999 and continuing through January of 2001. In addition to the publicity mentioned above, an erosion control workshop will be held for lake and watershed residents, addressing issues such as nonpoint source pollution from camps and residences, camp roads, forestry, and agriculture. Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) activities will be performed with children in the local schools and at YMCA Camp Jordan. The pamphlet describing the demonstration BMPs will also be utilized as an educational tool.
Tasks, Schedules, & Estimated Costs: Hancock County SWCD (District) signs a letter of agreement with the Maine DEP. The roles and responsibilities as well as funding details will be outlined. In addition the Hancock County SWCD will sign letters of agreement with the city of Ellsworth. February 1999. 319 costs: $0, Match costs: Staff Time; $60, Total cost: $60. Output: Signed letters of agreement between the District and the Maine DEP and between the District and the city of Ellsworth.
Task 2: Steering Committee: Project Manager forms a steering committee to guide the project through the two year period. The committee will consist of representatives of the District, Maine DEP, USDA-NRCS, City of Ellsworth, lake and road association members and others that may have an interest in the project. The committee will meet no fewer than eight times throughout the duration of the project. March 1999 through February 2001. 319 costs: Staff Time; $2,000, Travel $240, Match costs: Staff Time; $700, City of Ellsworth; $1500, Volunteers; $3,200, Postage and Printing; $50. Total costs: $7,690. Output: Agenda and minutes of steering committee meetings, copies of letters mailed.
Task 3: Education, Information and Publicity: People living in the Branch Lake watershed will be informed about the project, problems that have been identified, and the project's goals and schedules through the mail as well as through news releases. Articles will be sent to all of the local press, and placed in lake association and District newsletters, publicity would also be sought through local television stations. In addition, displays will be placed at two local river festivals and fairs, reaching an estimated 2000 school children, teachers and adults. The target audience of the education program will be people living in and around the watershed, users of the lakes resources, road maintenance personnel as well as local school children, teachers and adults. One all day erosion control workshop will be held to inform residents of the lake about the important contributions that individuals and groups can make in addressing the issue of NPS. Issues that will be addressed will include those pertaining to residences, camps and camp roads as well as forestry and agricultural concerns. Two tours of the lake will be offered, one for land owners and residents, and one for municipal officials, road construction and maintenance crews. School children, teachers and campers at YMCA Camp Jordan will be invited to participate in Project WET activities. Project WET is an educational program that teaches children about our precious water resources and how to conserve them. An informational pamphlet will be developed and will include a map of the watershed, as well as directions to and descriptions of all the BMP sites. This will be distributed in the regular Branch Pond association mailing, as well as available at the District office, local stores, city hall, and may be published in local newspapers, so that anyone interested could look at the map/description, travel to the area, and view the BMP. This will also be distributed to other local lake associations (Green, Phillips, etc.) so that BMP demonstrations will reach a region wide audience. March 1999 through January 2001. 319 costs: Staff Time; $3,850, Travel; $330, Postage and Printing; $425, Signage; $200. Match costs: Staff; $1,365, Volunteers; $3,600, Postage and Printing; $550, Travel: $350. Total costs: $10,870. Output: Public education about the importance of our priceless water resources, and ways to keep them clean. All letters and press releases/articles will be made available as will agendas, minutes, and handouts from meetings. Copies of all news releases, film of any television coverage, photographs of displays , names of all people attending erosion control workshops, names of people taking the tours of the lake, names of children, campers, and teachers participating in Project WET activities.
Task 4: BMP Demonstration Projects: A list of BMP demonstrations has been compiled and inspected. Six major demonstration sites have been selected for use. In addition, private driveways, lawns and other problems associated with residences will be addressed. Locations were developed by the volunteers of the Branch Lake watershed stewards program. BMP practices shall follow standard guidelines and contractors certified through the Nonpoint Source Training Center will be favored. A list of the selected sites are as follows:
1) Cove/Orchard Rd. Water runs over the road surface each spring, washing sediment into lake. Several other problems exist along road, requiring ditching and diversion. One new culvert is required to divert excess flow and an existing culvert needs to be extended.
2) Happytown Rd. Stream crossing from Rocky Pond has problems with erosion at inlet, as well as shoulder area of road. A five foot extension on the upstream side of the culvert is required. Ditching and turnouts will be placed on the road. Slopes will be cut back and exposed soil will be seeded.
3) Phillips Rd. This road washes out annually, discharges directly into Branch Lake. Two culverts 24 inches in diameter, 32 and 50 feet long are required. Ditching and turnouts are also needed. Due to the slope, 250 feet of the ditch will be lined with rock to prevent further erosion. A plunge pool on the upper culvert will be installed, and a berm will be built on an existing turnout to prevent storm water from overflowing.
4) Winkumpaugh Road at the crossing of John Gray Brook. The large culvert is rusted out and needs to be replaced. Ditching along both sides of road wash directly into brook identified as being critical for Brown Trout spawning. Ditches will be reshaped and seeded and turnouts installed. City of Ellsworth will build a bridge across the brook, with construction to begin in 1999.
5) Wilson Way. Ditch needs to be widened and seeded. Water needs to be diverted into existing swale. Turnout needs to be rebuilt and the ditching above turnout reshaped. Hay bales will be placed into drainage channel to spread flow of storm water runoff through the wooded areas of the drainage.
6) Residential and Shoreline Sites: Erosion, drainage and other problems have been identified in a number of locations by the watershed survey done in the spring of 1998, including erosion at a public boat ramp, YMCA Camp Jordan and numerous residences. Buffers, seeding and diversions are among the methods that will be demonstrated on these sites.
BMP demonstration sites are subject to contractual agreement with land owner, road association or city. All demonstration sites will be available for public viewing. Alternate sites exist, and will be used in the event that one or more of the selected sites become unavailable. July 1999 through October 2000. 319 costs: Construction; $15,150, Supplies; $550. Match: Construction; $7,300 Total Cost: $23,000 Outputs: BMP reports on all demonstration sites, and an evaluation of their effectiveness, list of other sites in watershed addressed by similar techniques.
Task 5: Technical Assistance: Thoughout the two year project the District and the DEP shall provide assistance to municipal officials, road associations and home and camp owners upon request. This will be limited to a maximum of 80 hours. Technical assistance will include written and verbal advice and may include visits to specific sites. March 1999 through January 2001. 319 costs: Staff Time; $2,640. Match: Staff Time; $1,200. Total Costs: $3,840 Outputs: Reports of all technical assistance given, names of the people requesting assistance.
Task 6: Project Administration and Final Report: The Hancock County Soil & Water Conservation District will keep all financial records, minutes of meetings, and will write quarterly reports, arrange meetings, workshops and field tours. February 1999 through January 2001. 319 costs: Staff Time; $1,080 Match: Staff Time; $600 Indirect; $3750, Postage and Printing $50. Total Costs: $5,480 Outputs: Final report, quarterly reports, minutes, agendas and all other documents pertaining to the project.
