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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WSSI-Richmond Gathers Under One Old Roof
July 2022
WSSI has continued to expand our presence in central Virginia, and as a result we needed more [...]
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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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Living Shoreline Legislation Improves Virginia Options
May 2022
Thanks to legislation that passed the 2022 Virginia General Assembly and was signed by the Governor, those [...]
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Virginia’s 2017 SPGP Expires May 31
May 2022
Virginia’s 2017 State Programmatic General Permit (17-SPGP-01) expires May 31, 2022, when it will be replaced by [...]
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