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Land development and construction projects often alter intrinsic hydrologic responses, thereby contributing to increased rates and volumes of storm water runoff and soil erosion. This in turn leads to more intense and frequent floods, channel erosion, sediment transport and deposition, degradation of structures due to high runoff rates, and nonpoint source pollution of streams, lakes and reservoirs. Soil erosion is a major global environmental problem and the fourth leading cause of water quality impairment in the United States. Although many commercial products are available for erosion and sediment control, there is currently a lack of objective quantitative performance evaluations of such products under an adequate range of locally relevant climate conditions and soil types.