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Canaan Valley Institute is proud of bringing innovative solutions to natural resource problems for the past fifteen years. While innovative solutions aren’t always the quickest or easiest fix, we have found great success in searching for new ways to address long-standing problems that are unique to each community. In this issue of the ECHO, you’ll read about two such solutions.
If you have questions or comments about the ECHO, contact Vicki Fenwick-Judy at vicki.fenwick@canaanvi.org or 1-800-922-3601 ext. 257. To signup for our electronic ECHO, click here.
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In 2004, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection became concerned about the future of sixteen independently owned wastewater treatment systems in Canaan Valley. These systems were aging and beginning to develop persistent maintenance and treatment issues. CVI assisted the Canaan Valley Wastewater project by assessing the condition of existing plants, making recommendations for alternatives to the existing plants, and helping to develop a clustered approach to treating sewage in the Valley.
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Read more about the Canaan Valley Wastewater Project |
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| In 2008, Canaan Valley Institute, the WVU Research Corporation, and the Cacapon and Lost Rivers Land Trust (Trust) received a Chesapeake Bay Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The Trust has been working with a GIS-based conservation blueprint of the watershed to protect important farmland through conservation easements. The goals of the project were to restore stream corridors along the Cacapon River, to develop innovative restoration solutions and riparian buffers, and to assess the ecological impact of restoration. |
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Read more about the Cacapon Streambank Restoration |
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CVI's research and development team is finalizing their multiyear project Measuring Success of Natural Stream Design Projects. The last step is a survey for stream restoration practitioners. The objective of this survey is to identify which monitoring metrics are commonly applied, why those metrics are chosen, and how the monitoring data is used. The goal of the research is to identify a suite of metrics which can be applied for a variety of stream restoration project types, and that provide a maximum amount of useful information for a minimum investment of time and resources.
If you have not received the survey and are interested in participating, please email Vicki Fenwick-Judy.
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