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Fall 2001 Issue 40 Sincerely, David Wojnowski david.wojnowski@ncmail.net Letter From the Coordinator Division of Water Resources Has a New URL Dear Friends of North Carolina Waters: In the light of past events I want to commend those who participated in Big Sweep this year. It warmed my heart to see so many concerned citizens spending their Saturday morning helping to clean up their community. I believe unselfish acts of volunteerism and stewardship are ways we can deal with our feelings of frustration, confusion and grief during this difficult time. North Carolina is blessed with many precious natural resources, waterways being one of the most important. It is our responsibility as Americans to respect and care for these resources. Thank you for your help. Together we will triumph over the careless and uncaring individuals who pollute our world. A special thank you to Judy Bolin and all the Big Sweep county coordinators for their efforts organizing this years event and collecting all the data! The Division of Water Resources home page will now be found at www.ncwater.org. The Stream Watch and Project WET Web pages can be located on the Water Resources home page under Education & Technical Assistance, or log on directly at: www.ncwater.org/stream_watch and www.ncwater.org/project_wet. Stream Watch News will be available on line as a PDF file and can be opened using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Big Sweep has been one of the most popular activities that Stream Watchers have participated in since Dr. Lundie Spence of NCSU’s Sea Grant Program first founded the idea back in 1987, when it was called Beach Sweep. Cleanup of North Carolina waterways expanded inland in 1989 and the name was changed to Big Sweep. North Carolina Big Sweep is best known for coordinating the North Carolina component of the international coastal cleanup. 100 counties in North Carolina – as well as over 90 countries and 55 U.S. states and territories – participate in this very important cleanup on the third Saturday in September. From 1987-2000, more than 122,000 volunteers have retrieved approximately 2,088 tons – or more than 4 million pounds – of trash from North Carolina’s waterways. This is just one reason why it is imperative that people keep an eye on their own waterways and educate their communities about the importance of clean water and respect for their watershed. Please tell others about the Stream Watch program and how they can help protect and ensure clean water for the citizens of North Carolina. Several Stream Watch groups teamed up with other environmental organizations to help cleanup North Carolina waterways. A few examples are as follows: Becky Bowers, Jennifer Sanders-Young and Bryan Young help cleanup a Tributary of Crabtree Creek – Neuse River Basin Left to right: Becky Clingerman, Heather Morell, Tabitha Brown, Dominique Donato and DJ Fish. Tributary of Crabtree Creek – Neuse River Basin Led by Becky Bowers with the National Association of Environmental Professionals and the Lorax Stream Watch group, over 20 volunteers cleaned up a stretch of Rocky Branch on the NC State campus and a tributary of Crabtree Creek near Wade Ave. in Raleigh. NC State Lorax Stream Watchers Rocky Branch – Neuse River Basin Stream Watchers and Big Sweep 2 Richland Creek Steam Watch, in cooperation with the Umstead Coalition, cleaned up the area around Reedy Creek Road and the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena. Jean Spooner, Richard Tibbs, Elizabeth Covalla and Andrew Both cleanup Richland Creek – Neuse River Basin Rod Broadbelt, Andrew Both, Jean Spooner and Richard Tibbs Richland Creek – Neuse River Basin John McMillian Clever Clovers 4-H Stanfield, NC The Rocky River is the main river of Stanly County. If it were polluted, we would be in serious trouble. Some of the houses in Stanly County have wells that are near Rocky River and could have their wells contaminated by polluted water. Recently, the Clever Clover 4-H club of Stanfield tested the river for macroinvertebrate diversity with the help of the Stream Watch program. What they found was