Deliverables:The following items will be made available to the DEP, USEPA and the public:
1. Letter of Agreement between the DEP and the District.
2. Minutes and Agendas for the meetings and workshops, and name of those attending.
3. Copies of all informational materials mailed to residents, camp owners and municipal
officials.
4. Copies of all press releases and articles written about the project.
5. Reports on technical assistance provided as well as BMP projects installed.
6. Photographs of BMP sites before and after installation.
7. Quarterly reports and final report to DEP.
The primary coordination of the project will be provided by the Hancock County Soil & Water Conservation District (District). The District will work in close cooperation with the NRCS and the Maine DEP, Branch Pond Association, and city and town officials. In addition, assistance will be provided by the Hancock County Regional Planning Commission and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Water Research Institute. The Branch Pond Association has shown a great deal of interest in maintaining the quality of the Branch Pond watershed. In 1997 the association sponsored, with the University of Maine Water Research Institute, an AmeriCorps volunteer. This volunteer organized a group of residents of the lake and surrounding communities, to conduct a watershed survey. As a result of this survey, the Branch Pond Association approached the District to sponsor this grant application.
Environmental Results/Measures of Performance: The District and NRCS will work together to evaluate the effectiveness of the BMPs and other activities, in reducing the phosphorus load to Branch Lake. It is expected that residents, road associations and municipal officials will see the effectiveness of the use of BMPs in routine maintenance and construction projects, and will adopt these practices elsewhere. It is anticipated that the total sediment and phosphorus loading will be reduced significantly as a result of the installation of BMPs.| Project Manager: David Power |
Estimated Total Cost, Federal & Non-Federal Sources & Amounts Federal Funds; 319: $26,465 |
| Part 1, Estimated Personnel Expenses | |||
Name and Title |
Salary/Yr |
%Time |
Salary Cost |
| David Power, Project Manager | $15/hour | 361 |
5415 |
| Roland Dupuis, Res. Spec. | $30/hour | 80 |
2400 |
| Ken Libby, Res. Spec. | no fee | ||
| Luise Levesque, Project Asst. | $10/hour | 280 |
2800 |
| Laura Wilson, Ed. Tech | $12/hour | 120 |
1440 |
| Joe Betrolaccini/Engin. | $45/hour | 32 |
1440 |
| Part 2, Budget Estimates (by category): | |||
Total Cost |
Federal |
Match |
|
| Salary & Fringe | 13495 |
9570 |
3925 |
| Indirect Costs | 3750 |
3750 |
|
| Supplies | 550 |
550 |
|
| Equipment | |||
| Travel | 920 |
570 |
350 |
| Contractual | |||
| Construction | 22450 |
15150 |
7300 |
| Other; Postage & Printing | 1075 |
425 |
650 |
| Other; Signage | 200 |
200 |
|
| Other; Volunteer Labor | 6800 |
6800 |
|
| Totals: | 49240 |
26465 |
22775 |
Note: For each site, a description of the location, nature of the problem, and general follow up recommendations are included. Property owners’ names are not included.
| Sector 1 | Sector 2 | Sector 3 | Sector 4A | Sector 5 | Sector 6 | Sector 7 | Sector 8 | Sector 9 |
| 1 Low 2 Medium 3 Medium 4 Medium 5 Medium 6 Medium 7 Low 8 Low 9 Low 10 Low 11 Low 12 Low 13 Low 14 Low 15 Low 16 Low 17 Low |
1 High-Medium 2 Low 3 High 4 Medium 5 High 6 High-Medium 7 Medium 8 High-Medium 9 High-Medium 10 Low 11 Low 12 Low 13 Medium |
1-2 Medium 3 Low 4 Low 5 Low 6 Medium 7 Low 8 High 9 Low 10 Medium 11 High 12 High 13 High 14 low-medium 15 low 16 low-none 17 high 18 low 19 medium 20 low 21 low 22 low 23 low 24 low-medium |
Number: 1
Location: Winkumpaugh Road, 50’ west of phone pole 16, tel. Rt. 75
Land Use: Town Road
Description: Moderate surface erosion, unstable culvert, clogged culvert
Recommendations: Plunge pool or rip rap, remove rock in culvert outlet
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Low
Cost: Low
Priority: Low
Number: 2
Location: Winkumpaugh Road, pole 33, culvert under driveway by mailbox
Land Use: Town Road/Driveway
Description: Surface erosion, ditch erosion, unstable culvert, bare soil in ditch, silt
screen in seasonal streambed. Possible source of road material to Dean Brook.
Recommendations: Reditch, vegetate, plunge pool, riprap (stabilize culvert
inlet/outlet), turnout if possible, waterbar, diversion, or box culvert on driveway, seed
& mulch ditch, remove silt screen.
Tech Level: Medium
Impact: Medium
Cost: Medium
Priority: Medium
Number: 3
Location: Winkumpaugh Road, beyond pole 33, 2nd culvert across road
Land Use: Town Road
Description: Surface erosion, unstable culvert, bare soil in ditch, silt screen in
seasonal streambed. Possible source of road material to Dean Brook.
Recommendations: Reditch, vegetate, plunge pool, riprap (stabilize culvert
inlet/outlet), seed & mulch ditch, remove silt screen.
Tech Level: Medium
Impact: Medium
Cost: Medium
Priority: Medium
Number: 4
Location: Winkumpaugh Road, culvert beyond old logging road to Bald Mountain
Land Use: Town Road
Description: Surface erosion, shoulder erosion, ditch erosion, unstable culvert, poor
ditch shaping, bare soil in ditch.
Recommendations: Reditch, maintenance, vegetate, plunge pool, riprap shoulder (and
stabilize culvert inlet/outlet), seed & mulch ditch, turnout ditch into buffer.
Tech Level: Medium
Impact: Medium
Cost: Medium
Priority: Medium
Note: some work has been started at this site, but insufficient to stop erosion.
Number: 5
Location: Winkumpaugh Road, culvert bottom of hill after road to Bald Mountain
Land Use: Town Road
Description: Surface erosion, ditch erosion, unstable culvert, silt screen in stream bed.
Recommendations: Reditch, vegetate, plunge pool, riprap shoulder (and stabilize culvert inlet/outlet), remove silt screen.
Tech Level: Medium
Impact: Medium
Cost: Medium-Low
Priority: Medium
Number: 6
Location: Winkumpaugh Road, last culvert east of logging road
Land Use: Town Road
Description: Shoulder erosion, unstable culvert, silt screen in stream bed, poor shaping (berms), bare soil, culvert too high.
Recommendations: Maintenance, vegetate, remove silt screen, new (or reset) culvert, riprap shoulder, reshape (remove berms), seed & mulch.
