Watershed Farm and Forest 2008 2008 Online Annual Report Supplement: Last Updated May 18, 2009 Welcome to the Watershed Agricultural Council’s 2008 Online Annual Report Online Supplement. On the pages that follow are details, financials, tables, charts, photos and descriptions that didn’t appear in our printed 2008 Annual Report. Not only does an online report allow us to give you more information, it’s environmentally responsible and financially prudent. add whatever’s missing!
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he new Board of Directors for 2009 is ready to hear your comments about the Council’s future vision and mission as they
update the organization’s strategic plan. Chairman Fred Huneke (seated far right) is leading the charge. Feel free to call him at (607) 865-7790, ext. 110 or by email: fhuneke@nycwatershed.org. Council members for 2009 include (back row) Dave Post, Ken Smith, John Schwartz (DEP), John Verhoeven, Dan Palm, Richard Giles, Darby Hartwell, Tom Hutson, William Coleman and Dave Cammer; (seated) Sally Fairbairn, Linda DeWitt, Barbara Howard, Fred Huneke; (not pictured) Joe Eisele. Thanks to outgoing Council members, Aissa O’Neil and Gail Hillriegel, for their time and contributions to the council over the years! NOTE: Dan Palm is currently acting as the WAC’s Interim Executive Director, effective April 2009. Tom Donnelly filled his Board seat.
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Finance Report 0.3% 0.4%
Revenues
6.3% Federal Donated Services Other Revenue Interest and Gain/loss of Asset Sale NYC DEP Total
$697,604 $702,835 $28,770 $49,405 $9,658,403
(6.3%) (6.3%) (0.3%) (0.4%) (86.7%)
$11,137,017
(100.0%)
6.3%
86.7%
Expenditures Sustainable Farmer Education $349,203 Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program $108,406 Small Farms Program $147,691 Whole Farm Planning $827,924 BMP Implementation & Construction Program Administration $1,392,614 Research $101,266 Depreciation $146,557 Donated Services $702,835 Croton System Forestry Easements Total
21.7% $1,433,224 $3,373,834
10.0%
(13.3%) (31.2%) 16.4%
$2,343,272 $802,306 $1,076,204 $1,771,083
(21.7%) (7.4%) (10.0%) (16.4%)
$10,799,923
(100.0%)
31.2%
7.4% 13.3%
The Watershed Agricultural Council Finance Report reflects a fiscal year of July 1,
The WAC allocated the majority of these funds to finance best management prac-
2007 through June 30, 2008. The Council derived 87% of its revenue through a con-
tices applied to landowner properties throughout the watershed. The remainder
tractual arrangement with the New York City Department of Environmental Protec-
was applied to program administration, outreach and education. Expenditures from
tion. Other Revenue included cash from the WAC’s fundraising efforts, stewardship
Donated Services represented expenses associated with posted Revenue Donated
donations and registration fees for events/workshops. Donated Services included
Services.
required matches from Forestry bus tour grants recipients.
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THREE-YEAR FINANCIALS Revenue: Program Services: Whole Farm Planning BMP Implementation and Construction Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Croton System Small Farms Program Sustainable Agricultural Education Program Administration Forestry Easements Research Total Program Revenue Other Revenue: Federal Awards Foundation Grants Interest Economic Development and other Grants Other Gain or loss of sale of asset Donated Services
2008
2007
2006
721,942 3,361,457 108,099 802,064 146,377 348,214 1,801,720 552,506 1,755,957 60,067
837,857 3,567,673 122,319 806,775 150,754 280,642 1,395,008 432,412 5,299,299 68,803
$520,597 3,289,563 64,075 554,296 135,406 273,208 860,494 412,009 3,716,539 55,215
9,658,403
12,961,542
9,881,402
697,604
657,006 51,639 15,058 179,977 27,352 – 310,146
763,075 42,819 7,673 78,431 10,305 0 1,174,100
16,619 – 28,770 32,786 702,835 Total Other Revenue
1,478,614
1,241,178
2,076,403
Total Program and Other Revenue Carried Forward
11,137,017
14,202,720
$11,957,805
827,924 3,373,834 108,406 802,306 147,691 1,392,614 1,076,204
828,211 3,545,377 122,319 830,772 151,399 1,223,409 1,046,685 – 338,424 5,336,113 88,291 117,765 310,146 (113)
520,597 3,289,983 64,075 633,780 135,406 850,589 925,138 317,977 0 3,711,571 253,123 101,817 1,174,100 (50,171)
Expenditures: Whole Farm Planning BMP Implementation and Construction Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Croton System Small Farms Program Program Administration Forestry Natural Resource Viability Education and Outreach Easements Research Depreciation Donated Services Acquisition of Fixed Assets
349,203 1,771,083 101,266 146,557 702,835 Total Expenditures
10,799,923
13,938,798
11,927,985
Excess (Deficiency) of Revenues Over (Under) Expenditures
337,094
263,922
29,820
Net Assets, Beginning
1,159,143
895,221
865,401
Net Assets, Ending
1,496,237
1,159,143
$895,221
Watershed Agricultural Council of the New York City Watershed, Inc. Schedule of Activities— By Program - Unrestricted for the years 2007, 2006 and 2005 ending June 30, 2008, 2007, 2006
*per independent auditors report and notes to financial statements.
