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Issue/Agenda Committee
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
January 30, 2008 Minutes
Chemung Trust, Ithaca, NY
Present: Brian Boerman, Roxy Johnston, Sharon
Anderson,
1. Items from the Floor - All
· Sharon – Two interviews have been completed to date
in regard to the conflict resolution work in the Salmon Creek Watershed.
Both went very well and both expressed the need for educating the
public on current farm practices and regulations. The point of the
interviews is to see if there is public support for moving forward
with the a community
· Roxy – City of Ithaca monitoring shows Salmon Creek
has the highest nitrate, Phosphorus, coliforms and highest soluble
reactive Phosphorus.
· Brian – March 2008 Issues meeting will be spent doing
a “walkthrough” of a large CAFO in the Salmon Creek
Watershed. Goal is to get a better understanding of farm Best Management
Practices and CAFO oversight.
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2. Lake Friendly Farms
· Sharon/Brian – Sub committee planned to mange the
LFF program include Mark Delaney, Jim Young, Brian and Keith. Idea
being that the subcommittee reviews the application, letter and
then give it to the office staff to get out. Also tell the office
when to schedule the judging committee or press releases to be sent.
Review of the received applicants should include SWCS or public
sector folks like Craig Schutt or Brian Aldrich. It has been acknowledged
that all farms receiving LFF status have one BMP recognized formally.
3. Decade 2 planning
· Sharon. The proposed changes to the structure of Board
Standing Committees would expand the Issues Committee role to include
recommending when a position would be taken.
4. Report Card Planning
ALL – Sharon is meeting with the students to provide guidance
on what the CLWN is looking for. The Issues Committee wants their
work to set a target such as the range for that parameter that is
considered good, excellent, bad (such as DEC phosphorus standard
is high, maybe we want a must lower target for Cayuga Lake. Ask
them to include in report why the choose and why not choose criteria
for a report card.
Next meeting: 2/27/2008 – 4:30 pm Chemung
Trust – Ithaca, NY
Suggested agenda items:
Doug Haith Model assumptions, Todd Walters improvements to the model,
Christian Shoemaker’s use of the model. LFF
Submitted by, Brian Boerman, Chair
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