January 13, 2005

MEMORANDUM

TO:

The Honorable Marc Basnight, Co-Chairman
The Honorable Jim Black, Co-Chairman
The Honorable Richard Morgan, Co-Chairman
Joint Legislative Commission on Government Operations

The Honorable Charlie Albertson, Co-Chairman
The Honorable Dan Clodfelter, Co-Chairman
The Honorable Pryor Gibson, Co-Chairman
The Honorable Danny McComas, Co-Chairman
Environmental Review Commission

The Honorable David Weinstein, Co-Chairman
The Honorable Stan Fox, Co-Chairman
The Honorable Roger West, Co-Chairman
Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Appropriations for Natural
and Economic Resources

Mr. Jim Johnson, Director, Fiscal Research Division
Ms. Jennifer Haygood , Fiscal Research Division

FROM:

Robert Howard, Chairman, Board of Trustees
Bill Holman, Executive Director

Introduction

We are writing on behalf of the Board of Trustees and staff of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF) to thank the members of the General Assembly of North Carolina for your continuing strong support for investments in clean water and to make our annual report to the General Assembly and the public pursuant to GS 113A-257.

GS 143-15.3B requires that the General Assembly appropriate a minimum of $100,000,000 to CWMTF each year. The 2003 General Assembly made many difficult budget decisions and cut many programs, including CWMTF.

HB 397, Current Operations and Capital Improvements Act of 2003, and HB 1414, 2004 Appropriations Act, appropriated $62,000,000 to CWMTF in each year of the biennium. This is a cut of $38,000,000 or 38% from CWMTF. Thanks to the appropriation of $62,000,000 from the General Assembly to CWMTF in fiscal year 2004-2005 North Carolina continued to make progress in protecting and restoring water quality in calendar year 2004. As we face another challenging budget in 2005, the future of our state's environmental and economic health depends on your continued support and interest.

Background

For many years, the North Carolina General Assembly has advocated non-regulatory, incentive-based programs to complement North Carolina's environmental regulatory and educational programs and to ensure both a strong economy and healthy environment.

In 1996 General Assembly created the Clean Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF) (Chapter 113A Article 18 (GS 113A-251 et seq.)) "to clean up pollution in the state's surface waters and to protect and conserve those waters that are not yet polluted."

The CWMTF "shall be used to help finance projects that specifically address water pollution problems and focus on upgrading surface waters, eliminating pollution, and protecting and conserving unpolluted surface waters, including urban drinking water supplies" and "to build a network of riparian buffers and greenways for environmental, educational, and recreational benefit.

The CWMTF is an independent agency housed for administrative purposes in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR.) A twenty-one-member board of trustees establishes criteria, allocates funds, reviews applications, approves grants, and hires the executive director. Seven members are appointed by the Governor; seven by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and seven by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House. An advisory council composed of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Chair of the Wildlife Resources Commission, Secretary of DENR, and Secretary of Commerce or their designees advises the board of trustees.

Local governments or other political subdivision of the state, state agencies, and nonprofit conservation organizations, such as land trusts, may apply for grants. Deadlines for applications are June 1 and December 1 of each year.

The board of trustees typically meets 10 times per year - six times across the state and four times in Raleigh. In 2004, the board met in Southern Pines, Duck, Lenoir, Morganton, Kinston and Raleigh. In 2005, the board plans to meet in Randolph County, Brunswick County, Goldsboro, Charlotte, Rutherford County, Edenton, and Raleigh.

Moneys from CWMTF may be used to acquire conservation easements or land in fee simple to preserve riparian buffers, wetlands, floodplains, and greenways; to restore riparian buffers, streams, and wetlands; to repair failing wastewater collection and treatment systems; to eliminate failing septic tanks and straight pipes; to prevent, reduce, collect and treat stormwater pollution; to plan water quality projects; and for administration and staff. The board works through three principal committees: acquisitions, infrastructure/wastewater, and restoration/stormwater.

CWMTF applications forms for grants, grant evaluation guidelines, enabling legislation, lists of the board of trustees, staff directory, news releases, and other reports and documents are available at www.cwmtf.net.

The executive director, deputy director, senior scientist, contracts and real estate acquisition manager, administrative officer, public information officer, and executive assistant are based in the central office in Raleigh. Five field representatives cover the coast, piedmont and mountain regions of the state. A part-time water quality advisor is home based.Progress and ChallengesStormwater management and extensive flooding in the mountains caused by Hurricanes Frances and Ivan were the major water quality and quantity issues of 2004.

The CWMTF continued to make strides in reaching performance targets outlined in the state’s Progress Board report entitled North Carolina 20/20 Designed to significantly improve water quality throughout the state by the year 2020, the targets included increasing the percentage of water bodies fully supporting their uses, ensuring that 100 percent of all North Carolinians have access to clean and safe drinking water, protecting and permanently preserving one million acres by 2010, and improving water quality to ensure the continued viability of the state’s fisheries.

In addition, CWMTF is helping the state achieve its goal of preserving a million acres of open space, as set out in GS 113A-240, and is helping Governor Easley implement his One North Carolina Naturally initiative.The NC Rural Economic Development Center’s Water 2030 Project estimates that state and local governments need to invest $15,000,000,000 to improve wastewater, stormwater, and drinking water infrastructure over the next twenty years.

The Numbers

In almost all the areas cited by the North Carolina 20/20 report, CWMTF grants are playing a role in reaching those performance targets. Here are some examples:· The CWMTF and its partners have helped protect 3,189 miles of riparian buffers and preserve 273,057 acres of land, thereby ensuring streams, rivers and lakes can continue or will be able to support their uses. CWMTF grants have been used to plan watershed and to purchase buffers surrounding drinking water supplies, investing $272,605,744 in land acquisitions to protect water quality.

