Cleaner Baltimore Harbor using the Harris Creek Watershed Stormwater Plan

April 24,2009 Weekly Blog (fourth installment)

Friends of the Historic Harris Creek

The Board of the Baltimore Harbor Watershed Association met this week and discussed where we are in regards to the Harris Creek Watershed (246) Project. We had met with Mary Washington from Parks and People to discuss our initial approach to the 20 Neighborhoods within the 246 Watershed. It was decided that Parks and People would put together a Tour of the 246 Watershed and invite Neighbors within it as well as Educational Personnel who would be available to start a discussion to get us started. This would be followed by a Questionnaire that would gather additional information. Training of the interviewers would be carried out by Parks and People. This would be a work in progress until it could be determind when to conduct several Workshops on the Harris Creek Watershed Project. Presently,we are waiting for the Tour to be set up.

We have also met with Paul Sturm and the Center for Watershed Protection for their expected input to the 246 Project. We have reviewed the recently completed Trash Assessment Project that CWP carried out on the 246 Watershed. This data will be added to the 246 Project and the CWP will work closely with Parks and People in the Workshops to scope out the Project and help in the writing of a Stormwater Plan for the Harris Creek Watershed.

For more information on the Harris Creek Watershed Project,please visit the Baltimore Harbor Watershed Association's web site www.Baltimorewaters.org Ray Bahr MD Coordinator HCWSP

Cleaner Baltimore Harbor using the Harris Creek Watershed Plan

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Blog No.3 Harris Creek Watershed (246) Stormwater Project

The Baltimore Harbor Watershed Association (BHWA) is now working with Parks and People an initial strategy to engage neighborhoods within the Watershed. Planned is a Bus Tour that will include representatives in these neighborhoods that will attempt to share thoughts with them about problems that would interfere with implementing a Stormwater Plan. Filling out a Questionnaire will be past of this initial assessment. This Questionnaire is to be designed by Parks and People and will serve as an instrument that will help in planned workshops in the near future. Stakeholders in these various neighborhoods will be identified to build capacity in this Project. The Center for Watershed Protection will also contribute in scoping out the Project and developing a Stormwater Plan for the Harris Creek Watershed Project.
The next step is to reach agreemen between BHWA and Parks and Peolple as to how to set up the Bus Tour,the key people to be present and the development of a Comprehensive Questionnaire. Ray Bahr MD BHWA Coordinator Harris Creek Watershed Project 4/18/09