The Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) and the Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers (POWR) would like to thank our speakers and attendees for making the recent 2019 PA Statewide Conference for Watershed Organizations a success.

Presentations

With presenters’ permission, we are pleased to share selected presentations from the conference as downloadable PDFs.

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, “Enagaging 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 and 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”

The Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) and the Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers (POWR) would like to thank our speakers and attendees for making the recent 2017 PA Statewide Conference for Watershed Organizations a success.

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Presentations

With presenters’ permission, we are pleased to share selected presentations from each of our four tracks as downloadable PDFs.

Organizational Capacity

• Building a Better Website
• Using Social Media to Increase Exposure and Build Support

Aquatic Monitoring and Data Use

• Stream Corridor Assessment Guide
• Model My Watershed
• Starting and Maintaining a Citizen Monitoring Program
• Monitoring Streams for Impacts from Natural Gas Pipelines
• AMD Monitoring
• Enviro DIY
• Hellbender Research, eDNA, and Restoration in PA

Watershed Resources and Programs

• PA-DEP Improving Waters Program
• FEMA’s Risk Map Tool
• Kelly Rossiter – Projects to Partnerships
• Kevin Abbey – Projects to Partnerships
• Understanding Drinking Water in Your Watershed
• Role of Watershed Groups in MS4 and TMDL

Watershed Policy and Planning

• Watershed Assessment Grant
• Envision the Susquehanna
• Watershed Organizations’ Role in Pipeline Initiatives
• Veronica Kasi – Chesapeake Bay
• Finding Common Ground – Watershed Partnerships

Download the program as a .pdf here.

View the conference schedule here [PDF].

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