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ATTENTION STUDENTS! The Jim Gracie Memorial Scholarship for 2024 is open to all students pursuing degrees or training in fields promoting natural resource preservation, stream restoration, and the environmental sciences. Preference will be given to those with diverse perspectives residing in Maryland and Virginia. Applicants should be able to show and demonstrate their passion for…
The Maryland Stream Restoration Association (MSRA) is hosting the 2023 Jim Gracie Scholarship Golf Tournament on Friday, September 22, 2023, at the Preserve at Eisenhower Golf Course in Crownsville, Maryland. This Tournament is an integral part of our annual fundraising to sustain and enhance the MSRA Jim Gracie Memorial Scholarship fund, enabling us to have…
Join the community, KCI employees, and other volunteers this Earth Day, Saturday April 22nd, to clean up this Tributary to the Gwynns Falls as part of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay’s Project Clean Stream. Students can earn service hours. Meet at the corner of Pittsfield Road and Green Valley. We will then prepare and disperse…
After Jim’s passing in 2020, the MSRA established the Jim Gracie Memorial Scholarship to aide students pursuing education and technical training in the natural resources industry, and who demonstrate a passion for streams and the natural environment. The Jim Gracie Memorial Scholarship for 2022 is open to all students residing in Maryland and Virginia who…
Baltimore— Date — On Friday, September 30th 2022, The Maryland Stream Restoration Association (MSRA) will be holding a fundraising golf outing to support the Jim Gracie Memorial Scholarship. This event will be held at The Preserve at Eisenhower Golf Course in Crownsville, MD where MSRA members have recently completed a stream restoration project with Anne…
The MSRA is hosting a free virtual career seminar with presentations from a diverse group of speakers from the Stream Restoration industry within the state of Maryland, including organizations that are have internships and entry-level positions. The purpose of this event is to: • Introduce high school, undergraduate and graduate students to the Stream Restoration…
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to: Describe the requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Program in terms of crediting Best Management Practices (BMPs) for impervious surface restoration and total maximum daily load (TMDL) reductions Explain the processes involved in documentation of…
https://www.kci.com/resources-insights/newsroom/innovator-webinar-series-stream-restoration-crediting-to-meet-ms4-and-tmdl-requirements/ This webinar will provide a brief background on TMDLs and MS4 permits as regulatory drivers for stream restoration. Presenters will discuss approaches from the Chesapeake Bay Program and Maryland Department of Environment as examples to illustrate how stream restoration crediting are used to help meet TMDL and MS4 permit objectives. Participants will learn the basic steps…
https://www.kci.com/resources-insights/newsroom/innovator-webinar-series-aquatic-organism-passage/ This webinar will address numerous aspects of aquatic organism passage (AOP), largely focusing on fish passage. Barriers to AOP include dams, culverts and utilities, which have extensive effects on entire ecosystems by blocking a river’s free-flowing natural systems. The legacy of infrastructure development has left thousands of barriers throughout our American landscape, and without…