Stormwater Management: One Backyard at a Time

• Want to do something ‘ green’  and good for the environment, as well as beautiful?

• Does rainwater run off your property into the street?

• Does your neighbor’s rainwater run onto your property?

• What is a rain garden?
• How big does a rain garden need to be?
• What plants should be included in a rain garden?
• Why does that house have plants growing on the roof?

These are just a few of the questions we will answer in the September 15 th  broadcast of Stormwater Management: One Backyard at a Time! The WSU Video team toured Whidbey Island, Washington, Bend, Oregon, and Ketchum/Sun Valley Idaho to see what home and business owners, developers, city engineers and mayors are initiating to curb the pollution running to the surface and ground waters. Examples of Best Management Practices being implemented in the three distinct climates of the case studies give a well rounded illustration of the various methods available.

All of this information comes to you just in time to start planning projects on your backyard or in your town. If each and every one of us would at least do one of the BMPs shown in the case studies, we all might be surprised at the reduced amount of stormwater runoff polluting waterbodies.

Who should attend?

Master Gardeners, Natural Resource educators and students, Conservation Districts, City, County, and Tribal Planning staff, Engineers, Developers, Landscape companies, Watershed groups, and caring and interested individuals.

Where is this workshop to be held?

Extension offices in the Pacific Northwest may host this workshop! Call your county office!
Auditoriums
County Commissioner’s meeting rooms
Conference rooms
Your computer!

Receiving the program is uncomplicated; all you need is a high-speed Internet connection, a projector and lap-top, and a screen in front of a room full of chairs.

This workshop is free to the public. However, we are asking that everyone register their site. That makes it more efficient to disperse supplemental materials in a timely manner. Registration is simple, email seago.jan@epa.gov  or call 360.951.5536.