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My Keystone Moment
By Curt Wilbern I had the much-appreciated opportunity to represent PCWEA at the Chose Clean Water Conference. The theme for this year’s conference was “A Keystone Moment: Our Collective Future”. My “Keystone Moment” and the most important take away from the conference didn’t come from the panel discussions, presentations, or workshops. It was set into motion …
Rain Gardens 101
You may be thinking, why an article on rain gardens? Well what if I were to tell you that rain gardens were a way to better protect our waterways from pollutants and illicit discharges. As rain falls our roads and buildings become victim to potential flooding where it erodes away stream banks, and carries pollutants …
Troubleshooting for Rain Garens
Maintenance support for rain garden issues
Streamside Buffers
– A Strategy for Pollution Reduction in Our Watershed When people think about pollutants in a local stream like the Paxton Creek they don’t often think about dirt. Dirt, or sediment – solid fragmented material, such as silt, sand, gravel, chemical precipitates, and fossil fragments – that makes its way into the stream channel is …
Introducing Regener8
Regenr8 is a volunteer group of professionals from the sustainable building community working at the intersection of social and ecological health. We are a partner of the 501(c)(3) Sustainability Nexus. Our collective recognizes the importance of inclusivity in mutually evolving the capacity of all stakeholders and the need to shift the way we think and …
Too Much Salt
Article reprinted from Forest Preserve District 1-17-22 link Winter’s wacky weather can make snow and ice removal a priority to prevent dangerous conditions. Road salt is the cheapest and most effective means of clearing snow and ice from the roads, and millions of tons of salt are used in the United States each winter, according to National …