Continuing Education

There are numerous continuing education opportunities for professionals interested in learning more about green infrastructure in Oregon. Explore the following platforms to find the right educational opportunity for you.

Event Calendars

• Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies (ORACWA)
• Northwest Environmental Business Council (NEBC)

Webinar Series

• EPA’s Green Infrastructure Webcast Series
• HUD’s Climate Resilience Webinar Series
• U.S. Forest Service Urban Forest Connections

Online Learning

• Oregon State University’s Green Infrastructure Across the Urban to Rural Continuum
• EPA’s Watershed Academy
• EPA’s NPDES Training
• American Public Works Association

Listserv

• EPA’s Greenstream
• Intertwine’s Partner Listserv
• OEC’s Oregon Stormwater Listserv
• Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium’s (UERC) Mailing

Certificate Programs

• EPA – Watershed Management Training Certificate
• American Public Works Association - Certified Stormwater Manager
• OSU Professional and Continuing Education Permaculture Design Certificate (includes rainwater harvesting)

Resources for Experts

In this section we provide detailed information for engineers, public works professionals, landscape architects and others tasked with designing, building and maintaining green infrastructure best management practice facilities.

Fact Sheets:

A series of low-impact development (LID) fact sheets to help raise awareness of functions and designs for common LID and Green Infrastructure practices: Rain Gardens, Stormwater Planters, Porous Pavement, Dry Wells, Vegetated Filter Strips, Water Quality Swales, Soakage Trenches, Vegetated Roofs and Infiltration Testing.

Oregon Rain Garden Guide:

A how-to guide to help you design and build a rain garden to treat the stormwater runoff from your own home or business. You don't have to be a landscape professional to use this guide. It provides the necessary information to safely build and maintain a rain garden, along with references for more detailed guidance for special conditions. It provides information specific to Oregon's conditions, including the rainfall and appropriate plants for your site.

Low Impact Development in Western Oregon: A practical guide for watershed health:

This document will help your jurisdiction address MS4 and TMDL regulatory requirements for water quality during the “post-construction” phase. Once you adapt this to your jurisdiction, the resulting document will be one component of meeting your post-construction stormwater management goals.

Seattle Public Utility Design Checklists:

Feasibility and design requirements for different BMPs from the City of Seattle, Washington.