1. Talbot County
Phase II
Watershed Implementation Plan
June 5, 2012

3. Talbot County Land Use
Agriculture Forest & Wetlands Urban
13%
27%
60%

4. TMDL Implementation Stakeholders
 Maryland Department of Agriculture
 Maryland Department of Natural Resources
 Town of St. Michaels
 Town of Oxford
 Town of Easton
 Town of Trappe
 Talbot County Office of Environmental Health
 Talbot County Office of Planning and Zoning
 Talbot County Department of Public Works
 Natural Resources Conservation Service
 Talbot County Soil Conservation District
 University of Maryland Extension
 Farm Bureau
 Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy
 Chesapeake Bay Program

5. Urban Strategies
 Urban nutrient management program.
 Town/Villages/Community based watershed
implementation plans.
 Stormwater Gross Pollutant Filters.
 Roadside Ditch conversion to biofiltration swales.
 Oyster Restoration Efforts

6. Residential/Commercial
Nutrient Management

7. Town/Villages/CommunityWIP Plans
 Work with Incorporated Towns, Villages
and residential subdivisions to assist them in
the development and implementation of
pollution reduction plans specifically
structured to their residents.

8. Stormwater Gross Pollutant Filters

9. Ditch to Bio-Swale Conversion
 370 miles County roads
 75 miles Town roads
 140 miles private roads
 155 miles State roads

10. Existing Ditch Conditions

11. Ditch to Bio-Swale Conversions

12. Marylanders Grow Oysters
Program
Graphic: Environmental Concern Inc.

13. Oyster Reefs

14. Potential Funding Strategies
 Chesapeake Bay Restoration Funds (Flush
Fee)
 Surface Water Management Utility
 On-site Sewage Disposal System
Management Utility