Understand Stormwater Best Management Practices
Understand Stormwater Best Management Practices What They Are Do-It-Yourself Best Management Practices (BMPs) are steps homeowners can take to reduce stormwater runoff, protect water quality, and prevent erosion on their […]
Protect Riparian Buffers
Protect Riparian Buffers Why It Matters Riparian buffers—vegetated areas alongside streams—play a key role in supporting wildlife, preventing erosion, and maintaining clean water. By caring for the stream on your […]
Promote Streambank Stabilization
Promote Streambank Stabilization What It Is Techniques to protect eroding streambanks, using native vegetation, rocks, logs, or engineered structures. Stabilization may be as easy as improving vegetation or as extensive […]
Plant and Care for Trees
Plant and Care for Trees What It Is Tree planting is the practice of transplanting young trees or seedlings into a permanent location. Benefits Homes with appropriately placed and well-maintained […]
Install a Water Diverter
Install a Water Diverter What It Is An erosion control device to collect and divert concentrated water flow from a gravel road to a stabilized ditch or area. How It […]
Design a Permeable Pavement
Design a Permeable Pavement What It Is A high traffic area that is stabilized with pavers or interlocking blocks that allow water to soak through without, while providing a strong […]
Create a Rain Garden
Create a Rain Garden What It Is A shallow, depression planted with native flowers, grasses, and shrubs. It collects and soaks up rainwater from roofs, driveways, or lawns. How It […]
Widmyer Elementary School Wetlands
Widmyer Elementary School Wetlands Widmyer Elementary School was built in the floodplain of Warm Springs Run, destroying the wetlands at the south end of the property. Without the wetlands, runoff […]
Greenway Cemetery Stewardship
Greenway Cemetery Stewardship The topography of the 29-acre ‘new’ section of Greenway cemetery is typical of much of Morgan County. Graves are situated on steep hills composed of fragile soil. […]
Tiny Forest and Hugels
Tiny Forest and Hugels WSWA partnered with the Bath Tree Board to support the remediation of the Berkeley Springs Depot by planting the Gale Foulds Tiny Forest. A tiny forest […]