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and
development issues facing local planning
nineteenth session in our Striking a
We hope you will join us for the
boards and Hancock County as a whole.
Balance workshop series, which is
The May 27, 2010 workshop will focus on
(locally known as Washington Junction Road)
Personal Property Rights:
Land Development and
Dinner begins at 5:00 p.m.
Striking a Balance in
growth
419 Main Street, Ellsworth
Hancock County
6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Registration $18.00
May 27, 2010
VFW Hall
important
watershed protection.
addressing
ELLSWORTH, ME 04605
Ellsworth, ME 04605
PERMIT NO. 95
395 State Street
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Ellsworth, ME 04605
Lake Watershed Protection: Did you know?
Please join us on … • Roads are the most prevalent soil erosion
sources in lake watersheds, DEP reviewed 36
May 27, 2010 lake watershed surveys completed since 1997.
5:00-8:30 PM 53% of high impact sites identified were at
VFW Hall AGENDA town, state, and private roads and driveways.
419 Main Street 5:00 PM Registration and meal • Effective drainage is critical to camp road
(Washington Junction Road) maintenance. It is often said that the three
Ellsworth, Maine 6:00 PM Welcome and Introduction: most important aspects of effective road
Ray Jones, Gouldsboro Planning Board and maintenance are "drainage, drainage, and
Hancock County Planning Commission executive drainage.”
Striking a Balance board.
• Excessive erosion and sedimentation leads to
An outgrowth of the HCPC’s Planning For 6:10– 6:50 PM Lake Watershed phosphorus build-up.
Prosperity initiative, the on-going forum Protection: An Overview of Threats and
series started in 2004. Protective Measures; Jeff Dennis, Biologist, • Phosphorus is in living things and soil, but
Division of Watershed management, Bureau of when too much enters a lake or river, it
Land and Water Quality, Maine Department of disrupts the balance of life. Phosphorus is like
A rapid increase in demand for subdivided Environmental Protection "junk food" for algae (microscopic plants).
property in Hancock County spurred the Just one pound of phosphorus can produce
creation of this series. Organizers hope that 6:50–7:20 PM Identifying and 10,000 pounds of wet weeds and algae!
the series will lead to: Mitigating Threats from Erosion and
Other Non-Point Sources; Norm Marcotte, • When phosphorus gets washed into lakes and
Non-point Source Programs Coordinator, rivers, the algae grow out of control (algal
Increased Awareness of Subdivision Bureau of Land and Water Quality, Maine bloom) reducing the visibility or clarity of the
Review Standards and Applicable State Department of Environmental Protection water. The lake turns green, leaving unsightly
Regulations scum, foul odors and bad tasting water.
7:20 – 8:05 PM Branch Lake
Greater Understanding of the Watershed: The Ellsworth Response; • Studies have found that a decline in water
Michelle Beal, Ellsworth City Manager and clarity can reduce property values by as much
Importance of Regional Water Michele Gagnon, Ellsworth City Planner as $200 per frontage foot, representing
Resource Management hundreds of millions of dollars in lost property
8:05 – 8:20 PM Questions and Answers value and that lake use in general supports
Implementation of Planning Tools & more than 8,000 Maine jobs.
8:20 – 8:30 PM Closing Remarks and
Wise Development Practices
Completion of Workshop Evaluation • In addition to roads, high levels of phosphorus
Forms run-off can be generated by poorly managed
Constructive Dialogue Among clearing of vegetation or timber harvesting,
Municipal Officials, Conservation Funding from the Maine Coastal Program, Maine State fertilizing and vegetation planting practices
Groups and Those in the Planning Office and Bar Harbor Bank & Trust has any where in a lake watershed.
Development/Construction Industry helped make this workshop series possible. Other
partners in this endeavor include the Down East • Phosphorus run-off can be reduced through
Resource Conservation and Development Council, and
Better Development Tracking at the land use ordinance and erosion control
Gouldsboro Planning Board. measures.
Municipal and County Level