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Medium-Low
Cost: Medium-Low
Priority: Medium
Number: 7
Location: Winkumpaugh Road, culvert west of logging road
Land Use: Town Road
Description: Shoulder erosion, unstable culvert.
Recommendations: Maintenance, riprap, stabilize culvert inlet/outlet.
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Low
Cost: Low
Priority: Low
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Number: 8
Location: Winkumpaugh Road, next culvert west (near stump w/triple flagging)
Land Use: Town Road
Description: Shoulder erosion, clogged culvert, bare soil, stockpiled soil by culvert.
Recommendations: Maintenance, riprap, stabilize culvert inlet/outlet (may need to reset or replace culvert), remove pile of soil.
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Low
Cost: Low(Medium if new culvert needed)
Priority: Low
Number: 9
Location: Winkumpaugh Road, culvert at lot #7
Land Use: Town Road
Description: Shoulder erosion, clogged culvert, bare soil.
Recommendations: Stabilize culvert inlet/outlet , stabilize shoulder (vegetate or riprap).
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Low
Cost: Low
Priority: Low
Number: 10
Location: Winkumpaugh Road, next culvert
Land Use: Town Road
Description: Surface erosion, shoulder erosion, clogged culvert, unstable culvert inlet/outlet.
Recommendations: Reditch, maintenance, stabilize culvert inlet/outlet , stabilize shoulder (vegetate or riprap).
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Low
Cost: Low
Priority: Low
Number: 11
Location: Winkumpaugh Road, next culvert
Land Use: Town Road
Description: Slight surface erosion, shoulder erosion, unstable culvert outlet, silt screen in streambed
Recommendations: Maintenance, remove silt fence, stabilize culvert outlet.
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Low
Cost: Low
Priority: Low
Number: 12
Location: Winkumpaugh Road, road across from Sargent Drive
Land Use: Log or new development road
Description: Surface erosion, poor shaping, bare soil – potential to wash across Winkumpaugh and down Sargent Drive.
Recommendations: Waterbar, diversion,or box culvert, broad based ditch.
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Low – but potential for Medium
Cost: Low
Priority: Low
Number: 13
Location: Winkumpaugh Road, cleared lot west of Sargent Drive
Land Use: Residential?
Description: Slight surface erosion, bare soil.
Recommendations: Vegetate, seed & mulch.
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Low
Cost: Low
Priority: Low
Number: 14
Location: Winkumpaugh Road, culvert by Sargent Drive
Land Use: Town Road
Description: Shoulder erosion, unstable culvert, poor shaping, silt screen in streambed
Recommendations: Vegetate, remove silt fence, stabilize culvert outlet, plunge pool, remove berms.
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Low
Cost: Low
Priority: Low
Number: 15
Location: Winkumpaugh Road, Sargent Drive to Walls Farm Way
Land Use: Town Road
Description: Poorly shaped ditch
Recommendations: Reditch, turnout into buffer whenever possible
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Low
Cost: Medium
Priority: Low
Number: 16
Location: Haynes Hill Road
Land Use: Town Road
Description: Ditch erosion, clogged culverts (2), poor shaping
Recommendations: Maintenance, reshape ditches & seed and mulch, make sure culverts cleaned out.
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Low
Cost: Low
Priority: Low
Number: 17
Location: Rt. 1A
Land Use: State Road
Description: Ditch erosion, unstable culverts, poor shaping
Recommendations: Maintenance, reshape ditches & seed and mulch, turnouts installed where possible
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Low
Cost: Medium
Priority: Low
Number: 1
Location: Cove/Orchard Road at Jones Point Way intersection
Land Use: Private Roads
Description: Surface erosion, shoulder erosion, unstable culvert, clogged culverts, poor shaping,
Recommendations: Reditch, maintain culvert, vegetate ditches, plunge pools, riprap shoulders where needed, reshape (crown on Jones point way)
Tech Level: Medium
Impact: Medium-High
Cost: Medium
Priority: High – Medium
Note: Some of this has been addressed by local landowners.
Number: 2
Location: Cove/Orchard Road from Branch Pond Rd. to Mailboxes
Land Use: Private Road
Description: Surface erosion, shoulder erosion, ditch erosion, unstable culvert, poor shaping
Recommendations: Reditch, maintain culvert, vegetate ditches, plunge pools, riprap shoulders where needed, install stable turnouts
Tech Level: Medium
Impact: Low
Cost: Medium
Priority: Low
Note: Some of this has been addressed by local landowners
Number: 3
Location: Cove/Orchard Road at intersection of Jones Point Way
Land Use: Private Road
Description: Shoulder erosion, unstable culverts, clogged culverts, poor shaping
Recommendations: Reditch, maintain culvert, vegetate ditches, plunge pools, riprap shoulders where needed, reshape, remove silt fence.
Tech Level: Medium
Impact: High
Cost: Medium
Priority: High
Number: 4
Location: Cove/Orchard Road pole 790/20
Land Use: Private Road & driveway
Description: Surface erosion, ditch erosion, clogged culvert
Recommendations: Establish buffer, reditch, maintain culverts, new surface material on driveway, riprap to stabilize culvert inlet/outlet, reshape road & driveway
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Medium
Cost: Low
Priority: Medium
Number: 5
Location: Cove/Orchard Road where FR 307 meets
Land Use: Private Road & driveway
Description: Surface erosion, shoulder erosion, ditch erosion
Recommendations: Reditch, vegetate where banks eroding, riprap to stablilize stream banks or replace with bridge
Tech Level: High
Impact: High
Cost: High
Priority: High
Number: 6
Location: Cove/Orchard Road FR 307 pole 790/15
Land Use: Private Road
Description: Shoulder erosion, ditch erosion, unstable culvert, clogged culvert
Recommendations: Reditch, maintenance, vegetate ditches, new culvert or extend old one, plunge pool, riprap
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Medium
Cost: Medium
Priority: High - Medium
Number: 7
Location: Cove/Orchard Road FR 307 pole 790/14
Land Use: Private Road
Description: Shoulder erosion, ditch erosion
Recommendations: Vegetate ditches or riprap, reshape shoulder, stabilize shoulder
Tech Level: Medium
Impact: Medium
Cost: Medium
Priority: Medium
Number: 8
Location: Cove/Orchard Road FR 307 pole 790/13 ½
Land Use: Private Road
Description: Ditch erosion
Recommendations: Reditch, vegetate, build up road, turnout ditch before stream, install bridge or stablilze culvert, prevent road from getting wider, riprap sloped sides of road
Tech Level: High
Impact: High - Medium
Cost: High
Priority: High - Medium
Number: 9
Location: Cove/Orchard Road FR 307 pole 790/10
Land Use: Private Road
Description: Shoulder erosion, unstable culvert
Recommendations: Riprap, extend culvert, stabilize ditch
Tech Level: Medium
Impact: Medium
Cost: Medium
Priority: High - Medium
Note: Part of 319 grant proposal
Number: 10
Location: Rt. 1A by Winkumpaugh
Land Use: State Road
Description: Shoulder erosion, ditch erosion, poor shaped ditch
Recommendations: Reditch, maintenance, vegetate ditch, riprap ditch where needed
Tech Level: Medium
Impact: Low
Cost: Medium
Priority: Low
Number: 11
Location: Rt. 1A pole 467-468
Land Use: State Road
Description: Shoulder erosion, ditch erosion, poor shaped ditch, clogged culvert
Recommendations: Reditch, maintenance, vegetate ditch, plunge pool, riprap ditch where needed
Tech Level: Medium
Impact: Low
Cost: Medium
Priority: Low
Number: 12
Location: Rt. 1A pole 476
Land Use: State Road
Description: Shoulder erosion, ditch erosion
Recommendations: Reditch, maintenance, vegetate ditch, plunge pool, riprap ditch where needed
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Low
Cost: Medium - Low
Priority: Low
Number: 13
Location: Rt. 1A pole 487-89
Land Use: State Road
Description: Shoulder erosion, ditch erosion, poor ditch shaping
Recommendations: Reditch, maintenance, vegetate ditch, plunge pool all culverts, riprap ditch where needed, turnouts where possible, stabilize
Tech Level: Medium
Impact: Medium with high potential
Cost: High - Medium
Priority: Medium
Note: Beaver pond is now receiving this runoff. If beavers removed and dam breached, this site would then become a high priority.
