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Providing Stormwater Leadership in the Delaware River Watershed

The Center for Watershed Protection (CWP) recently wrapped up a seven-year stretch as a Technical Field Liaison for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)’s Delaware River Restoration Fund. The Fund was launched in late 2013 with major funding from the William Penn Foundation to help community-based nonprofits to clean up and restore polluted waters and improve habitat for target species across the four-state Delaware River basin. As one of several Technical Field Liaisons, CWP assisted potential grantees in developing proposals that align with funder priorities; assisted NFWF with proposal review; worked with grantees to ensure successful completion of [...]

Marlyn Argueta2024-01-29T09:45:37-05:00January 29th, 2024|

2023 National Watershed & Stormwater Conference Highlights

The CWP 2023 National Watershed & Stormwater Conference, Value of Water – Stormwater Harvesting & Reuse, Nutrient Trading and Funding, was held April 24-27, 2023, at the Westin in the Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego, CA. This annual conference provides a forum for sharing fresh ideas on watershed and stormwater management principles and practices. For four days, over 200 watershed professionals from federal, state, and local government agencies, consulting firms, universities, and non-profits from across the nation (and some international) gathered for technical presentations, case studies, panel discussions, and workshops. And as always, with CWP events, the conference was [...]

admin2023-07-21T13:17:03-04:00May 31st, 2023|

New Simple Tool Helps Chesapeake Bay Communities Calculate Benefits of Stormwater and Greening Projects

The Center for Watershed Protection (CWP) is pleased to announce the release of a new, simple tool to help communities in the Chesapeake Bay more easily and consistently estimate the water quality benefits of proposed stormwater retrofit and greening projects. The Green Stormwater Infrastructure siMple Pollutant Load reduction Estimator (Green SIMPLE) tool was specifically developed for use by organizations conducting planning and implementation of stormwater retrofits and community greening projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, with a specific focus on lower-capacity entities such as neighborhood associations, non-profits, and small local governments. The Green SIMPLE tool is an easy-to-use spreadsheet that [...]

Karen Cappiella2022-12-22T16:24:03-05:00December 22nd, 2022|

Project Update: Stormwater Management Retrofit Inventory in Strasburg Borough, PA

For the past three years, the Center for Watershed Protection (CWP) has operated a Circuit Rider program to provide technical assistance to municipalities in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on reducing stormwater pollution. This work has included technical support to the Lancaster Clean Water Partners, working collaboratively with the Center for Water Quality Excellence to bridge gaps between agricultural and municipal stakeholders, and, most recently, engaging Strasburg Borough in a green infrastructure opportunity analysis. This past Spring, CWP worked with the Strasburg Borough manager and ELA Group to conduct a stormwater management retrofit inventory across the entire Borough. Stormwater retrofits are structural [...]

admin2022-07-22T15:00:32-04:00July 22nd, 2022|

2022 National Watershed & Stormwater Conference Highlights

From April 26th to April 29th, the Center for Watershed Protection, Inc. hosted its seventh annual National Watershed & Stormwater Conference in St. Petersburg, Florida. Each year, this conference provides a forum for sharing fresh ideas on watershed and stormwater management principles and practices. This year, there was a tremendous level excitement felt by the conference attendees in participating in the in-person event after two years of virtual conferences. The Center went above and beyond to make this a thrilling event filled with presentation about cutting edge research with experienced practitioners, evening activities which provided opportunities to network, and field trips [...]

admin2022-06-20T12:18:03-04:00May 31st, 2022|

Stormwater Improvements at Audubon Naturalist Society’s Woodend Sanctuary

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 [...]

admin2021-08-18T12:16:27-04:00August 18th, 2021|

Redevelopment and Stormwater Management Projects Transform Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area

Six years in the making, this project rehabilitated a large impervious area at the Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area (NRMA) in Cecil County, Maryland. The site included a large barn complex that had deteriorated over the years and was destroyed by a significant fire. The remaining asphalt and compacted gravel generated large volumes of runoff that flowed untreated directly into Big Elk Creek during storms. With funding from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund, the Center for Watershed Protection (the Center) designed a complete redevelopment of the site. This project complements a recent stream stabilization along parts [...]

admin2021-08-18T12:16:35-04:00July 26th, 2021|

2021 National Watershed & Stormwater Conference Highlights

On April 13th through April 16th, the Center for Watershed Protection hosted its sixth annual National Watershed & Stormwater Conference virtually. Our National Watershed & Stormwater Conferences are offered each Spring, and they provide a forum for sharing fresh ideas on the principles and practices of watershed and stormwater management. For the second year in a row, the 2021 National Watershed & Stormwater Conference was held virtually to keep our attendees, presenters, sponsors, and staff safe and healthy. This year, we worked especially hard to create opportunities for the same interactive and engaging networking as the Center’s in-person events. We [...]

admin2021-05-18T16:08:17-04:00May 17th, 2021|

Great Lakes Communities to Gain Stormwater Expert

February 17, 2021 Marquette, MI – The Center for Watershed Protection, a national leader in stormwater management and watershed planning, is expanding its work to the Great Lakes region. Greg Hoffmann, the Center’s Director of Stormwater Services, recently opened a satellite office in Marquette, Michigan to serve the watershed. “Opening the Great Lakes office provides an opportunity to expand our reach and protect critical water resources in another vital United States watershed,” said Hye Yeong Kwon, the Center’s Executive Director. “We are thrilled Greg will be bringing his wealth of stormwater knowledge to the largest freshwater system in the world [...]

admin2021-02-26T12:56:34-05:00February 25th, 2021|

Innovative Stormwater Management in the District of Columbia

The Center for Watershed Protection (the Center) has been helping the District of Columbia stay up-to-date on stormwater management standards for over 20 years. The Center first assisted the District in 1999, with revisions to their draft Stormwater Guidebook, which dated back to 1994. The new guidebook contained what at the time were innovative new sizing criteria for water quality, overbank flood control, and extreme flood control for new development. In 2013, the Center worked with the District Department of Energy and the Environment (DOEE) to again revise their Stormwater Management Guidebook. This time, the update focused on how to [...]

admin2020-12-02T14:09:55-05:00December 2nd, 2020|