CWSEC YEAR 1 ACTIVITY PLAN - UPDATED 1/19/06 General Public

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1 CWSEC YEAR 1 ACTIVITY PLAN - UPDATED 1/19/06 General Public SG Create CWSEC logo by blending service provider logos & cooperator logo. Emphasize interconnectedness and equal footing. NA 1-Jun-05 NA NA Create a professional-looking traveling exhibit for festivals and possibly hotels. Will require purchase of display. Laminated posters have been created. Copies are posted in CMWS, USFWS, and local HS. Keep online calendar of events including festivals, meetings, workshops for CWSEC cooperators and service providers. Provide online mechanism for reserving traveling displays. WebCT site for cooperators and providers. CONSIDER DELETING ALL PROVIDERS Create and maintain permanent exhibits: Coastal Grande Mall and Morse Landing Park. Other possible venues include: Inlet Square Mall, Horry County Museum, Children s Museum, Libraries, Convention Center, Visitor s Centers, Huntington, Brookgreen. Continue to seek other venues (what about in city/county buildings?). Consider undergraduate graphic arts students Coastal Grande Mall - Dillards refused to give permission. Morse Landing Park construction has not yet been done so no displays can be installed. Create and maintain CWSEC Web page for the public. Create and maintain Carolina Clear Web page. Link web sites including to all service providers and cooperators. CWSEC web page to provide info clearinghouse for public consumption can including SC DHEC watershed assessments 305(b) reports and 303(d) list. Also include all CWSEC materials, such as brochure. pdfs. Big goal is providing research links for student reports and projects. Obtain domain name for CWSEC.org. Jeff Pollack is serving as webmaster ONGOING ALL PROVIDERS Create and update brochure & PPT presentation (NEMO style) CTP/SG /SG Create and maintain a clearinghouse for examples of locally-implemented stormwater practices. Check with OCRM and local stormwater managers for known implementations. Internal to CWSEC providers and cooperators? Create and maintain a slide clearinghouse of the good and the bad. Archived pix. Historical record. Internal to CWSEC providers and cooperators through online access or CD by request. News clipping archive. Searchable? CWSEC activity record. Record of stormwater issues in the community. Will require significant financial resources. Most likely the responsibility of education coordinator with guidance from SG public relations staff. Develop a set of protocols for routine press releases who s responsible, media contact, when to invite, etc. On website - Jeff Pollack Develop and broadcast radio programming (i.e.,your Day) that addresses regional stormwater issues. SC Sea Grant and Develop and broadcast radio and television Public Service Announcments. Statewide (and coastal) in nature. Flyer distributed 10/21/05; PowerPoint presentation developed 11/05 Joe Fersner was supposed to look for synergy with SC DHEC on this. Accomplished at CWSEC meeting in June 05 Your Day is scheduled to visit the Waccamaw in April 2006 Clemson has produced and coordinated broadcasting of 10 radio Public Service Announcements. The Arbitron numbers are being tabulated for December 05 and January 06 to date. Beach = 21 s TBD

2 /SG Create and assist in the distribution of general education materials development ( i.e., bill stuffers, brochures, newspaper advertisements, PR submissions). Statewide and coastal in nature. Coastal Water Ways has been produced and is currently distributed throughout the region. Water quality information is also included in horticultural columns run in regional newspapers. In addition, the Carolina Clear web site is undergoing a significant restructuring and upgrade. s TBD Conduct Carolina Yards and Neighborhoods programs with Master Gardeners and other groups interested in sustainable landscaping practices (n > 2) There is a newly developed horticulture course called Low Impact Gardening. It is being taught as part of the Master Gardener series in Horry and counties. To date, 10 classes have been taught. 10 classes; attendance numbers available shortly /SG Conduct Coast-A-Syst programs (n >2 ) Develop materials for Morse Landing Park MI SAMP SG/ Investigate the installation of rain garden demonstration projects in area schools, commercial facilities, or residential settings / Run local SEPMN program Coast of Horry Co. Dates are being established for two Coast-A-Syst classes in and Horry counties. Perhaps the courses will be taught in conjunction with a Rain Garden demonstration project. Monitoring continues at 5 sites each week. In 2005, 2 previously undiscovered (in SC) species were Workshop attendees confirmed through = 10 the work of Gary Forrester and his monitoring team. on 10/27/05