appalling! The river is not in good condition at all! The only life forms present are ones that are tolerant of pollution. While the Clever Clovers are working diligently to clean up parts of the river, it is not enough. With all the people moving into Stanly County we must be careful about runoff from construction. Construction sites must have silt fences to keep runoff from entering the river. We should be aware of other forms of pollution too. If you see a polluter it is your duty as a citizen of Stanly County and the Earth that you should report them. If we all play our part, we can clean up the river and make it a healthy habitat for all kinds of life forms. Motorists and pedestrians may report incidents of litter law violations to the N.C. DOT’s Office of Beautification Programs by mailing or emailing Swat-A-Litterbug report cards. Owners of vehicles observed littering receive formal notes of warning signed by the Colonel of the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Colonel of the State Highway Patrol reminding them that littering violations may involve a penalty of $1,000. To receive Swat-A-Litterbug report cards, call 1-800-331-5864 or visit www.dot.state.nc.us/~litterbug. Swat-A-Litterbug! 3 Rocky River Needs Your Help 1. Tim Dorsey, Crowders Mountain Sate Park, 522 Park Office Lane, Kings Mountain, NC 28086 (704)853-5375 crowders@vnet.net 2. Sue Glover, Wilson County Soil & Water Conservation District, sue-glover@nc.nacdnet.org (252)237-5147 ext. 3 3. Rose Pruitt, Darlington, SC, rosepruitt@sc.rr.com (843)393-0001 4. Rene Kimray, Discovery Place, Inc. 301 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28202 scigurl@yahoo.com ph: (704)372-6261 ext. 472 Fax: (704)337-2670 5. Johnsie Hayes, Rockingham County Soil & Water Conservation District, 525 NC 65 Suite 100 Reidsville, NC 27320-8861, jhayes@co.rockingham.nc.us ph: (336)342-0460 Ext. 3 Fax: (336)361-0062 6. Victor Shane Freeman, Robeson County, Ranger644@yahoo.com 7. Randle Brim, Randolph Co. Dept. of Planning & Development, PO Box 771, Ashboro, NC, 27204, ph: (336)318-6551 Fax: (336)318-6550 rebrim@co.randolph.nc.us 8. Mir Youngquist-Thurow, ACE Education, Camp Agape 1369 Tyler Dewar Ln. Fuquay- Varina, NC 27526, ACEed@agapekurebeach.org (919)552-9421 Agape Center For Environmental Education 9. Bambi Wilson, bmwilson@ci.durham.nc.us City of Durham, Dept. of Public Works 10. Bill Haily, bhailey@ci.durham.nc.us City of Durham, Dept. of Public Works 11. Michael Fuller, mfuller@ci.durham.nc.us City of Durham, Dept. of Public Works, 101 City Hall Plaza, Durham, NC 27701 ph: (919)560-4326 Ext. 235 Fax: (919)560-4316 12. Kim Garrett, Mecklenburg County Dept. of Environmental Protection, 700 N. Tryon St. Suite 205, Charlotte, NC 28202 garreks@co.mecklenburg.nc.us ph: (704)336-5595 Fax: (704)336-4391 13. Sue White, NCDENR/Division of Water Quality, Winston-Salem Regional Office, 585 Waughtown St. Winston-Salem, NC 27107, ph: (336)771-4608 Ext. 273 Fax: (336)771-4632 sue.white@ncmail.net 14. Kelly Stanton, 724 C Grove Ave. Raleigh, NC 27606 (919)859-2351 15. Heather Leser, 5607 Picnic Rock Ln. Raleigh, NC 27613 (919)783-4921 hisci_bca@yahoo.com Thanks for getting WET! Web address: www.ncwater.org/project_wet Congratulations to the new Project WET Facilitators This summer 15 new Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) Facilitators were certified at William B. Umstead State Park. Thanks go to Lori Flemming for co-facilitating the workshop and Superintendent Martha Woods for hosting the workshop. 4 Laurie Brokaw loading up the water headed for New York City North Carolina’s “Make a Splash with Project WET” Water Festival sends bottled water to New York Way to go Laurie ! ! ! Editors note: Laurie Brokaw is an education specialist and Project WET Facilitator for the City of Asheville’s Regional Water Authority, Water Efficiency Division. She did a wonderful job putting together the water festival at Claxton Elementary, located in downtown Asheville. The students (grades K-5) had a great time and learned a lot about water resources. Thanks to all the presenters, volunteers and the Perrier Group of America who made this years “Make a Splash with Project WET” water festival such an exciting and educational event! The Perrier Group recently donated 42-twelve-bottle cases of Deer Park bottled water for the NCDENR/Division of Water Resources "Make A Splash with Project WET" Water Festival at Claxton Elementary School in Asheville, North Carolina. This year’s annual festival was coordinated by Laurie Brokaw with the City of Asheville’s Water Resources Department. 