Subject: FY 1999 Potomac AHR Funds
Background: The following proposal describes how funds allocated to the Potomac American Heritage River Initiative, by NCR and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Office, are to be allocated. NCR has provided $30,000 from Stewardship and Partnerships (see John Parsons earlier communication) and the Mid-Atlantic Office has provided $5,000 from the Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program (See the attached communication from Robert Potter. Account Code #4565-4000-663). All of the proposed work should be completed by September 30, 2000.
1. African American Heritage Link: Geographic Information System (GIS) Mapping
a. Task: Prepare color GIS maps of various African American heritage sites within the Potomac River basin.
b. Product: State-by-state GIS maps of African American heritage sites within the Potomac watershed.
c. Funds allocated: $900.00
d. Allocate funds to John Knoerl, NPS-Heritage Preservation Services (343-2239). He needs an account number and a memo authorizing him to use the account.
e. Source of Funds: Account # Stewardship and Partnerships
- Strategic Plan to Implement Potomac AHR
- Task: The Memo of Understanding between NPS and the
Friends of the Potomac, to implement Executive Order 13061 regarding the Potomac American Heritage River, requires the Friends to cooperate with NPS and other federal agencies to develop strategies for achieving the goals of the AHR initiative and of the Nomination. As the lead non-federal organization for the Potomac AHR such a strategy and business plan is crucial to the success of the initiative.
- Product: A written strategic/ business plan, for the
Friends of the Potomac, describing tasks, activities, products, a schedule and a funding strategy for implementing the Potomac AHR. See Appendix: 2 for outline of the topics to be addressed.
- Funds allocated: $9,100
- Allocate funds to Wilton Cockren, Accokeek Foundation
on behalf of the Friends of the Potomac. Amend existing agreement # CA-3091-970001 or #MT-3018-0059.
e. Source of Funds: Account # Stewardship and Partnerships
3. Leadership Potomac Training
a. Task: Develop a plan to initiate the “Leadership Potomac” training program, described in Appendix 3, with the Friends of the Potomac, the US Fish and Wildlife Service-National Conservation Training Center, and other public and private partners.
b. Product: A written report which describes a strategy for initiating “Leadership Potomac” including goals, target audience, marketing plan, a schedule and funding needs.
- Funds allocated: $10,000
- Allocate funds to Wilton Corkren, Accokeek Foundation.
Amend existing agreement #CA-3091-970001 or #MT-3018-0059.
- Source of funds: Account # Stewardship and
Partnerships
4. Regional Heritage Tourism Initiative
- Task: Provide funds to hire a graduate student for 20
hours per week, for one semester, to identify and collect data from community-based and local government natural and cultural tourism (i.e. heritage tourism) efforts within the Potomac River watershed. The information is to be collected in a way to document/catalog locally initiated efforts and develop a database for future analysis.
- Product: A draft publication of 100 community or
locally initiated heritage tourism projects and a map locating these locally driven efforts. See Appendix 4: Case Study Format
- Funds allocated: $10,000
- Allocate funds to Professor Phil Ogilvie, George
Washington University (994-1814). Amend existing agreement # 1443CA000194018.
e. Source of funds: Account # Stewardship and Partnerships
- Hunting Creek Riparian Restoration Project
a. Task: Provide funds to the Alexandria Seaport Foundation to work, in cooperation with the City of Alexandria, the Dept. of Justice and the NPS, with at-risk and adjudicated youth to restore riparian areas adjacent to Hunting Creek and the George Washington memorial Parkway.
- Product: An event which brings youth to an
environmentally sensitive area to clean up and enhance the Creek corridor while providing a unique approach to student mentoring and stream corridor restoration. The event will include teaching youth to row the Alexandria Seaport Foundation's skiffs (enabling them to clean the Creek shoreline), clearing a portion of the Creek corridor of invasive and non-invasive plants, and planting indigenous and native species.
- Funds allocated: $2,500
- Allocate funds to Wilton Corkren, Accokeek Foundation
on behalf of the Friends of the Potomac.
Amend to existing agreement # CA-3091-970001 or #MT-3018-0059.
- Source of funds: Account # 4565-4000-663 Rivers, Trails
and Conservation Assistance Program (Robert Potter 215-597-1787)
6. Anacostia River Watershed Summit:
a. Task: In response to a request by the Anacostia Watershed Coalition, the National Park Service has agreed to co-sponsor a summit on the Anacostia River Watershed this October. The effort will initiative a series of "Potomac Land Stewardship Forums" to demonstrate Federal agency leadership and local cooperation in land
conservation and restoration.
The idea for the Forums was developed by Director Stanton and intends to encourage NPS land managers to strive to be exemplary of what it means to be a responsible land steward in the Potomac basin. The program for the Anacostia Forum will include presentations on: 1) current community-based efforts by local leaders; 2) ongoing NPS land management, planning and development; and presentations on the
Anacostia and other case study examples.
