The PA Environmental Council has made available the presentations, podcasts and the Shark Tank video from the 2019 Watershed Connections Conference in March.  The presentations include--

-- 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, “Engaging 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 & 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”

Click Here for links to all the available presentations.

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[Posted: April 9, 2019]

4/15/2019