The Audubon Naturalist Society’s Woodend Sanctuary is a haven for native plants that is visited by thousands of students, individuals, and families from the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area each year. The Center assisted with an ambitious plan to improve the property that included green infrastructure projects, a permeable path along the stream, and a large play space. The Center designed, obtained permits, and managed construction for a series of green infrastructure projects to address severe stream erosion and polluted runoff. The Center’s design converted 1,400 feet of eroding stream running through the property into a series of 45 sequenced step pools. Bridges, overlooks, decks, and fords were included in the design to ensure that visitors would have access to the stream. The Center also designed three bioretention areas to capture and clean runoff before reaching the stream. These improvements to the property have resulted in a much more useable space and reduced polluted runoff entering nearby Rock Creek. For more information about this project, contact Greg Hoffmann at gph@cwp.org.
Greg Hoffmann
Greg has been with the Center for Watershed Protection since 2008. Through his work at the Center, Greg has had the opportunity to design numerous stormwater retrofits and develop stormwater regulations and guidance manuals for several states and communities. Greg has a master of engineering and a bachelor of science in environmental engineering from Michigan Technological University. He would be happy to discuss all things stormwater with you, but as a native Wisconsinite, would be just as happy discussing his beloved Packers.