Additional Problem in Sector 2:
Many camps in this area lack an adequate vegetated buffer. Buffers should be established in as many areas as possible. The close proximity of the road to the lake in the cove area makes vegetated buffers especially important.
Number: 1 & 2
Location: Lee Way
Land Use: Private Road, residential
Description: Surface erosion, ditch erosion, unstable culvert, clogged culvert, poor driveway shaping, lack of buffer
Recommendations: Maintenance, vegetate, new culvert, build up road, reshape, establish buffer
Tech Level: Medium
Impact: Medium
Cost: Medium
Priority: Medium
Number: 3
Location: Wilson Way
Land Use: Residential
Description: Surface erosion, lack of buffer
Recommendations: Maintenance, vegetate, establish buffer
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Low
Cost: Low
Priority: Low
Note: Landowner addressing problem.
Number: 4
Location: Wilson Way pole 33
Land Use: Residential/new construction
Description: Surface erosion
Recommendations: Maintenance, vegetate
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Low
Cost: Low
Priority: Low
Note: Landowner corrected before follow up, due to volunteer effort!
Number: 5
Location: Wilson Way pole 33
Land Use: Residential
Description: Surface erosion, ditch erosion, unstable culvert, clogged culvert, lack of buffer
Recommendations: Maintenance, vegetate
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Low
Cost: Medium
Priority: Low
Number: 6
Location: Wilson Way pole 34
Land Use: Residential
Description: Unstable boat ramp, surface erosion, roof runoff erosion, unstable culvert
Recommendations: Establish buffer, reditch, maintenance, reshape, waterbar/diversion/box culvert across driveway
Tech Level: Medium
Impact: Medium
Cost: Medium
Priority: Medium
Number: 7
Location: Wilson Way pole 34 ½
Land Use: Private road/driveway
Description: Surface erosion
Recommendations: New surface material
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Low
Cost: Low
Priority: Low
Note: site corrected before follow-up.
Number: 8
Location: Wilson Way pole 36-37
Land Use: Residential
Description: Surface erosion, lack of buffer, unstable construction site, stockpiled soil
Recommendations: Establish buffer, vegetate, use erosion controls during construction.
Tech Level: Medium
Impact: High
Cost: Medium - Low
Priority: High
Note: Erosion controls installed.
Number: 9
Location: Wilson Way pole 36
Land Use: Private Road/driveway
Description: Ditch erosion
Recommendations: Vegetate, reshape and stabilize ditch.
Tech Level: Low
Impact: Low
Cost: Low
Priority: Low
Number: 10
Location: Wilson Way pole 38-39
Land Use: Private Road/driveway
Description: Surface erosion, poor shaping
Recommendations: Reshape, turnout every 30’ into buffer, waterbar/diversion/box culvert
Tech Level: Medium
Impact: Medium
Cost: Low
Priority: Medium
Number: 11
Location: FR303E, end of road to left
Land Use: Private Road/driveway
Description: Surface erosion, poor shaping
Recommendations: reditch, new culvert, new surface material, riprap slopes, reshape,
Tech Level: High
Impact: High
Cost: Medium
Priority: High
Note: Owner asked for further assistance. Ken Libbey (DEP) recommends hiring an engineer to help. Severe ditch erosion.
Number: 12 (3 volunteer sites combined)
Location: FR303F, tel rt. 782, pole 9
Land Use: Driveway & Residential
Description: Surface erosion, lack of buffer
Recommendations: Establish buffer, vegetate, new surface material, waterbar/diversion/box culvert
Tech Level: Medium
Impact: High
Cost: Low
Priority: High
Number: 13
Location: Phillips road – blueberry field to mailboxes
Land Use: private road
Description: Surface erosion, shoulder erosion, ditch erosion
Recommendations: reditch, new culvert(s), plunge pool(s), riprap, reshape&remove berms, turnout, broad based ditch
Tech Level: Medium
Impact: High
Cost: High
Priority: High
Note: this site is part of the 319 grant
Number: 14
Location: Phillips road residence at mailboxes
Land Use: residential
Description: Lack of buffer
Recommendations: establish buffer
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low/medium (easy to do)
Number: 15
Location: Phillips road pole 19-20
Land Use: private road
Description: ditch erosion, unstable culvert outlet, bare soil, unstable construction site, stockpiled soil
Recommendations: reditch, erosion controls, riprap outlet of culvert
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: medium
Priority: low(due to slope & buffer, runoff does not currently directly reach lake or trib)
Number: 16
Location: Phillips road poles 22-23
Land Use: private road
Description: shoulder erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet, poor road shaping
Recommendations: maintenance(ditch), riprap culvert inlet/outlet, reshape road & shoulder
Tech Level: low
Impact: low-none(buffered)
Cost: low
Priority: low-none
Number: 17
Location: Phillips road pole 25
Land Use: private road
Description: shoulder erosion, unstable culvert inlte&outlet, poor shaping
Recommendations: culvert needs to be longer, lower, & kept cleaned out – plunge pool, riprap shoulder, reshape road, waterbar/diversion, box culvert, consult engineer – perhaps new culvert needed
Tech Level: high
Impact: high
Cost: medium-high
Priority: high
Number: 18
Location: Phillips road pole 28
Land Use: private road
Description: shoulder erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet, poor road shaping, partially clogged culvert, surface erosion
Recommendations: reditch, maintenance, vegetate ditch, riprap culvert inlet/outlet, reshape road (remove berms!!!) plunge pool
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: medium
Priority: low
Number: 19
Location: Phillips road poles 32
Land Use: private road
Description: shoulder erosion
Recommendations: reditch, riprap shoulder, reshape ditch, seed & mulch ditch,
Tech Level: medium
Impact: medium
Cost: medium
Priority: medium
Note: road seems to be widening & encroaching on ditch. Efforts to keep road narrower would help.
