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Montgomery County RainScapes Manual
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http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DEP/Resources/Files/downloads/rainscapes/RS_P…Support Agency:
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Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection
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Technical assistancePurpose:
RainScapes are watershed-friendly ways for property owners to reduce rainfall runoff. The Montgomery County’s RainScapes Manual provides information and guidance to property owners who are interested in protecting the environment.Support Type:
Technical AssistanceRestoration Activity:
RainScapes techniques are typically small-scale measures that can be implemented on residential, institutional, and commercial properties to manage stormwater onsite. The RainScapes manual covers projects like: Planting rain gardens; Replacing turf grass with conservation landscaping; Planting new treecanopy; Replacing existing hard surfaces with permeable pavers; Installing rain barrels, cisterns, dry wells or a green roof to replace an existing roof; Removing pavementEach section describes a RainScapes technique; how to assess your property; how to design, plan, and implement the technique, cost and maintenance needs; different applications of the RainScapes technique; and additional resources. The site evaluation for each technique is outlined for each section.
Eligibility:
Any property owner can use the RainScape Manual.The Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection offers rebates to encourage Montgomery County property owners (residential, commercial, and private institutional) to reduce runoff from their properties by using RainScapes techniques for natural drainage projects. To learn more about rebates, visit https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/water/rainscapes/rebates.html RainScape Rebates
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Nina Santos
Nina Santos is a Ph.D. student at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. For her dissertation, she is focused on small shrimp-like crustaceans called mysids – an understudied yet important part of many estuarine and coastal food webs.
Featured Research Project
Developing a habitat model for mysids, an important link in Chesapeake Bay food webs
Mysids are important mesozooplankton prey for many species of fish in Chesapeake Bay and are an important link in transferring energy from lower to upper trophic levels. Mysids also serve as biological vectors for benthic-pelagic coupling due to their diel vertical migration and omnivorous prey-switching behavior, which makes mysids important regulators of food web architecture. Despite their central role in coastal food webs, surprisingly little is known about mysid ecology and dynamics in Chesapeake Bay.
