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An image depicts a rain barrel attached to the downspout on the side of a house. These barrels collect rain to be reused at a later time.
Rain Barrels as a Key Watershed Stewardship…
An image depicts a rain garden, which is a bed of vegetation planted for the specific purpose of retaining rainwater and limiting runoff.
Rain Gardens as a Key Stewardship Behavior
An image depicts a house where an impervious concrete driveway has been replaced by special pavers that allow the ground below to retain water.
The Reduction of Hard Surfaces as a Key Watershed…
A conceptual diagram illustrates the seven key stewardship behaviors that can greatly impact the health of the watershed.
The Seven Key Stewardship Behaviors to Promote…
An icon representing the application of fertilizer on agricultural fields.
Agricultural fertilizer icon
An icon representing the use or prohibition of lawn fertilizer application.
Lawn fertilizer icon
As land use in the Chilika Lake area changes from forest to settlements and paddy agriculture sewage, and fertilizer and pesticides runoff increases into the Lake. This extra nutrient input results in algae blooms that float and sit on the bottom.
Chilika Lake Pollution Pressure
Gutters and downspouts installed onto buildings direct rainwater from roofs to rain gardens. Plants with deep root systems encourage stormwater infiltration and absorbs excess nutrient runoff.
Multiple Benefits of Rain Gardens
Illustration of dugong (Dugong dugon)
Dugong dugon (Dugong) 2
Mangroves and oyster reefs at Pumpkin Bay in the Ten Thousand Islands, Florida.
Mangroves and oyster reefs
Illustration of a building with a green roof covered in vegetation, used to reduce heat and rainwater runoff in heavily urbanized areas.
Urban: green roof 3
Illustration of Gyrodinium species
Gyrodinium species
Perennial native plants like the bee balm (Monarda didyma) are recommended for rain gardens, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The red color attracts hummingbirds and pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies.
Bee balm (Monarda didyma)
Conceptual diagram illustrating tabulated Best Management Practices (BMPs).
Best Management Practices (BMPs)
Conceptual diagram illustrating impervious and pervious surfaces.
Impervious versus pervious surfaces
Detention pond at flood, in Maryland.
Detention pond at flood
Car driving through flooding waters in Maryland.
Flooding
Infiltration trench in parking lot, in Maryland.
Infiltration trench in parking lot
Cows grazing along a stormwater ditch during heavy rains.
Stormwater ditch with cows
Stormwater trash in parking lot, in Maryland.
Stormwater trash in parking lot
Rain barrel in Fleet Street, Eastport, Annapolis in Maryland.
Rain barrel
Rain barrel in Fleet Street, Eastport, Annapolis in Maryland.
Rain barrel
Rain barrel with downspout in Fleet Street, Eastport, Annapolis in Maryland.
Rain barrel with downspout
Horse manure is composted on an Eastern Shore of Maryland farm.
Horse manure compost pile
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