Meeting+2008+Aug+21

Thursday 2008 Aug 21 8:30-10 1214 Jordan Hall, NCSU Campus
 * Wake County Nature Preserves Meeting**


 * In attendance**

Connors, Gavazzi, Treasure, Bullock, Halubka, C. Smith, Alexander, Shumate, Snow, Sinclair, Cienek, Blank, Wallace, Hess


 * Annotated Agenda Items**


 * Introductions as needed** (5 minutes)

Nate Halubka has joined us. Nate is with the Recreation Resources Service in NCSU's Dept. Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management. He is interested in finding out how the Service can help WakeNature's efforts.


 * Municipal Parks Directors Meeting** (Hess, 20 minutes)

- Time changed to 9-11 - that OK? - Revisit agenda - still look OK? - Invitation (Alexander) - Logo (Ramsey) - Natural Areas list (Hess) ... take a look at [|MunicipalEOs&SNHAs.xls] for ... - Mapping needs - we need to define so Cheshire and create product
 * Summary table of # SNHAs and EOs by municipality and county (Sheet SummaryTables)
 * Summary list of SNHAs and EOs by muni & county (Sheet CombinedList)
 * Details of where the lists came from (Sheet MetaData)

- Time change and agenda look fine - Alexander has drafted the invitation. Hard copy was passed around table for edits. Snow will push it out later this week, early next week. - Ramsey absent, no logo discussion - Reviewed Natural Areas list that Hess created and made the following recommendations ... - Mapping needs - Need to start developing a packet to give to each director
 * NOTES**
 * Need a table that shows the number of SNHAs in each municipality, regardless of how many parcels each one includes.
 * Relabel EO/SNHA table to make it clear that this is a number of parcels and that SNHAs cross parcel boundaries
 * Create a table sorted by SNHAs that makes clear that these cross muni boundaries
 * General simplification and cleanup needed, including a version that can be used in PPT presentation
 * Put these tables in map form - keep it simple - only show affected locations, not all EOs or SNHAs
 * C. Smith offered her help with this.

- Alexander to complete final draft of invitation - Snow to push out by email and post mail - Hess to refine and add tables - Hess & Smith to confer on maps, also include Cheshire - Hess to put initial list of packet contents on parks directors meeting page (done 21 Aug) - Alexander / Shumate will handle packet assembly - Need drafts of any presentations for discussion at next meeting
 * //Action Items Generated//**


 * Turnipseed Road Unit#1 Management Plan progress to date** (Blank et al., 30 min)

- Blank briefed us on status of management plan. - Team has a deadline of 4 Sept for a good first draft to turn over to County for input. - Major input needed from County at this point is statement of management objectives for the property - what do they want this place to be? Lisk and Snow will be handling this. - Current needs
 * NOTES**
 * Now wetland delineation has been done - this could be a class project through a special topics or indep study (team). Blank, Shear, Colson could supervise
 * Forest inventory. Bullock, Emrys, & Gavazzi agree to collaborate on this, working with Bullock's measurements class(es) this semester.  This has the possibility to spill into spring, when Roise/Frederick could use the data to create management plans in the 405/406 class(es) and Allen could use for silviculture class.  For example, how might this be managed if desire to restore long leaf pine?
 * Wallace suggested that the "Wildlife" section be recast as a "Wildlife Habitat" section to better integrate with the habitat-based approach being developed by the Commission through the Wildlife Action Plan.
 * Need to identify communities and species that need immediate and focused management consideration.

- Hess to work with Bullock on thinking about how to integrate this work with spring and future courses - Bullock, Treasure, Gavazzy to meet and discuss completing inventory this semester - Hess to talk with folks about getting wetland delineation done
 * //Action Items Generated//**


 * Special Topics Course for Spring** (Hess, 15 min)

We have talked about having a multi-disciplinary course in the Spring to complete work on the Marks Creek Site. We've talked about doing a management plan, a site history, and various other things. Is this still on the table? Is there another part of the site we can focus on using the template we're developing?

- This is still muddy. Might be best to slot things into existing courses. - Management plan will still need work. Blank might be able to do some environmental history through one of his classes.
 * NOTES**

- For now, we need to keep thinking about this. Need a go / no-go idea by mid-October in time for Spring registration period.
 * //Action Items Generated//**


 * November mapping outing** (Hess, 5 min; Connors will not be present)

- Can we identify any needs?

- Connors was present, so we discussed in some detail. - Have quite a few mapping needs - so we need GPS-capable folks - It would also be good to get an idea of site potential for some areas - "What could you do with this site?" This would require a whole different, and as yet unspecified, set of expertise. - Discussion of dates: Sat 8 Nov v Fri 14 Nov - pros / cons of Fri v Sat - **POST MEETING** Hess ran the Fri / Sat by one student and one faculty. Student noted that many students work on the weekends and have at least 1/2day available on Friday. Faculty noted that it would be easier to get faculty during the week (and immediately blocked the whole day off on her calendar). - **EXECUTIVE DECISION** The date will be Fri 14 November. Wiki page for the workday created. - **POST MEETING** Lisa Hausfather, an NCSU student, came to my (Hess) office to ask about getting involved in WakeNature. She has agree to help organize this outing, especially from the student perspective and getting students to sign on. Thanks, Lisa.
 * NOTES**

- Hess and Connors to discuss things that can be done and expertise required - Halubka agreed to talk to Y. Leung about getting his recreation impact class involved.
 * //Action Items Generated//**


 * Volunteers** (15 min)

What exactly are we looking for?

From Steelman: NRLI help with volunteer network-- Toddi spoke with Mary Lou Addor and suggested sending a note out on the NRLI listserve to see if there was someone out there who was interested in helping with this or who might know of someone interested in helping with this. Do you think we should follow through with that? If so, Toddi will follow up. Mary Lou also suggested that Toddi come and present during the next NRLI session in '09 to describe the idea and see if anyone in the '09 class would be interested. Toddi committed to doing this. We might have another idea by then of what we could do or even have satisfied our volunteer organizer by then, but the opportunity will stand for us to take advantage of it.

From Petrovick: Regarding volunteers you might announce the need on  http://www.volunteermatch.org/ if you can't find them elsewhere.

From Hess: Sherry Dutton (NCSU NonProfit Minor Program) has WakeNature on the list for her capstone course. We are soliciting a student to help us organize volunteers. Snow has agreed to provide a modest stipend.

- Out of time - no discussion
 * NOTES**


 * Other Items**

- Hess will collect any photos for Ramsey