Resources for Best Management Practices (BMPs)

Best Management Practices (BMP’s) for Improved Water Quality.

There are many cost-share programs available through your local Soil and Water Conservation District to help offset the cost of installing “best management practices” which help to preserve land and soil condition, water quality and wildlife habitats. Whether you are farmer or have a suburban property there are programs through the Virginia Agricultural Cost Share Program (VACS) and the Virginia Conservation Assistance Program (VCAP) to help. Here are a few things that you can do to help improve water quality.

Agricultural

Fencing out/exclusion for cattle
Install water systems for livestock
Riparian Buffer Tree Planting
Livestock Grazing Rotation
Crop Rotation
Septic System repair/renew

Urban/Suburban

Install rain garden
follow guidelines for Greening through your HOA

For the Goose Creek watershed contact the John Marshall Soil & Water Conservation District (JMSWCD) in Fauquier County and the Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District in Loudoun County (LSWCD). There are also additional programs available for reforestation through the Department of Forestry and for septic issues through the Virginia Department of Health.

Not sure where to start, call us at (540) 687-3073 and we can help direct you to the correct program.

COST SHARE PROGRAMS

CONTACTS

Loudoun SWCD – 571-918-4530

www.lswcd.org

Suzanne Brown District Op Mgr.

Suzie.brown@lswcd.org

Fauquier – John Marshall SWCD

540-422-8490

Johnmarshall.swcd@vaswcd.org

Virginia DEQ – 804-698-4133

www.deq.virginia.gov