Events in the Saluda-Reedy Watershed

Watershed Leaders Forum 4

Treading Lightly on the Shore:
The Role of Residents and Developers in Keeping Lakes Healthy

Date: September 21, 2006
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: The Drummond Center at Lake Greenwood State Park
Additional Information: All links below are in pdf format unless otherwise noted. Large file sizes are noted.

• Forum Agenda
• Issue Summary
• Resources and reports about Lake-friendly Landscaping (html)

Speaker Presentations:

• BUILDING ME SOFTLY: Minimum impact techniques for lakeshore development (Power Point 12 MB)
  Jimmy Walters, South Carolina Forestry Commission
• HEALTHY LAKE, HEALTHY BOTTOM LINE:
  A Developer's Perspective on Lake-friendly Development (Power Point)
  William Britton, Britton and Company; Bruce McKeown, Owner, Stillwaters; Barbara Lenar, Director of Community Relations and On-site Sales Agent, Stillwaters
• LIFE AT THE WATERS EDGE:
  The Hows and Whys of Lake-friendly Landscaping
  John Haines, Clemson University (Power Point 2 MB)
  Rick Huffman, Earth Design (Power Point 14 MB)

Watershed Leaders Forum 3:

From Floodplains to Greenways -
A half-day Symposium on Creating Parks Along River Corridors

Date: June 1, 2006
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Younts Conference Center, Furman University
Additional Information: All links below are in pdf format unless otherwise noted. Large file sizes are noted.

• Forum Agenda
• Issue Summary

Speaker Presentations:

• Floodplain Management and Restoration in Charlotte-Mecklenburg (Power Point 6.5 MB)
  Dave Canaan Director – Water & Land Resources
• The Stormwater Mitigation Benefits of Riverside Parks and Greenways (Power Point 16 MB)
  Jonathan Smith

Watershed Leaders Forum 2:

Water Quality in Lake Greenwood -
A Status Report and Next Steps

Date: February 14, 2006
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: The Drummond Center at Lake Greenwood State Park
Additional Information: All links below are in pdf format unless otherwise noted. Large file sizes are noted.

• Forum Agenda
• Issue Summary

Speaker Presentations:

• A LAKE ON THE EDGE:
  Modeling Water Quality Change in Lake Greenwood
  Hank McKellar and Jim Bulak, Freshwater Fisheries Research SC Department of Natural Resources

Watershed Leaders Forum 1

Weathering the Storm -
Are We Ready for the Next Big Flood?

Date: November 2, 2005
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Younts Conference Center, Furman University
Additional Information: All links below are in pdf format unless otherwise noted. Large file sizes are noted.

• Forum Agenda
• Issue Summary
• Additional web-based resources organized by the topics covered during the forum

Speaker Presentations:

• From Summer Storms to Hurricanes:
  The climatological factors that shape rainfall patterns in the Upstate (3 MB)
  Hope Mizzell, SC State Climatologist
• As the River Rises:
  How rainfall interacts with the Upstate landscape to create floods
  Joe Chapman, Watershed Concepts, Inc.
• Living Downstream:
  Identifying and evaluating flood hazards in your community
  Lisa Jones, SC Flood Mitigation Program Coordinator
• Keeping out of Harm's Way:
  Building an effective local program to get structures out of the floodplain
  Joe Barron, The Fletcher Group
• Putting More Years Between "Hundred-Year-Floods:"
  Retooling development techniques to create flood-resistant landscapes (3 MB)
  Steve Klaine and John Haynes, Clemson University