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The New Virginia Stormwater Management Handbook – Process and Content Update

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) had outdated and uncoordinated materials to communicate design practices for stormwater management at land-disturbing sites. The Erosion & Sediment Control Handbook, Stormwater Management Handbook, and Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Manual are each over or approaching thirty years of continued use. In addition, DEQ last updated its specifications for […]

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Oregon Avenue Watershed Green Streets

The Oregon Avenue Watershed Green Streets (OAWGS) project was part of the District Department of Transportation’s (DDOT’s) efforts to address requirements for stormwater retention in accordance with its MS4 permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). DDOT and its consultant team developed the OAWGS project to reduce runoff from streets within the 360-acre Oregon […]

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2021 Update-Phase III of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan, Agricultural Sector Goals and Actions Part II

As a continuation to 2021 UPDATE-PHASE iii OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR GOALS AND ACTIONS – PART I we will review the direction that the Virginia Agricultural Cost Share (VACS) program has taken to achieve our WIP III goals. The WIP III requirements include structures designed to manage concentrated animal waste. […]

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Assessing the Pre-Dam Removal Ecological Functions of Blackwater Creek, 90 Years after the Construction of College Lake Dam: A High Hazard Dam

Aging infrastructure and impacts from climate change have recently accelerated the need for maintenance and demolition of dams across the country. The College Lake Dam in the City of Lynchburg, Virginia is a local example of the threat that aging, outdated dams can pose to public safety and river health. In the last 50 years, […]

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Greening Southside Richmond at Branch’s Baptist Church

Through a grant from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Mr. Rissmeyer is the lead designer for retrofitting existing church parking lots at Branch’s Baptist Church in Southside Richmond to maximize water quality benefits.   The project takes advantage of underutilized and deteriorating parking lots by their removal to then make room for stormwater best management practices (BMP’s).  […]

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Effects of Tree Shelters on Tree Seedling Microclimate and Seedling Chlorophyll Production: Two-Year Results

Matured riparian forests buffer streams and rivers downslope from the effects of upslope land use by improving water quality and providing carbon sequestration. Riparian forests also protect land upstream by minimizing the impacts of flooding and high winds. Restoring riparian forests has long been considered an agricultural best management practice as large-scale agricultural use intensifies […]

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2021 Update-Phase III of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan, Agricultural Sector Goals and Actions Part 1

One year after sediment and nutrient reduction goals were finalized, Virginia’s agricultural sector is working hard to meet these goals.  This presentation will provide an update to agricultural sector goals and what the Department of Conservation and Recreation, in partnership with Soil and Water Conservation Districts and the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, is doing to […]

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Using an Interdisciplinary Approach to Assess Effects of Agricultural Best Management Practices on Stream Health

Despite increasing numbers of best management practices (BMPs) being installed on agricultural landscapes and billions of dollars spent on BMP programs, stream health continues to decline in Virginia due to agricultural nonpoint-source pollution. The efficacy of BMPs for restoring stream health is influenced by a complex suite of biophysical factors and is ultimately constrained by […]