1. Environmental Management
Volusia County
Environmental Management
Ginger Adair, Director

2. Mission
Our mission is the preservation, protection and restoration of our natural resources for the benefit of the citizens of Volusia County.

3. Minimum Standards and County Wide Environmental Ordinances
Trees
Wetlands
Stormwater
Sea Turtles
Potable Water Wellfield
(Well Field Protection)
Water Conservation
Water Wise Landscaping
Beaches and Dunes

4. Division Programs Pollution Control Natural Resources
Green Volusia Program
Marine Science Center
Land Management
Environmental Permitting

5. Pollution Control
Tom Carey

6. Program Areas Bio-Residual Sludge Domestic Waste
Environmental Emergency Response Team (EERT)
Hazardous Waste
Solid Waste
Water Resources Management
Petroleum
Cleanup
EMD’s small quantity hazardous waste program monitors the hazardous waste produced by small businesses, including home occupations. In 2008/2009 program staff completed 898 inspections.

7. Water Quality Monitoring
Surface Water
Storm Water
TMDL
Airport
Assists with compliance and enforcement to help protect the health of the public and ecosystems.
Volusia County’s Environmental health Lab conducts water quality sampling and analysis of local water bodies. In FY the lab performed 22,238 analyses, 9,297 of which were conducted for Volusia County departments or agencies, saving the county considerable money compared to private lab services.

8. River and Beach Cleanups
St. Johns River
Halifax/Indian R./Coastal
So far this year, over 1750 volunteers collected over 32-tons of trash from the Halifax/Indian Rivers, the St. Johns River, the coastal areas and DeLeon Springs during EMD's major cleanup events. More trash was collected during minor cleanups.

9. Petroleum Cleanup
Manage the petroleum cleanup program, which ensures cleanup of petroleum related groundwater and soil contamination.

10. Natural Resources
Katrina Locke

11. Program Areas Protected Species Policy Estuarine Habitat Restoration
Sea Turtles
Manatees
Scrub Species
Estuarine Habitat Restoration
Environmental Education
Green Volusia
Special Projects

12. Sea Turtle Protection Natural Areas Conservation Zone
Nest Marking, excavations
Rut Raking
Washbacks
Strandings
Migratory Birds
Lighting Enforcement
So far this year we have had a total of 917 nests, 1 Kemps Ridley, 8 leatherback, 24 green, and 884 loggerheads.

13. Manatee Protection Plan
Speed Zone Enforcement
Manatee Watch
Mono-filament Recycling
Outreach, Education, & Research
Marine Mammal Stranding
Manatee Conservation Fund
2011
144 trained Manatee Watch Volunteers
63 manatees sighted
142 monofilament bins total
16 new bins installed
30 mini-bins created
122 lbs of line recovered
12 derelict crab traps recovered
49 stranding response calls
22 bottlenose dolphins
25 manatees, 1 pygmy sperm whales, 1 Rissos dolphin
50 outreach events
over 3,000 students and adults
festivals and other events

14. Why?

15. Green Local Government
What have we done? The Florida Green Building Coalition (FGBC) created a recognition program to designate Green Cities and Green Counties for outstanding environmental stewardship. The program uses energy, air, water, land and waste as benchmarks when looking at environmental practices done “in-house,” incentives and ordinances to foster green practices, and educational activities to improve the environment. Volusia County certified at the Silver level in 2010.
Why did we work on this? Certification by FGBC identifies the county as a leader in the sustainable use of resources. It is good because of the recognition, but it is also serves as a resource to identify and push us towards what we can do in the future. Allows us to function more efficiently through better communication, identifies ways to save money
How will the activity promote our mission? Demonstrates the county’s commitment to take a lead on sustainability.

16. As a county government we have both the opportunity and responsibility to use resources wisely and to encourage others to do the same.

17. Marine Science Center
Michael Brothers

18. Program Areas Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Seabird rehabilitation
Exhibit Area
Education
Guest Services
The Marine Science Center in Ponce Inlet has hosted over 47,000 public visitors, 3,406 students, and 102 summer campers so far this year. Staff has conducted 60 different outreach programs to promote coastal ecosystem education. We have cared for 144 sea turtles, 67 other reptiles, 604 birds, and 21 other animals.

19. Land Management
Randall Sleister

20. Program Areas Management Plan Development
Habitat Maintenance & Restoration
Prescribed Fire
Sustainable Forestry
Mechanical Techniques
Upland Ecosystem Restoration Project
Faunal and Flora Assessment
Inventory
Monitoring
Exotic Plant & Animal Control
Security & Maintenance

21. Land Management Self-interpretive trail signage Guided tours
Outreach
Education
Biking
Camping
Equestrian
Hiking
Hunting
Nature observation
Education Programs
Tours
Interpretative Signage & Brochures
Volunteers
Self-interpretive trail signage
Guided tours
K-12 educational programs
Adult educational programs
Brochures
Internet

22. Conservation Lands
Lake George

23. Environmental Permitting
Tara Boujoulian

24. Program Areas Trees Wetlands Class II Overlay Zone Protected Species
Regulations
Activities
Trees
Wetlands
Class II Overlay Zone
Protected Species
Residential Permits
Commercial Permits
Complaint Investigation
Enforcement
Courtesy inspections

25. Questions?
Implemented a new volunteer exotic plant removal team that conducted 10 exotic removal events to remove invasive plants from county owned lands, saving county tax dollars.