Grant Goals

Project Purpose

The project will educate 8,000 residents and motivate 67 households to implement storm water reduction measures that can be effective in the upland portions of the watershed on privately owned properties. The short-term outcomes will be 30 downspout disconnections, 30 rain barrel installations, 3 rain garden installations, 1-2 Bayscaped yards, and 1-2 permaculture gardens. It will mobilize another 104 residents to engage in tree planting on open spaces and adopt stream reaches within the watershed. The short-term outcomes will be 1 mile of stream adopted, 1,200 lbs of trash removed, and 200 trees planted on 1 acre. The long-term environmental outcome of all these actions will be target treatment of 15% of the watershed (211 acres) that will provide a reduction in approx 332.7 lbs/yr of Total Nitrogen, 66.4 lbs/yr of Total phosphorus and 17.4 lbs/yr of Total suspended sediment to Jennifer Branch and the Chesapeake Bay. We will use upland assessments to identify the best sites for storm water retrofits and adaptive management to improve our program. The partners on this project are the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy, the Center for Watershed Protection, the Baltimore County Department of Environmental Projection and Resource Management, The Greater Parkville Community Council, the Baltimore County Soil Conservation District, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Biohabitats, and the Master Gardeners