The Anacostia Watershed Coalition has requested assistance to have Beth Benson, Director of Environmental Management for the Toronto Waterfront Regeneration Trust present the Portlands of Toronto Green Infrastructure Project. Ms. Benson is nationally recognized for her work in this topic.
b. Product: The assistance will include providing travel and honorarium costs for Ms. Benson to make a presentation to local leaders on alternative ideas for how they might work with NPS, and others, to conserve, protect, restore and enjoy the Anacostia Watershed
- Funds allocated: $2,500
- Allocate funds to Wilson Corkren, Accokeek Foundation on
behalf of the Friends of the Potomac. Amend existing agreement #CA-3091-970001 or #MT-3018-0059.
- Source of funds: Account # 4556-4000-663 Rivers, Trails
and Conservation Assistance Program
Appendix 2: Strategic/ Business Plan
Meeting Purposes:
- To begin the development of a strategic/ business plan for the Friends/ NPS
- To review the Mission Statement and establish a Vision for the Friends
- To develop a preliminary strategic/ business plan for the Friends
Draft Agenda:
- Introduction to Strategic/ Business Planning
a. What is a strategic/ business plan?
- Outlining a planning process that fits our consortium
c. Addressing the benefits and concerns of strategic/ business plans
- Taking Stock of the Friends of the Potomac/ NPS-NCR
- Project elements/outlines
- Present situation and future needs
- Refining the Mission and Vision of the consortium
- Goals of the Friends
- Where do we want to go?
- Mission and Vision for the consortium: Is it appropriate?
- Outlining opportunities and threats for the consortium
- Programmatic opportunities
- Geographic emphases
- Other projects and institutions
- Funding opportunities
- Preliminary Strategic/ Business Goals for the consortium
- Protect and restore water quality and living resources
- Promote enjoyment of natural, recreational and heritage assets
- Encourage more citizen involvement in community decision-making
- Foster sustainable economic development
- Fund Raising Goals and Membership Strategy
VII. Critical Issues for Future
VIII. Next Steps
Appendix 3: Leadership Potomac-- A Leadership Development Program for the Potomac American Heritage River Communities
A Proposal from The Accokeek Foundation, the National Conservation Training Center, and the Friends of the Potomac
Revised, July 1999
The Rationale: This proposal is based on the premise that the Potomac’s communities continue to produce many leaders, but that there remains a critical need for basin-wide leadership. Still, as the large and effective Friends of the Potomac Steering Committee has demonstrated, there are a number of individuals who have demonstrated both interest in and commitment to the region as a whole. “Leadership Potomac” is conceived as an ongoing program to inform, inspire, and motivate a growing leadership cadre in the region who know one another and share a broad knowledge of the Potomac River Watershed and the critical issues it faces in the 21st century.
The Program: Beginning in the fall of 2000, an annual “class” of approximately 50 individuals from throughout the Potomac Basin will meet together for a series of four, 2-day meetings. This program will be a new approach to watershed leadership, and will draw on the experiences of community leadership programs that are operating in dozens of local, state, and regional communities around the United States. Each meeting will be devoted to a particular topic or issue of great significance in the region. Potomac Leaders will explore these topics and issues together and separately, looking at controversial issues from a variety of viewpoints. The program will bring in the best experts available on a given issue, as well as trained facilitators to ensure the effectiveness of the sessions. The class days will be tightly programmed to pack as much information and interaction into the experience as possible. The initial session will be held at the NCTC; each of the following meetings will take place in a different part of the basin.
The program content will have three main themes: Conservation Leadership; Group Development; River Understanding. Potomac Leaders will learn facts and figures about the Potomac and the people who live in its watershed. They will become conversant in a variety of subjects, from agriculture to urban development, and will develop a thorough understanding of what stewardship of the Potomac Watershed will mean in the 21st century.
A major benefit of the program will be the development of a network of leaders who share a common base of understanding of the entire basin. They will develop working relationships among themselves, pledging always to return a call from a fellow Potomac Leader promptly, and to work together to help one another out with local or regional projects when interests and abilities converge. This will result in a growing cadre of effective and committed leaders.
The Participants: a committee appointed by the Friends of the Potomac Board will select The fifty participants. They will be selected so that each class forms a diverse cross-section of people from throughout the basin, representing civil servants, elected officials, private businesspeople, non-profit executives, and community activists. Individuals will be chosen for their leadership potential, current and future ability to influence and effect positive change in the region, and their commitment to the Potomac region. Each class will form a coherent group of leaders who share significant common experiences and knowledge, and who will be prepared to work together for the benefit of the region. Each year a new class will join the larger group of Potomac Leaders, forming a basin-wide network of people who are committed to the positive future of the region.