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Water Quality Stewardship Programs Agricultural Program
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Each year, the Council visits with farm owners to review their business practices to see how they are doing, if anything has
hrough Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP),
changed and if the farm needs additional help. In 2008, the Agri-
farmers enrolled 94.9 acres in 13 new riparian forest buffers.
cultural Program visited nearly 250 farms for annual reviews. The
On average, they received $112 per acre in exchange for leasing
Program continues to bring new participants into the clean water
stream-frontage to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The CREP,
practices provided by the WAC. In Catskill/Delaware watershed,
which concentrates on fencing animals out of water courses and
new Whole Farms Plans for 10 small and one large farm were writ-
providing alternative watering facilities, currently totals 1,929
ten; another six farms joined the ranks of pro-active, whole farm
acres. Streambank stabilization is also a major focus of the CREP
planning in the Croton watershed. The Council’s relationships with
program.
farmers, landowners and the land are long term, nurtured by our
Projects, like this Hamden pasture pictured below, combine fenc-
mutual respect for the environment far into the future.
ing, treeplanting and CREP buffer protocols to improve the grazing
For more information on the Agricultural Program’s 2008 accom-
herd’s living conditions while protecting water quality and stabiliz-
plishments, visit the WAC’s 2008 Annual Report at www.nycwater-
ing water courses.
shed.org.
Hamden Project: Animal Trail/Walkway
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Hamden Project: Streambank Stabilization
(Left) Middletown Project: Riparian Forest Buffer (Right) Middletown Project: Tree Planting
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Forestry Program
had 4 loggers attend, Forest Silviculture and Ecology workshop had
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attend, a critical injury response workshop had 10 loggers attend
uring 2008, seven core logger training courses and three con-
tinuing education course were held. Logger Training courses
were offered through the WAC Forestry Program in partnership with Greene County Cornell Cooperative Extension. Game of Logging Level I had a total of 29 loggers attend, Game of Logging Level II
19 loggers attend, adult CPR and First Aid course had 14 loggers and a forest pest workshop had 11 loggers attend. Press releases, calendars, radio spots and additional CCE Greene County and WAC Forestry Program communication and outreach continue to be used to promote the program. Information outlining the 2009 Trained Logger Certification (TLC©) programs, in a
TLC© logger, Steve Bott, installs
traditional flip calendar format, was developed for the 2009 cal-
the Forestry Program’s 30-foot
endar year. This calendar listed core workshops offered as well as
bridge on a timber harvest in
continuing education programs and incentives for those harvesting
Schoharie County. During the
timber in the NYC Watershed region. The calendar featured pictures
2008 calendar year, the WAC Forestry Program’s bridges were used to cross streams on three active logging operations. The bridges were used for a total of 10 months each.
and brief descriptions of three TLC© watershed loggers, as well as three regional saw mills that support TLC©. The 2009 TLC© calendar is available online or by calling (607) 865-7790, ext. 101. Four TLC© education events were held at the Siuslaw Model Forest during 2008. Thirty-eight loggers attended classes in firstaid/CPR, logger rescue, forest ecology and silviculture. A one-day landowner workshop covering forest management planning drew 31 landowners. At the Lennox Model Forest, the WAC hosted one
Last July, Forestry Program
Silviculture & Ecology TLC© training event attended by eight log-
Manager Tom Pavlesich led a
gers. Two, 3-day landowner conferences were held at the Lennox
tree identification workshop at
Model Forest and organized by Cornell Cooperative Extension of
the 2008 Watershed Forestry Institute for Teachers (WFIT) at the Menla Mountain Retreat in Woodland Valley, NY. Twenty teachers attended the fifth an-
Delaware County. Forty-five landowners attended these events which covered wildlife management, vernal pools and forest management planning. Indoors, the Forestry Program held a series of one-day work-
nual Institute sponsored by WAC.
