January 23, 2025 - EWP Training
Boone, NC
Boone, NC
The EWP Program offers technical and financial assistance to help local communities relieve imminent threats to life and property caused by floods, fires, windstorms and other natural disasters that impair a watershed. This training will provide a site evaluation and accompanying documentation that may be required in a site assessment.
The morning portion of each training will be out in the field assessing a site and the afternoon portion will be in a classroom setting. This event incorporates a working lunch, participants should bring a lunch or pick up lunch on their way to the classroom.
On January 23, 2025, please arrive at 09:00 am to check in for the event at the Watauga County Agricultural Conference Center, 252 Poplar Grove Rd, Boone, NC 2860. The event will kickoff in the classroom and training will transfer to the field.
John and Carol Turner, farm address: 4181 US Hwy 421 N, Vilas, 28692
Law firm address: 891 W King St, Boone, NC 2860.
9:00 am – 9:30am - What is EWP?
9:30 am – 9:45 am - NCDA Deliverable Agreement with NRCS and Process
9:45 am – 10:45 am – Review of Field Data Reports for Bank Stabilization Sites
10:45 am – 11:00 am - BREAK
11:00 am – 12:30 pm – Stream Reach Analysis Walk-Through for the DSRs
12:30 pm – 1 pm – Grab Lunch (be on Site 1 by 1 pm)
1 pm – 2 pm Site 1 Visit
2 pm – 3 pm Site 2 Visit (optional)
Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch. This is a working lunch so participants may bring food into the classroom or eat on the way to the field site.
If you have access to AgLearn, you can view these videos using the links below:
AgLearn EWP Intro: https://aglearn.usda.gov/enrol/index.php?id=52950
AgLearn EWP Refresher: https://aglearn.usda.gov/enrol/index.php?id=52949
Do you have any questions? Please contact Brandy Myers, brandy.myers@ncagr.gov.