NEW Course - The ABCs of BMP Installation will be released this week. This 0.5 CEU Video Course covers (14) standard, benchmark BMPs, from Soil Preparation/Soil Roughening, to Turf Reinforcement Mats, to Stabilized Construction Entrance, to Sediment Barriers for Slope Interruption and Toe-of-Slope Applications. The...
The “Big Four” Erosion Control (raindrop) BMPs I often inform my students that an estimated 90% of the erosion in the world is caused by raindrop erosion. You know, the energy from a falling raindrop onto bare soil is like a bomb!! Or actually millions of...
A Recent Posting of a 2006 Article: [pdf-embedder url="https://dirttime.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Biotechnical-Soil.pdf" title="Biotechnical Soil"] Effective Compost and Bioengineering Techniques for Adverse Soil Conditions”, McCullah, J. et al., 2005 and Curtis et al., 2006....
A quandary … have you been in one? Oxford Dictionary defines it as “a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation.” Picture this … you are the project manager for a commercial construction site that is very active....
Speaking at the Hawaii DOT - 2019 PROTECT OUR WATERS CONFERENCE He will provide a Keynote Presentation on BMPs in the Opening Session and speak on a few other topics during the morning. Most exciting is the "In the Field Hands-on BMP Demonstration” to be held Thursday...
We learned from previous blogs that seeding with CA Native Grasses will be beneficial for erosion control and long-term soil stabilization (the roots are extremely fiberous and long), and native grasses will help " set the stage" for a more natural succession of native species...
We are considering doing even more ‘application and performance’ studies and demonstrations at the Shasta College Erosion Control Training Facility In the near future. A couple of new and innovative products we are considering are a recycled polyethylene wattle...
Sediment and Erosion Control Training: Forester University & Dirt TimeWatch a video, take a quiz, and earn CEU and PDH credits courtesy of Forester University and Dirt Time Videos. Select...