5 Following the tragic terrorist attacks in September, Water Department staff brought up the idea of donating the water to relief efforts in New York City with Claxton School officials, the NC Project WET Coordinator and the Perrier Group. The idea was embraced with enthusiasm. The bottled water was transported to "Hearts With Hands," a local agency working with relief efforts, for transport to New York. According to Ken Murdock from Perrier, "It was just the right thing to do." Murdock has since contacted the NC Project WET Coordinator and the Asheville Water Resources Department and offered to replace all of the bottled water for the event at Claxton School. "We want the students, faculty, and all folks involved to know that we make values-based decisions in this company and that's what drives our relationships," said Murdock. Group Water body River Basin Sunset Lake Stream Watch Sunset Lake Neuse Beta Club of Highlands School Mill Creek Little Tennessee Tree of Life Lutheran Church Swift Creek Neuse Friends of Nature Swift Creek (Old Barber Mill) Neuse Porter Family Hartsell Branch Yadkin Williams Creek Advocates Williams Creek Neuse Blue Heron Pottery Neuse River Neuse Whiskey Creek Preservation Society of North Carolina Whiskey Creek Cape Fear Hewletts Creek Preservation Society of North Carolina Hewletts Creek Cape Fear Roylene Acres Walnut Creek Protection Committee Walnut Creek Neuse Exploris Middle School Oxford Rd. Tributary Neuse Welcome Aboard ! ! ! Stream Watch Welcomes New Groups The North Carolina Stream Watch program would like to welcome the following groups who have joined our program.
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Full Text | Fall 2001 Issue 40 Sincerely, David Wojnowski david.wojnowski@ncmail.net Letter From the Coordinator Division of Water Resources Has a New URL Dear Friends of North Carolina Waters: In the light of past events I want to commend those who participated in Big Sweep this year. It warmed my heart to see so many concerned citizens spending their Saturday morning helping to clean up their community. I believe unselfish acts of volunteerism and stewardship are ways we can deal with our feelings of frustration, confusion and grief during this difficult time. North Carolina is blessed with many precious natural resources, waterways being one of the most important. It is our responsibility as Americans to respect and care for these resources. Thank you for your help. Together we will triumph over the careless and uncaring individuals who pollute our world. A special thank you to Judy Bolin and all the Big Sweep county coordinators for their efforts organizing this years event and collecting all the data! The Division of Water Resources home page will now be found at www.ncwater.org. The Stream Watch and Project WET Web pages can be located on the Water Resources home page under Education & Technical Assistance, or log on directly at: www.ncwater.org/stream_watch and www.ncwater.org/project_wet. Stream Watch News will be available on line as a PDF file and can be opened using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Big Sweep has been one of the most popular activities that Stream Watchers have participated in since Dr. Lundie Spence of NCSU’s Sea Grant Program first founded the idea back in 1987, when it was called Beach Sweep. Cleanup of North Carolina waterways expanded inland in 1989 and the name was changed to Big Sweep. North Carolina Big Sweep is best known for coordinating the North Carolina component of the international coastal cleanup. 