DISTRICT PROGRAMS
| 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. |