  • The CWMTF has funded 91 riparian buffer, stream and wetland restoration projects totaling over $56,400,000 to help maintain and preserve these important ecosystems.
  • CWMTF acquisition and restoration grants have been used to protect shellfishing waters, to help restore waters in areas closed to shellfishing, to restore oyster reefs and other fisheries habitat, and to provide public access to public waters.
  • The CWMTF has assisted local governments with 120 wastewater improvement projects, investing over $105,800,000 to reduce discharges and more effectively treat wastewater so that fewer nutrients and other pollutants enter our rivers.
  • CWMTF grants have funded 41 stormwater management projects totaling $34,500,000 to reduce pollution from urban runoff and decrease flooding.
  • CWMTF has provided almost $217,000,000 in grants to help local governments protect and restore water quality – about 45% of CWMTF’s funds.

All of these efforts are just as important to North Carolina’s economic well being as they are to the health and safety of its citizens and the environment. They enhance both the recreational and commercial fishing industries, strengthen North Carolina’s travel and tourism industry, and help maintain North Carolina’s high quality of life.

As the Progress Board asserts in its report, “…states can and do have strong economies and simultaneously protect the environment. In fact, the states with the strongest environmental records also claim the distinction of having the best job opportunities and climate for long term economic development.”

2004 Totals

Since 1996 the board of trustees has approved 630 grants for a total of $485,600,000. CWMTF grants have leveraged at least $783,800,000 or 161% in private and other public funds.

The CWMTF Board of Trustees and staff reviewed 83 applications requesting over $151,800,000 in the spring of 2004 (2004A Cycle) and 116 applications requesting over $198,500,000 in the fall of 2004 (2004B Cycle) for a total of 199 applications requesting over $350,300,000 in 2004.

Thanks to appropriations from the General Assembly and to the closing out of old grants the CWMTF Board of Trustees approved 93 water quality grants totaling $74,465,000 in calendar year 2004. This does not include small grants to pay the transaction costs associated with the donations of conservation easements or small grants to pay the pre-acquisition costs for projects on high quality or impaired waters.

The Board also approved expansion of Lake James State Park and protection of Shaken Creek and Camp Lejeune. These two projects will be financed by certificates of participation authorized by HB 1264, Finance Vital Projects (Session Law 2004-179).

2004 Highlights

CWMTF was very pleased that most of the stream restoration projects that it funded in Western North Carolina survived the hurricanes and flooding. The efforts of CWMTF and our partners to protect the headwaters of streams and to prevent development in riparian buffers and 100-year floodplains helped mitigate the impacts of the storms.

CWMTF continued to play a role in the dual protection of natural and economic resources by awarding more than $7,700,000 to help protect 6740 acres near military bases from encroachment by incompatible development.

CWTMF provided over $1,700,000 to match $600,000 in funds from Goldsboro and Wayne County (CWMTF #2004A-007) to protect and restore 500 acres in Seymour Johnson Air Force Base’s accident potential zone.

CWTMF funded three projects to protect water quality and Camp Lejeune: 1) over $600,000 to the NC Wildlife Resources to acquire H&M Farms and expand the Stones Creek Gameland (CWMTF #2004A-016), 2) over $1,100,000 to the Wildlife Resources Commission to acquire the Lanier tract and help protect Southwest Creek (CWMTF #2004A-018), and 3) $4,200,000 to protect Shaken Creek (CWTMF #2004B-026).

CWMTF utilized the authority provided by HB 1264, Finance Vital Projects, to acquire Shaken Creek.
In partnership with the Parks & Recreation Authority, Burke County, Crescent Resources, Foothills Conservancy, and NC Division of Parks & Recreation CWMTF helped protect the spectacular north shore of Lake James and expand Lake James State Park by nearly 3000 acres (CWMTF #2004B-038). CWMTF and PARTF utilized the authority provided by HB 1264, Finance Vital Projects, to acquire the parkland at a bargain sale offered by Crescent Resources. CWMTF provided $6,600,000; PARTF, $11,700,00; and Crescent, $12,600,000.

CWMTF continued its partnership with the NC Coastal Federation to protect the scenic White Oak River by providing over $1,000,000 to help acquire the 1443-acre Quaternary tract (CWMTF #2004A-011).

CWMTF and local governments in Gaston and Mecklenburg Counties have worked together to protect Mountain Island Lake, the region’s drinking water supply, since 1997. CWMTF provided over $2,600,000 to the Town of Mt. Holly to acquire additional buffers around Mountain Island Lake and Lake Wylie (CWMTF #2004B-022).

CWMTF provided $2,500,000 to the City of Wilmington to reduce stormwater pollution into Hewletts Creek (CWMTF #2004B-707), one of the tidal creeks in New Hanover County. CWMTF and the City of Greensboro celebrated the construction of a 20-acre constructed wetland to treat stormwater pollution in South Buffalo Creek in November (CWMTF #1997B-904 & #2002A-705). CWMTF provided $1,300,000 to help Greensboro acquire property and construct the wetland.

Pilot View RC&D, City of Winston-Salem, and CWMTF have built on our success in restoring a section of Salem Creek and have undertaken a major project to clean up Upper Silas Creek (CWMTF #2004B-706). CWMTF will provide $1,600,000.

The City of Kinston and CWMTF are continuing to work together to improve treatment of wastewater and stormwater in the City. CWTMF provided $1,200,000 to Kinston for a wastewater reuse project that will reduce Kinston’s dischare into the Neuse River (CWMTF #2004B-508).

CWMTF also provided $972,000 for the City of Lexington’s wastewater reuse project (CWMTF #2004B-511) and over $1,700,000 to the City of Lenior to replace a major leaky sewer line (CWTMF #2004B-510).

