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
B. Taking Homeowner BMPs to the Next Level
CSN s Tools Homeowner BMP Guide Crediting Residential BMPs Design Calculators Inspection App Webcasts on Residential BMPs Request for topics and speakers!
Standardization of Homeowner BMP Design, Installation and Upkeep in the Bay Watershed
Design Calculators Easy to use calculators to help you assess your property and design your rain garden. Takes the math out of designing!
Final stages of testing Online tracking Upload photos directly from phone/tablet Creates PDF report Available on our website Inspection App www.chesapeakestormwater.net 6
SMART Stormwater Management and Restoration Tracker Making Every Practice Count! University of Maryland Sea Grant Extension Program University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science @ Department of Natural Resources Towson University GIS
Adoption of Household Stormwater Best Management Practices http://bit.ly/1khfziv
Sea Grant Watershed Team Krisztian Varsa kvarsa@umd.edu Amy Scaroni ascaroni@umd.edu Thank You! Questions? Amanda Rockler arockler@umd.edu Jackie Takacs takacs@mdsg.umd.edu Jen Dindinger jdinding@umd.edu
Catching Every Data Point
Katherine Antos U.S. EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Office Antos.Katherine@epa.gov Credit: Chesapeake Bay Program Crediting and Recognizing Homeowner Efforts
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 http://stat.chesapeakebay.net/sites/all/cstat/documents/wqgit%20approved%20homeowner%20bmp%20crediting%20memo_02102014.pdf
Recognition Reporting Process Homeowner Locality or 3 rd Party Group State Recognition? Chesapeake Bay Program
http://stormwater.allianceforthebay.org/
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
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
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
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
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
Research Recommendations A. Address behavior change misconceptions B. Offer opportunities to learn more C. Provide technical assistance D. Encourage collaboration
Social Marketing Technical Assistance Providers Name State Organization Email Lee Cain DC Anacostia Watershed Society lcain@anacostiaws.org Meo Curtis MD Montgomery County Maryland meosotis.curtis@montgomerycountymd.gov Jennifer Didinger MD Sea Grant, Watershed Specialist Sea Grant jdinding@umd.edu Amanda Rockler MD Sea Grant, Watershed Specialist Sea Grant arockler@umd.edu Jackie Tackas MD Sea Grant, Watershed Specialist Sea Grant takacs@mdsg.umd.edu Krisztian Varsa MD Sea Grant, Watershed Specialist Sea Grant kvarsa@umd.edu Amy Scaroni MD Sea Grant, Watershed Specialist Sea Grant ascaroni@umd.edu Suzanne Etgen MD Watershed Stewards Academy SETGEN@AACPS.org Steve Raabe MD OpinionWorks steve@opinionworks.com Julie Kollar PA Water Resources Education Network (WREN) juliekwren@verizon.net Jake Romig PA Ecostruction jakeromig@ecostructionllc.net Julie Vastine PA ALLARM, Dickinson College vastine@dickinson.edu Eric Eckl Julie Lawson Technical Assistance Region al Water Words that Work eric.eckl@waterwordsthatwork.com Region al Trash Free Maryland julie@trashfreemaryland.org 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