The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, in affiliation with the Philadelphia Water Department and The Friends of the Poquessing Watershed, is hosting a local workshop entitled “Property Management for Cleaner Streams” on April 25.

The program will be held from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Room 130 of the Community College of Philadelphia’s Northeast Regional Center, located at 12901 Townsend Road.

Representatives from schools, corporations, businesses, municipalities and non-profit organizations are welcome to attend to learn about programs that will help them protect the Poquessing Creek and other local sources of drinking water.

These programs are designed to facilitate projects such as creating native meadows, enhancing riverside habitats, implementing “responsible-housekeeping” practices and more.

“Many community leaders don’t realize they can help restore the Poquessing Creek Watershed while saving money on maintenance costs,” said Jenn Jones, environmental stewardship coordinator at the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary. “Meanwhile, these same land-use changes go a long way toward improving drinking-water quality for more than 1.6 million people in Philadelphia and Lower Bucks County.”

The Department of Environmental Protection is an additional sponsor of Property Management for Cleaner Streams.

For more details and to register, please contact Lisa Wool, program director for the Partnership, at 800-445-4935, extension 105.

Information about the programs being discussed at the workshop, including Clean Water Partners, the Corporate Environmental Stewardship Program and Sense of Place, can also be found at the Delaware Estuary website .

4/20/2007