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The origins of the lake are unknown, though some sources contend it was dammed as early as the 1750s. [1] The earliest confirmed records of the lake are from the Peninsula Water Company and date to some time in the 1800s. [2] In 1924, the lake was purchased by the Powell Family for which it is now named. [3] Prior to its break, the lake covered ...
"No Net loss" is the United States government's overall policy goal regarding wetlands preservation. The goal of the policy is to balance wetland loss due to economic development with wetlands reclamation, mitigation, and restorations efforts, so that the total acreage of wetlands in the country does not decrease, but remains constant or increases.
It supported off-site wetland mitigation in which a permittee purchases mitigation credits from a third-party mitigation bank. This entity, private, governmental, or non-governmental, promotes the no-net-loss policy by restoring or creating an area of wetland into a mitigation bank and selling compensatory mitigation credits to permittees.
The Chesapeake Bay Program reports that between 2014 and 2022, the Chesapeake Bay watershed gained 4,310 acres of newly created or restored wetlands.
Storm water is typically channeled to a retention basin through a system of street and/or parking lot storm drains, and a network of drain channels or underground pipes.. The basins are designed to allow relatively large flows of water to enter, but discharges to receiving waters are limited by outlet structures that function only during very large storm eve
Rising sea level also threatens bay beaches and tidal flats". [1] "As sea level rises, salt water can mix farther inland or upstream in bays, rivers, and wetlands. Because water on the surface is connected to ground water, salt water can also intrude into aquifers near the coast. Soils may become too salty for farms or forests.
U.S. Route 81 passes through the CDP along the western shore of the lake and leads north 24 miles (39 km) to Watertown and south 13 miles (21 km) to Arlington. According to the United States Census Bureau , the Lake Poinsett CDP has a total area of 17.8 square miles (46.0 km 2 ), of which 5.2 square miles (13.5 km 2 ) is land and 12.5 square ...
Pages in category "Wetlands of Virginia" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.