Watershed Improvement Branch

WIB Programs

WIB provides its services through the programs below.

• Chesapeake Bay Program

  Provides funding and technical assistance for WV's Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP), urban stormwater, argricultural projects and more.

• In Lieu Fee Stream and Wetland Mitigation

  Provides stream and wetland restoration and protection as part of compensatory mitigation.

• Nonpoint Source Program

  §319 funding supports nonpoint education/outreach, training, and technical assistance for watershed planning and project implementation.

• Save Our Streams Program

  Provides watershed education, project and technical assistance, and volunteer monitoring hands-on training and certification.

• Stream Partners Program

  Provides grants to support efforts of local watershed volunteers.

• Project WET: Water Education Today

  An interdisciplinary water education program.

Contact Us

Watershed Improvement Branch
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
601 57th Street SE
Charleston, WV 25304
Phone: (304) 926-0440
Email: Contact Us
Basin Coordinators
Program Coordinators
Watershed Improvement Branch Calendar of Events ​