Watershed Restoration

The Watershed Stewards Academy (WSA) is a great opportunity to learn how to solve stormwater problems in your community and join a local network of energized leaders!

Through a comprehensive training program stewards learn to identify factors that impact stream health, educate neighbors about water quality issues, and implement projects that have a meaningful and positive impact on local water resources.

The Watershed Stewards Academy is a great opportunity to learn how to solve water quality problems in your community and join a local network of energized leaders.

The Watershed Stewards Academy (WSA) is a training program to empower residents to improve the quality of local waterways.

Tree planting is the practice of planting deciduous or evergreen trees in areas where they will grow and create a leafy canopy that intercepts rainfall and reduces runoff.

Most Maryland residents live within a half-mile of a storm drain, stream or river.  Most of those waterways eventually drain into the Chesapeake Bay. 

Rain barrels and cisterns are collection containers placed at the end of downspouts to collect rooftop runoff and store it for later use.

Bioretention is a stormwater management practice that can achieve water quantity and quality goals through runoff reduction and pollutant removal.

Also known as vegetated roofs, living roofs, or ecoroofs, green roofs are alternative roof surfaces that typically consist of waterproofing and drainage materials, along with an engineered growing media designed to support plant growth.

Property owners can have their properties recognized by various organizations as environmentally friendly landscapes. *This practice has no nutrient or sediment removal rates associated with it.