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The Acton Wakefield Watersheds Alliance Youth Conservation Corps

2017 Season Report

Amy Arsenault Linda Schier

Acton Wakefield Watersheds Alliance PO Box 235

254 Main Street Union, NH 03887

October 2017

Funding for this project, in part, was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act. The funding is administered by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services and Maine Department of Environmental Protection in partnership with EPA. EPA does not endorse any commercial products or services mentioned.

AWWA also thanks: The Town of Wakefield, NH; The Town of Acton, ME; Jane B Cook 1983 Charitable Foundation; Alden N Young Trust; Adelard & Valeda Roy Foundation; Belleau Lake Property Owners Association; Great East Lake Improvement Association; Horn Pond Association, Lake Ivanhoe/Round Pond Association; Lovell Lake Association; Wilson Lake Association; Pine River Pond Association; Province Lake Association; local businesses and generous individuals.

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Additional assistance was provided by the following individuals and organizations:

Sally Soule New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Wendy Garland Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Springvale Nurseries - Randall’s Landscaping Materials - Eagle Storage

2017 Crew Christian Kenney Cameron Mann James Shimansky Zack Stadtfeld Brett Stevens Marrissa Williams

Crew Leaders

Ryan Shannon Justine Short

Program Manager Amy Arsenault

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Special Thanks to Our Business Partners for 2017:

Lake Forest Resort - Lakes Region Septic - Real Estate 2000 ME/NH

Wakefield Family Medicine - Wakefield Inn & Restaurant

Country Goods & Groceries, Dame Electric, Hayes Real Estate, M & M Boat Storage, Middleton Building Supply, Miss Wakefield Diner, Profile Bank, Randall's Landscaping Supplies, Dube Plus Construction,

Lake Ivanhoe Campground, Mobile Marine Service, Pam Wiggin, Realtor, Seven Lakes Provisions

Jim's Wheelhouse, Land Tech, Sharper Image Salon, White & Company Gifts, Woodman Corner Barber Shop

Executive Director Linda Schier

Program Manager

Amy Arsenault

AWWA Board of Directors: - Dick DesRoches - President - Pete Dinger - Glenn Wildes* - Jeanne Achille - Vice President - Chuck Hodsdon - Pat Theisen* - Jon Samuelson - Treasurer - Mary Lenzen *Emeritus - Pete Tasker - Secretary - Rosemary Stewart

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Contents About AWWA......................................................................................................... 5

Executive Summary................................................................................................ 6

2017 Technical Assistance (TA) Visits ..................................................................... 9

2017 Technical Assistance Map ........................................................................... 12

2017 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) Overview .................................................. 13

2017 YCC Project Host Site Map........................................................................... 18

Appendix A – 2017 Technical Assistance and Project Host Sites Map .................. 54

Appendix B – NH DES Pollutant Control Report ................................................... 55

Appendix C – ME DEP Pollutant Control Report ................................................... 56

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About AWWA

Mission As a collaborative, non-regulatory organization, the mission of the Acton Wakefield Watersheds Alliance is to protect and restore water quality in the lakes, ponds, rivers and streams of Wakefield, NH and Acton, ME to maintain the environmental, recreational and economic stability of the region. The members of AWWA include representatives of local lake associations, members of town committees including planning boards, and local residents. Our partners include UNH and UME Cooperative Extensions, Maine DEP, New Hampshire DES, York County Soil & Water Conservation District, and the local lake associations. Watersheds The AWWA Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) focuses its efforts on the Salmon Falls-Piscataqua and Saco River watersheds within the towns of Acton, Maine and Wakefield, New Hampshire. Within these watersheds AWWA currently services 10 water bodies – Balch Lake, Belleau Lake, Branch River, Horn Pond, Great East Lake, Lake Ivanhoe, Lovell Lake, Pine River Pond, Province Lake, and Wilson Lake.

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Executive Summary

The Acton Wakefield Watersheds Alliance, a non-profit organization established in 2005, is dedicated to protecting and restoring the water quality of the lakes, ponds, rivers and streams of Wakefield, New Hampshire and the border region of Acton, Maine. AWWA staff members and volunteers work within the communities to strengthen the understanding that what happens on land determines the health of the local waters. Healthy waterbodies provide essential benefits to our communities as a natural resource, wildlife habitat, recreational opportunity and economic engine.

AWWA’s Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program was developed in 2006 to implement erosion control projects in our target region. The program is designed to reduce pollution caused by runoff from rain events and seasonal melt water that flows into our local lakes, rivers, and streams. The YCC tackles this through the installation of “Best Management Practices” (BMPs) or landscaped features that promote the infiltration of runoff or divert the runoff away from the lake toward vegetation where it can soak into the ground. Each project showcases solutions to environmental problems faced by waterfront properties that landowners can do themselves.

The process starts with a technical assistance visit between the homeowner and the AWWA program manager. During this initial meeting, the discussion centers on how the homeowners use their property, identifying areas with erosion, and going over potential fixes. After assessing the property, the homeowner receives a technical assistance packet that includes a site design, recommendations, local suppliers, and BMP fact sheets. After the homeowner reviews the packet, they are asked to sign a pledge indicating they will install at least one of the recommendations within the next 12 months and they can also apply to be part of the YCC program. The homeowner can also implement the recommendations themselves, or hire a contractor. In addition to the landscape design provided to the homeowner, the program manager focuses on educating homeowners on why the design features were chosen, what they will accomplish, and how to maintain them. This process is important in raising stakeholder awareness of the relationship between land use and water quality. The AWWA board and staff also focus efforts on local outreach to highlight the conservation practices that can reduce non-point source pollution.