2004 Legislative Action

The 2004 General Assembly continued its strong support for protecting and restoring water quality. The General Assembly appropriated $62,000,000 to the Clean Water Management Trust Fund and fully funded the Parks and Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust Funds for fiscal year 2004-2005. No funds were appropriated to the Farmland Preservation Trust Fund.
HB 1414, 2004 Appropriations Act (Session Law 2004-124), amended the State Budget. Key provisions of HB 1414 are:

  • Section 6.24 increases reporting requirements by non-state entities that receive state funds, such as non-profit land trusts, and increases sanctions for non-compliance.
  • 6.31(a) authorizes the Board of Trustees of CWMTF to “allocate up to $4,100,000 to match federal, State, local, and private farmland preservation and forestland preservation funds and to acquire permanent conservation easements on working farms and forests” in fiscal year 2004-2005.
  • Section 6.31(b) directs the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to prepare a master plan for farmland preservation and report its findings no later than March 15, 2005.
  • Section 6.4 establishes a new, independent Commission on State Property “to identify State-owned real property that is (1) surplus and suitable for sale on the private market or (2) suitable for sale and leaseback…”
  • Section 12.8 appropriates $6,900,000 from DENR’s General Water Supply Revolving Loan Account to match federal Safe Drinking Water Act funds and appropriates $776,680 from the Department of Commerce’s Industrial Development Fund to DENR to match federal Clean Water Act funds for wastewater collection and treatment.
  • Section 12.11 requires the Wildlife Resources Commission to provide a one-time grant of $37,500 to Swain County for the loss of ad valorem taxes associated with the purchase of the Needmore tract on the Little Tennessee River.
  • Section 19.8 transfers the 1094-acre Light Ground Pocosin in Pamlico County from the Department of Administration to the Wildlife Resources Commission.
  • Section 30.10 appropriates about $32,000,000 from the Highway Fund to the commercial and non-commercial leaking petroleum underground storage tank funds (an earlier version appropriated $15,000,000 each from the Highway Fund and the Clean Water Management Trust Fund).
  • Section 30.20 appropriates $15,000,000 in transportation funds for “a stormwater pilot project to clean up State-maintained ocean outfalls and associated outlets through new and innovative technologies and filtering mechanisms.”
  • Section 32.1 appropriates $43,192,000 in capital funds, including $26,492,000 to the Division of Water Resources for water resources development projects.

CWMTF has revised its contracts with non-profit organizations to require compliance with Section 6.24 of SL 2004-124. CWMTF utilized the authority provided by Section 6.31(a) to match some federal farmland preservation funds. CWMTF recommends that the Commission on State Property established by Section 6.4 consider placing permanent conservation easements on riparian buffers, wetlands, and floodplains before selling any surplus property.

CWMTF is working with the Wildlife Resources Commission to expand the new Light Ground Pocosin Gameland established by Section 19.8. CWMTF would like to work with the Department of Transportation and local governments to reduce stormwater pollution as directed by Section 30.20. HB 1264, Finance Vital Projects (Session Law 2004-179), sponsored by Representative Gordon Allen and Senator John Kerr, authorized the issuance of up to $468,000,000 in special indebtedness over two fiscal years to finance construction of university facilities and juvenile justice facilities. It includes authority to issue up to $32,000,000 in fiscal year 2004-2005 and $13,000,000 in fiscal year 2005-2006 to expand Lake James State Park and Linville River Gamelands in Burke County, to protect military bases from encroachment, and to expand other state parks. CWMTF, PARTF, and NHTF funds will be used to retire the debt for the land and water conservation projects.

HB 1602, Extend Sunset on Conservation Income Tax Credit, by Representative Danny McComas, delayed the cap on pass-through entities for the conservation income tax credit one year until 2006. HB 1602 also authorized the legislature’s Revenue Laws Study Commission to review the program and make recommendations for improvement.

SB 933, Compensate Some Counties for Wetlands Mitigation, by Senator Cecil Hargett, requires the Ecosystem Enhancement Program, private mitigation bankers, and others to compensate Tier I and Tier II counties for 20-years of ad valorem property taxes when stream and wetland mitigation projects are acquired or constructed in their counties to mitigate impacts in other counties.

SB 1210, Implement Phase II Stormwater Rules, by Senator Dan Clodfelter, makes the Environmental Management Commission’s temporary Phase II Stormwater Rule the standard for acting on the first round of Phase II stormwater applications from local governments with some exceptions.

2005 Projects

The CWMTF board and staff will review 99 applications requesting almost $173,000,000 this spring (2005A Cycle). CWMTF will also receive applications on June 1, 2004 and review them in the fall (2005B Cycle).
CWMTF received eleven requests totaling $42,6 million to protect water quality and military bases, including:

  • A $6,400,000 million request from the City of Goldsboro to purchase 2,736 acres near Stoney Creek and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Wayne County (CWMTF #2005A-005);
  • A $6,900,000 dollar request from The Nature Conservancy to purchase two tracts totaling 6,413 acres to protect tributaries of Shaken Creek and Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base in Onslow and Pender counties (CWMTF #2005A-008 & 2005A-009);
  • A $650,562 request from The Nature Conservancy to protect 580 acres near Drowning Creek and Ft. Bragg in Hoke County (CWMTF #2005A-010);
  • An $11,400,000 request from the NC Coastal Land Trust to protect 5,342 acres in the Neuse River Basin and Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station in Carteret and Craven counties (CWMTF #2005A-012);
  • A $1,800,000 request from the NC Division of Parks and Recreation to protect Carver's Creek near Ft. Bragg in Cumberland County. The proposed acquisition of the 1,172-acre Clark Tract would help in the creation of the new Carver's Creek State Park (CWMTF #2005A-015) (The Board deferred a request from State Parks for additional property along Carvers Creek (CWMTF #2004B-036) last fall);
  • An $8,800,000 request from the Division of Parks and Recreation to purchase 4,225 acres in the Shelter Swamp, near Camp Lejeune in Onslow and Pender counties (CWMTF #2005A-019);
  • A $3,200,000 request from the NC Wildlife Resources Commission to purchase 669 acres to protect Kings Creek and Camp Lejeune (CWMTF #2005A-020)
  • A $2,300,000 request from the Wildlife Resources Commission to protect 1,027 acres near Nicholson Creek and Ft. Bragg in Hoke County (CWMTF #2005A-025);
  • A request for $72,430 from the Sandhills Area Land Trust to protect 44 acres near the Little River and Ft. Bragg in Moore County (CWMTF #2005A-028).

