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Registration Now Open For March 14 Watershed Congress Along The Schuylkill

Registration is now open for the 2020 Watershed Congress Along The Schuylkill to be held March 14 at the Pottstown Campus of Montgomery County Community College.

Reduced rate registration is available through February 9. Student rate is available, send an email to: chari@delawareriverkeeper.org.

The annual Watershed Congress melds science, policy, and practical applications into one program that highlights the best available information and techniques for protecting and restoring watersheds.

This year’s program features a keynote on community building and engagement efforts to move inclusively, build awareness, and activate urban youth and adults in water protection, as well as information-packed breakout sessions, presenter’s roundtables, poster sessions, and much more.

Sessions include-

-- RENEW-ing Wilmington, DE, Kristen Travers, and Willa Rowan, Delaware Nature Society

--Updates and Improvements to the Online Water Quality Modeling Application, Model My Watershed®, Dave Arscott, PhD, Stroud Water Research Center

-- Microplastics in the Passaic River - Methods and Community Connections, Sandra LaVigne, Great Swamp Watershed Association

-- Biosolids and Sewage Sludge: The Politics of Human Waste?, Tracy Carluccio, Delaware Riverkeeper Network and Lauren Williams, Curtin and Heefner LLP

-- The Role of Citizen Environmental Advocacy in the Revitalization of an Industrial River Town, Paul Kusko, Phoenix Iron Canal and Trails Association

-- Salt and Metal Inputs to a Rural to Urban Watershed, Nicole Marks and Steven Goldsmith, PhD, Villanova University

-- Revitalization through GSI – Philadelphia’s Green City, Clean Waters Program and the American Street Corridor Project, Kevin Selger, Gilmore & Associates, Inc. with Lena Smith, PennFuture

-- Monitoring and Managing for Climate Change in the National Parks, Amy Ruhe, Valley Forge National Historical Park

-- Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Stream Conductivity and Temperature in the Delaware Basin, Diana Oviedo-Vargas, PhD, David Bressler, and Marc Peipoch, PhD, Stroud Water Research Center

-- Ditching Disposables: Community Organizing to Ensure the Success of Local Plastics Legislation, Liz Magill Peer, City of Lambertville and Alex Ambrose, Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions

-- New Wetland Maps Released for Pennsylvania – How Accurate Are They?, Stephen Kunz, Schmid & Company, Inc., Consulting Ecologists

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Implementation and Resources, Brenda Sieglitz, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership / Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA

-- Fishable and Swimmable Waters, Recreation, and Stream Health - Survey Findings, Meghan Kelly, Green Motivate; Sophia Hull, Environment New Jersey; and Fred Stine, Delaware Riverkeeper Network

-- The Pennsylvania Turnpike Widening (MP320-MP326): Taking the Long Way to Better Stormwater Management, Pete Goodman, Valley Forge Chapter, Trout Unlimited; and Michele Adams, Meliora Design

-- Integrating Municipal Climate Change Concerns into County Hazard Mitigation Plans, Robert Graff, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission

-- 2 Rounds of short discussions with selected presenters

-- Poster sessions-

-- Redevelopment and Natural Resource Restoration, 78 Corporate Center, Lebanon, New Jersey, Randy Kertes, Nautilus Environmental Group, LLC

-- Water Ways Presents The Fracking Game, Meg Lemieur and Bri Barton, Water Ways

-- Role of American Eels in Controlling Invasive Crayfish in the Schuylkill Watershed, Erik Silldorff, PhD, Delaware Riverkeeper Network; Richard Horwitz, PhD, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; and David Lieb, PhD, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy / Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission

-- Historical Deposition of Coal Sediment in the Schuylkill River Floodplain, Steven Goldsmith, PhD, Villanova University

-- Stream Redesignation 101, Alice Baker and Abigail Jones, PennFuture

-- Carversville Farm – Stream, Floodplain, and Multi-Functional Riparian Buffer Restoration, Michael Hartshorne, Emily Bjorhus, and Cory Speroff, Princeton Hydro, LLC

-- Patterns and Processes of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in the Delaware River Basin, Jinjun Kan, PhD, and Raven Bier, PhD, Stroud Water Research Center

-- Quantifying the Value of Chester County's Open Space, Rachael Griffith, Chester County Planning Commission; John Goodall, Brandywine Conservancy; and Judy Thomas, Chester County Department of Parks and Open Space Preservation

-- Using Environmentally-based Intergenerational Storytelling to Nurture Climate Resilient Communities, Sarah Chudnovsky, Berks Nature; Tamara Peffer, Pennsylvania Department of Education; Fred Lewis and Eleanor Lund-Wade, Center in the Park - Senior Environmental Corps

-- What's Next? Closing Comments

Click Here for the schedule of sessions at the Congress.

Student Facilitator

During the Watershed Congress, concurrent sessions are presented in classrooms to small groups ranging from 20 to 40 participants. Concurrent sessions are led by Student Facilitators who help to keep the program running smoothly.

The Watershed Congress Planning Committee offers these roles first to college students in the region with the goal of introducing students to watershed issues, the Congress event, and encouraging them to consider becoming presenters in the future.

The Student Facilitator opportunity is not a paid position, but those selected will receive complimentary registration to the Watershed Congress. In addition, the Student Facilitator role allows opportunities for networking with professionals in the environmental field.

Click Here to apply or for more information. The deadline is February 9.

Sponsorship

Consider becoming a financial sponsor for the 2020 Watershed Congress. Sponsorship dollars are used to help ensure that we can continue to offer the high-quality event our audience has come to expect and still keep the cost to participants low.

Click Here for more information, or call 215-369-1188, ext. 109 or send an email to: chari@delawareriverkeeper.org.

Congress Presented By

The Schuylkill Watershed Congress is presented by the Delaware RiverKeeper, Berks County Conservation District, Berks Nature, Bucks County Conservation District, Cadastral Consulting, LLC, Center in the Park / Senior Environment Corps, Delaware Nature Society, Delaware River Steamboat Floating Classroom, Inc. SPLASH, Delaware Valley University, Green Valleys Watershed Association, A.D. Marble & Company, Montgomery County Community College, Montgomery County Conservation District, Octoraro Native Plant Nursery, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Penn State University, Pennsylvania Sea Grant, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources, Pennsylvania Department of Education, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Reading Area Community College, Schuylkill Action Network, Schuylkill River Greenways NHA, Stroud Water Research Center, Sustainable Choices, LLC & Philadelphia Water, Temple University, Valley Forge Trout Unlimited, The Write Beat and Yellow Springs Farm.