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Watershed Management Plan

Watershed Management Plan Appendices

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  1. Outstanding Resource Value Report: Water Quality
  2. Outstanding Resource Value Report: Watershed Hydrology
  3. Outstanding Resource Value Report: Geology
  4. Outstanding Resource Value Report: Unique Species & Natural Communities
  5. Outstanding Resource Value Report: The Cultural Landscape
  6. Outstanding Resource Value Report: The Watershed Ecosystem
  7. Analysis of Existing Protections and Potential Gaps in Protection
  8. Summary of Analysis of Management Issues and Threats to Outstanding Resource Values
  9. Tier One Tools - Recommendation Details and Background (download as single document 9mb )
    1. Tier 1 Tools Introduction Packet
    2. Management Issue 1 – Riparian Corridor Protection
    3. Model River Overlay Summary
    4. Riparian Buffer Zones: Functions and Recommended Widths
    5. Analysis of Parcels Intersecting Proposed River Protection Area
    6. Management Issue #2 – Habitat Fragmentation
    7. NEMO Fact Sheet: Carving up the Landscape – Habitat Fragmentation and What to Do About It
    8. Eightmile Watershed Existing Habitat Blocks
    9. Management Issue # 3 – Increases in Impervious Surfaces
    10. NEMO Fact sheet #3 – Impacts of Development on Waterways
    11. Current Impervious Surfaces Map (2002)
    12. Management Issue #4 – Stormwater Management
    13. 2004 Connecticut Stormwater Quality Manual – Table of Contents
    14. 2004 CT Stormwater Manual Chapter 2 – Why Stormwater Matters: The Impacts of Urbanization
    15. General Permit for the Discharge of Stormwater from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Stystems
    16. Massachusetts River and Stream Crossing Standards: Technical Guidelines
  10. Eightmile River Wild & Scenic Rivers Study Act of 2001
  11. Outreach and Education Documents,Eightmile Wild & Scenic Study
  12. Municipal Regulation and Policy Review of East Haddam, Lyme and Salem , CT
  13. Assessment of the Archaeological Resources of the Eightmile River Watershed
  14. Eightmile River Watershed Project - Land Resources Inventory and Data Analysis
  15. Northeast Instream Habitat Program Report: Initial Biological and Physical Attribute Survey of the Eightmile River–Phase 1 Final Report.
  16. Buildout Analysis Report & Memo from Study Committee