CWMTF will review 62 land acquisition projects requesting almost $112,000,000, 14 restoration and stormwater projects requesting almost $21,000,000, and 23 wastewater projects requesting over $40,000,000 in the spring of 2005. 2005

Legislative Issues

CWMTF strongly supports GS 143-15.3B that requires an appropriation of at least $100,000,000 per year for the Clean Water Management Trust Fund.

CWMTF has worked with an ad hoc Clean Water Working Group to identify potential sources of funding to address the $15,000,000,000 in drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater needs estimated by the Rural Center’s Water 2030 Project.

CWMTF has worked with the Land for Tomorrow Coalition to identify statewide land and water conservation needs. CWMTF supports funding for the NC Farmland Preservation Trust Fund (FPTF). The 2003 and 2004 General Assemblies did not appropriate funds to FPTF and authorized CWMTF to match other funds to permanently protect farmland. CWMTF will work with the General Assembly to ensure that the State has a viable farmland protection program.

CWMTF supports the work of the Conservation Lands Working Group, convened by the NC Association of County Commissioners, to clarify taxation of conservation easements.

CWMTF would like to work with the Department of Transportation, local governments, and other partners to prevent and reduce stormwater pollution.

In its 2003 Annual Report CWMTF advised the General Assembly on some of its concerns about implementation of the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). The NC Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts has convened a working group to improve CREP. The Association, CWMTF, the Division of Soil & Water Conservation, and other partners plan to report to the Board of Trustees of CWMTF and others later this year. CWMTF uses existing stream maps and floodplain maps to review projects and calculate benefits.

CWMTF supports the plan to improve the mapping and digital representation of streams developed and adopted by the Geographic Information Coordinating Council (GICC) on January 5, 2005 (required by Section 33 of SB 1152, Studies Act of 2004). CWMTF also supports completing mapping of floodplains in Western North Carolina (Phase III of NC’s Floodplain Mapping Program). CWMTF also supports the NC One Map project that will make more GIS data available to CWMTF and the public and improve public and private decision-making.

Most of the landowners that sell conservation easements or land in fee simple to CWMTF or its partners donate value and utilize the NC Conservation Income Tax Credit.

CWMTF supports the Conservation Income Tax Credit Program. The 2003 General Assembly debated establishment of a new Clean Air Trust Fund to provide funds for incentive based air pollution prevention and reduction efforts. CWMTF can share our experience with the 2005 General Assembly if it considers a Clean Air Trust Fund.

CWMTF can assist local governments and other state agencies in efforts to reduce pollution in Falls Lake, Jordan Lake, and other drinking water supplies.

 

Summary Of Funded Projects  (1997A-2004B Cycles)

      

Note: As of November 16, 2004, there were 25 projects funded for a total of $12,506,202 that were

 

subsequently withdrawn.  These projects are included in these tables in the funded amounts, but noted as

"Withdrawn" in their project name.

          

Acquisition Summary- Riparian Buffer Totals (1997A-2004B Cycles)

CWMTF contributed to preservation of:

  

3,189 Miles

      

273,057 Acres

      

Funded New Projects During 2004 Calendar Year

 

Cycle

Number Projects

Amount Funded

Comments

04A

40

$32,924,500

Regular Cycle

04B

55

$51,330,000

Regular Cycle

03D & 04D

20

$430,527

Donated Conservation Easement Minigrants

03M & 04M

4

$100,000

Standard Minigrants

Funded Projects Summarized By Primary Purpose (1997A-2004B Cycles)

Primary Purpose

Number Projects

Amount Funded

Notes

Acquisition

268

$272,605,744

Includes fee simple, easements, and greenways.

Coordinate Public Programs

3

$5,750,000

  

Minigrants

54

$1,217,627

  

Planning

53

$9,208,297

  

Restoration

91

$56,490,976

Includes stream restoration, ag BMPs, and other types of ecological restoration

Stormwater

41

$34,518,982

  

Wastewater

120

$105,841,377

  

Total

630

$485,633,003

  

Summary of Requested vs Funded Totals
 

Number

Amount

Requested

1255

$1,449,471,908

Funded

630

$485,633,033

% Funded

50%

34%

Summary of Requested vs Funded by Region

        

Region

Requests- No. Projects

Funded- No. Projects

% Number Projects Funded

Amount Requested

Amount Funded

% Amount Funded

Central Piedmont/Southern Coastal Plain

297

136

46%

$345,210,990

$98,669,802

29%

Eastern Piedmont/Central Coastal Plain

262

109

42%

$343,550,996

$80,815,905

24%

Mountains

255

132

52%

$261,879,680

$107,002,654

41%

Northern Coastal Plain

141

80

57%

$204,329,112

$79,161,131

39%

Statewide/Regional

47

22

47%

$72,197,011

$34,118,056

47%

Western Piedmont

253

151

60%

$222,304,119

$85,865,455

39%

Total

1255

630

50%

$1,449,471,908

$485,633,003

34%

Project Type, including multiple purposes

Number Projects

 Acquistion

390

Wastewater

124

Planning

65

Stormwater

76

Stream Restoration

77

Greenway

54

Nonpoint Source

52

Minigrant

58

Coordination

3
   
   

