Weaverville will be hosting an Urban Stormwater Management Project Tour 10-11 a.m. on September 1, 2009, showcasing the Main Street Nature Park stormwater project. It’s free for those not seeking professional development hours, but online registration is required. Details:

Weaverville Urban Stormwater Management Project Tour
When: September 1, 2009, 10-11 a.m.
Where: Weaverville Town Hall (30 South Main Street)

Description:
Many urbanizing areas are faced with localized flooding problems and polluted runoff. Stormwater management best management practices (BMPs) are needed to treat both water quality and quantity. This mini-workshop and project tour will demonstrate what can be done to meet a variety of goals including water quality education, creating walking trails and viable green space, habitat restoration, decreasing erosion in streams, and methods to treat pollutants in runoff.

Join the designer for this exciting mini-workshop and project tour investigating urban stormwater management techniques. The Main Street Nature Park stormwater project that was recently constructed will be showcased, and participants will learn about aggressive exotic plant removal, riparian planting plans, and constructed stormwater wetlands. Stream enhancement techniques, stormwater best management practices (BMPs), and streamside forests will also be discussed.

Who Should Attend

• Landowners
• Natural Resource Managers
• Grading Contractors
• Design Professionals

Workshop Registration
FREE for attendees not seeking professional development hours (PDHs).
$20 for Professionals Seeking PDH Credits (1PDH has been approved for professional engineers (PEs)).
You must register online even if your registration is free. This lets us know the final headcount.

Agenda (pdf)

For more information: Contact Carter Cone at (828) 665-2492, Ext. 339 or email carter_cone@ncsu.edu

One of the three entrances to Weaverville’s Main Street Nature Park. This one is off Pine Street (across from the First Baptist Church parking lot). The other two entrances are located behind the Public Parking Lot and in the lower level parking lot behind Town Hall (to the left). All the usual town ordinances apply at the Nature Park, including dogs must be on leash, no littering, and it’s closed after dark.

More photos from a recent walk I took through the Nature Park can be viewed here.

Simon Thompson will lead a birdwatching tour Wednesday, April 22 at the Weaverville Nature Park.  Thompson is a guide who travels all over the world showing folk birds, and is the owner of Ventures Bird Watching and Natural History Tours and Wildbirds Unlimited. If you’re interested meet at the Town Clock on Main Street at 8 a.m.  The tour should be done by 10 a.m.  Wear comfortable shoes, dress for changing weather and bring binoculars and/or cameras.  The tour will take place if there’s some rain, but if it’s pouring rain it will be canceled.  For more information, contact Cindy Donohoo at 658-3089.