Environmental
Education
Teaching the value of natural resource
conservation to schools,
youth groups and the local community through a variety of specially tailored
programs |
Erosion and Sediment
Pollution Control (E&S) and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Permitting Program (NPDES)
State programs in which the
District is delegated certain responsibilities and authority by DEP. The
District receives and investigates complaints, inspects earth
disturbance sites, reviews erosion and sediment pollution control plans,
acknowledges permits and assists the public to achieve voluntary
compliance with state and federal regulations |
Dirt and Gravel Roads Pollution
Prevention Program
A water pollution abatement program that offers local municipalities special
funding and technical support to repair, manage and maintain their dirt and gravel roads in environmentally safe ways. |
Water Quality and Watershed
Management
Efforts towards enhancing the quality of the Commonwealth's surface and ground water resources
through assisting in the development and continued needs of watershed
associations |
Conservation Practice
Installation
Includes nutrient management plans and landowners
conservation plans |
Chesapeake Bay
Program
A
federal and state program that provides financial and technical
assistance to livestock operators for the installation
of Best
Management Practices (BMP's) designed to reduce non-point source
pollution from agriculture within
the Chesapeake Bay watershed |
Nutrient
Management
A
statewide regulatory and educational program designed to minimize
surface and groundwater nutrient loads from agricultural operations and
to increase farm profitability through proper nutrient management |
Farmland
Preservation Assistance
A state and county
program to help willing landowners protect important agricultural lands
by acquiring conservation easements that prevent the development or
improvement of the land for any purpose other than agricultural
production.
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West
Nile Virus
A state-grant funded
and county contracted program that does mosquito control and
surveillance. |
