Investigate potential for connecting to regional wastewater system Stormwater Identify in the contributing drainage area that lack -- Stormwater retrofit Stormwater % treated X X X management stormwater management and implement practices to study management disconnect imperviousness and provide water quality provided for Implement 2 treatment. majority of neighborhood scale watershed See watershed wide strategies. projects Pet and wildlife See watershed wide strategies. -- Inventory wildlife Vegetated -- X X X populations in the buffers for management watershed majority of open waters Enhanced pet waste and wildlife management programs Education and See watershed wide strategies. -- Outreach campaign Conduct focused -- X X outreach that addresses sources outreach every of E. coli Land use Update ordinances to include enforcement of pet waste -- Updated ordinances Compliance with X X planning and ordinances. as needed ordinances ordinances Update ordinances as needed to require vegetated buffers on open waters. Sediment, See Section -- Land use Incorporate low impact development standards into new -- Review of ordinances Updated -- X X -- temperature, 2 planning and development along Rice Lake Corridor. ordinances that others ordinance support water Obtain a stream easement Tischer Creek for reaches quality and with best health (see Appendix B). watershed protection See watershed wide strategies. Easements along high quality reaches City of Duluth Tischer Stream crossing Replace, remove or repair road crossing of West Tischer -- Address 2 stream Address stream # of X X X X Frontal Lake Creek and culvert and the Abandoned Maryland Street and other barriers as crossings crossings that are crossings – Superior (-543 and improvements identified in Figure 17. high priority (401010204) -544) barriers to fish See watershed wide strategies. (cont.) (cont.) passage Streambank Address warming of stream temperatures as linked to -- Feasibility study for Address all -- X X X X stabilization and Hartley Pond (e.g., redesign pond outlet, increase shade, Hartley Pond reaches showing riparian etc.). Consider restoration of mile 3.3-4.0 to a natural, low increases in management width/depth ratio through current impoundment to temperature improve temperatures. Restoration Restoration of priority reaches as described in SSLSWCD projects on 6 and Figure 23 including West Branch, between West stream locations
Investigate potential for connecting to regional wastewater system Stormwater management Identify in the contributing drainage area that lack stormwater management and implement practices to disconnect imperviousness and provide water quality treatment. See watershed wide strategies. -- Stormwater retrofit study Implement 2 neighborhood scale projects Stormwater management provided for majority of watershed % treated X X X Pet and wildlife management See watershed wide strategies. -- Inventory wildlife populations in the watershed Enhanced pet waste and wildlife management programs Vegetated buffers for majority of open waters -- X X X Education and outreach See watershed wide strategies. -- Outreach campaign that addresses sources of E. coli Conduct focused outreach every -- X X Land use planning and ordinances Update ordinances to include enforcement of pet waste ordinances. Update ordinances as needed to require vegetated buffers on open waters. -- Updated ordinances as needed Compliance with ordinances X X Sediment, temperature, others See Section 2 -- Land use planning and ordinance Incorporate low impact development standards into new development along Rice Lake Corridor. Obtain a stream easement Tischer Creek for reaches with best health (see Appendix B). See watershed wide strategies. -- Review of ordinances Updated ordinances that support water quality and watershed protection Easements along high quality reaches -- X X -- City of Duluth – Frontal Lake Superior (401010204) (cont.) Tischer Creek (-543 and -544) (cont.) Stream crossing and culvert improvements Replace, remove or repair road crossing of West Tischer and the Abandoned Maryland Street and other barriers as identified in Figure 17. See watershed wide strategies. -- Address 2 stream crossings Address stream crossings that are high priority barriers to fish passage # of crossings X X X X Streambank stabilization and riparian management Address warming of stream temperatures as linked to Hartley Pond (e.g., redesign pond outlet, increase shade, etc.). Consider restoration of mile 3.3-4.0 to a natural, low width/depth ratio through current impoundment to improve temperatures. Restoration of priority reaches as described in SSLSWCD and Figure 23 including West Branch, between West -- Feasibility study for Hartley Pond Address all reaches showing increases in temperature Restoration projects on 6 stream locations -- X X X X