The PA Organization for Watersheds and Rivers is sponsoring another series of workshops on the PA Watersheds Data System in Feburary and March.

POWR hosted nine workshops across the State for nearly 100 volunteers last year.

These two-hour workshops are open to anyone who wishes to learn more about the Data System and how it could benefit you. The Data System now includes 40 groups and over 600,000 records. Though POWR is always looking for more data and monitoring groups, it is also looking to attract data users so that the data can be utilized.

Many watershed groups do not feel data are being utilized to their full potential, partly because of the inaccessibility of the data. Enter the PA Watersheds Data System!

Now anyone – consultants, water companies, municipal authorities, planners – can access data (with the permission of the groups obviously) for whatever purpose they need!

POWR is also interested in getting educators involved, such as middle and high school science classes and colleges and universities. You’re welcome to attend the workshops as well!

The workshops will be held on:

· February 17 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at West Chester University;

· March 17 from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Northeast Regional Center of the Community College of Philadelphia; and

· March 31 from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Philadelphia University.

If you’re interested in attending, please RSVP to Angie McCracken at POWR; amccracken@pawatersheds.org or 717-234-7910, X3#.

You can also help by passing the word along to your township or project partners or other volunteers. POWR would like to see as many new faces as they can get!

1/19/2007