The Watershed Alliance of York is pleased to announce the opening of registration for the 6th Annual Watershed Weekend to be held September 27 and 28.

The purpose of the Watershed Weekend is to increase public awareness about the importance of their watersheds. The idea is to encourage as many WAY partner organizations as possible to plan and sponsor one activity, locally.

Past venues have included: educational programs, hiking and paddling tours, stream cleanups, riparian buffer plantings or any activity that will draw people to you and allow them to participate in some manner while learning more about your organization and watershed.

Individuals and families would be encouraged through multi-media Public Service Announcements to tour one or more of their local watersheds and attend the specific activities being hosted by each group. Also, we will prepare and distribute before-hand a self-guided tour brochure listing all of the planned activities, a brief description and directions to your location.

The Watershed Alliance of York, Inc. is a coalition of stakeholders committed to being innovative leaders encouraging watershed-based planning, restoration and protection, through locally led conservation, education and stewardship initiatives, in York County, Pennsylvania, and beyond. WAY will serve a central coordinating role, handling advertising and promotion and provide technical assistance for the venue.

Our responsibility will be to get as many organizations and people involved in the tour as possible. Venue sponsoring organizations will be responsible for planning, staffing and implementing their sponsored activity.

Watershed Weekend participation is open to all conservation, environmental, sportsmen, and watershed groups, nonprofit organizations, and governing agencies in Maryland’s Upper West Shore of Maryland and Pennsylvania’s Lower Susquehanna River regions, of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

There is no cost to register or participate. If you would like to sponsor a venue, then please visit our website to download and complete a registration form and mail or e-mail it to WAY, 118 Pleasant Acres Road, York, PA 17402 or send email to: Gary R. Peacock at gpeacock@yorkccd.org .

For more information about how to sponsor a Watershed Weekend venue, you may call Gary R. Peacock at 717-840-7430 or e-mail.

9/12/2008