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HeatherRidge Report

What You
Can Do

REDUCING RUNOFF AND ADDING BIODIVERSITY

at the HeatherRidge Community of Gurnee, Illinois




by
Eyring & Associates
and HeatherRidge Conservation Club

with

Conservation Design Forum, Inc.,
Integrated Lakes Management
and Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission

June, 1999


funding provided by

State of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources
Conservation 2000 Program
(Project No. 001-98)
and the
Wisconsin/Illinois Upper Des Plaines River Ecosystem Partnership



Table of Contents


Executive Summary

Introduction

Exploring and Planning

The Spinney Run Watershed
HeatherRidge Ponds
Nearby Special Places

Stormwater Management Options For HeatherRidge

Expected Runoff Reduction and Water Filtration Benefits
Using Native Vegetation
Pond Management
Aquatic Vegetation
Pond Dredging
Pond Shoreline and Streambank Stabilization
Costs of Management Options
Monitoring

Recommendations

Project I - Ponds 1 and 2 and the Golf Course Swale
Project II - Ponds 5 and 6
Project III - Pond 3
Project IV - The Golf Course

Appendix A - HeatherRidge Ponds

Appendix B - Native Plant Options



Table of Figures and Tables


Figure 1 HeatherRidge Site Plan Showing Project Areas
Figure 2 Aerial Photo of HeatherRidge
Figure 3 Des Plaines River and Spinney Run Watersheds
Figure 4 USGS Map of Spinney Run Watershed
Figure 5 Aerial Photo of Spinney Run Watershed
Figure 6 Exploring a Local Pond
Figure 7 Progression of Local Landscapes
Figure 8 Pond 1
Figure 9 Pond 2
Figure 10 Pond 3 in the Spring
Figure 11 Pond 3 in the Autumn
Figure 12 Pond 5
Figure 13 Private Yard at Prairie Crossing
Figure 14 Pond Edge at Spring Lake Park
Figure 15 Filter Strip Annual Storm Runoff Volume Reduction
Figure 16 Site of Project I
Figure 17 Site of Projects II and III
Figure 18 Golf Course Swale
Figure 19 Shoreline of Pond 5
Figure 20 Garden at Pond 3
Table 1 Estimated Runoff Reduction Benefits for Turf and Prairie Filter Strips

Table 2 Cost Estimating Guide

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