Number: 20
Location: Phillips road driveway to "branchwood"
Land Use: driveway
Description: shoulder erosion
Recommendations: vegetate, riprap steeply sloped areas
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 21
Location: Bryce way
Land Use: driveway/residential
Description: surface erosion
Recommendations: establish buffer, reditch, vegetate, new surface material(crushed stone may help), waterbar/diversion/box culvert
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 22
Location: Wilson way
Land Use: boat launch/residential
Description: surface erosion/stockpiled soil near drainage way
Recommendations: vegetate, remove excess soil from site
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 23
Location: Wilson way
Land Use: culvert on private road
Description: shoulder erosion, ditch erosion, unstable culvert, clogged culvert
Recommendations: reditch, maintenance, new culvert
Tech Level: medium
Impact: low
Cost: medium
Priority: low
Note: more of a road problem than a "lake" problem
Number: 24
Location: FR 303F – length of road
Land Use: private road
Description: surface erosion, poor shaping
Recommendations: build up road, reshape
Tech Level: medium-high
Impact: medium-low
Cost: high
Priority: low-medium (parts of road more important to stabilize than others)
Additional Problem in Sector 3:
Many camps in this area lack an adequate vegetated buffer. Buffers should be established in as many areas as possible. The close proximity of Wilson Way, Phillips Way, and the other private roads makes vegetated buffers especially important.
Number: 1
Location: Dam
Land Use: Beach/Town road
Description: surface erosion, lack of buffer, unstable boat access, bare soil, shoreline erosion
Recommendations: establish buffer, pave or otherwise stabilize boat ramp, riprap, stabilize shoreline
Tech Level: medium
Impact: low (only because it’s near the outlet
Cost: medium
Priority: low
Number: 2
Location: Camp road with "boulders" sign, near bridge
Land Use: driveway or private road
Description: bare soil
Recommendations: seed & mulch
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 3
Location: "Peter’s Point"
Land Use: driveway/residential
Description: surface erosion, bare soil
Recommendations: establish buffer, waterbar/diversion/box culvert to get water off driveway, seed & mulch
Tech Level: low
Impact: medium
Cost: low
Priority: medium
Number: 4&5
Location: not located
Land Use: lower lake, east shore, closed-out logging roads
Description: from sheets, surface erosion diverted into buffer
Recommendations: seed & mulch all bare soil, divert water into buffers as often as possible
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 6
Location: "Hale’s Beach"
Land Use: residential
Description: surface erosion, very slight
Recommendations: divert water to buffer, seed & mulch
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low-none
Number: 7
Location: logging roads/skidder trails
Land Use: lower lake, east shore, closed-out logging roads
Description: surface erosion diverted into buffer
Recommendations: seed & mulch all bare soil, divert water into buffers as often as possible – keep soil stable & from reaching wetlands as much as possible
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 8
Location: logging roads/gravel pit
Land Use: lower lake, east shore
Description: seeded but eroding gravel area
Recommendations: seed & mulch all bare soil, divert water into buffers as often as possible – keep soil stable & from reaching wetlands as much as possible
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low ( unless running into Howard’s brook) then Medium
Number: 9
Location: logging roads in general – not site specific.
Land Use: lower lake, east shore
Description: logging roads, closed out properly but now eroding
Recommendations: seed & mulch all bare soil, divert water into buffers as often as possible – keep soil stable.
Tech Level: low
Impact: low-none (some area out of the Branch Lake watershed, but in Branch Lake Stream drainage basin)
Cost: low
Priority: low-none
Number: 10-11
Location: Extension of Phillips road toward lower lake
Land Use: private road
Description: surface erosion, ditch erosion, unstable culverts, poor shaping
Recommendations: none at this time, appears well buffered before runoff reaches the lake
Tech Level: none
Impact: none
Cost: none
Priority: none
Note: as this area is developed, care must be taken that the road is improved correctly, shaped correctly, with culverts installed and stabilized properly, that no sediment enters the lake.
Sector 4B
Number: 1
Location: FR 219A, pole 16
Land Use: private road
Description: shoulder erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet, culverts set incorrectly & too short
Recommendations: riprap culvert inlet/outlets, reset and extend culverts
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: medium
Priority: low
Number: 2
Location: FR 219A length of road
Land Use: private road
Description: culverts set incorrectly and too short in places, turnouts not maintained, ditches not maintained, berms left along sides of road
Recommendations: maintenance
Tech Level: low
Impact: low-none
Cost: low
Priority: low-none
Note: at this time more of a road than a lake problem, but all road erosion has the potential to reach the lake!
Number: 3
Location: FR 219A map 55 lot #3
Land Use: residential/driveway
Description: surface erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet, clogged culvert
Recommendations: reditch, vegetate ditch, new larger culvert, riprap inlet/outlet, turnout, rock-lined bottom of ditch, seed & mulch side slopes of ditch.
Tech Level: medium
Impact: high
Cost: medium
Priority: high
Number: 4
Location: Ellsworth pumping station
Land Use: commercial
Description: surface erosion, shoulder erosion, ditch erosion, lack of buffer
Recommendations: The city of Ellsworth and the DEP have worked together to stabilize this area.
Tech Level:
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Number: 5
Location: Ellsworth pumping station road
Land Use: town road, ?new lot?
