Great Benefits of Bioswales
If you have a drainage swale across your property, need to move water to or from a rain garden, are concerned about water quality, local flooding issues, wildlife, and providing [...]
Upcoming Rain Garden Workshops
As the saying goes, “April showers bring May flowers”, and this Spring certainly hasn’t disappointed in that regard. An important project for creating habitat and addressing drainage issues is implementing [...]
Celebrate Soil Stewardship Week!
The Marion County Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), in partnership with the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD), is celebrating the 71st Annual Stewardship Week from April 26 to [...]
Monitoring and Project Management Requirements
By Rob Kendall, Urban Conservationist For construction sites disturbing an acre or more of soil, there are monitoring and project management requirements to fulfill. To ensure implementation standards (CSGP page [...]
New Year’s Resolutions for Your Land
By Julie Haxton Farr, Resource Conservationist We are well into the first quarter of the new year. Many of us have already given up on most of our New Year’s [...]
CSGP Inspector Qualifications & Continuing Education
By Robert Kendall, Urban Conservationist The qualification for inspecting Construction Stormwater General Permit (CSGP) sites is to become a certified trained individual(or Qualified Person). Trained individuals are educated on [...]
Join Us for our Fall Workshop at Indy Urban Acres
Our fall workshop is off to a great start and coming up on Friday 10/24 we have the culmination of a workshop series with Indy Urban Acres funded by our [...]
Street Trees – an overlooked stormwater management practice
According to a 2025 Arbor Day Foundation's Harris Poll Tree Canopy 2025 survey, 95% of Americans find value in trees, and 87% say that trees and green spaces have a [...]
Construction Stormwater Inspection Guidelines
By Robert Kendall, SWCD Urban Conservationist In May, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) led a Regulatory Inspections, Compliance, and Enforcement training session at the Indiana MS4 Partnership [...]
Permeable Pavement – Helpful Option for Small Lots
By Julie Farr, Resource Conservationist Some of my toughest drainage problems to solve involve homes on small lots. There is little space between the homes, and the front and [...]