Lititz-based LandStudies is collaborating with the Municipal Online Stormwater Training Center at the University of Maryland's Environmental Finance Center to offer Economic Ecology - Maximizing Economic and Environmental Returns Through Floodplain Restoration.

Solving water quality, flooding, and habitat restoration issues are significant challenges faced by many local governments in the Chesapeake Bay region and beyond.

Solutions and data to meet regulatory requirements and achieve other local priorities often require a significant amount of time and resources.

However, viewing landscapes as part of a whole watershed – rather than independent projects – and restoring those landscapes to their natural state, can be more cost effective than conventional approaches and provide significant economic and other benefits to a community.

This course provides an overview of Economic Ecology™, a regional approach to solving water-resource issues that maximizes both economic and environmental returns on investment.

Successful case studies from the Lititz Watershed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania are used to demonstrate the economic rewards of tackling these environmental issues on a regional scale, specifically through floodplain restoration.

Click Here to register or for more information.  The course is free.

The Municipal Online Stormwater Training Center was created to bridge the gap in needed technical and financial stormwater management resources in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

It provides communities with tools to better communicate, build and enhance local stormwater programs. Through interactive lessons, videos, and knowledge checks, MOST aims to deliver educational content in an engaging, user-friendly format.

LandStudies is working with the Center to develop this and other educational content.  Click Here to review a portfolio of its other similar projects.

For more information, visit the LandStudies website or contact Laurel Etter Longenecker, 717-627-4440 or send email to: laurel@landstudies.com.   Click Here to sign up for green infrastructure updates.

 LandStudies is certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE), Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) based in Lititz, Lancaster County.  Follow LandStudies on Twitter, Like them on Facebook.

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