Meeting+2008+Jul+31

Thursday 2008 Jul 31 8:30-10 1214 Jordan Hall, NCSU Campus
 * Wake County Nature Preserves Meeting**


 * Attendance Notes**

Attended by: Steelman, Hess, Ramsey, Alexander, Snow, Wallace, Trickel, Sinclair, Cheshire


 * Annotated Agenda Items**


 * Introductions as needed** (5 minutes)


 * NOTES**

- Sinclair announced that she will be moving in November and that her last meeting will likely be the 6 Nov meeting.

- Scheduled for Thurs 2 Oct at Yates Mill - Form team to lead effort (anyone who wants to volunteer can put their name here): - Decide on format, length of meeting
 * Municipal Parks Directors Meeting** (20 min)


 * NOTES**

- Snow has made calls to the directors of Raleigh, Cary, Apex parks. Common questions were ...
 * How will this affect my department? (The "correct" answer is "How would you like it to affect you?")
 * Do we have any areas in our parks that would qualify as natural areas?
 * There is interest in participating
 * Snow will call directors of each muni and talk to them about the meeting

- Meeting objective is to present the big picture idea to the directors and see what they have to say about it - we're trying to find willing partners who'd like to work with us to improve our idea and make it happen - We only want to invite municipal park directors (or their designee) - no state parks, Army Corps, or Progress Energy at this particular meeting - they are not currently our objective - We created a draft agenda and made some leadership assignments - see the page for the meeting - Meeting will have to start at 9AM - we don't have access to the room until 8.30 (Hess checked on 2008 Jul 31)

- Alexander will draft an invitation during the next two weeks. - Snow will be able to support food, unless rules change. - Ramsey's daughter is working on a logo (note the upper left corner of our wiki has a logo of sorts that Hess hacked together a year ago) - Cheshire agreed to provide mapping support, once we know and can specify what we'd like - Hess needs to clean up the list of natural heritage areas by muni so that we can share that information. ( Note: Hess has uploaded the GIS data to the Marks Creek Assessment page (see GIS Data for Potential Natural Areas in Wake County 2008 July 31) but still needs to create a presentable table of information. )
 * //Action Items//**
 * We only want one and only rep per municipality
 * We will want an RSVP

A summary of the Management Plan Subcommittee Mtg held 23 July
 * Management Plans** (Ramsey, Sinclair) (20 min)


 * NOTES**

- Subcommittee decided that it was best for the WakeNature team to write the first plan which can then be used as a template for future service-learning projects - First draft expected 2008 Dep 4 - Some concerns about management guidebook / cookbook idea (see notes),  but still think there is value in doing this in a careful manner - making sure that people don't think they can just cut-and-paste and that they know site-specific adjustments will be needed. - For Marks Creek, new parcels continue to be added. These will be integrated into the management plan rather than creating a new plan for each parcel. - THere is some difficulty mapping the Exceptional and Outstanding Natural Areas as zones for management purposes. This might need some rethinking. Wallace & Sinclair are going to make some adjustments to the criteria. Basic thought is that they serve best for guiding the level of infrastructure (trails, parking, buildings, etc) appropriate for the areas rather than serving as boundaries for detailed management plans.

- Ramsey will collect photographs to be used in the management plan. If you have photos of the Marks Creek area, from the 1 May workshop or any other time, please send a CD to Jamie Ramsey - contact her for address information. - Subcom will continue work on management plan.
 * //Action Items//**


 * November field outing**

This idea came up in our last meeting - having a University-wide, 1-day outing in Nov to map features at Marks Creek. We need to start working on this, if we want to do it.


 * NOTES**

- We know that there are streams, vernal pools, and rock outcrops to be mapped - When the first draft of the management plan is done, we will have a better idea of complete mapping needs - Discussion of the need to build this kind of work into the fabric of other organization, such a student and other nature-related clubs. - Rest of discussion pended until next meeting when Connors will be present.

- Steelman to pursue idea of this as a [|Natural Resource Leadership Institute] project for next year - Hess to check in with Sherry Dutton about non-profit intern to help with volunteer organization ... Snow has some money that can be used for this.
 * //Action Items//**