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Spring Creek Watershed Association Celebrates 15 Years Of Stewardship
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The Spring Creek Watershed Association in Centre County will celebrate 15 years of watershed protection and education with special programs at their September and October meetings.
September 20
Caren Glotfelty, Director of the Heinz Endowments Environmental Program, returns to the Spring Creek Watershed Association to share her vision for sustainable communities – where a sense of place not only matters, but is an imperative for the essential linkages between natural resources, human health, economic prosperity, and the quality of our lives in community with one another.
Caren has strong ties to the Spring Creek Watershed.
During her tenure as the Goddard Chair in Forestry and Environmental Resources at Penn State University in the 1990s, she provided critical leadership, establishing a vision for the Spring Creek Watershed, the early Spring Creek Watershed Association, and the Spring Creek Watershed Commission.
She also served as president of the ClearWater Board of Directors. In 1996, Caren worked to bring a team of international experts to the community who assessed the Spring Creek Watershed – and provided us with a working blueprint for moving towards a sustainable society.
October 18 John Dawes, Executive Director of the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds, is a leading voice for building capacity of watershed organizations to make a difference in their communities.
With a strong focus on energizing and catalyzing projects across Pennsylvania’s acid-mine drainage devastated areas to restore water quality and ecosystems, John took the message of what is possible in improving watersheds to the World Water Forum held in Stockholm, Sweden in August of 2011.
He returns with a continued conviction that watershed approaches are, in fact, the most effective measures communities can take to protect, restore, and improve local and downstream water quality, economies, and overall quality of life.
John will share his observations of and vision for how watershed initiatives are making the difference for Pennsylvania communities.
For more details, visit the Spring Creek Watershed Association website.
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