NRCS NPS PROJECTS WITH TRIBESSharri Venno, Environmental Planner – Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians (HBMI)David Garcelon, Tribal Liaison to the Passamaquoddy – NRCSHelena Swiatek, Tribal Liaison to HBMI - NRCS
Non-Point Source Management on
Houlton Band of Maliseet Lands
Water Quality Impairments:bacteria, pesticides,
low dissolved oxygen,sedimentation
Highly Erodible Land (HEL) & Wetland determinations – 198816 acres planted
Donald Collins NRCSDistrict Conservationist
Conservation Planning Begins!
Riparian Buffers installed & enhanced (1992-2001)- 7 acres
Conservation Reserve Program (1997) –23.7 ac seeded down to Conservation Cover
Sediment Basins / Waterways– HBMIInstalled to capture runoff from adjoining areas and filter before reaching the Meduxnekeag.
Located off Access Road Located off potato fields Keith Roble and John Roy - NRCS
HBMI PLANT MATERIALS CENTER
Streamco Willow
Bankers Willow
Red Osier Dogwood
John Dickerson - NRCSPlant Materials Specialist
Watershed Initiative – (2003-2009)
Soil Erosion at field edge Cover crop
Gully erosion Mulching with straw/hay
Watershed Initiative –Winter Cover Project
Riparian Buffer Projects – HBMI
(above) Riparian buffer at installation and 20 years later
(left) Buffer inter-planting and diversification
Pre-construction – road ditch out letting directly into the Meduxnekeag
Sediment Basin – After. Ditch “plug” and basin. Redirect into the Buffer.
Soils Mapping -1996
Ron Olsen –NRCS Soil Scientist
Ground Penetrating
Radar – 2012
Sue Young –HBMI and Jim Dolittle - NRCS
Cemetery Investigations
Soil Investigations
Then and Now
FUTURE ACTIVITIES - HBMI:Watershed Based PlanPearce Brook Conservation Stewardship ProgramConservation Initiative Program (CIG)Meduxnekeag River Restoration Project
Early Successional Habitat Management and Conservation Cover –Passamaquoddy Tribe(Left) 5 acre clearing will be allowed to regenerate naturally to provide diversity to this even age forest.
(Above) Conservation Cover Planting after Site Preparation completed on 7 acres of a forestland clear cut. This site will be mowed and kept open for wildlife purposes.
Forest Road Improvement -Before
Forest Road Improvement -After
Stream Crossings and Forest Trails
(left) Gulf Stream Bridge Crossing on Passamaquoddy Forest Land in Western Maine
(upper right) NRCS staff survey stream crossing for planned arch culvert as part of access road improvement on Blood Brook Road on Passamaquoddy Land
Pre construction photos of the fish passage project at Mattamicontis Lake 2012.
Post construction at Mattamicontis Lake 2012. -Penobscot Nation
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