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If the site is conducive to a YCC project, the homeowner will receive a second packet that outlines specifically what AWWA will do and what is expected of the homeowner. The YCC will then provide free labor to install the BMPs and the homeowner is responsible for buying the materials. Homeowners are also asked to make an optional donation of 20% of the cost of AWWA’s labor.

The labor of crew is funded by donations and grants, and the landowner provides all the necessary materials. Behind these projects is a crew of eager high school students supervised by a crew leader and the program manager. The YCC program gives its youth corps the opportunity to effect environmental solutions and empowers them to become the future stewards of our water resources.

Over the past twelve seasons, the AWWA YCC had completed 230 projects and installed over 900 BMPs across 10 lakes in the Wakefield, NH and Acton, ME region. The past successes set the bar high, but every year the YCC exceeds expectations and does fantastic work. Amy Arsenault AWWA Program Manager

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Salmon Falls – Piscataqua River and Saco River Watersheds

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2017 Technical Assistance (TA) Visits Requests for technical assistance were received from residents on 8 lakes in the AWWA region. These requests were the result of recruitment efforts by AWWA at community events, press articles, presentations at lake association meetings, the display of AWWA signs at past project host sites, and word of mouth from neighbors. All of these efforts come together to further AWWA’s message and grow AWWA’s project host program.

In 2017, AWWA received 52 TA requests from property owners who had erosion issues or wished to have their property assessed for issues that could be harming the lake. Not every technical assistance visit results in a design delivered to property owners for use correcting erosion issues on their property. Many TA visits result in a project being completed in the same year. In some cases, homeowners did not receive designs, as their properties were erosion free and in good shape. In other cases, some problems require serious engineering beyond the scale of a technical assistance visit.

The property owners that do receive design packets receive a pledge to sign stating that they will perform at least one of the recommended designs in the packet within 12 months. Property owners can go about this in several ways. They can do the work themselves using the BMP fact sheets included in the packet, they can hire a contractor to perform the work, or they can apply to be part of the AWWA project host program and have the YCC perform the work.

Every year AWWA contacts the previous year’s TA clients and performs checks on their sites. This is in compliance with the pledge signed by the property owners and allows AWWA to pursue the property owner as a project host or to see if the owner needs a new design to fit their budget or landscaping. The technical assistance design packets include an introductory letter, an outline of the recommendations and an explanation of why those specific BMPs were chosen, a landscape design plan, a pledge sheet, a local suppliers list, and fact sheets for the recommend BMPs. The fact sheets outline the purpose, design, and instructions for constructing the BMP.

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2017 Technical Assistance Visits by Lake *Indicates that the homeowner became a project host in 2017

Balch Lake 1 Bob & Ann Glidden* 31 Joe Del Drive East Wakefield, NH

Great East Lake 2 Daman Cuzmanes 198 Langley Shores Drive Acton, ME 3 Chuck & Elizabeth Davis* 40 Rock Haven Road Sanbornville, NH 4 Susan Dean 1597 H Road Acton, ME 5 Joe Diorio* 768 Lakeside Drive Acton, ME 6 Phil & Jennifer Dupuis* 65 Fulton Road Acton, ME 7 Sherri Garvey 183 Veazey Point Road Sanbornville, NH 8 Randy Gilbert 14 Rafferty Drive Acton, ME 9 Charlene Gottlieb* 333 Veazey Cove Road Sanbornville, NH

10 Sandra & Bob Harvey 136 Shaw Cove Road Acton, ME 11 Deb Henault 39 Katy Lane/Moriah’s Lane Acton, ME 12 Chris & Liza King* 411 North Shore Drive East Wakefield, NH 13 Trisha Longo 161 Ice Road Acton, ME 14 Bethann & Dave Lynch* 414 Dandy Road Acton, ME 15 Brett Martin 1539 H Road Acton, ME 16 Victoria & Scott Matheson 723 Canal Road Sanbornville, NH 17 Richard McCarthy 48 Ricker Drive Sanbornville, NH 18 Jean Noon* 145 Foss Road Acton, ME 19 Lisa Polmonari 309 Veazey Point Road Sanbornville, NH 20 Andy Sakellarious 39 Katy Lane/Moriah’s Lane Acton, ME 21 James Tobin 129 Veazey Cove Road Sanbornville, NH 22 Ann Travers 77 Grand View Road Acton, ME 23 Henry Whicher 200 Wilkins Road Acton, ME

Horn Pond 24 Peter Baxter 69 Mountain View Drive Acton, ME 25 Ian Doyle 105 Martha Horn Road Acton, ME 26 Mountain View Shores Association New Bridge Road Ramp Acton, ME 27 Jon & Kelley Sewell 57 Mountain View Drive Acton, ME 28 Erika Torbert 35 Sawyer Road Acton, ME

Lake Ivanhoe/Round Pond 29 Sharon Coyne 34 Middle Road East Wakefield, NH 30 John Takis 786 Acton Ridge Road East Wakefield, NH

Lovell Lake 31 Richard Anderson 7 SO Roberts Cove Road Sanbornville, NH 32 Patricia Dery* 754 Brackett Road Sanbornville, NH 33 Angie Elliott & Dana Padgett* 269 Lovell Lake Road Sanbornville, NH

