1. Watershed Protection Land Trust Partnerships to Meet Your Goals

2. What is a Land Trust? Where are Land Trusts in North Carolina Eligible Properties and Eligible Recipients City of Raleigh Watershed Protection Program Land Trust Partnerships Program Accomplishments Lessons Learned Closing Points

3. A private, nonprofit organization that works to conserve land through acquisition of land or conservation easements. Land trusts work with willing landowners and the community to conserve land by accepting donations of land, purchasing land, negotiating voluntary conservation easements on private land, and stewarding conserved land through the generations to come. Land Trust Missions: Reconnect people with nature Create parks, trails, greenways, community gardens Protect family heritage Protect wildlife habitat Protect water quality Strengthen bonds between people and nature

4. Most land trusts are community based and deeply connected to local needs. 21 local land trusts, 3 statewide and 4 national land trusts operate in North Carolina. As of December 2014, NC land trusts have protected 406,684 acres in 2,559 locations.

5. Visit www.ctnc.org for contact information of each NC land trust

6. Waynesville Watershed Easement A property must provide at least one of the following to qualify as a conservation property: Conservation of natural areas as defined in G.S. 113A-164.3(3) Conservation of natural or scenic river areas as those terms are used in G.S. 113A-34 Conservation of predominantly natural park land Public beach access or public use Access to public waters or trails Fish and wildlife conservation Forestland or farmland conservation Watershed protection Historic landscape conservation

7. PLC’s Hendren Farm State government Local government Qualified non-profit organization, incorporated to receive and administer land for conservation purposes and receive charitable contributions – this includes land trusts

8. Land trusts are nonprofit organization that, as all or part of their mission, work to conserve land by undertaking or assisting in land or conservation easement acquisition Land Trusts are… well established in the community (25 in North Carolina) have staff experienced in land negotiation, stewardship, and management can move quickly on projects and leverage additional resources can often negotiate bargain sales or donations of property or easements have “boots on the ground” and know landowners in your area

9. Public Utilities Department

10. THIS IS WATERSHED PROTECTION!!

12. 770 square miles 6 counties 8 municipalities 6 public drinking water systems 9 water supply reservoirs Raleigh has 1100 acres or less than 1% of the area in the Basin

13. 2005 – Initiated by Mayor Meeker Partnership with Conservation Trust for North Carolina and 6 local land trusts Nonprofit conservation organizations Work with willing private landowners to protect important places though fee simple acquisitions and easements Monitor and manage protected properties Identify and secure project and funding partners

15. $0.15 per 1,000 gallons, volumetric fee Adopted as part of our rate ordinance in 2011 ~$2.2 million a year Outreach, administration, project negotiation, transaction and project costs, and monitoring Land Trust outreach Land Trust submits project to CTNC and City Review Group Raleigh Budget and Economic Development (BED) Committee Raleigh City Council

16. 45 -Projects 44 miles of stream buffer 3600– Acres protected $47.3 M leveraged in land value City Contribution $5.6 M Additional 40 properties and 3500 acres protected through support, $69.8 million

18. Rockin’b Farm Veasey Farm The Jordan Tract

19. Little Sugar Creek: $2.49M, 5200 ft, $500/ft Stoney Creek: $4M, 26,000 ft, $153/ft, $19/ ft – Raleigh Contribution

20. Source: Barrett Kays, PHD, Landis PLLC 5 th Annual Water Symposium 2015

21. 3600 acres, 1116 lbs. of N and 576 lbs. of P

22. Develop a sustainable funding mechanism Rate Ordinance, reserve fund Identify a staff champion Leverage Partners in your watershed –Local governments, Land Trusts, Soil and Water Districts Support project development Set goals and measure your success Quantify and measure the water quality benefits Quantify the economic benefits

23. Comments Questions Feedback Ed Buchan 919-996-3471 edward.buchan@raleighnc.gov Mary Brice 919-461-1358 mary.brice@aecom.com