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Section 3
<br />Strategies for Physical Conditions Affecting Surface Water Drainage
<br />A8) Use Purchase of Development Rights and Transfer of Development
<br />Rights to influence locations of development, participate in existing
<br />programs or develop programs to meet needs.
<br />Implementation Team: Cities, County, 1000 Friends of MN, Non-
<br />profit Organizations, SWCD, Private parties.
<br />A9) Develop a prioritized list of lands for restoration, improvement, or
<br />protection as open space. Subactions include compiling data,
<br />determining prioritization criteria, and approving criteria.
<br />Implementation Team: Washington County SWCD, University of
<br />MN, DNR, 1000 Friends of MN, VBWD, Science Museum of MN,
<br />BWSR, and Advisory Committee.
<br />A10) Use conservation easements or land acquisition to protect priority
<br />lands identified in previous.
<br />Implementation Team: Cities, County, DNR Greenways Program,
<br />land trusts, Belwin.
<br />A11) Improve, restore, and/or protect high priority lands by approaching
<br />land owners, explaining the ecological value of their property,
<br />suggesting that land owners voluntarily modify their land use, and
<br />solicit donated easements..
<br />Implementation Team: Advisory Committee, 1000 Friends of NIN,
<br />MN Land Trust, DNR, Cities, VBWD, BWSR, and Washington
<br />County SWCD.
<br />A12) Seek funds for purchase of easements/restoration projects, and
<br />implement restoration projects.
<br />Implementation Team: Washington County SWCD, DNR, Cities,
<br />VBWD, BWSR, and Advisory Committee.
<br />Ala) Follow The Center for Watershed Protection's guidelines: "Better
<br />Site Design" and "Nutrient Loading from Conventional and
<br />Innovative Site Development," and other development
<br />guidelinesBMPs. Create new rules and ordinances to not only allow
<br />these practices, but encourage them.
<br />Implementation Team: Cities, developers, landowners, county, and
<br />VBWD.
<br />A14) Distribute the Alternative Stormwater Best Management Practices
<br />Guidebook included in Appendix X to developers and watershed
<br />residents, particularly farmers and riparian landowners.
<br />Implementation Team: Advisory Committee, VBWD, cities, citizens
<br />A15) _ Assign community and technical liaisons to watershed stewardship
<br />zones to do watershed outreach.
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