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34 Alan Heacock* 298 Brackett Road Sanbornville, NH 35 Beverly Lawrie 46 North Roberts Cove Road Sanbornville, NH 36 Nick Mourginis 355 Lovell Lake Road Sanbornville, NH 37 Jane Myers 536 Lovell Lake Road Sanbornville, NH 38 Greta Reed 532 Brackett Road Sanbornville, NH 39 Glenn Rowley 758 Brackett Road Sanbornville, NH 40 Cindy Scally 40 North Roberts Cove Road Sanbornville, NH 41 Glenn & Stephanie Thornton 927 Lovell Lake Road Sanbornville, NH

Pine River Pond 42 Marie Wall 250 Pickerel Point Road Sanbornville, NH

Province Lake 43 Landowner* Route 153 East Wakefield, NH 44 Kelly Boston* 33 Sunset Road East Wakefield, NH 45 Rick Coughlin 146 Remick Road Effingham, NH 46 Province Lake Association* East Wakefield, NH 47 Province Lake Campground 36 Remick Road Effingham, NH

Wilson Lake 48 Jeanne Achille* 94 Peacock Road Acton, ME 49 Kari LeBaron 85 Eagle Road Acton, ME 50 David Lewis 127 Eagle Road Acton, ME 51 Margaret Sitarz 123 Wren Road Acton, ME 52 Barbara Seckar 145 Eagle Road Acton, ME

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2017 Technical Assistance Map

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2017 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) Overview The 2017 AWWA YCC consisted of the Program Manager Amy Arsenault, Crew Leaders Ryan Shannon and Taylor Short, and Crew Members Zack Stadtfeld, Marrissa Williams, Brett Stevens, Christian Kenney, Cameron Mann, and James Shimansky. After spending several years as Crew members, Taylor and Ryan moved into the Crew Leader position. We welcomed back Zack, Marrissa and Brett, and welcomed Christian, Cameron and James to the team. Throughout the year, Amy met with interested landowners to discuss their erosion concerns and then created site-specific design solutions for each property. Youth Conservation Corps projects are selected from technical assistance designs based on criteria set by the AWWA YCC Committee.

The YCC was able to complete 18 projects across 6 different waterbodies in the Wakefield and Acton region. The crew worked diligently for eight weeks starting at the end of June and working into the middle of August. The crew and experienced crew leaders were able to install 102 Best Management Practices (BMPs) which are the landscaped features designed to slow down runoff, divert it away from the lakes, and infiltrate the runoff into the ground before it reaches the lake. These 102 BMPs are estimated to stop 6 tons of sediment and 5.3 pounds of phosphorus from entering the lakes.

The projects that were completed consisted of erosion control Best Management Practices (BMPs) ranging from a few plantings, to sites with more than 10 BMPs installed. The crew readily attacked these problems and worked their hardest to ensure that when it rains, pollution does not happen on these properties. Through twelve years of projects, the skill level and projects that can be managed by the YCC crew leaders and crew has grown substantially.

Thank you to all AWWA staff, crew, crew leaders, and everyone who helped make this season a wonderful success!

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2017 Summary of Installed BMPs

Best Management Practice (BMP) Number Completed

Crushed stone 6 Dripline trench 12 Erosion control mix 3 Infiltration pathway 5 Infiltration steps 8 Infiltration trench 6 Native vegetation 4 Rain garden 5 Retrofit detention basin 1 Rubber razor 8 Vegetated buffer 11 Waterbar 33

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How to Count Best Management Practices for YCC programs

This list standardizes BMP types, which encourage continuity across YCC programs in Maine. AWWA has adopted this method so that we are consistent with our fellow YCC programs. BMPs are grouped by type, and some types are split into size categories. Larger size categories will count as more than one BMP in the “Type of BMP Installed” table. Categories are based on size or how much material is used for each project. Three types of BMPs: Infiltration includes trenches, drip edge drains, dry wells, erosion control berms, rain gardens, detention basins and infiltration steps. Diversion includes rubber razors, water bars, culverts and turnouts. Stabilization includes rip-rap, vegetative buffers, ECM, driveway stabilization, path stabilization.

Infiltration Standards

Type of BMP Small

(Counts as 1 BMP) Medium

(Counts as 2 BMPs) Large

(counts as 3 BMPs) Infiltration trench <10’ 10-20’ 20’+

Dripline Trench <10’ 10-20’ 20’+ Dry well* <5 cubic feet 5-10 cubic feet 10+ cubic feet

ECM berm <10’ 10-20’ 20’+ Rain gardens At least 9 sq. ft 9-25 square ft > 25 square ft

Detention basins <6’ diameter 6-10’ diameter 10’ diameter

Infiltration steps <5 5-10 10+ *dry well size refers to capacity to store water (if the structure is filled with crushed stone, divide your capacity by 2) Diversion Standards

Type of BMP Small

(Counts as 1 BMP) Medium

(Counts as 2 BMPs) Large

(counts as 3 BMPs)

Rubber razors <14’ 14-28’ 28’+ Water Bars <10’ 10-20’ 20’ Culverts (metal or plastic) <15” diameter pipe 15-24” diameter pipe > 24” diameter

Turnouts 1 road/driveway turnout

2 road/driveway turnouts

3 road/driveway turnouts

Open Top Culverts <14’ 14-28’ 28’+ Seed Bumps/ Drainage Swale <14’ 14-28’ 28’+

Ditches <100’ 100-200’ 200’+

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Stabilization Standards

Type of BMP Small (Counts as 1 BMP)

Medium (Counts as 2 BMPs)

Large (counts as 3 BMPs)