shops in Delhi, Hortonville, and Gilboa for local building code
Nine watershed school teachers
enforcement officers, sawmill operators, architects, builders, and
joined 11 others representing
engineers. The trainings—“Using Locally Produced Framing Lum-
the New York metropolitan area.
ber: The Local Option”— focused on the use of regionally produced
To date, 239 teachers have
structural softwood lumber in residential and commercial build-
participated in this annual event
ings. During the three days of trainings, over 200 people learned
since its inception in 1998.
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Green Connections partner-schools from Stamford Central School and PS-33 met up in downtown Manhattan, and again at Mount Utsayantha, Delaware County. During the 2007-2008 school year, 12 classrooms with 475 students and 17 teachers participated in the Green Connections Program. Overall, the Green Connections Program has educated over 1,760 students from 41 classrooms since its creation in 2000. The Bus Tour Grant Program conducted 16 tours from New York City to the Croton and Catskill/Delaware watersheds during 2008. A total of 867 people attended the tours, 782 individuals from schools and 85 individuals from community organizations. Since its inception in 2003, the Bus Tour Grant Program has funded more than 76 bus tours for 3,367 students, teachers, environmental professionals and individuals from community groups.
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the basics of softwood lumber grading and how to identify critical
participate in the Pure Catskills Buy Local Wood campaign that pro-
framing lumber characteristics. Each day-long course ended with
motes local forest products on www.catskillwoodnet.org.
a local sawmill tour. Depending on the workshop location, participants visited Pawlikowski’s Sawmill in Delhi, Hofer Log & Lumber
For more details on the Forestry Program’s 2008 accomplishments, visit the 2008 Annual Report at www.nycwatershed.org.
in Callicoon, and Hardwoods Unlimited in East Conesville. The mills During a tour of the Frost Valley Model Forest, WAC Watershed Forester Tom Foulkrod, pointed out how everyday landscaping species such as barberry quickly become prolific invasives in the Catskill region.
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Outreach
two tons of farm waste through the Clean Sweep event, with the Council covering the costs of farmer redemptions. In total, 357
Solid Waste Director, Sue McIntyre (top left), Delaware County
county residents turned in 35 tons of potentially hazardous ma-
Department of Public Works, coordinated the 12th Annual Clean
terials; collections included pesticides, fluorescent bulbs, paints,
Sweep at the County’s Public Safety Building in Delhi last Septem-
TVs and computer monitors. “This was the busiest in 12 consecu-
ber. WAC staff member Lorinda Backus (top center) and Kim Holden
tive years of this project,” said McIntyre, “a 35% increase over our
of CCE-Delaware County (top right) helped with logistics and event-
historic average.” SUNY Delhi students Catherine Leibig, Deana
day registrations. Twenty-two farms properly disposed of nearly
Kani, and Ashley Willsey from the O’Connor Center for Community
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Service, WAC Communications Director Tara Collins, and longtime volunteers Joe Wright, Jim Wright and Peg Kenyon assisted residents by answering questions, directing traffic, and collecting feedback surveys. The 2009 event is scheduled for September 25-26; preregistration is required. Check www.nycwatershed.org for details. To raise program awareness on a grander scale, Council achievements were highlighted in a photo exhibit, interactive displays and Ag Awareness Days at the Delaware County Fair. Staff regularly promoted programmatic accomplishments by tabling at local
The WAC funded 15 events through the Farm to Market program’s Sustainable Agriculture Grants. The Susquehanna Valley Garlic Festival, (above) held in August, was one grant recipient that connected festival goers with their local food, farmers and the benefits of both. Below, Diane Francis of La Basse Cour Farm in South Kortright (below) shared her secrets of the “Perfect Pickle” at a WAC-Slow Food Catskills canning demonstration, “Putting It Up, Preserving
community festivals like Water Fest in Marina Cove, New York City (photo above). They also spoke at public forums, talked with radio and television news programs and submitted stories to regional newspapers and magazines. To reach its audience better, the WAC started a monthly e-newsletter, Pure Catskills biweekly eBurst, and instituted a convenient online, credit card pre-registration system for workshops.