Wastewater Subcomponents (1997A-2004B Cycles)

  

Wastewater Subcomponents

Number Projects

Wastewater Subcomponents

Number Projects

Sewer System Repair

32

Elimination of Permitted Discharge

18

WWTP Repair

21

Repair Failing Septic Systems and Elimination of Straight Pipes

12

Wastewater Collection System

30

Reuse

13

Decommission WWTP and Reroute Waste

14

Backup Generation

7

Nondischarge of Waste (incl. Land App)

20

    

Funded Projects Summarized By Applicant Type (1997A-2004B Cycles)

Applicant Type

Number Projects

Amount Funded

  

Local Government Total

308

$216,793,414

  

Municipal

181

$133,055,910

  

County

73

$48,236,300

  

Other Local Govt

54

$35,501,204

  

State Agency

97

$147,129,335

  

Non-Profit

225

$121,710,254

  

Total

630

$485,633,003

  
       

 


Funded Projects Summarized By Region (1997A-2004B Cycles)

            

Region Name

Region Abbreviation

Number Projects

Amount Funded

      

Central Piedmont/Southern Coastal Plain

CP/SCP

136

$98,669,802

      

Eastern Piedmont/Central Coastal Plain

EP/CCP

109

$80,815,905

      

Mountains

M

132

$107,002,654

      

Northern Coastal Plain

NCP

80

$79,161,131

      

Statewide/Regional

S/R

22

$34,118,056

      

Western Piedmont

WP

151

$85,865,455

      
 

Total

630

$485,633,003

      

 

           
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             


Funded Projects Summarized By River Basin (1997A-2004B Cycles)

River Basin

Number Projects

Amount Funded

Cape Fear

92

$72,979,400

Neuse

73

$58,745,570

Catawba

73

$44,084,123

Yadkin

72

$52,019,900

Lumber

45

$25,910,402

French Broad

43

$43,886,669

New

33

$8,925,332

Tar-Pamlico

32

$25,364,060

Statewide/Regional

30

$38,235,506

White Oak

29

$29,354,141

Pasquotank

28

$27,490,005

Little Tennessee

20

$22,344,967

Roanoke

18

$8,485,100

Broad

16

$7,949,090

Watauga

11

$5,918,928

Chowan

9

$9,352,810

Hiwassee

5

$3,712,000

Savannah

1

$875,000

Total

630

$485,633,003


Projects Funded BY CWMTF In Calendar Year 2004 (Listed Alphabetically)

    
             

Application Name

Project Number

Approval Date

Amount Funded

Applicant Type

County

Watershed

Apex, Town of- Acq./ Beaver Creek

2004A-001

7/12/2004

$612,000

Local Government - Municipal

Wake

Cape Fear

Archdale, City of - Acq / BB&P Tract, Muddy Creek

2004B-001

11/15/2004

$175,000

Local Government - Municipal

Randolph

Cape Fear

Ayden, Town of - WW/ Sewer Rehabilitation, Swift Creek

2004B-501

11/15/2004

$300,000

Local Government - Municipal

Pitt

Neuse

Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated Minigrant, Great Meadows Tract

2004D-016

9/13/2004

$15,000

Non-profit

Yancey

French Broad

Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated Minigrant/ Chanlett Tract, Stillhouse Branch

2004D-002

7/12/2004

$25,000

Non-profit

Alleghany

New

Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated Minigrant/ Coleman Tract, Handpole Branch

2004D-003

7/12/2004

$25,000

Non-profit

Avery

French Broad

Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated Minigrant/ Dishman Tract, Watauga River

2004D-006

9/13/2004

$25,000

Non-profit

Watauga

Watauga

Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated Minigrant/ McCarthy Tract, Little Glade Creek

2004D-009

8/9/2004

$25,000

Non-profit

Alleghany

New

Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - Donated Minigrant/ Stack Tract

2004D-001

7/12/2004

$25,000

Non-profit

Watauga

New

Brevard, City of - Acq/ Brackens and Brushy Creeks

2004B-002

11/15/2004

$25,000

Local Government - Municipal

Transylvania

French Broad

Brunswick County - WW/ Regionalization and Septic Tank Elimination, Lockwoods Folly

2004B-503

11/15/2004

$1,357,000

Local Government - County

Brunswick

Lumber

Caldwell County - Acq./ Donahue Creek

2004A-002

7/12/2004

$685,000

Local Government - County

Caldwell

Yadkin

Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy - Donated Minigrant, Wauchope Tract, Laurel Creek

2004D-017

11/15/2004

$24,375

Non-profit

Transylvania

French Broad

Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy- Acq/ Ball Tract, Green River

2004B-003

11/15/2004

$25,000

Non-profit

Henderson

Broad

Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy- Acq/ Buckner Tract/Dismal Creek

2004B-005

11/15/2004

$939,000

Non-profit

Henderson

French Broad

Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy- Acq/ Schenk and Ball Tracts, Green River