Rip-Rap <25sq ft 25-50 sq ft 50+ sq ft

Vegetative Buffers <12 plants 12-24 plants 25+ plants

ECM <100 sq ft 100-400 sq ft 400+ sq ft

Driveway stabilization <30 linear ft of driveway 30-60’ linear ft 60+ linear ft

Path Stabilization <50 linear ft 50-100 linear ft 100+ linear ft

Crown/Ramp Driveway <30 linear ft of driveway 30-60’ linear ft 60+ linear ft

Crown/Ramp Path <50 linear ft 50-100 linear ft 100+ linear ft

Cover Path with Erosion Control Mulch <50 linear ft 50-100 linear ft 100+ linear ft

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YCC Project Sites by Lake

Balch Lake

1 Ann & Bob Glidden 31 Joe Del Drive East Wakefield, NH

Belleau

2 Mike Murphy 342 Beverly Hills Drive East Wakefield, NH

Great East Lake

3 Joe Diorio 768 Lakeside Drive Acton, ME 4 Phil & Jennifer Dupuis 65 Fulton Road Acton, ME 5 Cathy Hill & Tom Leonard 440 Langley Shores Drive Acton, ME 6 Bethann & Dave Lynch 414 Dandy Road Acton, ME 7 Jean Noon 145 Foss Road Acton, ME 8 Sheila Ross 222 Kiltie Drive Acton, ME 9 Chuck & Elizabeth Davis 40 Rock Haven Road Sanbornville, NH

10 Charlene Gottlieb 333 Veazey Point Road Sanbornville, NH 11 Chris & Liza King 411 North Shore Drive East Wakefield, NH

Lovell Lake

12 Pat Dery 754 Brackett Road Sanbornville, NH 13 Angie Elliott & Dana Padgett 269 Lovell Lake Road Sanbornville, NH 14 Alan Heacock 298 Brackett Road Sanbornville, NH

Province Lake

15 Landowner Route 153/Province Beach East Wakefield, NH 16 Province Lake Association Route 153/Province Beach East Wakefield, NH 17 Kelly Boston 33 Sunset Road East Wakefield, NH

Wilson Lake

18 Jeanne Achille 94 Peacock Road Acton, ME

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2017 YCC Project Host Site Map

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Ann & Bob Glidden Balch Lake - East Wakefield, NH

Ann & Bob have a camp on Joe Del Drive in East Wakefield. The Gliddens were previous project hosts in 2013 when they had rubber razors and drywells installed. Over the years they noticed some continuing erosion, and called the YCC in to help address the issues. There were large patches of bare soil in the back of the house, with little slowing or stopping storm water and sediment from entering Balch Lake. The rubber razors installed previously were doing their job, but one needed to be flipped so that it could continue to work properly. To address the erosion issues on this property, the YCC installed an infiltration pathway by replacing the compacted walkway with several inches of crushed stone. Adding stone allows stormwater to infiltrate down into the ground slowly, and prevents loose soils from washing away. A waterbar leading into a rain garden was also installed to divert runoff away from entering the sandy beach. The YCC also flipped the rubber in one of the existing rubber razors, because it was slumping over and was no longer working properly. This project took about a day and a half to complete.

Total Number of BMPs Approximate Cost to Landowner

5 $500

Tons of Sediment Reduced Pounds of Phosphorus Reduced

Below detectable limits of the Region 5 model Below detectable limits of the Region 5 model

Crew Hours Crew Value

83.5 $1,089

BMPs Installed Materials Used

Infiltration Pathway Pressure Treated Lumber- 28 feet

Rain Garden ½” Diameter Rebar – 2 pieces

Waterbar Erosion Control Mix – 2 yards

Crushed Stone – 3 yards

Loam – 1 yard

Plants - 7

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Before After: Waterbar & Rain Garden Before After: Infiltration Pathway

After the rubber razor was flipped; it is no longer slumping over.

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Mike Murphy Belleau Lake - East Wakefield, NH

Mike Murphy had a problem faced by many; he had bare soil, and washouts happening in his beach. Roof runoff combined with a large porch contributed a large volume of stormwater. There was minimal stormwater management on the property, and therefore little infiltration capacity for water coming off of the roof and porch. To address these issues, the YCC installed two dripline trenches under the roof eaves, and they put several inches of crushed stone under the porch. This project took about a day to complete.

Before After: Crushed Stone


7 $300


0.5 0.5


67 $897


2 Dripline Trenches Crushed Stone – 10 yards

Crushed Stone

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Before After: Dripline Trench

Before: There were some existing larger rocks. After: Dripline Trench

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Joe Diorio Great East Lake - Acton, ME

Joe had been doing a lot of construction on his house, and had recently put in a garage across the street. The driveway from the garage was a large source of runoff, and was not paved. Storm water flowed down the driveway, picking up sand, flowed across the road, and down the side of the house which is fairly steep. Joe had a few major washouts at the corner of his house as a result of the large volume of water. Runoff from the road was also a large contributing factor causing washouts. The YCC added 2 rubber razors in the garage’s driveway, which were angled to divert water into an existing infiltration trench. A rain garden was also installed at the corner of the house where it was washing out, and plants were added afterwards by the homeowner. This project took about two days to complete.

Before After: 2 Rubber Razors


5 $400


1.8 1.5


123 $1,644


2 Rubber Razors Loam – 2 yards

Rain Garden Erosion Control Mix – 1 yard

Crushed Stone – 1.5 yards

Pressure Treated Lumber – 72 feet

Rubber Conveyor Belt – 33 feet

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Before After: Rain Garden

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Phil & Jennifer Dupuis Great East Lake - Acton, ME

The Dupuis have a very steep hill from where their camp is, all the way to their dock. Their water access was not a stable pathway, which was not only difficult to walk down, but was also eroding. Foot traffic going up and down the hill caused very compacted soil which created a sluiceway for stormwater. Also due to the steepness, soil was getting dug up from people slipping on the path. This project was the most challenging for the crew this season.

