Virginia’s 2022 Draft State Programmatic General Permit PASDO Released

October 2022

On October 17, 2022, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Norfolk District released the draft of [...]

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Going Batty Yet? USFWS Proposes Endangered Listing for Tricolored Bat

September 2022

On September 14, 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) published a proposed rule listing the [...]

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Endangered and Threatened Species Alert: Survey Window for Virginia’s Wood Turtle Open

September 2022

If your northern Virginia project site includes a clear, moderate- to fast-flowing perennial stream and a relatively [...]

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Final 2022 SPGPs Released

August 2022

On August 4, 2022 the Norfolk District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced the [...]

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DEQ Proposes Streamlined Plan Review

August 2022

In a move to improve the plan review process for stormwater management (SWM) and erosion and sediment [...]

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Updated SLAF Grant Guidance Levels the Playing Field

August 2022

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has updated the Stormwater Local Assistance Fund (SLAF) Program Guidelines [...]

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Monarch Butterfly – Endangered, but Not Federally Listed (Yet)

July 2022

The iconic monarch butterfly, widely acknowledged to be facing the existential threat of habitat loss and other [...]

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The LiDAR Advantage: Seeing the Real World in a Digital Space

July 2022

LiDAR, an acronym for Light Detection and Ranging, is an advanced technology used to develop highly accurate, [...]

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Living Shoreline Legislation Improves Virginia Options

May 2022

Thanks to legislation that passed the 2022 Virginia General Assembly and was signed by the Governor, those [...]

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