2004B-007

11/15/2004

$25,000

Non-profit

Henderson

Broad

Cary- Acq./ White Oak Creek

2004A-003

7/12/2004

$600,000

Local Government - Municipal

Wake

Cape Fear

Catawba Lands Conservancy - Acq./ Pott Creek

2004A-004

7/12/2004

$169,000

Non-profit

Lincoln

Catawba

Catawba Lands Conservancy-Acq/ Riverbend Preserve, South Fork Catawba

2004B-010

11/15/2004

$273,000

Non-profit

Gaston

Catawba

Colerain, Town of - WW/ Emergency Stand-by Generator

2004B-504

7/12/2004

$17,000

Local Government - Municipal

Bertie

Chowan

Contentnea Metropolitan Sewerage District - WW/ Grifton Sewer Rehabilitation

2004B-505

11/15/2004

$962,000

Local Government

Pitt

Neuse

Cove City, Town of - WW/Septic/ Core Creek

2004A-601

7/12/2004

$333,000

Local Government - Municipal

Craven

Neuse

Creswell, Town of - Plan/ Stormwater Management, Scuppernong River

2004B-802

11/15/2004

$25,000

Local Government - Municipal

Washington

Pasquotank

Durham County- Acq/ Little River Corridor, South Fork Little River

2004B-012

11/15/2004

$170,000

Local Government - County

Durham

Neuse

Durham Soil & Water Conservation District - Rest./ Lick Creek

2004A-403

7/12/2004

$97,000

Local Government - County

Durham

Neuse

Durham Soil & Water Conservation District - Rest./ New Hope Creek

2004A-405

7/12/2004

$220,000

Local Government - County

Durham

Cape Fear

Durham Soil & Water Conservation District - Rest./ Rocky Creek

2004A-406

7/12/2004

$26,000

Local Government - County

Durham

Cape Fear

Edenton, Town of - Storm/ Constructed Wetland, Queen Ann Creek

2004B-701

11/15/2004

$68,000

Local Government - Municipal

Chowan

Chowan

Ellerbe, Town of - WW/ UV Disinfection, Toms Creek

2004B-506

11/15/2004

$150,000

Local Government - Municipal

Richmond

Yadkin

Fair Bluff, Town of - Acq./ Lumber River Welcome Center

2004A-005

11/15/2004

$86,000

Local Government - Municipal

Columbus

Lumber

Fair Bluff, Town of - Wastewater/ Lumber River Regionalization

2004A-502

7/12/2004

$1,063,000

Local Government - Municipal

Columbus

Lumber

Foothills Conservancy of NC- Acq/ Creston Reserve, Left Prong Catawba River

2004B-014

11/15/2004

$545,000

Non-profit

McDowell

Catawba

Foothills Conservancy of NC- Donated Minigrant, Stensland-Alline Tract

2004D-015

9/13/2004

$25,000

Non-profit

Rutherford

Broad

Franklin Soil & Water Conservation District - Rest./ Hog Lagoon Closeout, Sandy Creek

2004A-407

7/12/2004

$335,000

Local Government - County

Franklin

Tar-Pamlico

Friends of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences - Storm/ Green Environmental Education Center, Richlands Creek

2004B-703

11/15/2004

$49,000

Non-profit

Wake

Neuse

Goldsboro - Acq./ Stoney Creek, Seymour Johnson AFB

2004A-007

7/12/2004

$1,737,000

Local Government - Municipal

Wayne

Neuse

Grifton, Town of - Plan/ Stormwater Planning, Contentnea Creek

2004B-804

11/15/2004

$40,000

Local Government - Municipal

Pitt

Neuse

Hickory, City of-Acq/ Lake Hickory Greenway

2004B-017

11/15/2004

$160,000

Local Government - Municipal

Catawba

Catawba

High Country Conservancy - Donated Minigrant, Cooper Tract

2004D-014

9/13/2004

$12,925

Non-profit

Watauga

Watauga

High Country Conservancy - Donated Minigrant, Horseshoe Farm Tract

2004D-013

9/13/2004

$24,052

Non-profit

Ashe

New

Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition, Inc - Planning/ Brasstown Creek Restoration Monitoring

2004A-802

7/12/2004

$185,000

Non-profit

Clay

Hiwassee

Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition, Inc. - Rest/ Town Branch Restoration

2004B-401

11/15/2004

$61,000

Non-profit

Cherokee

Hiwassee

Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition, Inc. - Rest/ Valley River Tributaries

2004B-402

11/15/2004

$966,000

Non-profit

Cherokee

Hiwassee

Kinston, City of - WW/ Land Application Enhancement, Neuse River

2004B-508

11/15/2004

$1,290,000

Local Government - Municipal

Lenoir

Neuse

Lake Waccamaw, Town of - Wastewater/ Collection Rehabilitation, Lake Waccamaw

2004A-506

7/12/2004

$145,000

Local Government - Municipal

Columbus

Lumber

LandTrust for Central North Carolina- Acq/ Adams Tract, South Yadkin

2004B-018

11/15/2004

$465,000

Non-profit

Rowan

Yadkin

LandTrust for Central North Carolina- Acq/ Uwharrie Farms Conservation Project, Uwharrie River

2004B-019

11/15/2004

$150,000

Non-profit

Randolph

Yadkin

LandTrust for the Little Tennessee - Acq/ Macon County Tracts

2004B-020

11/15/2004

$635,000

Non-profit

Macon

Little Tennessee

LandTrust for the Little Tennessee - Minigrant/ Little Tennessee R

2004M-001

7/12/2004

$25,000

Non-profit

Macon

Little Tennessee

Lenoir, City of - WW/ Collection System Rehabilitation, Lower Creek

2004B-510

11/15/2004

$1,787,000

Local Government - Municipal

Caldwell

Catawba

Lexington, City of - WW/ Reclaimed Wastewater, Abbotts Creek

2004B-511

11/15/2004

$972,000

Local Government - Municipal

Davidson

Yadkin

Littleton, Town of - WW/ Collection System and Pump Station Rehabilitation, Little Stonehouse Creek