The YCC installed an infiltration pathway, and a set of infiltration steps at the top of the path near the house. They also installed a large set of infiltration steps leading from the end of the path, all the way down the steep hill towards the lake. Due to the steepness, they could not use wheelbarrows to transport materials and had to use buckets by hand. It was not only a physical challenge, but a technical challenge to build that many infiltration steps (32 in total). This project took about a week to complete, but for several work days only a few crew members were on site and working. The YCC will often split the crew between two job sites, which was the case for several days during this project.


4 $450


0.2 0.2


241 $3,270


2 Sets of Infiltration Steps (32 Steps) Pressure Treated Lumber – 103 feet

Infiltration Pathway ½” Diameter Rebar – 65 Pieces

Crushed Stone –5 yards

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Before After: Infiltration Steps

Before After: Infiltration Steps & Infiltration Pathway

After: Infiltration Steps & Infiltration

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Cathy Hill & Tom Leonard Great East Lake – Acton, ME

This property had a long stretch of bare soil leading from the house to the lake. The homeowners tried to put down pine needles to help protect the soil, but because of the slope, stormwater picked up too much speed taking soil with it. The YCC installed 5 waterbars to help slow and divert runoff, preventing it from easily washing away the hillside. In the future, the homeowners could add erosion control mulch or plantings in between the waterbars to further stabilize the area. The project took about a day and a half to install.

Before After: Waterbars


10 $300


0.1 0.1


60.5 $795


5 Waterbars Crushed Stone – 2 yards


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Dave & Bethann Lynch Great East Lake - Acton, ME

The Lynches were project hosts last year, but unfortunately what was installed was not quite enough. The YCC installed a set of retrofit infiltration steps, and several other BMPs. The homeowners noticed that erosion was still occurring above and below the existing set of infiltration steps and wanted to address the issue. This year the YCC expanded the existing set, and added steps to the top and bottom. This project took about a day and a half to install.



3 $220


0.1 0.1


120.25 $1,591.50


Infiltration Steps Crushed Stone – 4 yards


½” Diameter Rebar – 60 pieces

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Jean Noon Great East Lake - Acton, ME

The road is a large source of stormwater on this property. Storm water flowed down the road, down a pathway, and towards the lake without much interference. The pathway to the lake was filled with compacted soils that did not allow for infiltration. Also, runoff from the shed’s roof was flowing over the bank, creating erosion next to it. The YCC installed two waterbars, a dripline trench, and an infiltration pathway. This project took about 2 days to install.

Before After: Waterbars


8 $221.75


0.1 0.1


86 $1,155



Dripline Trench Pressure Treated Lumber – 32 feet

Infiltration Pathway ½” Diameter Rebar – 8 pieces

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Before After: Infiltration Pathway


The road was the main source of runoff affecting this property.

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Sheila & Doug Ross Great East Lake - Acton, ME

On the Ross’s property, the roof was contributing a large volume of runoff to their pathway. In addition, this path was very compacted by foot traffic. Due to the compaction, there was little infiltration capacity, and stormwater could easily flow towards the lake. They also had an area of bare soil that could be better stabilized by adding vegetation. The YCC installed a vegetated buffer with 8 plants in an area with bare soil, and installed 5 small waterbars and erosion control mix in the pathway. This project took half a day to install.

Before After: Vegetated Buffer


7 $221.75


0.5 0.4


38 $501


5 Waterbars Crushed Stone – 0.5 yards

Vegetated Buffer Pressure Treated Lumber – 24 feet

Erosion Control Mulch ½” Diameter Rebar –11 pieces

Native Vegetation – 8 plants

Erosion Control Mulch – 3 yards

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Before After: Waterbars & Erosion Control Mix

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Chuck & Elizabeth Davis Great East Lake - Sanbornville, NH

Large gullies were forming alongside the Davis’s house. Their beach was suffering from washouts due to the velocity and volume of stormwater flowing into the area. The Davises have a large paved parking area which is the source of their runoff issues. At the end of the parking area, the YCC installed a 3 foot deep infiltration trench filled with crushed stone. This will catch a large volume of water running off the pavement, and will also help sediment settle out before it can reach the lake. The YCC also installed crushed stone and 4 waterbars right above the beach. At this site the digging was tough, and the crew worked hard to make sure that the infiltration trench was deep enough.

Before After: Infiltration Trench


12 $466.12


0.1 0.1


119 $1,578



Crushed Stone Pressure Treated Lumber – 44 feet

Infiltration Trench ½” Diameter Rebar – 8 pieces

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Before

After: Waterbars & Crushed Stone

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Charlene Gottlieb Great East Lake - Sanbornville, NH

Charlene was a project host in 2007, and 2015. She recently installed a new septic system, which destroyed a large woody section of her property. This area is very steep, and was covered in bare soil after the construction. In addition, there’s a small pathway that Charlene uses to visit her neighbor’s house. At the bottom of this pathway, the tree roots were becoming exposed and Charlene had noticed a lot of change in the erosion over the years.

The YCC Installed infiltration steps up to the pathway that connects Charlene’s house with her neighbor’s house. On the hill beneath the septic system, 3 waterbars, erosion control mulch, and native vegetation was installed to stabilize the soil. In 2007, a detention basin was installed where the road meets Charlene’s driveway. This year the YCC cleaned that basin out, because it was clogged with road material and was not functioning properly. This project took about 2.5 days to complete.


