Update on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers JD Delays in VA and MD

October 2022

On October 18, 2022, DEQ published an article acknowledging the “substantial delays” to be expected from stand-alone [...]

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Virginia’s 2022 Draft State Programmatic General Permit PASDO Released

October 2022

On October 17, 2022, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Norfolk District released the draft of [...]

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Going Batty Yet? USFWS Proposes Endangered Listing for Tricolored Bat

September 2022

On September 14, 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) published a proposed rule listing the [...]

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Endangered and Threatened Species Alert: Survey Window for Virginia’s Wood Turtle Open

September 2022

If your northern Virginia project site includes a clear, moderate- to fast-flowing perennial stream and a relatively [...]

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Final 2022 SPGPs Released

August 2022

On August 4, 2022 the Norfolk District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced the [...]

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DEQ Proposes Streamlined Plan Review

August 2022

In a move to improve the plan review process for stormwater management (SWM) and erosion and sediment [...]

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Updated SLAF Grant Guidance Levels the Playing Field

August 2022

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has updated the Stormwater Local Assistance Fund (SLAF) Program Guidelines [...]

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Monarch Butterfly – Endangered, but Not Federally Listed (Yet)

July 2022

The iconic monarch butterfly, widely acknowledged to be facing the existential threat of habitat loss and other [...]

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The LiDAR Advantage: Seeing the Real World in a Digital Space

July 2022

LiDAR, an acronym for Light Detection and Ranging, is an advanced technology used to develop highly accurate, [...]

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