100 counties in North Carolina – as well as over 90 countries and 55 U.S. states and territories – participate in this very important cleanup on the third Saturday in September. From 1987-2000, more than 122,000 volunteers have retrieved approximately 2,088 tons – or more than 4 million pounds – of trash from North Carolina’s waterways. This is just one reason why it is imperative that people keep an eye on their own waterways and educate their communities about the importance of clean water and respect for their watershed. Please tell others about the Stream Watch program and how they can help protect and ensure clean water for the citizens of North Carolina. Several Stream Watch groups teamed up with other environmental organizations to help cleanup North Carolina waterways. A few examples are as follows: Becky Bowers, Jennifer Sanders-Young and Bryan Young help cleanup a Tributary of Crabtree Creek – Neuse River Basin Left to right: Becky Clingerman, Heather Morell, Tabitha Brown, Dominique Donato and DJ Fish. Tributary of Crabtree Creek – Neuse River Basin Led by Becky Bowers with the National Association of Environmental Professionals and the Lorax Stream Watch group, over 20 volunteers cleaned up a stretch of Rocky Branch on the NC State campus and a tributary of Crabtree Creek near Wade Ave. in Raleigh. NC State Lorax Stream Watchers Rocky Branch – Neuse River Basin Stream Watchers and Big Sweep 2 Richland Creek Steam Watch, in cooperation with the Umstead Coalition, cleaned up the area around Reedy Creek Road and the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena. Jean Spooner, Richard Tibbs, Elizabeth Covalla and Andrew Both cleanup Richland Creek – Neuse River Basin Rod Broadbelt, Andrew Both, Jean Spooner and Richard Tibbs Richland Creek – Neuse River Basin John McMillian Clever Clovers 4-H Stanfield, NC The Rocky River is the main river of Stanly County. If it were polluted, we would be in serious trouble. Some of the houses in Stanly County have wells that are near Rocky River and could have their wells contaminated by polluted water. Recently, the Clever Clover 4-H club of Stanfield tested the river for macroinvertebrate diversity with the help of the Stream Watch program. What they found was appalling! The river is not in good condition at all! The only life forms present are ones that are tolerant of pollution. While the Clever Clovers are working diligently to clean up parts of the river, it is not enough. With all the people moving into Stanly County we must be careful about runoff from construction. Construction sites must have silt fences to keep runoff from entering the river. We should be aware of other forms of pollution too. If you see a polluter it is your duty as a citizen of Stanly County and the Earth that you should report them. If we all play our part, we can clean up the river and make it a healthy habitat for all kinds of life forms. Motorists and pedestrians may report incidents of litter law violations to the N.C. DOT’s Office of Beautification Programs by mailing or emailing Swat-A-Litterbug report cards. Owners of vehicles observed littering receive formal notes of warning signed by the Colonel of the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Colonel of the State Highway Patrol reminding them that littering violations may involve a penalty of $1,000. To receive Swat-A-Litterbug report cards, call 1-800-331-5864 or visit www.dot.state.nc.us/~litterbug. Swat-A-Litterbug! 3 Rocky River Needs Your Help 1. Tim Dorsey, Crowders Mountain Sate Park, 522 Park Office Lane, Kings Mountain, NC 28086 (704)853-5375 crowders@vnet.net 2. Sue Glover, Wilson County Soil & Water Conservation District, sue-glover@nc.nacdnet.org (252)237-5147 ext. 3 3. Rose Pruitt, Darlington, SC, rosepruitt@sc.rr.com (843)393-0001 4. Rene Kimray, Discovery Place, Inc. 301 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28202 scigurl@yahoo.com ph: (704)372-6261 ext. 472 Fax: (704)337-2670 5. Johnsie Hayes, Rockingham County Soil & Water Conservation District, 525 NC 65 Suite 100 Reidsville, NC 27320-8861, jhayes@co.rockingham.nc.us ph: (336)342-0460 Ext. 3 Fax: (336)361-0062 6. Victor Shane Freeman, Robeson County, Ranger644@yahoo.com 7. Randle Brim, Randolph Co. Dept. of Planning & Development, PO Box 771, Ashboro, NC, 27204, ph: (336)318-6551 Fax: (336)318-6550 