14 $300


0.3 0.2


119 $1,620


3 Waterbars Crushed Stone – 1.5 yards

Erosion Control Mulch Loam – 1 yard

Native Vegetation Erosion Control Mulch – 7 yards

Infiltration Steps Pressure Treated Lumber – 45 feet

Detention Basin - Maintenance ½” Diameter Rebar – 15 pieces

Native Vegetation – 25 plants

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Detention Basin

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Before

After: Erosion Control Mulch, Native Vegetation & Waterbars

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Chris & Liza King Great East Lake – East Wakefield, NH

The pathway leading to the boat ramp was eroding due to foot traffic and compacted soils. Directly in front of the path is a shed, and the roof was contributing runoff to the pathway. The YCC installed a dripline trench on one side of the shed, as the homeowner did not want to disturb the grass on the other side. This project took about a day and a half to complete, and only a couple of crew members worked on the infiltration steps.



3 $200


0.1 0.1


37.5 $528


Infiltration Steps Crushed Stone – 2 yards

Dripline Trench Pressure Treated Lumber – 36 feet

½” Diameter Rebar – 8 pieces

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Before

After: Infiltration Steps

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Patricia Dery Lovell Lake – Sanbornville, NH

Pat was a project host last year, but unfortunately what was installed was not quite working as expected. Last year the YCC installed firehose diverters in the driveway, turnouts along the driveway, and a detention basin at the end of a gutter downspout. Due to the steepness and length of the driveway, the volume of water was too much for the existing BMPs. The homeowners added mulch to their yard to protect the soil, but unfortunately after a heavy rain much of it was washed away. This year the YCC installed an infiltration trench along the end of the driveway. The trench is an extension of the detention basin that was installed last year. This project took half of the crew a day to complete, and the homeowners have said that the new trench has been extremely effective.

Before the project in 2016 After: Infiltration Trench


2 $200


0.2 0.2


45 $576


Infiltration Trench Rip Rap Stone – 5 yards

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Angie Elliot & Dana Padgett Lovell Lake – Sanbornville, NH

This property has a very large grassed lawn, which is very visible from the lake. There were a few small shrubs and trees along the shoreline, but overall not much protecting the water’s edge from stormwater runoff. Another resident of the lake was concerned about the minimal buffer, not only due to the large lawn, but because of the proximity to a major town road. They saw this as an opportunity to educate the homeowners, and also thought it would make a great and very visible YCC Project. This resident began speaking with the homeowners about the benefits of vegetated buffers and the impact on water quality. The resident generously offered to purchase the plants for the homeowners to further incentivize installing a vegetated buffer. As a result of their conversations, the homeowners decided to make their property more lake friendly. The YCC installed an 80 foot long by 10 foot wide vegetated buffer consisting of approximately 40 plants. Erosion control mulch was spread in between the plants, and the project took a day to complete.

Total Number of BMPs Approximate Total Cost

3 $1,400


0.1 0.1


41 $576


Vegetated Buffer Erosion Control Mulch – 12 yards

Loam – 1 yard

Approx. 40 plants

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Alan Heacock Lovell Lake – Sanbornville, NH

Alan was a project host back in 2008 when he had some rubber razors installed in his driveway. Since then the razors have been working effectively. However, he recently had to make some changes to his property and therefore changed the functionality. Several of the existing razors were now too short, while others were tattered and needed to be flipped so that new rubber was sticking up. Alan also had other areas of concern that would benefit by adding new BMPs. The YCC installed two new rubber razors, moved two existing razors, and flipped the rubber on one of those. The crew also installed a dripline trench where there was originally nothing to catch roof runoff. Two rain gardens were also installed, one if which is located at the end of one rubber razor. This project took about two and a half days to complete.

Existing rubber razor was moved further up the driveway A Few existing rubber razors were too short


7 $405


0.2 0.1


129 $1,692


2 Rain Gardens 8 Plants

2 Rubber Razors Erosion Control Mulch – 2 yards

Dripline Trench Loam – 3 yards

Crushed stone – 2 yards

Pressure treated lumber – 120 feet

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Before After: Rain Garden #1

Before After: Rain Garden #2

New rubber razor Before: Dripline Trench. After photo not taken.

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Landowner & The Province Lake Association Province Lake – East Wakefield, NH

In 2014 and 2015, the YCC installed sections of a vegetated buffer along RT-153 at Province Lake. This road causes major issues for the shoreline, and much of the road is unarmored. Large washouts and gullies in the sand occur up and down the beach. In the Province Lake Watershed Management Plan this road was identified as a major pollutant contributor. This year, the landowner was enthusiastic about expanding the buffer, which is located on her property. The Landowner funded a 50 ft section of the buffer as one project, and the Province Lake Association funded a 30 ft section as another project. Plantings included beach roses, blackberries, and blueberries.

Landowner

Total Number of BMPs Cost to Landowner

3 $820


1.7 1.6


61 $792


Vegetated Buffer – 50 ft Erosion Control Mulch – 6.6 yards

Plants - 20

Loam – 3 yards

Province Lake Association

Total Number of BMPs Cost to PLA

3 $545


See above See above


40 $522


Vegetated Buffer – 30 ft Erosion Control Mulch – 4.4 yards

Plants - 13

Loam – 2 yards

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Before

After

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Kelly Boston Province Lake - East Wakefield, NH

Kelly was another project host from last year. The YCC had installed a waterbar leading into a rain garden, but Kelly decided that the waterbar was too much of a trip hazard. Due to the bare soil all around the property, and water flowing from the driveway, something still had to be installed to help manage stormwater runoff. This year the YCC removed the waterbar, and installed an infiltration trench with a perforated pipe and crushed stone leading to the rain garden. The crew also added plants to the rain garden, because none had been added since the rain garden was installed.