2004B-512

11/15/2004

$2,738,000

Local Government - Municipal

Halifax

Tar-Pamlico

Lumber River Conservancy - Acq/ Upper Lumber Tracts

2004B-021

11/15/2004

$304,000

Non-profit

Scotland

Lumber

Lumber River Conservancy - Donated Minigrant / Singleton Tract

2003D-011

3/15/2004

$15,350

Non-profit

Hoke

Lumber

Lumber River Conservancy - Donated Minigrant/ CP&L Tract

2003D-009

1/12/2004

$9,200

Non-profit

Robeson

Lumber

Lumberton, City of - Acq./ Lumber River Greenway

2004A-009

7/12/2004

$100,000

Local Government - Municipal

Robeson

Lumber

Macon Soil & Water Conservation District - Rest./ Little Tennessee Restoration Program

2004A-409

7/12/2004

$721,000

Local Government - County

Macon

Little Tennessee

Manteo, Town of - Storm./ Shallowbag Bay

2004A-702

7/12/2004

$379,500

Local Government - Municipal

Dare

Pasquotank

Mount  Holly, City of-Acq/ Upper Lumber Tracts

2004B-022

11/15/2004

$2,666,000

Local Government - Municipal

Gaston

Catawba

Mt. Valleys RC&D - Rest./ Muddy Creek

2004A-410

7/12/2004

$183,000

Local Government

McDowell

Catawba

National Committee For The New River - Acq./ New River Heights Tract, South Fork (Withdrawn)

2003A-016

7/12/2004

$396,000

Non-profit

Ashe

New

National Committee For The New River - Donated Minigrant/ Joyner Tract, Big Horse Creek

2004D-005

8/9/2004

$23,200

Non-profit

Ashe

New

Nature Conservancy - Acq/ Grandfather Mountain, Profile Trail

2004B-025

11/15/2004

$25,000

Non-profit

Avery

Watauga

Nature Conservancy - Acq/ Shaken Creek Tracts

2004B-026

11/15/2004

$4,241,000

Non-profit

Onslow

Cape Fear

Nature Conservancy - Acq/ Trout Club Tract, Long Hope Creek

2004B-027

11/15/2004

$2,967,000

Non-profit

Ashe

New

NC Coastal Federation - Acq./ Quaternary Tract, White Oak River

2004A-011

11/15/2004

$1,038,000

Non-profit

Onslow

White Oak

NC Coastal Federation - Minigrant/Quaternary Tract, White Oak

2004M-002

9/13/2004

$25,000

Non-profit

Onslow

White Oak

NC Coastal Federation - Plan/ Oyster Restoration and Protection

2004B-807

11/15/2004

$100,000

Non-profit

Statewide/Regional

Statewide/Regional

NC Coastal Land Trust - Acq./ Fletcher Tract, Tranter's Creek

2004A-012

7/12/2004

$241,000

Non-profit

Pitt

Tar-Pamlico

NC Coastal Land Trust - Acq./ Shelter Creek

2004A-013

7/12/2004

$328,000

Non-profit

Pender

Cape Fear

NC Coastal Land Trust - Acq/ Burnett Tract, Lord's Creek

2004B-028

11/15/2004

$1,032,000

Non-profit

New Hanover

Cape Fear

NC Coastal Land Trust - Acq/ Lewis and Brown Tracts, Browns Island

2004B-031

11/15/2004

$679,000

Non-profit

Carteret

White Oak

NC Coastal Land Trust - Acq/ McWilliams Tract, Springer's Point

2004B-032

11/15/2004

$2,161,000

Non-profit

Hyde

Tar-Pamlico

NC Coastal Land Trust - Acq/ Woodall Tract, Black River Project

2004B-033

11/15/2004

$280,000

Non-profit

Sampson

Cape Fear

NC Coastal Land Trust - Donated Minigrant/ Henry Tract, Town Creek

2004D-008

8/9/2004

$25,000

Non-profit

Brunswick

Cape Fear

NC Div Forest Resources - Rest./ Purlear Creek, Phase II

2004A-411

7/12/2004

$508,000

State Agency

Wilkes

Yadkin

NC Div Parks & Recreation - Acq/ Gorges State Park, Toxaway River

2004B-037

11/15/2004

$875,000

State Agency

Transylvania

Savannah

NC Div Parks & Recreation - Acq/ Lake James State Park Expansion

2004B-038

11/15/2004

$6,600,000

State Agency

Burke

Catawba

NC Div Parks & Recreation - Acq/ Umstead State Park Expansion, Big Lake

2004B-039

11/15/2004

$2,000,000

State Agency

Wake

Neuse

NC Div Soil & Water Conservation - Rest./ Swine Operation Cons. Easement Buyout Program/ Phase III

2004A-412

7/12/2004

$3,870,000

State Agency

Statewide/Regional

Statewide/Regional

NC Rural Economic Development Center - Planning/ Resource Inventory (Rest.)

2004A-803

3/15/2004

$500,000

Non-profit

Statewide/Regional

Statewide/Regional

NC Wildlife Resources Commission - Acq./ H&M Farms Tract, White Oak River

2004A-016

7/12/2004

$637,000

State Agency

Onslow

White Oak

NC Wildlife Resources Commission - Acq./ Lanier Tract, White Oak River

2004A-018

7/12/2004

$1,182,000

State Agency

Onslow

White Oak

NC Wildlife Resources Commission - Acq./ Long Ridge Tract, Buffalo Creek

2004A-020

11/15/2004

$2,776,000

State Agency

Caldwell

Yadkin

NC Wildlife Resources Commission- Acq./ Lone Mt. Tract, Little First Broad

2003A-034

7/12/2004

$561,000

State Agency

Rutherford

Broad

NC Wildlife Resources Commission-Acq/ Hodges/Barker Tract, Country Line Creek

2004B-044

11/15/2004

$193,000

State Agency

Caswell

Roanoke

NC Wildlife Resources Commission-Acq/ Pipkin Tract, Broad Creek

2004B-046

11/15/2004

$200,000

State Agency

Dare

Pasquotank

NCSU - Plan/ Town Lake Restoration

2004B-808

11/15/2004

$78,000

State Agency

Chatham

Cape Fear

New Hanover Soil & Water Conservation District - Acq./ YWCA Tract, Hewlett's Creek

