| Each student will be required to participate in three group
projects. Given the small class size, you will all work on the same
three projects, however, as a class you are free to assign the work load
on each project as you see fit. This semester, the projects are: |
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 | Develop a strategy for Wrightsville Beach to comply with the NPDES
Phase II stormwater requirements for the Public Education and Outreach
and Public Participation/Involvement Minimum Control Measures.
Your target audience for this report is the Wrightsville Beach
Planning Department. |
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| Develop a set of performance measures and a strategy for monitoring
the performance of the NPDES Phase II stormwater minimum control
measures for Wrightsville Beach. Your target audience for this
report is the Wrightsville Beach Planning Department. |
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| Evaluate the Mason Inlet relocation project. Specifically, I
want you to determine whether this project should serve as a model for
other local governments seeking to solve similar problems. As a
group, you will need to identify the problems that the project was
designed to solve, determine the extent to which these problems have
been reduced, and decide whether this project is successful or
unsuccessful at this point in time. You have a great deal of
flexibility in terms of the scope and substance of your
analysis. Additional guidance will be provided over the course
of the semester. Your target audience for this report is
federal, state, and local practitioners and citizens with an interest
in the Mason Inlet Project. |
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| All three reports should be professional in appearance and
include a cover, table of contents, executive summary, reference list, and
appropriate appendices. All three reports will be available for
others to read so they should be well organized and well written. |
Presentation
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| You will be required to present the results of all three
analyses. At a minimum, you will present your findings to students
in the PLS 521 class and other interested faculty and students. You
may also present your findings to Wrightsville Beach officials. |
Resources
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| To help you get started, I have several materials available
to you. These include: |
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| There are also a number of web sites with information that
will help you over the course of the project. |
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| If you find other good references or web sites, let me know
and I will make them available. |
