Approximately 40 interns from DEP’s Office of Water Management met with Water Management Deputy Secretary Kelly Heffner and other staff on July 7 to discuss how DEP protects Pennsylvania’s water resources as well as the rewards of working in public service.

The event was held at Fort Hunter Park in Dauphin County to provide access to the Susquehanna River where DEP’s Josh Lookenbill (photo) and staff from the Bureau of Point/Nonpoint Source Management, Division of Water Quality Standards gave the students a tour of DEP testing locations on the river as well as an on-land presentation on the responsibilities of staff to ensure water quality to the citizens of the Commonwealth.

Lookenbill leads DEP’s team who, along with the Fish and Boat Commission, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, and the U.S. Geological Survey, have undertaken a multi-year study of the river to investigate a number of issues facing the smallmouth bass population.

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(Reprinted from the July 9 DEP News.  Click Here to sign up for your own copy.)

7/13/2015