The Fair Hill Nature Center Retrofits excelled for its comprehensive design that used multiple stormwater treatment techniques to treat stormwater while fitting into the surrounding landscape and desired land use. The final design used a combination of bioretention facilities, regenerative stormwater conveyances, permeable pavers, and offline infiltration areas to provide stormwater management while maintaining public access for trout fishing, deer hunting, and fox hunts with horses and hounds. Being highly accessible to the public, the site contains educational signage, as well as several pollinator gardens that will help with habitat management and public outreach on the importance of pollinator species. Also noteworthy was the nearly 3 acres of impervious surface removed from the site as part of the project.
