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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 2026/08/04 at 8:00 PM (MDT)
From nurdles and swarf to security tags, plastic strapping, and faded hi-vis scraps—everyday materials are quietly escaping our worksites, supply chains, and stormwater systems. Once they leave our hands, they don’t just vanish—they travel. They move through gutters, drains, and rivers, and eventually join a much bigger story of ocean pollution. In this keynote, Heidi Tait—CEO and founder of the Tangaroa Blue Foundation and driving force behind the Australian Marine Debris Initiative (AMDI)—reveals what two decades of national data tell us about where pollution really begins, and how smart design, site practices, and stewardship can stop it before it starts. From turning recovered fishing line into new sunglasses to partnering with councils on stormwater trap programs, Heidi shares surprising case studies that connect land-based decisions to ocean outcomes. You’ll see how construction sites, councils, and industries are leading change by rethinking waste, closing the loop, and collaborating across boundaries. This session will challenge you to look beyond the clean-up and ask: What’s leaking from my site, my system, or my sector—and how can we design it out for good?
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 2026/08/06 at 12:00 PM (MDT)
Climate-related storms and fires cause a great deal of damage to roads and rural infrastructure, causing erosion, damage, delaus and social impacts, and expensive repairs. Application of "best engineering practices" and climate resilience measures can reduce or prevent a lot of damage from weather related events. Low-volume roads and rural infrastructure suffer an increasing amount of damage today from climate-change related impacts from storms, flooding, droughts, and fires. Often damage is caused or increased by poor construction practices, lack of drainage control, over-steepened slopes, and lack of application of "best engineering practices". Additionally, damage can be reduced or avoided by specific climate resilience measures including adequate surface drainage measures, appropriately sized drainage structures, use of "stream simulation" designs, cost- effective slope stabilization techniques, hardened road surfaces, etc. Many "storm-proofing" measures are relatively easy to implement and are very cost-effective, particularly given the high cost of repairs today. General "Best Engineering Practices" and specific resiliency, climate adaptation, or vulnerability reduction measures will be presented.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 2026/08/12 at 12:45 PM (MDT)
This webinar will provide the essential background understanding that SWPPP Developers and Practitioners to understand and navigate these updated requirements. Attendees will learn about the requirements for dewatering and passive treatment systems and how to track the weather forecasts to identify a Qualified Precipitation Event (QPE). This timely webinar offers practical guidance to adapt stormwater management strategies in light of the new permit requirements, in pursuit of improved water quality outcomes.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 2026/08/31 at 6:00 PM (MDT)
Geomorphologists love erosion because it is a basic process in natural landscapes, but humans struggle to live with dynamic rivers and coasts, and there are many good reasons to stop erosion. However, managers are moving away from the view that all erosion of rivers and coasts is bad, and has to be controlled, toward a more nuanced approach. Sometimes the answer is not to control the erosion at all (e.g. the erosion is doing good, you make the problem worse, it is futile, it is a distraction from the real problem, and more), but sometimes to use land-use planning tools to give the rivers and coasts space to move. More and more we are accepting that vegetation is the key to long-term, sustainable management of erosion (nature-based solutions) but this just slows the rate of the erosion rather than eliminating it. I conclude by identifying some situations where we should control erosion when we don't (e.g. it can make flooding worse). In short, there are many reasons for us to learn to live with erosion.
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