• EEP 2008-09 Annual Report Video Shorts

The N.C. Ecosystem Enhancement Program developed a new format for its Fiscal Year 2008-09 Annual Report to the N.C. General Assembly. Designed for the first time as primarily an electronic document, the report features two interactive videos, including short versions of EEP’s collaboration with the internationally syndicated environmental TV show “Aqua Kids,” and a tutorial on using EEP’s online Web map system. Below are the links to the video shorts included in the Annual Report:

• Video short: EEP and Aqua Kids
• Video short: Web map tutorial

• Aqua Kids: EcoFarming

The N.C. Ecosystem Enhancement Program in June 2008 hosted the cast and crew of Aqua Kids, a nationally syndicated television show that promotes taking an active role in preserving aquatic environments and wildlife. The episode, originally broadcast in December 2008, demonstrated how livestock that access rural streams on North Carolina farms affect water quality, and steps that can be taken to restore the degraded waterways. Visits to EEP project sites in Franklin, Person and Cumberland counties featured a degraded stream system, an active stream-restoration construction project and a restored stream system. Aqua Kids is a Baltimore, Md.-based production that targets a 13- to 15-year-old audience and has won numerous broadcasting awards (running time: 22 minutes).

• Flood of Mud

Located in the northeastern corner of North Carolina, the Roanoke River and its extensive bottomland hardwood forest complex have long been heralded as a vestigial river forest system. Produced by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, this film explores the past and present of the river system, as well as steps needed to preserve its ecosystems for the future.

• Planning Highway Projects Using Alternative Practices for Stormwater Management.

Everyone involved in planning and scoping highway projects will learn about the benefits of watershed-scale planning in the highway environment.

• Working for the Watershed: A Partnership in North Carolina

Produced by the Natural Resources Leadership Institute and the Watershed Education for Communities and Officials Program, both at N.C. State University, the video examines watershed stakeholder processes and consensus building, using the New Hanover County (N.C.) Local Watershed Planning process as an example.

• The Kerr Avenue Project: Building a Constructed Wetland on South Kerr Avenue

Produced by City of Wilmington, N.C., the video spotlights the importance of stormwater wetlands and wetlands in general by focusing on the Kerr Avenue stormwater wetland project. The project, a partnership among the City of Wilmington, the Cape Fear Riverwatch Program and the N.C. Wetlands Restoration Program (now EEP), captures headwater drainage for a severely degraded, urban coastal stream. 

• Wetlands and Open Space Preservation

Produced by the N.C. Agency for Public Telecommunications' OPEN/net public-affairs show in December 2003, the broadcast featured discussions of EEP's efforts with public- and private-sector partners to preserve wetlands and natural areas across North Carolina.  

• Stormwater Management

Produced by the N.C. Agency for Public Telecommunications' OPEN/net public-affairs show in December 2004, the broadcast explored how stormwater runoff affects the state's water quality and how state and local governments are addressing this ongoing concern.