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Registration Open: PA Statewide Watershed Conference March 5-6 In State College

The PA Organization For Watersheds and Rivers, DEP and other partners are now accepting registrations for the 2017 PA Statewide Watershed Conference on March 5-6 at the Ramada Inn in State College.

The theme of the Conference is: Watershed Connections - Bringing Communities Together.

Network with watershed groups, funders, technical and organizational resource providers and many others. Also learn how to strengthen your local organizations and discover new and emerging resources.

The conference will begin at 1:15 p.m. on Sunday March 5th with several concurrent sessions, followed by an evening reception with special event.

Monday, March 6 will begin with breakfast roundtables, opening session followed by workshops and concurrent sessions in four tracks: Organizational Capacity, Aquatic Monitoring and Data Use, Watershed Resources and Programs, and Watershed Policy and Planning. The Conference wraps up by 4:00 p.m. on Monday.

Please consider supporting the Conference with a sponsorship. Click Here for more information.

For a conference schedule and to register, visit the PA Statewide Watershed Conference webpage. Questions should be directed to Susan Myers, POWR/PA Environmental Council, by sending email to: smyerov@pecpa.org or call 215-545-4570.

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