Abstract
The D’Olive watershed plan, completed in 2010, is a strategic work plan for achieving goals that provided watershed assessment and management information for D’Olive Creek. I will discuss how the City of Daphne embraced the plan and interwove it into its regulations and used it as a guide for City development. For Daphne, it was not become just another book on the shelf. The implementation of the plan resulted in millions of dollars of restoration and enhancement projects and the plan’s ultimate goal, the de-listing of Joe’s Branch from the State’s 303d list. I will also discuss, the lessons learned during the last ten years of watershed plan implementation. If time allows, I would love to show the up-dated Protecting Alabama’s Waters (9-minutes).
