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2017 National Watershed and Stormwater Conference Wrap-up

On April 4th, the Center for Watershed Protection hosted the second National Watershed and Stormwater Conference. This unique conference united online participation via national webcast with in-person discussion at our local hubs in Baltimore, Maryland; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Omaha, Nebraska. We wanted to share a quick wrap-up and testimonials about this annual event! Who was there In total, more than 230 people attended came more than 25 states from California to Connecticut and even from Puerto Rico and Canada! More than 165 registrants from federal, state and local government agencies, consulting firms, universities and non-profits came to participate and learn face [...]

admin2017-09-26T14:47:30-04:00April 4th, 2017|

Neely Law Appointed Director of Education and Training for Center for Watershed Protection

Center for Watershed Protection Announces New Role to Enrich Training Neely Law Appointed Director of Education and Training Neely Law, who joined the Center for Watershed Protection in 2004, has been promoted to Director of Education and Training, a newly created role for the Center. In this role, Neely will manage and augment the development, coordination, delivery and evaluation of the Center’s stormwater and watershed training, including the annual conference, webcasts, workshops and other training programs. Neely will also work to improve professional development for Center staff to ensure their qualifications continue to meet current and emerging training needs. “I’m [...]

admin2017-09-22T14:56:16-04:00January 1st, 2017|

Pennsylvania Cities & Towns Gain New Expert to Help Tackle Water Pollution

Center for Watershed Protection Expands Its Staff PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 14, 2016 – In a move to bolster the expertise it offers Pennsylvania communities, the Center for Watershed Protection has expanded its staff by hiring a noted water resource designer with previous experience at the state’s Department of Environmental Protection. Mike Hickman, E.I.T., is joining the Center’s Philadelphia-based team at a time when the Center is expanding its work in the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware River Basin by helping local governments in Pennsylvania find the best approach to achieve water quality goals. With 83,438 stream miles and nearly one in four [...]

admin2020-02-12T20:15:27-05:00December 14th, 2016|

Chesapeake Bay Program Approves New Urban Tree Canopy BMP

Tree planting is a popular activity in the Chesapeake Bay watershed done by many local jurisdictions, watershed organizations and other groups, as well as State and Federal governments. However the existing urban tree planting BMP did not account for the variety of tree planting efforts and their associated water quality benefits. In 2015 an expert panel was formed to evaluate how sediment and nutrient removal credits are calculated for expanded urban tree canopy. Just last month the Chesapeake Bay Program accepted the recommendations and revised credit for the Urban Tree Canopy urban BMP. The newly adopted BMP credits include two [...]

admin2019-07-25T16:34:05-04:00November 17th, 2016|

Center for Watershed Protection Awarded Platinum-Level Guidestar Exchange Participant

The Center for Watershed Protection was recently awarded a Platinum-level GuideStar Exchange participant, demonstrating its commitment to transparency. Hye Yeong Kwon, Executive Director notes, “We’ve always been an open, transparent organization and it’s good to finally be recognized through GuideStar.” We hope you will take a look at our information and consider us in your donations this year. Click here to view the Center’s GuideStar information.

admin2017-09-26T14:44:46-04:00October 1st, 2016|

Center for Watershed Protection Receives Funding from Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University

The grants are funded by the Delaware Watershed Research Fund, established with the support of the William Penn Foundation, to inform and advance on-the-ground conservation work including efforts currently underway as part of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative. JeanMarie Hartman, associate professor at Rutgers University, will lead a team from the Center for Watershed Protection and the Pinchot Institute for Conservation that will analyze municipal forest protection policies and determine which regulations are the most effective. Click here for the full press release!

admin2017-09-26T14:50:25-04:00August 16th, 2016|

New Guide Helps Citizen Groups Address Harmful Bacteria in Waterways

For Immediate Release Contact: Kristen Peterson, The Hatcher Group, 410-990-0284 or kristen@thehatchergroup.com New Guide Helps Citizen Groups Address Harmful Bacteria in Waterways Center for Watershed Protection Releases “Safe Waters, Healthy Waters” Guide on Finding and Eliminating Harmful Bacteria in Local Waters Ellicott City, MD (May 23, 2016) – The Center for Watershed Protection, Inc. (the Center) has released a new guide for citizen science groups and watershed organizations across the nation to take a role in finding and eliminating sources of harmful bacteria in their communities. Bacteria is one of the most common pollutants in our nation’s waterways. Researchers and [...]

admin2017-09-26T15:00:34-04:00May 23rd, 2016|

Center Staff Published in Sustain-A Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Issues

The Center staff had four articles published in the Spring/Summer 2015 edition of Sustain-A Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Issues. The articles include: “The Beauty of Stream Restoration and Pet Waste Reduction Programs” by Hye Yeong Kwon “The Challenges of Accounting for Pet Waste” by Karen Cappiella “The Most for the Least: Optimizing Water Pollution Reduction” by Reid Christianson “Illicit Discharge of Pollution to Our Water Resources” by Deb Caraco

admin2017-09-27T06:40:55-04:00March 25th, 2016|

Working with Dogs to Sniff out Sewage Leaks

Working for the Center, every once in a while I get a chance to go off to a far flung place to poke my head into catch basins and outlet pipes. Last month I traveled to southwestern Vermont to meet up with a team of folks to track down illicit sewage discharges. Over the course of several years, Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation (VTDEC) has been systematically supporting illicit discharge investigations in different parts of the state with the overall aim of reducing bacteria levels in its waterways. This year, VTDEC’s focus has been on the town of Bennington and [...]

admin2017-09-18T09:42:38-04:00October 26th, 2015|

One Step in the Right Direction- Unemployment in Baltimore, MD

This spring, the Center, in partnership with Civic Works’ Baltimore Center for Green Careers, hosted a two day workshop on Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP) Maintenance and Inspection. We felt that with the increased demand for green infrastructure (GI) to meet the Clean Water Act requirements, the gap in the industry will occur with GI construction, maintenance and inspection. Concurrently, there is an obvious need for more workforce development skills to increase the employment rate of low-income workers. In Baltimore City, the unemployment rate for young black men between the ages of 20 and 24 was at 37% in 2013 [...]

admin2017-09-18T06:03:35-04:00August 21st, 2015|

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