West Virginia Stormwater Manual Training Workshop

West Virginia Stormwater Manual Training Workshop

A Chesapeake Bay Stormwater Training Partnership Workshop

December 5, 2012

9:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center

Eastern

2500 Foundation Way

Martinsburg, WV 25401

Objective: To provide practitioners and reviewers with information and design guidelines related to innovations in urban stormwater management.

The Chesapeake Stormwater Partnership: A training program for stormwater management professionals created by the Chesapeake Stormwater Network and the Center for Watershed Protection. It is sponsored by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund. WV DEP is providing logistical support for the workshop.

Instructors: Tom Schueler, Chesapeake Stormwater Network

Cecilia Lane, Chesapeake Stormwater Network

Dave Hirschman, Center for Watershed Protection

Alana Hartman, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection

Sherry Wilkins, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection

Matt Pennington, Eastern Panhandle Regional Planning & Development Council (“Region 9”)

The Chesapeake Stormwater Network (CSN) is an organization whose mission is to improve on the ground implementation of more sustainable stormwater management and environmental site design practices in each of 1300 communities and seven states in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The Network is coordinated by Tom Schueler and Cecilia Lane is located in Ellicott City, MD.

Tom has more than 30 years experience in practical aspects of stormwater practices to protect and restore urban watersheds. As executive director of CSN, Tom works on a number of projects in the Bay including the Chesapeake Bay Stormwater Training Partnership, which provides webcasts, workshops and on-line training modules to train engineers on new practices. Tom also serves as the stormwater technical coordinator for the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program. Cecilia joined the Network in January coming from the Center for Watershed Protection where she served as a Watershed Technician for 3 years working on stormwater management issues and specifically retrofitting. At the Network, Cecilia is heading up several tasks on the Chesapeake Bay Stormwater Training Partnership including developing training content on LID Maintenance and Retrofitting.

Since 1992, the Center for Watershed Protection (CWP) has been working in numerous communities to provide the solutions for clean water and healthy natural resources. Their work is based on sound scientific research and guided by a passion for advancing the state-of-the art, ensuring practitioners have the right tools, and promoting the widespread implementation of the most effective watershed management techniques.

Dave Hirschman is a program director at the Center for Watershed Protection. Dave joined the Center staff in 2005 as a Senior Water Resources Specialist. He has worked for 20 years in the public, private, and non-profit sectors on a variety of water resources and environmental health issues. In his life prior to the Center, Dave managed a water resources program for a local government, managed a non-profit organization, ran a small environmental consulting office, and taught water resources courses at the university level. His areas of concentration include innovative stormwater design and implementation, stormwater program development, land use planning, and training. Dave works for the Center from the satellite office in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has a B.A. in Biology from Duke University and a Masters of Urban & Regional Planning from Virginia Tech.

Alana Hartman is one of four Basin Coordinators at WVDEP who are responsible for coordinating local efforts to implement water quality improvement projects. Basin Coordinators foster and support volunteer watershed associations and groups, educate citizens on nonpoint source pollution issues, help identify local stakeholders, partners and funding sources, and facilitate Project Teams to get improvements on the ground. Alana also works on the Chesapeake Bay cleanup effort in West Virginia, helping to reduce nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment entering local streams and reaching the Bay.

Sherry Wilkins has worked at the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection for 19 years. She is currently the MS4 program coordinator for the WV DEP. She has more than 29 years experience in water protection and regulatory programs. Her past experiences include working with a stormwater contractor in Columbus, Ohio, private consulting on stormwater issues for projects in West Virginia and 11 years in the field as an environmental inspector with WVDEP’s office of Environmental Enforcement. Sherry holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Florida Atlantic University. One of her favorite pastimes is traveling and enjoying the water resources she endeavors to protect.

Matthew Pennington earned his degree in Urban and Regional Planning. He has worked for public planning commissions reviewing development plans, as well as private engineering firms designing development projects for review and approval from zoning and planning boards. Matthew is currently working for a regional planning council as their Chesapeake Bay Coordinator who assists local government and non-government organizations improve water quality in their area.