Agenda

Can We Heal our Local Waterways?

A Symposium, a Children’s Program and a Community Exchange
Addressing the current problems and actions needed to restore our urban streams

                                    Saturday, 9 – 1:00 pm, February 11, 2012
North Carolina Botanical Garden, 100 Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, 27514
Breakfast and lunch snacks available

9:00 – 9:10 am   Welcome: Conveners: Chapel Hill Council Member Jim Ward and Carrboro Randee Alderman Haven- O’Donnell
Moderator: Michele Drostin, UNC Institute for the Environment

9:10 – 9:30 am       ► What is Degrading our Urban Piedmont Streams?
Nora Deamer, NC Department of Water Quality (DWQ)
Basinwide Planning

9:30 – 9:50 am       ► Our Local Streams, Bolin and Morgan Creeks: Typical or
Exceptional?
Rob Breeding, NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program

9:50 – 10:30 am     ► Bolin Creek Watershed Planning and Restoration – A Case Study
Randy Dodd, Town of Carrboro
Trish D’Arconte, Town of Chapel Hill

10:30 – 10:45 am         Break

10:45 – 11:05 am     ► Sediment, Stormwater and Land Use: Are We Doing the Job
of Protecting the Water Quality of our Urban Streams? What
Can We Learn from Other Communities?
Kimberly Brewer, Tetra Tech Inc.

11:05 – 11:30 am    ► Community Discussion: What have we learned and how should
we move forward? Moderator leads discussion toward next steps to protect and restore our Piedmont waterways
Moderator:  Mike Schlegel, Water Resources Program Manager, Triangle J Council of
Governments.

9 – 11:30 am          ► Concurrent Program for Children: Jenni Heartway, a
teacher/environmental educator currently with Learn Outside will direct a program “Exploring the World of Streams”. Children will visit the garden wetland, examine macroinvertebrates, and create drawings and paintings of their observations. This program offered free for families attending the Symposium.  Pre-registration is necessary. Children will reunite with families for the 11:30 am slides and the noon Community Exchange.

11:30 – noon          ► Animals of Bolin Creek – A Photo Essay of Creek Life
Mary Sonis (kids rejoin adults for this session)

Noon – 1:00 pm   ► Community Exchange: Connect with organizations making a
difference for the environment. Twenty one organizations are participating.

Presented by Friends of Bolin Creek and the UNC Institute for the Environment and      Co-sponsored by the North Carolina Botanical Garden, and Chapel Hill 2020

People who should attend this conference: creek lovers, naturalists, elected officials, 2020 participants, local government advisory board members, neighborhood associations, outdoor enthusiasts, environmental groups, and interested community members from Chapel Hill, Carrboro and beyond.