Coordinating State and Regional Training Resources
The Ohio Coastal Training Program (CTP) is a partnership of four programs that collaborate to conduct research, provide education and manage the natural resources of the Lake Erie coastal region: Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR), Ohio Sea Grant College Program, ODNR Office of Coastal Management, and the Ohio Lake Erie Commission. These programs regularly join forces with non-profit organizations, universities, and other agencies to deliver science-based training to professionals throughout the Lake Erie watershed.
Fostering Collaboration
The Ohio CTP plans and supports events that bring scientists, practitioners, and local decision-makers together to share challenges, innovative science and technologies, and success stories.
Addressing Local Needs
The Ohio CTP surveyed more than two hundred local officials in the Lake Erie watershed about their greatest challenges and training needs related to land use and water quality. Stormwater, watershed and land use planning, sustainable design, renewable energy, and grant writing were among the top priorities. In response, the Ohio CTP is partnering with others to expand and enhance training in these areas.
Reports and Publications
Training and Technical Assistance to Inform Land Use Planning and Protect Water Quality in Ohio's Lake Ere Watershed: A Front-end Evaluation of Local Offiical Needs
Ohio Coastal Training Market Analysis
Ohio Coastal Training Needs Assessment
Coastal Training Strategy for the Ohio Lake Erie Basin
Program Brochure
Upcoming Events
Stormwater System Design and Performance
A workshop featuring the research of the University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center
Presented by the Ohio Coastal Training Program in association with the Northeast Ohio Stormwater Training Council
Workshop and Webcast Documents
Agenda (Will be provided at workshop and webcast)
Presentations (Participants should download, print and bring to event if desired)
University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center Presentation
Phase II in Ohio: Where We Are & Where We Are Going
Case Studies (Participants should download, print and bring to event if desired)
Ohio Case Study
- Chagrin River Watershed Partners
University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center Case Studies 4 documents:
Existing Conditions
Proposed Conditions A
Proposed Conditions B
Proposed Conditions C
Speaker Biographies (Participants should download if desired)
Who Should Attend
Stormwater Engineers and System Designers
Staff and Third Party Service Providers that Review Post-construction BMP Plans for MS4 Programs
Training participants will:
- Understand how new regulations and impaired watersheds are changing the standard of practice for stormwater design professionals.
- Understand how different stormwater treatment practices work, how they perform with regard to water quality treatment and runoff reduction, and how they can work together effectively as a system.
- Discuss technical barriers to implementation of effective stormwatertreatment systems and identify how the technical information and research presented can combine with localresources to better understand and address these barriers.
The UNHSC operates a nationally unique field site at which the performance of stormwater treatment systems is evaluated in a side-by-side setting. Center scientists combine this evaluation with research that targets specific issues in the rapidly evolving field of stormwater management. You can learn more about the center and its work online: http://www.unh.edu/erg/cstev/
This training is made possible through a partnership of the UNHSC, the NOAA Coastal Services Center, the Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology, and the National Estuarine Research Reserve System Coastal Training Program. Stormwater professionals from northern Ohio provided input on course design through focus groups and by serving on the planning committee for this event.
Where
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, 1717 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Satellite Locations
This workshop will be webcast live for group viewing at satellite locations throughout Ohio including Columbus, Akron, Cincinnati, Sandusky,and Bowling Green.
Questions
For additional information on this workshop, contact Heather Elmer, Program Coordinator, Ohio Coastal Training Program, at 419-433-4601 or heather.elmer@dnr.state.oh.us, or Daila Shimek, Project Manager, GLEFC, at 216-687-9221 or d.shimek@csuohio.edu
Registration
Space for the workshop and webcast is limited. In order to participate, you must register on-line in advance at: http://urban.csuohio.edu/glefc/training/design_workshop_08_05_09/
Funding and planning assistance provided by
Ohio Coastal Training Program - ODNR Division of Wildlife and Office of Coastal Management Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve, Ohio Sea Grant College Program, and Ohio Lake Erie Commission; Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Soil and Water Resources; Great Lakes Environmental Finance Center at Cleveland State University; Northeast Ohio Urban Team of Soil and Water Conservation Districts;Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District; Chagrin River Watershed Partners through a USEPA National Community Decentralized Demonstration Project;Summit, Stark, Cuyahoga, and Erie Soil & Water Conservation Districts; GPD Group; Lake County Stormwater Management Department;Cuyahoga County Board of Health; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; the Miami Conservancy District;City of Sandusky; Firelands Coastal Tributaries, and City of Aurora
Past Events
Northeast Ohio Stormwater Conference - May 2008
The Ohio CTP was a major sponsor and collaborating partner for this two day conference featuring over fifty technical sessions on stormwater science, technology, and policy and attended by 395 stormwater professionals, local officials, and non-profit organizations.
Conference Program
ViewPresentations
Contact
Heather Elmer, Coordinator
Ohio Coastal Training Program
Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve
2514 Cleveland Road East
Huron, Ohio 44839
heather.elmer@dnr.state.oh.us
419-433-4601
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