Wetlands Watch

06/01/2026

A new addition to the Wetlands Watch team! We're excited to welcome Jillian Churchwell as our 2026 Wetlands Policy and Social Media Summer Intern. Read more about Jillian’s background and interests in her bio at https://www.wetlandswatch.org/bio-churchwell! 🎉

05/29/2026

Why do we care about wetlands?

Wetlands are dynamic ecosystems found where the land and water meet that play essential roles in our environment. However, if current trends persist, Virginia could lose up to 89% of its wetlands by 2100, threatening our local communities and habitats.

Want to learn more? Check the resources on our website to learn about wetlands and our initiatives to tackle the issue: https://www.wetlandswatch.org/

Want to get involved? Subscribe to our newsletters, take action through flood mapping with Catch the King or joining a CBLP course to learn about sustainable landscapes, or many more opportunities on our website!

05/27/2026

Looking for training that’s practical, relevant, and immediately useful? Look no further.

CBLP Level 1 covers:
✔️ Stormwater best management practices (BMPs)
✔️ Installation + maintenance fundamentals
✔️ Real-world application you can take back to your projects

📅 To participate in VA:
Hybrid Option: August 4–5 (online) + field day (Aug 13 or Sept 15)
Petersburg: August 12-13
Waynesboro: September 14-15

💰Use code EARLY50 before May 31 to save.
🔗Register at https://cblpro.org/cblp-level-1/

Wetlands Watch is proud to be a partner with the Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council and deliver these courses throughout Virginia!

05/27/2026

Expand your shoreline expertise with CBLP!🌊

🌊 Registration is now open for the Virginia CBLP-Shorelines Certificate Course!
Expand your shoreline expertise with this multi-day professional training focused on planning, designing, permitting, constructing, and maintaining living shoreline projects that meet Virginia General Permit 1 & 2 requirements.

Participants will gain hands-on experience with:
✔️ Site analysis & field assessments
✔️ Living shoreline design
✔️ Joint Permit Applications (JPA)
✔️ Construction & maintenance planning
✔️ Adaptive management strategies

📍 Hybrid Format
🖥️ Sept. 18 | Online
🌿 Sept. 22–23 | Hampton, VA (lunch included)
🖥️ Oct. 16 | Online

Designed for existing CBLPs and shoreline professionals looking to add living shoreline services to their work.

💲 $690
🔗 Register today: https://certified.cblpro.org/product/cblp-shorelines-va

05/27/2026

Our Executive Director, Mary-Carson Stiff, was excited to join the tour to discuss sea level rise adaptation and the creation of the Ryan Resilience Lab's rolling conservation easement!

05/20/2026

Congratulations to Ella on her work! Her project is a great example of how we can begin planning for and monitoring sea level rise impacts at the locality level👏

05/18/2026

Free webinar highlighting community engagement and wetlands conservation - two topics we love!

✨ Will you be joining us for this month's NAWM Members Webinar? In celebration of American Wetlands Month, this webinar is open to all! 🎉

Advancing Wetland Conservation Through Community Engagement
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | 3:00-4:30 p.m. ET

Presenters:
Kellie Uyeda, UC San Diego Natural Reserve System
Mark Dilley and Jenny Adkins, MAD Scientist Associates, LLC

🐸📲💻 Learn more and register: https://nawm.org/nawm/nawm-category/nawm-webinarscalls/members-webinar-series.html

05/13/2026

It's important in environmental work that we make space for celebration and acknowledging wins! Go celebrate and continue to take action👏

Join us in Portsmouth on May 19th to celebrate environmental progress from this GA session and take action!🙌♻️✨ Register here: https://www.mobilize.us/lcvva/event/952222/

05/13/2026

As the school year wraps up, we are so excited to receive this semester’s Virginia Tech Landscape Architecture resilience design models for the Paula Maria Village/City Line Apartments area of Hampton/Newport News!

Thanks VT LAR professors, Irene Curulli and Vincenzo Cribari, and students for your work. Many appreciations to on-the-ground collaborators at Resilient Hampton, City of Newport News, VA - Government, and the neighborhood residents🤝

📸1-3: VT LAR