Description: surface erosion, shoulder erosion, poor shaping, unstable construction area, bare soil
Recommendations: vegetate and riprap steep slopes
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Sector 5
Number: 1
Location: Branchview Drive tel rt. 78251, pole 7
Land Use: Private road
Description: shoulder erosion
Recommendations: reditch, vegetate ditch & shoulder, get rid of berms on side of road
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low-medium (culvert incorrectly placed, higher cost if reset)
Priority: low
Number: 2
Location: Branchview Drive Sand Beach
Land Use: State Beach
Description: slight surface erosion
Recommendations: no real problem at this time but area should be checked periodically
Tech Level:
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Cost:
Priority:
Number: 3
Location: Branchview Drive south, pole 1/2
Land Use: driveway/residential
Description: stockpiled soil, no erosion controls
Recommendations: was informed during follow-up that paving/seeding would be complete Aug. 98
Tech Level:
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Number: 4
Location: Branchview Drive south, pole 4
Land Use: driveway
Description: surface erosion, lack of buffer
Recommendations: driveway has been corrected – still need to enhance buffer
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 5
Location: Branchview Drive south, pole 9
Land Use: private road
Description: shoulder erosion, ditch erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet, stream channel erosion
Recommendations: reditch, vegetate ditch, plunge pool, riprap
Tech Level: medium
Impact: low to medium
Cost: medium
Priority: medium
Number: 6
Location: Branchview Drive south, road near pole 4
Land Use: private road
Description: unstable culvert outlet
Recommendations: riprap culvert outlet
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 7
Location: Branchview Drive south, road near pole 1 and 2
Land Use: private road
Description: ditch erosion, improperly set culvert
Recommendations: possibly reditch, vegetate ditch, riprap inlet/outlet of culvert, reset culvert, reshape ditch
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: medium
Priority: low
Number: 8
Location: Branchview Drive south, road near pole 2
Land Use: private road
Description: unstable culvert outlet, poor shaping (berms left)
Recommendations: riprap culvert outlet
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 9
Location: Happytown Road, Rocky Pond Stream crossing
Land Use: Town road
Description: Ditch erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet
Recommendations: City of Ellsworth addressing
Tech Level: high
Impact: med-high
Cost: high
Priority: high
Note: Section 319 grant will assist in making this area stable
Number: 10
Location: Branchview Drive North & South intersection
Land Use: private road
Description: poor shaping
Recommendations: reditch, new culvert?, turnout, waterbar/diversion/box culvert – divert water to prevent potential washout
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: medium
Priority: low
Number: 11
Location: Branchview Drive North, pole 18
Land Use: private road
Description: surface erosion, unstable culvert
Recommendations: riprap culvert outlet
Tech Level: low
Impact: medium
Cost: low
Priority: medium
Sector 6
Number: 1
Location: R1, pole 2, tel rt. 78253
Land Use: private road
Description: surface erosion, ditch capacity exceeded
Recommendations: reditch, maintenance, vegetate ditch
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 2
Location: R1, pole 1, tel rt. 78254
Land Use: private road
Description: surface erosion, ditch erosion, unstable culvert
Recommendations: reditch, maintenance, vegetate ditch, stabilize culvert inlet & outlet
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 3
Location: Off R1 toward Rocky Pond
Land Use: private road
Description: surface erosion, shoulder erosion
Recommendations: maintenance, vegetate ditch, reshape road, seed & mulch
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Sector 7
Number: 1
Location: Branchview North, end of road
Land Use: private road/residential
Description: surface erosion, clogged culvert, lack of buffer
Recommendations: enhance buffer, maintenance, reshape road (crown)
Tech Level: low
Impact: none
Cost: none
Priority: none
Note: ditching and culvert replacements were to be completed in the summer of 1998
Number: 2
Location: Branchview North, pole 38
Land Use: private road
Description: surface erosion
Recommendations: reditch, new culvert, only ditch area where water runs down road and across
Tech Level: medium
Impact: low-none
Cost: medium
Priority: low-none
Number: 3
Location: Branchview North, pole 23
Land Use: private road
Description: surface erosion, poor shaping
Recommendations: reditch, possibly new culvert, reshape – not reaching lake at this time
Tech Level: low
Impact: none
Cost: medium if new culvert
Priority: none
Number: 4
Location: Intersection of Happytown and Branchview
Land Use: town road
Description: surface erosion, shoulder erosion, ditch erosion, unstable culvert, clogged culvert, poor shaping
Recommendations: reditch, maintenance, new culvert, reshape, turnout
Tech Level: medium
Impact: low
Cost: medium
Priority: low
Number: 5
Location: Happytown Road pole 78252-12
Land Use: town road/residential
Description: stockpiled soil
Recommendations: remove soil, vegetate area
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 6
Location: Happytown road near Branchview, pole 74-14
Land Use: town road
Description: ditch erosion, poor shaping
Recommendations: reditch, vegetate ditch
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 7
Location: Happytown road pole 78252-10
Land Use: town road
Description: shoulder erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet, clogged culvert, poor ditch shaping
Recommendations: reditch, maintenance, riprap culvert inlet/outlet, reshape & remove grader berms, turnout or waterbar
Tech Level: medium
Impact: medium
Cost: medium
Priority: medium
Number: 8
Location: Culvert on Happytown just south of 4-corners
Land Use: town road
Description: surface erosion, ditch erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet
Recommendations: maintenance, plunge pool at culvert, culvert inlet/outlet protection
Tech Level: medium
Impact: medium
Cost: medium
Priority: medium
Number: 9
Location: Happytown, 4-corners to unnamed seasonal tributary
Land Use: town road
Description: shoulder erosion, ditch erosion
Recommendations: reditch, vegetate and riprap ditch, riprap road shoulder
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 10
Location: Happytown at mailbox 675
Land Use: town road/driveway
Description: surface erosion, shoulder erosion, ditch erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet, clogged culvert, poor shaping
Recommendations: reditch, maintenance, vegetate, riprap steep slopes, protect/riprap culvert inlet/outlet
Tech Level: low
Impact: medium
Cost: medium
Priority: medium
Number: 11
Location: Happytown road driveway at box 609
Land Use: driveway
Description: surface erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet
Recommendations: reshape, turnout, waterbar, inlet/outlet protection
