PA Environmental Council Makes Presentations Available From 2019 Statewide Watershed Conference
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The PA Environmental Council has made available the presentations, podcasts and the Shark Tank video from the 2019 Watershed Connections Conference in March.  The presentations include--

-- Keynote: Tora Johnson, “Engaging Communities in Conservation in a Polarized Time”

Track A: Organizational Capacity

-- Leza Raffel, “‘Your Attention Please’: Garnering Media Coverage for Your Activities and Initiatives”

-- Adam Hymans, “Communications Strategies for Small Organizations”

-- Sarah Clark, “Better Together: Collaborating in Complex Times”

-- Francisco Ollervides, “Utilizing the Community Organizing and Family Issues Methodology to Ensure Safe and Clean Drinking Water for your Stakeholders”

-- Carol Parenzan, “Engaging Non-traditional Volunteers”

Track B: Aquatic Monitoring & Data Use

-- Sarah Lowe, “Microplastics: Sources, Implications, and Solutions”

-- Danielle Kreeger, “Promoting Cleaner Water by Restoring Freshwater Mussels, the Blue Collar Bivalves of the Delaware River Watershed”

-- Heather Gall, “Personal Care Products and Pharmaceuticals”

-- Veronica Kasi, “Working Together to Clean up Our Local Waters”

-- Bruce Dickson, “Water Quality Monitoring in the Upper Allegheny River: An Overview of Data and Monitoring Challenges Since 2012”

Track C: Watershed Resources & Programs

-- Jennifer Fetter, “Kids Keeping Manure Out of Our Water”

-- Robert Berghage, “Rain Gardens for Homeowners”

-- Connie Schmotzer, “Planting Your Rain Garden”

-- Andrew Rohrbaugh, “Managing Invasives in a Changing Climate”

Track D: Watershed Policy & Strategies

-- Helen Schlimm, “Water Quality Monitoring 101”

-- Taylor Nezat, “Championing for Your Watershed”

-- Abigail Jones & Alice Baker, “Pennsylvania Water Law and Policy Framework 101”

-- Heidi Pedicone, “Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful: Illegal Dumping in Pennsylvania, A Decade of Discovery”

-- Kate Ebel & Michael Hock, “Long Term Strategies for Riparian Forest Buffers”

-- Susan Myerov, “The Role of Watershed Groups in Municipal Stormwater Planning”

Click Here for links to all the available presentations.

For more information on programs, initiatives and special events, visit the PA Environmental Council website, visit the PEC Blog, PEC Bill/Regulation Tracker, follow PEC on Twitter or Like PEC on Facebook.  Visit PEC’s Audio Room for the latest podcasts.  Click Here to receive regular updates from PEC.

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[Posted: April 9, 2019]


4/15/2019

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