Sixth Annual Bay-Wide Stormwater Retreat Tuesday May 13 to Thursday May 15 Adamstown, MD

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1 Sixth Annual Bay-Wide Stormwater Retreat Tuesday May 13 to Thursday May 15 Adamstown, MD Final Agenda 2014 RETREAT AGENDA AT A GLANCE 10:00 10:30 Registration and Orientation 10:30 10:45 Opening Remarks National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 10:45 12:15 A. NFWF Grantee Speed Dating 12:15 1:15 LUNCH 1:15 2:45 B. Taking Homeowner BMPs to the Next Level 2:45 3:00 BREAK 3:00 4:30 C. Help Wanted: Stormwater Work Force Development/Certification 4:30 5:15 D. Urban Watershed Restoration Success Story DINNER 7:00 9:00 NFWF Grant Reception and Poster Session 8:30 9:00 Opening Remarks 9:00 10:30 E. The New Chesapeake Lawn 10:30 10:45 BREAK 10:45 12:00 F. The New Chesapeake Car Habitat 12:00 1:00 LUNCH 1:00 2:30 G. The Next Generation of Chesapeake Stormwater Practices 2:30 2:45 BREAK 2:45 4:00 H. The Restored Chesapeake Urban Stream Corridor 4:00 5:15 I. The Future Chesapeake Resident DINNER 7:00 9:00 Award Ceremony & Film Festival 8:30 9:00 Welcome and Recap 9:00 10:30 J. Annual State and Federal Stormwater Outlook 10:30 10:45 BREAK 10:45 12:00 K. Best Practices for Delivering Best Practices 12:00 1:00 LUNCH 1:00 2:30 L. New Tools in Stormwater Financing 2:30 2:45 BREAK 2:45 4:00 M. The Next Big Stormwater Innovations: A Panel 4:00 4:15 Wrap up and Evaluation

2 B. Taking Homeowner BMPs to the Next Level

3 CSN s Tools Homeowner BMP Guide Crediting Residential BMPs Design Calculators Inspection App Webcasts on Residential BMPs Request for topics and speakers!

4 Standardization of Homeowner BMP Design, Installation and Upkeep in the Bay Watershed

5 Design Calculators Easy to use calculators to help you assess your property and design your rain garden. Takes the math out of designing!

6 Final stages of testing Online tracking Upload photos directly from phone/tablet Creates PDF report Available on our website Inspection App 6

7 SMART Stormwater Management and Restoration Tracker Making Every Practice Count! University of Maryland Sea Grant Extension Program University of Maryland Center for Environmental Department of Natural Resources Towson University GIS

8 Adoption of Household Stormwater Best Management Practices

9 Sea Grant Watershed Team Krisztian Varsa Amy Scaroni Thank You! Questions? Amanda Rockler Jackie Takacs Jen Dindinger

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11 Catching Every Data Point

12 Katherine Antos U.S. EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Office Credit: Chesapeake Bay Program Crediting and Recognizing Homeowner Efforts

13 Protocol to Credit Homeowner BMPs UNM Plan for 9200 Bradford Pear Lane: 0.5 acres 1 Get Expert Lawn Advice 2 Maintain Dense Cover on Turf 3 Choose NOT to fertilize 4 Recycle Lawn Clippings and Compost Fallen Leaves 5 Correct Fertilizer Timing N/A 6 Use Slow Release Fertilizer N/A 7 Set Mower Height at 3 inches 8 No off-target fertilization N/A 9 Fertilizer free buffer zones around water features 10 Increase soil porosity and infiltration Credit: CBP USWG Memo on Homeowner BMPs Chesapeake Bay Program approved February 2014 Enables credit toward WIPs, TMDL Addresses reporting & verification What can receive credit? Urban Nutrient Mgmt Rain gardens Rainwater Harvesting Downspout Disconnection Tree Planting Permeable Driveways

14 Recognition Reporting Process Homeowner Locality or 3 rd Party Group State Recognition? Chesapeake Bay Program

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17 Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Certification Initiative Need Consistently Trained & Certified Landscape Professionals TO PROTECT OUR INVESTMENT & MEET OUR GOALS Chesapeake RiverWise Communities Partners BMPs Approved for Credit Virginia Native Plants Marketing Partnership

18 Three CBLP Certification Consortium Tracks Develop Design Installation Pilot Market Maintenance Manage of Conservation Landscaping Practices Including Homeowner BMPs Approved for Credit Landscape Professionals Individual certification for landscape professionals Developed concurrently for MD-DC-VA pilots Require application, training and/or demonstrated experience and an exam. Align with the State Stormwater Manuals & crediting protocol Developed with leaders who have been training landscape professionals. Nest within existing trade certifications. Onllne curriculum manual. Nonprofits MD & VA Coordinators engage, align & support Local Governments Trade Organization s Community Colleges

19 River Star Homes Homeowners agree to 7 simple steps to improve water quality Must be in the Elizabeth River watershed to join this FREE program Get a free yard flag, invitation to outings, newsletters, technical advice, and incentive funding for BMPs elizabethriver.org sfelker@elizabethriver.org

20 Incentive funding for BMPs within certain subwatersheds: Shoreline buffers and rain gardens: Use experienced contractors for design and implementation Urban lawn care: Create a homeowner lawn care plan Use contractors or DIY to implement plan Rain barrels: Deliver and install rain barrels elizabethriver.org sfelker@elizabethriver.org

21 CLEAR CREEKS Our Water, Our Heritage, Our Pride Middle River & Tidal Gunpowder Communities Swale on contour Rain Barrels Downspout Disconnections Rain Gardens Bayscapes Edible Landscapes Project Partners: Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability, Baltimore County Master Gardeners, BGE, CCBC, Chesapeake Bay Trust, Councilwoman Cathy Bevins, Gunpowder Valley Conservancy, HCM Research, MD DNR Forest Service, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

22 Research Recommendations A. Address behavior change misconceptions B. Offer opportunities to learn more C. Provide technical assistance D. Encourage collaboration

23 Social Marketing Technical Assistance Providers Name State Organization Lee Cain DC Anacostia Watershed Society Meo Curtis MD Montgomery County Maryland Jennifer Didinger MD Sea Grant, Watershed Specialist Sea Grant Amanda Rockler MD Sea Grant, Watershed Specialist Sea Grant Jackie Tackas MD Sea Grant, Watershed Specialist Sea Grant Krisztian Varsa MD Sea Grant, Watershed Specialist Sea Grant Amy Scaroni MD Sea Grant, Watershed Specialist Sea Grant Suzanne Etgen MD Watershed Stewards Academy Steve Raabe MD OpinionWorks Julie Kollar PA Water Resources Education Network (WREN) Jake Romig PA Ecostruction Julie Vastine PA ALLARM, Dickinson College Eric Eckl Julie Lawson Technical Assistance Region al Water Words that Work Region al Trash Free Maryland Nissa Dean VA Alliance for Chesapeake Bay - VA ndean@allianceforthebay.org Katie Register VA Longwood University registerkm@longwood.edu Erin Ling VA Virginia Tech University ejames@vt.edu Lisa Hardy VA Department of Environmental Quality Lisa.Hardy@deq.virginia.gov Neely Law VA Center for Watershed Protection, Virginia nll@cwp.org