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the Harvest.” The event was held, under a tent outside, at the Delaware County Historical Association, Delhi, in September Farm and forest land play a critical role in the cycle of fresh, clean drinking water. Asphalt, concrete and water treatment facilities don’t do nearly as good a job of “cleaning” rainwater and runoff as the earth does. Through its programs and events, the Council helps people understand the importance of farmers and forest professionals. Part of that success stems from getting people out to farms and seeing how it works. Weekend farm tours help families understand the value of food and what goes into growing it. Farm families bridge the two, like visitors to Barber’s Farm pictured here before Vroman’s Nose in the heart of the Schoharie Valley.
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CATSKILL/DELAWARE WATERSHED LARGE FARMS # of Best NRCS Code 313 314 328 362 382 391 393 395 412 468 512 516/614 528 558 560 561 574 575 580 587 590 606 612 612.1 612.3 614 620 633 634 635 707 748 749 3010 3050 3110 3175
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE Waste Storage Facility Brush Management Conservation Crop Rotation Diversion Fencing Riparian Forest Buffer Filter Strip Stream Restoration Grassed Waterway Lined Waterway Pasture & Hayland Planting Pipeline & Trough Prescribed Grazing Roof Runoff Management System Access Road Heavy Use Area Protection Spring Development Animal Trails & Walkway Streambank Protection Structure of Water Control Nutrient Management Plan Subsurface Drain Tree & Shrub Planting Tree & Shrub Planting - Site Prep Tree & Shrub Planting - Natural Regeneration Watering Facility - Trough Underground Outlet Waste Utilization Waste Transfer System Wastewater Treatment Strip Barnyard Water Management System Record Keeping Manure Pile Roofed Barnyard Manure Storage - Covered Calf Greenhouse Enhanced Nutrient Management Credit Total Catskill/Delaware Large Farm BMPs Implemented in 2008 Total DEP Cost Total Other Funds
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Management Practices 4 2 2 1 17 21 5 1 2 1 3 5 6 2 9 10 15 12 1 1 50 3 8 1 9 7 3 46 3 1 1 42 2 4 1 1 4 306 $1,813,628 $101,126
CATSKILL/DELAWARE WATERSHED SMALL FARMS # of Best NRCS Code 382 391 516/614 560 561 574 578 580 587 590 612 612.2 612.3 620 633 748 749 3020 3425
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE Fencing Riparian Forest Buffer Pipeline & Trough Access Road Improvement Heavy-Use Area Protection Spring Development Stream Crossing Streambank Protection Structure for Water Control Nutrient Management Plan Tree & Shrub Planting Tree & Shrub Planting - Shelters Tree & Shrub Planting - Natural Regeneration Underground Outlet Waste Utilization Record keeping Manure Pile Portable Run-In Shed Dump Wagon Total Small Farms BMPs Implemented in 2008 Total DEP Cost Total Other Funds
Management Practices 7 4 4 2 2 5 1 2 1 12 3 1 2 1 12 10 4 1 1 75 $179,367 $46,390
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CROTON WATERSHED FARMS # of Best NRCS Code 317 340 342 382 390 412 468 516/614 528 558 560 561 578 587 590 614 620 633 635 707 719 748 3310
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE Manure Composting Facility Cover Crop Critical Area Planting Fencing Riparian Herbaceous Cover Grassed Waterway Lined Waterway Pipeline & Trough Prescribed Grazing Roof Runoff Management System Access Road Heavy Use Area Protection Stream Crossing Structure for Water Control Nutrient Management Plan Watering Facility Underground Outlet Waste Utilization Wastewater Treatment Strip Barnyard Water Management System Waste Infiltration Area Record Keeping Farm Fueling Facility TotalCroton Watershed BMPs Implemented in 2008 Total DEP Cost Total Other Funds
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Management Practices 2 1 3 3 1 2 1 5 3 8 4 6 1 3 1 3 5 1 5 1 1 1 4 65 $552,578 $10,974
CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM 2008*
2008 To Date*
# of Farms
# of Acres
1 82
387 16,529
Total Cost $563,820 $16,670,543
* Includes two donated easements outside the watershed totaling 1,043 acres; 15,487 acres were protected in the watershed with PDRs, Purchase of Development Rights.