The waterbar was removed and crushed stone was put in its place.


3 $250


No new sediment reduction No new phosphorus reduction


18 $288


Infiltration Trench Crushed stone – 1 yard

Native Vegetation Perforated pipe

Native plants

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Jeanne Achille Wilson Lake – Acton, ME

Jeanne was a project host in 2007, and called up the YCC again to take another look at her property. In looking around there were a few areas that needed to be addressed. The crushed stone at the end of her driveway and in some of the pathways was filled in and needed to be sifted. When crushed stone becomes clogged it does not allow runoff to infiltrate properly. Also, the runoff from her garage roof was landing in the gravel driveway, with nowhere to infiltrate. The YCC installed a dripline trench along the garage, sifted some of the pathways to remove dirt, and replenished areas that needed more stone. Without runoff from the garage roof disrupting sediment in the driveway, hopefully the pathways will become clogged less quickly in the future.



3 $


No new sediment reduction No new phosphorus reduction


63 $846


Dripline Trench Crushed stone – 3 yards

Crushed stone pathway

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Pathways that were sifted

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Previous YCC Project Site Maintenance

Canal Road Many of the municipal sites we have worked on need continued maintenance in order for them to work properly and effectively. This year, an infiltration trench along Robinson Road on the Great East Lake Canal was cleaned of sediment and debris. Before being installed in 2008, water would flow across a flat, gravel open area, picking up sediment, crossing paved Canal Road, and would subsequently flow into the Great East Lake/Horn Pond canal. Continued maintenance is essential to keeping this a highly effective BMP.

Before

After

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Brackett Road Trenches In 2014 the YCC installed infiltration trenches on Brackett Road. These projects were done in conjunction with the UNH Stormwater Center and Wakefield DPW as part of the Brackett Road projects. This year, the YCC had some availabilty and notcied that the trenches could use a cleaning. The crew spent a day cleaning out the trenches and making them more functional. Before After

Before After

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AWWA Office Gardens In 2015, the YCC installed two rain garens at the AWWA office. Since their installation, the gardens became full of weeds and were in need of some new Erosion Control Mix mulch (ECM). This summer, the YCC weeded the gardens, spread new ECM, and added flowers to some planters.

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Appendix A – 2017 Technical Assistance and Project Host Sites Map

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Appendix B – NH DES Pollutant Control Report NPS Projects - Pollutants Controlled Report

New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Watershed Assistance Section

DES Project Number: RI-16-S-01__ Date of Report: 10/23/2017 Project Title: Province Lake Watershed Management Plan Implementation Phase 2: Septic System Improvements, Golf Couse, Campground, Shoreline and Road Enhancement

Grantee: __Acton Wakefield Watersheds Alliance ___________________________________ Table 1. Pollutant Load Reduction Estimates for NPS Sites Treated with BMPs

Waterbody Name Nitrogen pounds per year

Phosphorus pounds per year

Sediment tons per year

Balch Lake N/A 0 0

Belleau Lake N/A 0.5 0.5

Great East Lake N/A 0.4 0.5

Lovell Lake N/A 0.4 0.5

Province Lake N/A 1.6 1.7

Totals N/A 2.9 3.2

Table 2. Wetlands, Streambanks, Shoreline Protected / Restored During This Project

Resource

Planned acres

Actual acres

Planned linear feet

Actual linear feet

Wetlands restored

not applicable not applicable

Wetlands created


Streambank /shoreline protected


Stream channel stabilized


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The estimations in this report were determined using the appropriate estimation model(s) and applied according to the procedures prescribed for the model. To the best of my knowledge these are reasonable estimates using appropriate methods. Documentation is kept on file by the grantee and is available for review by NHDES and USEPA.

Submitted by (for Grantee): _Amy Arsenault_____ date: 10/23/2017 Signature Printed Name

Reviewed by (for DES): __________________ ____________________ date: Signature Printed Name

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NPS Projects - Pollutants Controlled Report New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Watershed Assistance Section

DES Project Number: RI-16-S-01_ Date of Report: 10/23/2017

Table 3. List of BMP Sites and Methods Used Lake: Balch Lake

Site ID (Name

or # from site list )

Site Location Description

Latitude and Longitude (decimal

degrees)

Brief BMP Description

Estimation Method / Sub-Method Used

Implementation Date

Pounds of Nitrogen Per Year

Pounds of Phosphorus

Per Year

Tons of Sediment Per Year

Glidden 31 Joe Del Drive East Wakefield, NH

43.62669 -70.98442

Infiltration path, waterbar & a rain

garden Region 5 7/27/2017 N/A 0 0

Totals:

N/A 0 0

Table 4. List of BMP Sites and Methods Used Lake: Belleau Lake

Site ID (Name



Latitude and Longitude (decimal

degrees)



Implementation Date


Pounds of Phosphorus

Per Year


Murphy 342 Beverly Hills

Drive East Wakefield NH

43.649332 -70.99785

2 Dripline trenches and crushed stone Region 5 7/12/2017 N/A 0.5 0.5

Totals:

N/A 0.5 0.5

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Table 5. List of BMP Sites and Methods Used Lake: Great East Lake

Site ID (Name



Latitude and Longitude (decimal degrees)