3 Run Volunteer Monitoring Program in Waccamaw with funding from EPA and cooperators Horry, and Conway NI-WB COMM EDUC Work with PG property owners to develop stormwater education program for residents in NI watershed County NI-WB COMM EDUC Provide stormwater education and outreach materials to participants at Geo. Co. Environ. Educ. Center's Fishing Rodeo County 8/6/ NI-WB COMM EDUC Develop new public program on watersheds, water quality, and stormwater education, Horry Counties NI-WB COMM EDUC Participated with Keep Beautiful on Kaminiski House Gardening Day; provided gardening BMPs for event participants County NI-WB COMM EDUC Promoted and participated in semi-annual Sampit River Sweep 4/23/05 11/10/05 ~200 K-12 and Higher Education MI 2007 Provide water quality education programs through class trips and visits to classrooms by retired teacher volunteers docent at County Landfill's Environmental Education Center and in K-5 classrooms in County and southern Horry County County MI 2007 Conduct class trips at Capt Dick's Marina. Murrells Inlet Assist SC DHEC and Horry County with stormwater education training for K-12. Meredith Barkely. Environthon. Explore interest in supporting a regional water quality merit badge program for Girl Scouts & Boy Scouts Conduct High School Summer Camp for At Risk Students: Bluffton High School Bluffton Provide operational support to MB's Academy of Arts and Sciences Environmental Major Myrtle Beach Provide leadership for adoption and implement of BSD in Horry County Schools and 's campus Horry County Support development of LEED certification of 's proposed Arena Conway Development Stormwater Management Plan for. Provide stormwater audit process to K-12 schools Conway Provide educational outreach for development of new Horry County schools in Carolina Forest Horry County Develop and support permanent wetland and BMP monitoring programs to be conducted by students for new schools in Carolina Forest Horry County Guide undergraduate students in creating and assessing a stormwater treatment wetlands at 's campus. Conway In progress, Attending biannual meetings 12/15/05 at HCS Reconsidering hiring an outside consultant. 12/15/05 at HCS Permission granted to relocate plants from ditches around arena construction site to stormwater ponds NI-WB K-12 EDUC Provide classroom experiences focusing on water quality monitoring and stormwater education, Horry, Berkeley Counties 3/14/05, 8/8/05 78 (GHS), 80 (WHS) NI-WB K-12 EDUC Provide field trip experiences focusing on water quality monitoring and stormwater education 4/28/05, 8/16 NI-WB K-12 EDUC Work with school committee of Keep Beautiful to provide YMCA afterschool programs on water quality 25 (LCHS), 17 (Explorers) Elected and Appointed Officials and High-Level Staff Participate in SECOORA development of management plan for coastal hypoxia Multiple meetings. Emergency reporting network initiated. First use on 1/8/06.

4 Participate in EPA WPDG to develop a Kingston Lake Watershed Management Plan KLW Surveys mailed (2400). News article in Horry Independent (12/29/05). Baseline Report being prepared. Meeting with Conway City Council 12/27. USA and USSR scheduled for Winter Assist Horry County in adopting CWP recommendations for stormwater and building regulations Horry Additional funding acquired to complete CWP watershed review of county. SG Deliver NEMO-style program for elected and appointed officials, focusing on NPS pollution and stormwater, management practices and incentives, and guidance for better site design and planning and CTP Beach on 11/3/05; Briarcliffe Acres on 1/24/06; Co. on 2/13/06; City of Conway & Horry Co.in Feb-Mar 06 Beach = 21 Post-workshop evaluation * SG Deliver a Land-Use Workshop in the region. Possibly by invitation, depending on the scope of the workshop, which will include panel discussion and breakout workgroups that will work through local case studies. CTP Offer support in update of the County Stormwater Ordinances and Comprehensive Land Use Plan Assist in update of the Horry Comphrensive Plan in Land-Use Planning and Natural Resource Elements Horry Assist in the development of Horry County Open Space Plan Horry Assist in the development of a riparian and wetland Buffer Ordinance for Horry County Horry Faciliate submission and execution of OCRM's Assistance to Coastal Communities grants (applications submitted by Surfside and in 2005) CTP Conduct a Workshop to showcase NOAA's Coastal Alternatives analysis CTP Conduct a Workshop to showcase North Charleston's Noisette Project Attended meetings and submitted comments. Chapter is in draft form. Attended meetings and integrated with KLW plan. Additional funding acquired to complete CWP watershed review of county. CTP Conduct a Workshop to showcase innovative (non-pond) stormwater treatment practices with a focus on design and implementation. May involve separate workshops for each STP including: pervious pavers, buffers, different biofiltration applications SG/ Conduct a hands-on workshop covering the installation of rain gardens and rain barrels CTP Assist Gtwn Co in completing their code and ordinance review & Conduct 4H2O Pontoon Classroom summer program based in Conway Marina. Future events can be based in ICW and downstream in area. Conduct a Workshop on Proper Disposal of Household Wastes. Consider coordinating with Horry County SWA to schedule a Landfill Waste Disposal Day. Conway Planning underway for Summer Date TBD

5 Professionals: Contractors, Engineers, Developers, Public Works Continue to conduct training for Clear Water Contractors, CEPSCI CTP Conduct workshop showcasing NOAA Coastal Alternatives analysis CTP Conduct a workshop showcasing North Charleston's Noisette Project SG/ Investigate the installation of rain garden demonstration projects in area schools, commercial facilities, or residential settings CTP Assist County in completing their code and ordinance review Conduct a Workshop on Proper Disposal of Household Wastes. Consider coordinating with Horry County SWA to schedule a Landfill Waste Disposal Day. CTP * SG * indicates overlapping target audiences Conduct a Workshop to showcase innovative (non-pond) stormwater treatment practices with a focus on design and implimentation. May involve separate workshops for each STP including: pervious pavers, buffers, different biofiltration applications Deliver a Land-Use Workshop in the region. Possibly by invitation, depending on the scope of the workshop, which will include panel discussion and breakout workgroups that will work through local case studies. The Consortium needs to decide on location, mailing lists, and dates. Date TBD