guidance

Tips & Tricks, Tools & Techniques to conduct a desktop review for wetland presence/absence on the land. There are numerous resources out there and things to look for. Please see our YouTube training presentation and this cheat sheet. https://youtu.be/n2pTGVWSeb4

Simple yard and garden maintenance practices that can save time, effort, and money, and help keep lake waters safe for people, pets, and wildlife.

Diagonal channels across driveways or pathways that intercept stormwater runoff and divert it to a stable treatment area.

Vegetated swales, also called bioswales, are shallow open channels lined with dense vegetation that slow, filter, and convey stormwater runoff.

Turnouts and rock aprons receive channelized flow from swales, ditches, and culverts and convert it to sheet flow before entering stable vegetated areas. Turnouts are extensions of ditches that redirect water, slow it down, and disperse it. A rock apron is a shallow basin lined with stones used to settle and filter water from concentrated flows.