Implementation Date


Pounds of Phosphorus Per Year


Davis 40 Rock Haven Road Sanbornville, NH

43.569097 -70.980426

4 Waterbars, infiltration trench, and crushed stone Region 5 8/8/2017 N/A 0.1 0.1

Gottlieb 333 Veazey Point Road Sanbornville, NH

43.578165 -70.973646

Native vegetation, erosion control mulch, 3

waterbars, infiltration steps, detention basin

maintenance

Region 5 7/13/2017 N/A 0.2 0.3

King 411 North Shore Drive East Wakefield, NH

43.592042 -70.988095

Infiltration steps, and a dripline trench Region 5 8/15/2017 N/A 0.1 0.1

Totals:

N/A 0.4 0.5

Table 6. List of BMP Sites and Methods Used Lake: Lovell Lake

Site ID (Name






Implementation Date




Dery 754 Brackett Road Sanbornville NH

43.543627 -71.002449 Infiltration trench Region 5 7/19/2017 N/A 0.2 0.2

Elliott & Padgett

269 Lovell Lake Road Sanbornville, NH

43.544741 -71.021534 Vegetated buffer Region 5 7/10/2017 N/A 0.1 0.1

Heacock 298 Brackett Road Sanbornville, NH

43.549262 -71.011904

2 Rain gardens, 2 rubber razors, and a dripline

trench Region 5 8/3/2017 N/A 0.1 0.2

Totals:

N/A 0.4 0.5

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Table 7. List of BMP Sites and Methods Used Lake: Province Lake

Site ID (Name






Implementation Date




Benzing Route 153/Province

Beach East Wakefield, NH

43.680359 -70.985206 Vegetated buffer Region 5 7/17/2017 N/A 1.6 1.7

Province Lake

Association

Route 153/Province Beach

East Wakefield, NH 43.680029 -70.985206 Vegetated buffer Region 5 7/17/2017 N/A See above See

above

Boston 33 Sunset Road East Wakefield, NH

43.684318 -70.999486

Fixed an issue from last year’s installation 6/14/2017 N/A N/A N/A

Totals:

N/A 1.6 1.7

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Appendix C – ME DEP Pollutant Control Report

YEAR: 2017

NPS Project ID#: 2017RR07

Project Title: Great East Lake Watershed Protection Project (Phase 3 Maine)

Grantee: Acton Wakefield Watersheds Alliance DEP Agreement Admin: Wendy Garland

TABLE 1. Pollutant Load Reduction Estimates for NPS Sites Treated with BMPs

Water Body Name Sediment tons per year

Phosphorus pounds per year

Nitrogen pounds per year

Great East Lake 2.8 2.4 N/A

Totals 2.8 2.4 N/A

TABLE 2. Wetlands, Streambanks, Shoreline Protected / Restored During This Project

Resource Planned acres

Actual acres

Planned lineal feet

Actual lineal feet

Wetlands restored Not applicable Not applicable

Wetlands created Not applicable Not applicable

Streambank / shoreline protected

Not applicable Not applicable

Stream channel stabilized

Not applicable Not applicable

Reviewed by DEP AA: __________________ Printed Name: _______________

Pollutants Controlled Report Maine Department of Environmental Protection

NPS Grants Program – Bureau of Land and Water Quality

The estimations in this report were determined using the appropriate estimation model(s) and applied according to the procedures prescribed for the model. To the best of my knowledge these are reasonable estimates using appropriate methods. Documentation of the estimates is attached to this PCR for review by DEP / EPA. Submitted by (for Grantee) Signature: _____________________ Printed Name: Amy Arsenault

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NPS Project ID#: 2017RR07 for the year 2017

TABLE 3. List NPS Sites, Methods Used, & Pollutants Controlled

Pollutant Load Reduction Estimation Methods

1. Region 5 Model Refer to EPA website http://it.tetratech-ffx.com/stepl/ Go to the Region 5 Load Estimation Users Manual, “Michigan Method”. Descriptors to use for Region 5 Model sub-methods: R5 / GEE Gulley Stabilization – uses Gulley Erosion Equation R5 / CEE Streambank / Ditchbank and Roadbank stabilization – uses Channel Erosion

Equation R5 / Fields Agricultural Fields – uses Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE),

sediment delivery ration and contributing drainage area. R5 / Filter Filter Strips – uses relative gross filter strip effectiveness R5 / Feedlot Feedlot Pollution Reduction – uses a 12 step method

2. WEPP Model Refer to USFS website http://forest.moscowfsl.wsu.edu/fswepp Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) computer model

Table ID (name or # from site list)

Brief Description NPS Site

Estimation Method/ Sub-Method Used

Sediment Tons / Yr

Phosphorus Pounds / Yr

Nitrogen Pounds / Yr

Diorio Rain garden, and 2 rubber razors Region 5/GEE 1.8 1.5 N/A

Dupuis Infiltration steps and an infiltration pathway Region 5/GEE 0.2 0.2 N/A

Hill & Leonard 5 Waterbars Region 5/GEE 0.1 0.1 N/A

Lynch Infiltration steps Region 5/GEE 0.1 0.1 N/A

Noon 2 Waterbars, dripline trench, and an infiltration pathway Region 5/GEE 0.1 0.1 N/A

Ross Vegetated buffer, 5 waterbars and erosion control mulch Region 5/GEE 0.5 0.4 N/A

Totals for the Year: 2.8 2.4 N/A

Pollutants Controlled Report Maine Department of Environmental Protection

NPS Grants Program – Bureau of Land and Water Quality

http://it.tetratech-ffx.com/stepl/

http://forest.moscowfsl.wsu.edu/fswepp

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