2004A-021

7/12/2004

$155,000

Local Government - County

New Hanover

Cape Fear

Northwest, City of - Wastewater/ Regional Collection, Mill Creek

2004A-508

7/12/2004

$2,858,000

Local Government - Municipal

Brunswick

Cape Fear

Oak Island, Town of - WW/Septic/ Reuse, Cape Fear River

2004A-603

7/12/2004

$2,487,000

Local Government - Municipal

Brunswick

Cape Fear

Orange Water & Sewer Authority - Minigrant/ Cane Creek Dairy

2003M-008

1/12/2004

$25,000

Local Government

Orange

Cape Fear

Orange Water & Sewer Authority - Wastewater/ Reuse System, Morgan Creek

2004A-509

7/12/2004

$1,866,000

Local Government

Orange

Cape Fear

Pamlico-Tar River Foundation - Donated Minigrant/ Allan Tract, Blounts Bay

2004D-004

8/9/2004

$16,000

Non-profit

Beaufort

Tar-Pamlico

Partnership for Bryson City/Swain Co., Inc. - Wastewater/ Marina Waste Management, Fontana Reservoir

2004A-510

7/12/2004

$325,000

Non-profit

Swain

Little Tennessee

Piedmont Land Conservancy- Acq/ Ellis Tract, Mill Creek

2004B-049

11/15/2004

$270,000

Non-profit

Surry

Yadkin

Piedmont Land Conservancy- Donated Minigrant, Coward TractPolecat Creek

2004D-010

9/13/2004

$25,000

Non-profit

Randolph

Cape Fear

Pilot View RC&D, Inc. - Plan/ Bath Creek Restoration

2004B-809

11/15/2004

$59,000

Local Government

Forsyth

Yadkin

Pilot View RC&D, Inc. - Plan/ Manorcas Creek Restoration

2004B-811

11/15/2004

$134,000

Local Government

Forsyth

Yadkin

Pilot View RC&D, Inc. - Storm/ Upper Silas Creek

2004B-706

11/15/2004

$1,603,000

Local Government

Forsyth

Yadkin

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy - Acq./ Reems Creek Headwaters

2004A-026

7/12/2004

$4,120,000

Non-profit

Buncombe

French Broad

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy - Acq/ Popper Tract, Price Creek

2004B-053

11/15/2004

$1,534,000

Non-profit

Yancey

French Broad

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy - Donated Minigrant, Hotaling, Wolf Creek

2004D-018

11/15/2004

$25,000

Non-profit

Jackson

Little Tennessee

Southwestern NC RC&D, Inc. - Rest/ Pigeon River Restoration

2004B-403

11/15/2004

$480,000

Local Government

Haywood

French Broad

Stumpy Point Water and Sewer District - Septic/ Stumpy Point and Lake Worth Septic Tanks

2004B-604

11/15/2004

$1,728,000

Local Government

Dare

Pasquotank

Surry Soil & Water Conservation District - Rest./ Snow Creek Watershed

2004A-413

7/12/2004

$850,000

Local Government - County

Surry

Yadkin

Sylva, Town of - Planning/ Stormwater, Tuckaseegee River

2004A-805

7/12/2004

$40,000

Local Government - Municipal

Jackson

Little Tennessee

Tar River Land Conservancy - Donated Minigrant, Taylor Tract

2004D-011

9/13/2004

$19,675

Non-profit

Franklin

Tar-Pamlico

Tar River Land Conservancy - Donated Minigrant, Vaughan Tract

2004D-012

9/13/2004

$20,750

Non-profit

Halifax

Tar-Pamlico

Trenton, Town of - Wastewater/ Land Application, Trent River

2004A-511

7/12/2004

$1,369,000

Local Government - Municipal

Jones

Neuse

Triangle Greenways Council- Minigrant/Young Heirs Tract, Walnut Creek

2004M-003

11/15/2004

$25,000

Non-profit

Wake

Neuse

Troy, Town of - Acq./ Densons Creek, Phase IV

2003A-041

7/12/2004

$287,000

Local Government - Municipal

Montgomery

Yadkin

Wallace, Town of - Planning/ Wastewater Elimination, Rockfish Creek

2004A-806

7/12/2004

$41,000

Local Government - Municipal

Duplin

Cape Fear

Waynesville- Donated Minigrant/Allens Creek

2003D-010

1/12/2004

$25,000

Local Government - Municipal

Haywood

French Broad

Western Piedmont Council of Governments- Septic/ Regional Septic Systems

2004B-605

11/15/2004

$304,000

Local Government

Statewide/Regional

Catawba

Whiteville, City of - Wastewater/ Plant Upgrades, White Marsh

2004A-513

7/12/2004

$1,500,000

Local Government - Municipal

Columbus

Lumber

Wilkes County School Board - WW/ C.C. Wright Elementary School, Cub Creek

2004B-517

11/15/2004

$45,000

Local Government - County

Wilkes

Yadkin

Wilmington, City of - Storm/ Hewletts Creek Shellfish

2004B-707

11/15/2004

$2,520,000

Local Government - Municipal

New Hanover

Cape Fear

Wilson, City of- Wastewater/ Reuse, Toisnot Swamp

2004A-514

7/12/2004

$1,196,000

Local Government - Municipal

Wilson

Neuse

[1] North Carolina 20/20: A Report About the Future of North Carolina; N.C. Progress Board, December 2001