rebrim@co.randolph.nc.us 8. Mir Youngquist-Thurow, ACE Education, Camp Agape 1369 Tyler Dewar Ln. Fuquay- Varina, NC 27526, ACEed@agapekurebeach.org (919)552-9421 Agape Center For Environmental Education 9. Bambi Wilson, bmwilson@ci.durham.nc.us City of Durham, Dept. of Public Works 10. Bill Haily, bhailey@ci.durham.nc.us City of Durham, Dept. of Public Works 11. Michael Fuller, mfuller@ci.durham.nc.us City of Durham, Dept. of Public Works, 101 City Hall Plaza, Durham, NC 27701 ph: (919)560-4326 Ext. 235 Fax: (919)560-4316 12. Kim Garrett, Mecklenburg County Dept. of Environmental Protection, 700 N. Tryon St. Suite 205, Charlotte, NC 28202 garreks@co.mecklenburg.nc.us ph: (704)336-5595 Fax: (704)336-4391 13. Sue White, NCDENR/Division of Water Quality, Winston-Salem Regional Office, 585 Waughtown St. Winston-Salem, NC 27107, ph: (336)771-4608 Ext. 273 Fax: (336)771-4632 sue.white@ncmail.net 14. Kelly Stanton, 724 C Grove Ave. Raleigh, NC 27606 (919)859-2351 15. Heather Leser, 5607 Picnic Rock Ln. Raleigh, NC 27613 (919)783-4921 hisci_bca@yahoo.com Thanks for getting WET! Web address: www.ncwater.org/project_wet Congratulations to the new Project WET Facilitators This summer 15 new Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) Facilitators were certified at William B. Umstead State Park. Thanks go to Lori Flemming for co-facilitating the workshop and Superintendent Martha Woods for hosting the workshop. 4 Laurie Brokaw loading up the water headed for New York City North Carolina’s “Make a Splash with Project WET” Water Festival sends bottled water to New York Way to go Laurie ! ! ! Editors note: Laurie Brokaw is an education specialist and Project WET Facilitator for the City of Asheville’s Regional Water Authority, Water Efficiency Division. She did a wonderful job putting together the water festival at Claxton Elementary, located in downtown Asheville. The students (grades K-5) had a great time and learned a lot about water resources. Thanks to all the presenters, volunteers and the Perrier Group of America who made this years “Make a Splash with Project WET” water festival such an exciting and educational event! The Perrier Group recently donated 42-twelve-bottle cases of Deer Park bottled water for the NCDENR/Division of Water Resources "Make A Splash with Project WET" Water Festival at Claxton Elementary School in Asheville, North Carolina. This year’s annual festival was coordinated by Laurie Brokaw with the City of Asheville’s Water Resources Department. 5 Following the tragic terrorist attacks in September, Water Department staff brought up the idea of donating the water to relief efforts in New York City with Claxton School officials, the NC Project WET Coordinator and the Perrier Group. The idea was embraced with enthusiasm. The bottled water was transported to "Hearts With Hands," a local agency working with relief efforts, for transport to New York. According to Ken Murdock from Perrier, "It was just the right thing to do." Murdock has since contacted the NC Project WET Coordinator and the Asheville Water Resources Department and offered to replace all of the bottled water for the event at Claxton School. "We want the students, faculty, and all folks involved to know that we make values-based decisions in this company and that's what drives our relationships," said Murdock. Group Water body River Basin Sunset Lake Stream Watch Sunset Lake Neuse Beta Club of Highlands School Mill Creek Little Tennessee Tree of Life Lutheran Church Swift Creek Neuse Friends of Nature Swift Creek (Old Barber Mill) Neuse Porter Family Hartsell Branch Yadkin Williams Creek Advocates Williams Creek Neuse Blue Heron Pottery Neuse River Neuse Whiskey Creek Preservation Society of North Carolina Whiskey Creek Cape Fear Hewletts Creek Preservation Society of North Carolina Hewletts Creek Cape Fear Roylene Acres Walnut Creek Protection Committee Walnut Creek Neuse Exploris Middle School Oxford Rd. Tributary Neuse Welcome Aboard ! ! ! Stream Watch Welcomes New Groups The North Carolina Stream Watch program would like to welcome the following groups who have joined our program. |
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