MS4 Permit Minimum Control Measure #1: Education and Outreach Part I – Meeting Requirements for Residents and Businesses or Institutions Audiences for Quality Limited Waters (Impaired for Phos and Nit) and TMDL Requirements (Bacteria and Phos) - 3 messages per year Message 1: Fertilizer P and N Impaired (this set draws heavily from existing materials available through UNH Cooperative – Extension (CE) and NH Sea Grant (NHSG) primarily for Do-It-Yourselfers) Year Objective NROC Activities MS4 Activities Measurement Desired impact Residents to Design messages and messaging Purchase and (measures More residents (esp. who leave grass for transfer station sign(s) at transfer # of promotional would ordinarily remove clippings after station materials distributed clippings and bring them to mowing. Create and assemble materials transfer station) leave them on for this action - (rulers, etc.) with the lawn after mowing as a 1 messaging and URL Distribute # of hits to blog source of slow release promotional nutrients. In addition, residents Create entries with for SSC materials with a link know associated mowing blog leading to SSC blog practices mow high, no more – than 1/3 blade, etc. Residents adopt Repackage info piece of Distribute info (measures change in soil More residents submit soil good turf cultural WQFriendly recommendations materials or press test submissions relative samples for testing in order to practices (sans for practices regardless of release to historic averages for have site specific guidance on fertilizer) including fertilizer use, that town, possibly what to do (or not do) to testing their soil in Pay for first #? soil attributed to promotion) improve their soil’s ability to order to have a Draft a press release with a link to tests grow grass. Soil test 2 snapshot of soil soil test info for MS4s to promote increase in # of soil information, like soil condition before tests submitted to phosphorus levels, potassium taking further Track # of soil tests through soils Extension soil lab by levels, pH and organic material, steps. lab UNHCE town/city residents. for example, should influence a consumer’s choice of lawn care products based on what is needed or not needed. Residents that are Repackage WQ friendly Promote (measures reach) Residents who apply fertilizer 3 going to apply recommendations for applying recommendations # of hits to webpage apply according to WQFriendly fertilizer identify fert
MS4 Permit Minimum Control Measure #1: Education and Outreach – Part I Meeting Requirements for Residents and Businesses or Institutions Audiences for Quality Limited Waters (Impaired for Phos and Nit) and TMDL Requirements (Bacteria and Phos) - 3 messages per year Message 1: Fertilizer – P and N Impaired (this set draws heavily from existing materials available through UNH Cooperative Extension (CE) and NH Sea Grant (NHSG) primarily for Do-It-Yourselfers) Year Objective NROC Activities MS4 Activities Measurement Desired impact 1 Residents to leave grass clippings after mowing. Design messages and messaging for transfer station Create and assemble materials for this action - (rulers, etc.) with messaging and URL Create entries with for SSC blog Purchase and sign(s) at transfer station Distribute promotional materials with a link leading to SSC blog (measures # of promotional materials distributed # of hits to blog More residents (esp. who would ordinarily remove clippings and bring them to transfer station) leave them on the lawn after mowing as a source of slow release nutrients. In addition, residents know associated mowing practices – mow high, no more than 1/3 blade, etc. 2 Residents adopt good turf cultural practices (sans fertilizer) including testing their soil in order to have a snapshot of soil condition before taking further steps. Repackage info piece of WQFriendly recommendations for practices regardless of fertilizer use, Draft a press release with a link to soil test info for MS4s to promote Track # of soil tests through soils lab UNHCE Distribute info materials or press release Pay for first #? soil tests (measures change in soil test submissions relative to historic averages for that town, possibly attributed to promotion) increase in # of soil tests submitted to Extension soil lab by town/city residents. More residents submit soil samples for testing in order to have site specific guidance on what to do (or not do) to improve their soil’s ability to grow grass. Soil test information, like soil phosphorus levels, potassium levels, pH and organic material, for example, should influence a consumer’s choice of lawn care products based on what is needed or not needed. 3 Residents that are going to apply fertilizer identify Repackage WQ friendly recommendations for applying fert Promote recommendations (measures reach) # of hits to webpage Residents who apply fertilizer apply according to WQFriendly
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