Raise the Blade
OWNER: Lake Champlain Basin Program & Partners
CONTACT: Colleen Hickey
INFORMATIONAL CONTENT: Minimizing stormwater pollutants (i.e. pet waste, car washing, lawn fertilizers, snow removal practices, raising the blade etc.)
Educational and outreach materials to encourage better lawn mowing practice by mowing grass no shorter than 3 inches.
Rethink Runoff website
PUBLISHED: 2019
OWNER: CCRPC/Chittenden County MS4’s
SELF-REPORTED EFFECTIVENESS: Primary metric is number of visitors to website, www.rethinkrunoff.org which has increased every year since inception.
INFORMATIONAL CONTENT: Minimizing stormwater pollutants (i.e. pet waste, car washing, lawn fertilizers, snow removal practices, raising the blade etc.)
Website to help the public to learn about stormwater. Formed as a regional program to meet Minimum Control Measure #1 (Public Education & Outreach) requirement for twelve MS-4 permitees in Chittenden County (9 municipalities plus UVM, VTRANS and BTV Airport)
Sample Social Media Posts
PUBLISHED: 2019
OWNER: NRPC
INFORMATIONAL CONTENT: Minimizing stormwater pollutants (i.e. pet waste, car washing, lawn fertilizers, snow removal practices, raising the blade etc.)
A sample of seasonal campaign messaging used for social media.
Soak it for Schools
PUBLISHED: 2015
OWNER: WNRCD
SELF-REPORTED EFFECTIVENESS: Not monitoring use by teachers, outreach efforts have stalled since 2016
INFORMATIONAL CONTENT: Stormwater science, stressors, and water quality impacts
Collection of educational activities/lessons aggregated into themed folders with an accompanying overview document that explains to teachers how to use the materials and how to select activities
Soak Up the Rain-EPA, Resource Index
PUBLISHED: 2019
OWNER: EPA
INFORMATIONAL CONTENT: Minimizing stormwater flow and increasing flood retention (i.e. raingardens, barrels, check dams, bioretention, etc.)
EPA Resource Index of various stormwater and water quality projects by category.
Soak Up the Rain-EPA, Sharing Stories
PUBLISHED: 2019
OWNER: EPA
INFORMATIONAL CONTENT: Minimizing stormwater flow and increasing flood retention (i.e. raingardens, barrels, check dams, bioretention, etc.)
EPA Resource of projects and programs with a public outreach campaign to raise awareness about the problem of polluted stormwater runoff and to encourage citizens, municipalities, and others to take action
Soak Up the Rain-New Hampshire
PUBLISHED: 2019
OWNER: New Hampshire
INFORMATIONAL CONTENT: Minimizing stormwater flow and increasing flood retention (i.e. raingardens, barrels, check dams, bioretention, etc.)
Soak Up the Rain (SOAK) New Hampshire is a voluntary program managed by the N.H. Dept. of Environmental Services. SOAK provides information about how our homes create stormwater pollution and how to prevent it with rain gardens, infiltration trenches, and other practices.
Storm Smart Assessment
PUBLISHED: 2018
OWNER: Watershed Consulting Associates
INFORMATIONAL CONTENT: Minimizing stormwater flow and increasing flood retention (i.e. raingardens, barrels, check dams, bioretention, etc.)
Breaks down landowners stormwater needs into easy yes/no questions accompanied by booklet that provides BMP advise. Needs to be purchaed as an app via Fulcrum
Storm Smart Homesite Assessment
PUBLISHED: 2019
OWNER: Friends of the Mad River
INFORMATIONAL CONTENT: Minimizing stormwater flow and increasing flood retention (i.e. raingardens, barrels, check dams, bioretention, etc.)
Mobile application used by staff person to engage homeowner in property assessment and collect information to be used for "Prescription" of stormwater GSI/BMP solutions
Storm Smart Private Drives Assessment
PUBLISHED: 2019
OWNER: Friends of the Mad River
INFORMATIONAL CONTENT: Minimizing stormwater flow and increasing flood retention (i.e. raingardens, barrels, check dams, bioretention, etc.)
Mobile application used by staff person to engage shared private road owners in road assessment and provide engineering solutions for erosion/runoff GSI/BMP solutions