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: medium
Priority: low
Number: 12
Location: Winkumpaugh/Happytown 4-corners
Land Use: town road
Description: shoulder erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet, clogged culvert
Recommendations: maintenance, remove erosion controls, riprap/stabilize shoulders
Tech Level: medium
Impact: medium
Cost: low-medium
Priority: high – should be a quick fix to keep this working well
Number: 13
Location: Winkumpaugh – John Grey Brook crossing
Land Use: town road
Description: surface erosion, shoulder erosion, ditch erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet
Recommendations: City of Ellsworth to repair in summer of 1999
Tech Level: high
Impact: high
Cost: high
Priority: high
Sector 8
Number: 1
Location: FR 64A off Bald Mountain Road
Land Use: private road
Description: ditch erosion
Recommendations: vegetate & riprap
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 2
Location: FR 69 off Bald Mountain Road
Land Use: private road
Description: ditch erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet
Recommendations: discharges into buffer, no action necessary
Tech Level:
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Priority:
Number: 3
Location: FR 69 off Bald Mountain Road, 1st stream heading west
Land Use: private road
Description: surface erosion, unstable culvert in/out, poor road shaping
Recommendations: reditch, maintenance, plunge pool, riprap, reshape
Tech Level: low
Impact: medium
Cost: low-medium
Priority: medium
Number: 4
Location: FR 69 off Bald Mountain Road – logging area
Land Use: logging operation
Description: surface erosion, shoulder erosion, ditch erosion, poor shaping, lack of buffer, bare soil
Recommendations: buffer, maintenance, vegetate, erosion controls, seed & mulch
Tech Level: low
Impact: medium
Cost: low
Priority: medium
Note: this area slopes to an unprotected seasonal stream that flows to Winkumpaugh stream
Number: 5
Location: FR 69 off Bald Mountain Road, near logging area
Land Use: driveway/residential
Description: surface erosion, unstable construction site
Recommendations: vegetate
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 6
Location: FR 69 off Bald Mountain Road, pole 32
Land Use: driveway
Description: surface erosion
Recommendations: maintenance, reshape, waterbar/diversion
Tech Level: low
Impact: low-none
Cost: low
Priority: low-none
Number: 7
Location: FR 69 off Bald Mountain Road, where road splits
Land Use: private road
Description: surface erosion
Recommendations: vegetate, erosion controls, riprap, reshape, seed & mulch, stabilize
Tech Level: low
Impact: med for Harriman Pond, low for Branch Lake
Cost: low
Priority: low-none for Branch Lake
Number: 8
Location: FR 69 off Bald Mountain Road, pole 37
Land Use: private road
Description: surface erosion, shoulder erosion
Recommendations: maintenance, erosion controls? Riprap, reshape, stabilize road
Tech Level: low
Impact: low-none
Cost: low
Priority: low-none
Number: 9
Location: FR 69 off Bald Mountain Road, last driveway
Land Use: driveway
Description: surface erosion, poor ditch shaping
Recommendations: establish buffer, reditch, maintenance, vegetate, reshape, waterbar/diversion, broad based ditch, seed & mulch
Tech Level: medium
Impact: low-none
Cost: medium
Priority: low-none
Number: 10
Location: FR 69 off Bald Mountain Road, vacant lot off old road pole 38
Land Use: private road
Description: surface erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet, driveway eroding
Recommendations: establish buffer, reshape, stabilize steep banks, riprap, reset culvert, plunge pool, inlet/outlet of culvert protection.
Tech Level: medium
Impact: low
Cost: medium
Priority: low
Number: 11
Location: FR 69 off Bald Mountain Road, between old and new roads
Land Use: private road
Description: surface erosion, shoulder erosion
Recommendations: riprap or cut back & vegetate steep slopes
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: medium
Priority: low
Number: 12
Location: FR 69 off Bald Mountain Road, pole 35
Land Use: driveway
Description: surface erosion
Recommendations: waterbar/diversion/box culvert
Tech Level: low
Impact: low-none
Cost: low
Priority: low-none
Number: 13
Location: Dodge Hill Road
Land Use: private road
Description: surface erosion, ditch erosion, poor shaping,
Recommendations: new surface material/pave, plunge pools on culverts, new culverts
Tech Level: high
Impact: Medium-low
Cost: high
Priority: low-medium
Note: Dodge hill road actually has several individual problems (9-10 in about ½ mile), it has been treated as a single site only because the entire length of the steeply sloping portion of the road is eroding severely, the eroded material is headed in the direction of Winkumpaugh stream
Number: 14
Location: Johnson Road, 50’ north of box 3260
Land Use: private road
Description: surface erosion, shoulder erosion, unstable culvert
Recommendations: riprap/stabilize slope and culvert inlet/outlet
Tech Level: low
Impact: medium
Cost: low
Priority: medium
Number: 15
Location: Johnson Road, #3260
Land Use: residential
Description: surface erosion
Recommendations: site corrected before follow-up
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Number: 16
Location: Johnson Road, next lot south
Land Use: driveway, commercial?
Description: ditch erosion, unstable culvert outlet
Recommendations: reditch, vegetate, reshape ditch, turnout before ditch meets stream, riprap outlet of culvert
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 17
Location: Johnson Road, field across from #3240
Land Use: old agriculture?
Description: surface erosion
Recommendations: maintenance, seed and mulch bare areas
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 18
Location: Johnson Road, east side north of white trailer
Land Use: private road
Description: shoulder erosion, ditch erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet, clogged culvert
Recommendations: riprap/stabilize shoulder and culvert inlet/outlet, reditch & vegetate
Tech Level: low
Impact: low-medium
Cost: low-medium
Priority: low-medium
Number: 19
Location: Johnson Road, south of 3210
Land Use: private road
Description: shoulder erosion, unstable culvert
Recommendations: riprap/stabilize slope and culvert inlet/outlet, reshape ditch, plunge pool
Tech Level: medium
Impact: medium
Cost: medium
Priority: medium
Number: 20
Location: Johnson Road, 200’ from end
Land Use: old log road
Description: crushed culvert
Recommendations: if road used again, replace and stabilize culvert
Tech Level: none
Impact: none
Cost: none
Priority: none
Number: 21
Location: log road from end of Johnson road to Winkumpaugh
Land Use: logging road
Description: surface erosion, poor shaping, no ditches
Recommendations: maintenance, erosion controls, new culverts, waterbars/diversions/box culverts
Tech Level: low
Impact: low (see note)
Cost: medium-high
Priority: low (see note)
Note: This old logging road has already lost the fine road materials. There has been significant erosion, and road material has traveled at least 100 feet into the woods, downslope toward a tributary. If this road were ever to be used again, the priority would be high.