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2008
2008 To Date
# of Farms
# of Acres
58 745
10,740 132,583
Total Cost $45,041 $736,763
FOREST AND TIMBER HARVEST ROAD ACCOMPLISHMENTS SUMMARY 2008 Code
#
Amount Paid
Road footage
Water Bars
Broad Based Dips
Geotextile
Stone
Hay Bales
Silt Fence
Corduroy Stabilized
Culverts
Open Top Pipes
Rubber Dams
FR
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$19,069
22,840
–
26
875
503
60
0
0
2
120
0
0
THR
45
$137,396
353,406
–
140
420
1,264
45
430
72
26
190
0
0
Total
52
$156,465
376,246
2,535
166
1,295
1,767
105
430
72
28
310
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TOTAL NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT CREDITS 2008 NRCS Code 3160 3165 3168
BMP Description Nutrient Management Credit Program - Equipment Nutrient Management Credit Program - Repairs Nutrient Management Credit Program - Custom Service
Total Nutrient Management Credits in 2008
Credit Earned 2000-2001 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008
$20,573.60 $162,173.00 $181,993.00 $190,156.00 $199,349.00 $208,077.00 $297,844.80
$1,260,166.40
Payment Amount
Number of Farmers
167,698.42 47,710.70 2,600.11
77 28 2
218,009.23
107
Payments To Date
Available Credits
By Crop Year
@ 12/31/2008
$20,573.60 $157,269.39 $176,564.37 $177,103.44 $159,427.99 $110,500.25 $51,627.33
$0.00 $4,903.61 $5,428.63 $13,052.56 $39,921.01 $97,576.75 $246,217.47
$853,066.37
$407,100.03
Watershed Farm & Forest 2008 Online Annual Report Supplement is a publication of the Watershed Agricultural Council (WAC), a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to support the economic viability of agriculture and forestry through the protection of water quality and the promotion of land conservation in the New York City watershed region. The WAC is funded by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service and other federal, foundation and private sources. The WAC is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
Photo credits: WAC staffers Heather Hilson and Tara Collins, Agricultural Program and Delaware County Soil & Water staff, Blue Farm Graphic Design, Drew Harty.com
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Behind the Mission 2008 Committees and Members Executive Committee:
Easement Committee:
Forestry Committee:
Agricultural Committee:
Fred Huneke, Chair
Tom Hutson, Chair
Dan Palm, Chair
Dave Cammer, Chair
David Cammer
Linda DeWitt
John Schwartz, DEP
Ed Blouin, DEP
William Coleman
Darby Hartwell
Robert Bishop
Joe Eisele
Sally Fairbairn
Fred Huneke
David Cammer
Steve Fleming
Gail Hillriegel
Dan Palm
Eric Dahlberg
Sally Fairbairn, Vice Chair
Tom Hutson
John Schwartz, DEP
Gail Hillriegel
Bill Coleman
Fred Huneke
Gail Hillriegel
EoH Committee:
Larry Schaefer
Fred Huneke
Barbara Wilkens, Chair
Kenneth Smith
Bob Partridge
Dave Post John Schwartz, DEP AESOP Committee:
Ed Blouin, DEP
Aissa O’Neil
John Verhoeven, Chair
David Cammer
Governance Committee:
Dave Post
Richard Giles
Kristen Carollo
Dan Palm, Chair
Steve Reed
Gail Hillriegel
Michael Dignelli
William Coleman
Joseph Walsh, CCE
Fred Huneke
Paul Heller
Barbara Howard
Marianne Kiraly, CCE
Barbara Howard
John Verhoenven
MIC Committee:
Aissa O’Neil
Fred Huneke
Barbara Wilkens
Dave Post, Chair
Bob Partridge
Betsey Ryder
Tom Hutson
John Schwartz, DEP Holley White
Policy Committee:
Bob Partridge
Finance Committee:
John Verhoeven, Chair
William Coleman, Chair
Sally Fairbairn
Outreach Committee:
Audit Committee:
David Cammer
Darby Hartwell
David Cammer
Barbara Wilkens, Chair
Linda DeWitt
Gail Hillriegel
Sally Fairbairn
Darby Hartwell
Fred Huneke
Fred Huneke
Fred Huneke
Aissa O’Neil
John Schwartz, DEP
John Schwartz, DEP
Dan Palm John Schwartz, DEP John Verhoeven
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