“We would like to thank Clyde Walton [30MRWA volunteer and board member] for his continued insight and wisdom in the construction and maintenance of camp roads. His guidance has greatly benefited our group by improving the quality of Day Road as well as protecting the health of Kimball Pond. We look forward to working with Clyde in the upcoming year.”
- Scott MacDonald, President of the Day Road Association on Kimball Pond
FREE assistance for landowners
We off free services for landowners by request and appointment, to address erosion problems such as:
•Assistance forming road associations and developing maintenance plans
•Camp road maintenance workshops
•Site evaluations of individual properties
To request assistance with your camp road, please contact Lidie Robbins, Executive Director, 30 Mile River Watershed Association, info@30mileriver.org.
Workshops
These two-hour outdoor workshops will consist of touring problem sites and discussing corrective options. Topics will include erosion control, drainage, road surfaces, assessing and scoping need, prioritizing and phasing work, budget planning, communicating needs to contractors and where to get technical assistance.
Targeted event participants will be limited to road associations or other governing landowners living on private, seasonal or year-round roads within the watershed. These sessions are best suited for small groups of about 12 people.
Success Story
Over the past 2 ½ years, the 30 Mile River Watershed Association (30MRWA) has worked with the Day Road Association on Kimball Pond in Vienna to help them improve, upgrade and repair many parts of their private camp road. Growing year-round usage of the Day Road had created more costly road maintenance and traffic performance problems for land owners, as well as threatened the health and water quality of Kimball Pond. The Day Road Association took the first step towards improving its camp road and protecting the lake by contacting 30MRWA for help.
Through his volunteer role with 30MRWA, Clyde Walton, 30MRWA board member and former DOT employee, provided free technical assistance to the Day Road Association. Together they completed a road assessment and developed work priorities that included setting new culverts, roadside ditching and vegetation clearing, road grading and gravel surfacing, removal of tree stumps and large stones, and implementing timely erosion control measures. The goal was to create something that would be affordable, fully functional and long-lasting. Last year a formal road association was formed, using the new statutory model as a guide.
With guidance and assistance from 30MRWA, as well as the help of many landowner-volunteers who contributed their time, equipment and resources, the newly-formed Day Road Association has begun making and implementing work priorities and continues to set budget priorities as a planning process for continuing the road work. As a result, the storm water from normal and heavy rainfall and snowmelt is being properly drained, which reduces road deterioration as well as protects the water quality of Kimball Pond from polluted storm water runoff.
Congratulations to the Day Road Association for a job well done!