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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear Western Chapter Members, It’s been a fun first quarter of my tenure as Western Chapter President. As we are a member-supported organization it’s my belief that we as a Chapter need to be member-responsive and provide you as many benefits as possible to maintain and grow our membership. We have a great Board of Directors at your disposal, and I hope that you all take advantage of our talents and expertise to help you grow both professionally and personally. I will use my energy in this first year to work to grow our membership and work with Directors and staff to bring the best possible webinars and in-person training ...

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Melanie Sotelo – The presenter of this webinar did a great job outlining the key differences and providing information on the new requirements that QSPs will be required to implement with the new CGP as of September 1st, 2023. Did you see the webinar? Do you have any comments or requests for future topics? Let me know. Go here to see the details of the webinar or to purchase it.

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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 ...