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The Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP) program, in partnership with The Watershed Institute, now offers the opportunity for professionals to achieve the New Jersey Watershed Institute Green Infrastructure (WIGI) designation. WIGI is an adapted version of the Level 1 training to landscape professionals in New Jersey who design, install, and maintain stormwater best management practices (BMPs) and conservation landscapes.
As stormwater regulations evolve, landscape professionals are being asked to play a greater role in ensuring BMPs are built and managed for long-term success. This specialized training course, which is a hybrid of online learning and in-field training, is based on a core set of standards in sustainable landscaping practice and integrates regional resources with components of the CBLP training program.
The achievement of the WIGI designation demonstrates an advanced level of professionalism and knowledge of sustainable landscaping practices for healthier watersheds. Certification is voluntary and candidates must pass a comprehensive exam that assesses an individual’s command of sustainable practices in the design, installation, and maintenance of landscapes. WIGI-certified professionals have in-depth knowledge of sustainable landscape best practices and a focus on maintenance of stormwater best management practices.
Princeton Hydro is thrilled to announce that Dr. Jack Szczepanski, Senior Project Manager and Aquatic Ecologist, recently passed the WIGI training program and is now WIGI-certified.
“Green infrastructure is an integral part to any design project, as it sets a standard for ecological improvement to what would otherwise be more human disturbance to the landscape. Even small projects can have an impact on an already delicate ecosystem. It is important for me to practice what I preach since much of what we do is focused on improving environmental conditions with BMPs, which should provide benefits to both to humans and the rest of the living community around it,” said Jack.
Jack recently led the Princeton Hydro team in an effort to install Floating Wetland Islands (FWIs) on Wesley and Sunset Lakes in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Installing FWIs is a low-cost, effective green infrastructure solution used to mitigate phosphorus and nitrogen stormwater pollution often emanating from highly developed communities and/or agricultural lands.
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For more information about the WIGI certification program, visit www.cblpro.org. To learn more about green infrastructure, click the blog link below:
Understanding and Implementing Green Infrastructure
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