Key Personnel: The Project Director will be Anne White, Director of Development for the Accokeek Foundation. Ms. White has been active in the community development movement for more than a decade. She participated in Leadership Hartford (CT), and later became the first executive director of Leadership Washington (DC). There she developed the programs, directed recruiting, and oversaw the achievement of financial soundness. She is currently a consultant to Leadership Anne Arundel (MD), Vice President of the Board of the Environmental Fund for Maryland, and is active in a number of other leadership and environmental programs. Anne White is a trained and experienced facilitator, and a former corporate executive. She can be released from current duties at The Accokeek Foundation for up to one third of full-time to work on Leadership Potomac.
Appendix 4: Regional Heritage Tourism Case Study Format
Each case study will describe a locally driven, community place-based heritage tourism project or activity and include the following information within a one or two page description:
- Background
- Project/ Activity Description
- Beneifts/ Results
4. Cost/ Funding Source
- Contact
Appendix 6: Anacostia River Watershed Summit
Draft proposed plan to conserve a 4-mile corridor of the upper reaches of the Anacostia River
Phase 1. The Anacostia Green Infrastructure Summit
Date: October 1999
Location: Earth Conservation Corps, Washington D.C.
Preferred Audience Size: 40-60 persons
The summit will allow the coalition to discuss its visions for a nature preserve for a four mile stretch of the Anacostia River that extends upstream from the railroad crossing at Anacostia Park and encompasses
Kingman and Heritage Island. Members of the coalition have expressed their interest in maintaining and enhancing the natural quality of the region and therefore our intent is to frame planning for the region
within the framework of a green infrastructure concept.
Greater national attention is currently being given to "green infrastructure" as part of the evolving dialogue in the US on sustainable development and sustainable communities, in particular. The concept has
its roots as far back as 1860 although efforts in the 1980's focused around open space conservation, outdoor recreation, and wildlife habitat.
In the 1990's, the dialogue has expanded to include natural resource protection and the restoration of ecological functions through the conservation, restoration and management of large contiguous open spaces, parks, conservation reserves, environmental corridors, riparian
areas, greenbelts, greenways, and even backyards.
Type of Presentation:
The session will highlight the need for this approach on the Anacostia River and focus on efforts underway in Toronto to bolster thinking about the environmental and related natural resource management aspects of
sustainable development related to communities and the ecosystems within which they exist. Beth Benson from the Toronto project will discuss the nature and scope of community and natural resource problems, and provide
information about various conservation practices and other tools being with this program.
The summit has two primary intentions: 1) to begin to open lines of discussion with the various federal agencies that are or could be involved with the Anacostia River and 2) to explore partnerships and funding opportunities with these agencies to produce and implement a green infrastructure plan along this corridor.
The session will open with introductory remarks on the Anacostia Watershed Coalition and the need for Green Infrastructure planning for the region. A 20-minute presentation of the Toronto case will follow.
An overview will be provided of the 4-mile stretch of the Anacostia that conservation is aimed toward. The Park Service will be requested to provide an update of its activities in the region as well as a status
report on the progress of a general management plan.
The second part of the summit will include a series of presentation by invited federal agencies to discuss the
resources available to assist the coalition in their efforts.
Participants should include representatives from:
The Mayor’s office and Council members Ambrose, Chavous, Orange and Mendelson’s office
National Park Service
Forest Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
National Resource Conservation Service
Army Corps of Engineers
Environmental Protection Agency
Navy
Coast Guard
NCPC
Members of the Anacostia Watershed Coalition
Goal: The anticipated result of this meeting will be to produce an agreement with one or more of the federal agencies represented to provide planning money to help communities prepare a vision for input into the NPS comprehensive plan for the 4-mile stretch of the Anacostia River.
Author: Robert Potter at NP-MARO
Date: 08/26/1999 4:49 AM
Priority: Normal
TO: Dave Linderman at NP-NCRO-FIN
CC: Mike Gordon
CC: David A. Lange
CC: Joe DiBello
CC: Linda Seifert
CC: Glenn Eugster at NP-NCRO-FIN
Subject: Authorization to use PHSO account number
------------------------------- Message Contents -------------------------------
Mr. Linderman,
Proceeding under the assumption that it is you I need to send this authorization
to, please consider this memo in that regard.
I am authorizing the use of our account code 4565-4000-663, not to exceed
$5,000, for contracts and/or cooperative agreements to be executed by Glenn
Eugster in conjunction with his work as river navigator on the Potomac American
Heritage River.
Paper copy of this memo will follow. Thank you you for your help.
Sincerely,
Robert Potter
Program Manager
Rivers and Trails
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