Nonpoint Source Resources
Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure Webcasts
June 23, 2009
Funding & Incentives: Abby Hall, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Brownfield Redevelopment: Stacy Swartwood, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
July 28, 2009
Retrofits: Green Streets: Chris Kloss, Low Impact Development Center
Operation & Maintenance: Tracy Tackett, Seattle Public Utilities
For more information or to register, log on http://cfpub2.epa.gov/npdes/outreach.cfm?program_id=0&otype=1.
This “Frontline” documentary explores the impacts of polluted runoff on American waterways like the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound. It addresses the many new pollutants being found in waters across the country that pose a threat to fish, wildlife and, potentially, human health. For more information, log on www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/poisonedwaters/.
This database contains information about research on the economic, social and biophysical benefits of green roofs, and policy measures that have been implemented around the world. Log on http://greenroofs.org/grtok/.
Green Roofs: Beautiful and Innovative Solutions to Stormwater Pollution
Archived audio version of a Feb.18, 2009, Webcast seminar. Three experts discuss the benefits of green roofs and share their experiences in the green roof movement. Visit www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/wacademy/webcasts/archives.html#20090218.
Dave Cole Environmental Scholarship Award
The Big Thompson Watershed Forum, through the Dave Cole Environmental Scholarship Fund, is offering a $1,000 scholarship to a student attending Colorado State University or the University of Northern Colorado. For more detail log on www.btwatershed.org/Dave%20Cole%20Environmental%20Scholarship%20Fund.htm.
Understanding Water Activity Books
This publication, developed using Colorado content standards, provides a foundation of basic water literacy for elementary and middle-school students. For more information, visit www.growingyourfuture.com/programs/activity_books/index.html.
This U.S Environmental Protection Agency Web site provides information on tools to identify and protect healthy watersheds and their components. Log on www.epa.gov/healthywatersheds/.
Efforts to Address Urban Stormwater Runoff
The House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment heard testimony on March 19, 2009, about the use of green infrastructure and low impact development approaches in addressing urban stormwater runoff, as well as barriers towards implementing these technologies. To view the testimony or read the full summary, log on http://transportation.house.gov/hearings/hearingDetail.aspx?NewsID=833.