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Our NEW Higher Logic Website will be a one-stop shop for everyone's education/information, services, etc. You can see all our chapter info, plus IECA's info, IECA Connect and interact with the board and members from one page! Brilliant. Plus, with baked-in SEO, revamped blogs, discussions, and all the events, it will surely draw more traffic with excellent features to promote the chapter & IECA in one swoop. Woo Hoo! I am very thankful the IECA has given its Chapters this remarkable, affordable website option with the support of Heather Gravning! Here is the link to the website https://connect.ieca.org/westerniecachapter/home . Get on our ...
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear Western Chapter Members, With the atmospheric river events earlier this year, Western Chapter members were off to a busy start of the year, and it sounds like it will continue with the development of an El Nino weather pattern. Along with our erosion and sediment control activities, the Chapter’s Educational Events Subcommittee has also been busy planning two upcoming educational events. The two events are aimed at providing valuable knowledge and training opportunities for erosion and sediment control. The first event, the two-part webinar series on the California 200 Construction General Permit (CGP), is scheduled for August. ...
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear Western Chapter Members, As erosion and sediment control professionals, we often provide our technical expertise prior to the wet seasons. In fact, we spend a lot of time engaging other professionals while implementing erosion control measures, hoping to minimize soil loss and sedimentation if and when rain arrives. But for this wet season, limiting erosion and sedimentation has been a tough task given the back-to-back atmospheric river events with massive snow and rainfall amounts. This wet season has been a very active season for all of our member states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada. A quick stroke of the keyboard ...
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear Western Chapter Members, With the dry conditions continuing in our member states, the significant potential for wildfires persists. We see this in the fact that several fires are currently active throughout our coverage area. One of many post-fire concerns is erosion. Post-fire erosion is impacted by precipitation, slopes, soil types, and the level of severity of the burn and can require several types of BMPs to be implemented in order to minimize erosion. Fortunately, many Western Chapter members are experienced with erosion and sediment control products, as well as seeding, that can be applied to mitigate erosion and promote new ...