Number: 22
Location: Bald Mountain Road, culvert 40’ south of pole 68
Land Use: Town road
Description: shoulder erosion, unstable culvert
Recommendations: riprap/stabilize slope and culvert inlet/outlet
Tech Level: low
Impact: low to none
Cost: low
Priority: low to none
Number: 23
Location: Bald Mountain Road, logging road across from pole 69
Land Use: Town road/logging road
Description: surface erosion, unstable culvert
Recommendations: erosion controls installed before follow-up
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Number: 24
Location: Bald Mountain Road, culvert between poles 70 and 71
Land Use: Town road
Description: ditch erosion, unstable culvert
Recommendations: riprap/stabilize culvert inlet/outlet, ditch has been vegetated
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 25
Location: Bald Mountain Road, north of pole 71
Land Use: Town road
Description: lack of ditch, ditch erosion
Recommendations: vegetate ditch, riprap where seed and mulch not adequate
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 26
Location: Bald Mountain Road south of pole 72
Land Use: Town road
Description: shoulder erosion, unstable culvert outlet
Recommendations: riprap where seed and mulch not adequate, stabilize culvert, plunge pool
Tech Level: low
Impact: low-medium
Cost: low
Priority: low -medium
Number: 27
Location: Bald Mountain Road, north of pole 72
Land Use: Town road
Description: surface erosion, lack of adequate ditch, ditch erosion, unstable culvert
Recommendations: riprap (outlet protect culvert), vegetate bare soil by driveway
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 28
Location: Bald mountain road, from site 27 to Dodge Hill Road
Land Use: Town road
Description: lack of ditch, shoulder erosion, surface erosion, poor shaping
Recommendations: reditch, new culvert w/plunge pool, riprap shoulder if vegetation won’t stabilize
Tech Level: medium
Impact: medium
Cost: medium
Priority: medium
Number: 29
Location: Bald Mountain Road, from Dodge Hill ¼ mile south
Land Use: Town road
Description: surface erosion, shoulder erosion, bare soil, stream channel erosion, clogged culvert
Recommendations: riprap shoulders, replace culvert, plunge pool at new culvert, stabilize stream bank
Tech Level: medium
Impact: medium-high
Cost: medium
Priority: medium-high
Number: 30
Location: Bald Mountain Road, north of "grown in driveway"
Land Use: Town road
Description: ditch erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet
Recommendations: vegetate ditch, riprap where seed and mulch not adequate, riprap inlet/outlet
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low-medium
Priority: low
Number: 31
Location: Bald Mountain Road, north of pole 73
Land Use: Town road
Description: lack of ditch, ditch erosion
Recommendations: vegetate ditch, riprap where seed and mulch not adequate
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low-medium
Priority: low
Number: 32
Location: Bald Mountain Road, ¼ mile north of Dodge Hill Road
Land Use: Town road
Description: shoulder erosion
Recommendations: remove berms
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 33
Location: Bald Mountain Road, Winkumpaugh stream crossing
Land Use: Town road
Description: surface erosion, shoulder erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet, clogged culvert, bare soil
Recommendations: maintenance, vegetate slopes, riprap, turnout Bald Mt. Rd north of crossing, cut into large berm to prevent Bald Mountain road washout
Tech Level: low
Impact: medium
Cost: medium
Priority: medium (if Bald Mountain road begins eroding into stream, priority moves to high)
Number: 34
Location: 3420 Bald Mountain Road
Land Use: Residential
Description: bare soil
Recommendations: maintenance, vegetate, riprap & reshape ditch, stabilize culvert
Tech Level: medium
Impact: low
Cost: medium
Priority: low
Number: 35
Location: Bald Mountain Road, after Johnson Rd., at stream crossing
Land Use: Town road
Description: Unstable culvert inlet/outlet
Recommendations: turnout above stream, stabilize culvert
Tech Level: low
Impact: medium
Cost: low
Priority: medium
Number: 36
Location: Bald Mountain Road, ¼ mile south of above stream
Land Use: Town road
Description: unstable culvert inlet/outlet
Recommendations: riprap culvert inlet/outlet, turnout into woods if possible
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 37
Location: Bald Mountain Road, north of Dodge Hill road ¼ mile
Land Use: Town road
Description: unstable culvert inlet/outlet, shoulder erosion
Recommendations: riprap shoulder if seed/mulch not adequate
Tech Level: low
Impact: low
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 38
Location: Bald Mountain Road, north of Fire Road 61 near pole 11
Land Use: Town road
Description: shoulder erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet
Recommendations: vegetate ditch, reditch, protect inlet/outlet
Tech Level: low
Impact: none
Cost: low
Priority: none
Number: 39
Location: Bald Mountain Road, from above site to Johnson Rd.
Land Use: Town road
Description: shoulder erosion, ditch erosion, culvert inlet/outlet unstable
Recommendations: reditch, maintenance, vegetate, plunge pool, riprap, reshape FR61A, seed & mulch ditch, protect inlet/outlet
Tech Level: low
Impact: medium
Cost: low
Priority: low
Number: 40
Location: Bald Mountain Road, #3040
Land Use: residential
Description: surface erosion, bare soil
Recommendations: enhance/additional vegetation between bare field and trib, erosion controls,
Tech Level: low
Impact: low -medium
Cost: low
Priority: low -medium
Sector 9
Number: 1
Location: Walls farm way by Crichton Way
Land Use: Private road
Description: poor shaping, ditch erosion, unstable culvert inlet/outlet, shoulder erosion
Recommendations: reditch (cut back), vegetate ditch, new culvert/extension, reshape road, inlet/outlet protection
Tech Level: medium
Impact: medium
Cost: medium
Priority: high
Number: 2
Location: Walls farm way to left
Land Use: residential
Description: severe surface erosion, shoreline erosion
Recommendations: establish buffer, maintenance, riprap steep slopes
Tech Level: low
Impact: medium-high
Cost: low
Priority: high
Number: 3
Location: Sargent Drive – end of road
Land Use: Private road
Description: surface erosion
Recommendations: an engineer should be consulted about this complex and severe problem. All abutting landowners should be involved in the solution.
Tech Level: high
Impact: high
Cost: high
Priority: high
Number: 4
Location: Sargent Drive at Dean Brook
Land Use: private road
Description: shoulder erosion, surface erosion
Recommendations: reditch around rock, riprap shoulder& culvert inlet/outlet, waterbar/diversion
Tech Level: low
Impact: low-medium
Cost: low-medium
Priority: low-medium
Number: 5
Location: Sargent Drive at sharp curve
Land Use: driveway/residential
Description: surface erosion, poor shaping, lack of buffer, unstable beach access
Recommendations: establish buffer, vegetate, riprap, reshape, turnout, waterbar/diversion, seed and mulch
Tech Level: low
Impact: medium
Cost: low
Priority: medium
Number: 6
Location: Sargent Drive at double culverts
Land Use: Private road
Description: severe surface erosion
Recommendations: double the number of culverts, or build a bridge over the northern channel and leave culverts in southern channel for extreme flows, stabilize shoulders, see an engineer before proceeding
Tech Level: high
Impact: medium
Cost: high
Priority: high
Number: 7
Location: Sargent Drive, 3/10 mile from Winkumpaugh
Land Use: Private road
Description: shoulder erosion/ditch erosion
Recommendations: reditch, vegetate ditch, reshape ditch, turnout wherever possible, more of a road problem than a lake threat.
Tech Level: low
Impact: low-none
Cost: low
Priority: low-none
Number: 8
Location: Sargent Drive
Land Use: residence
Description: beach enhancement, surface erosion
Recommendations: turnout/waterbar on driveway, let natural vegetation grow, enhance buffer
Tech Level: low-none
Impact: low
Cost: none
Priority: low-medium
Number: 9
Location: logging road off Winkumpaugh – lake side
Land Use: logging road
Description: surface, shoulder, ditch erosion, unstable and clogged culverts, poor shaping, bare soil, stockpiled soil
Recommendations: establish buffer, reditch, maintenance, vegetate, erosion controls, new culverts, new surface materials, plunge pools, riprap, turnouts, waterbars/diversions, broad based ditches, seed & mulch – major problem.
Tech Level: high
Impact: high
Cost: high
Priority: high