Press Releases
January 16, 2019

Riparian Buffer Training and Stream Corridor Restoration Workshop Available for Conservation Practitioners

Lock Haven, PA - Partners have convened to offer two separate opportunities for conservation practitioners in Pennsylvania in February 2019: a Riparian Buffer Training and a Stream Corridor Restoration Workshop.

 

WHAT:                       Riparian Buffer Training for Practitioners

  • Stream Ecology
  • Selling Buffers with Wildlife and Pollinators
  • Precision Conservation and Buffer Program Options
  • Stroud Center Research on Buffer Methods

WHO:                         Ryan Davis, Alliance for the Chesapeake; Adrienne Gemberling, Chesapeake Conservancy; and David Wise, Stroud Water Research Center

 

WHEN:                      Thursday, February 7, 2019, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (snow date: Wednesday, March 6, 2019)

 

WHERE:                    Parsons Union Building, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA

 

SPONSORS:            Chesapeake Conservancy, Stroud Water Research Center, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, and Lock Haven University Watershed Ecology Center

 

REGISTRATION:    Register by February 1, 2019, or by calling Adrienne Gemberling at 570.372.4762

 

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WHAT:                       Stream Corridor Restoration Workshop for Practitioners

  • Stream Ecology and the Role of Trees in Healthy Streams
  • Options and Strategic Priorities for Stream Restoration
  • Sediment Transport and Fate in Streams
  • Stream Morphology and Large Woody Debris

WHO:                         Melinda Daniels, PhD, Fluvial Geomorphologist, Stroud Water Research Center, and Matt Ehrhart, MS Eng, Director of Watershed Restoration, Stroud Water Research Center

 

WHEN:                      Tuesday, February 26, 2019, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (snow date: Thursday, March 7, 2019)

 

WHERE:                    Degenstein Conference Center, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA

 

SPONSORS:            Chesapeake Conservancy, Stroud Water Research Center, and Susquehanna University

 

REGISTRATION:    Register by February 19, 2019, or by calling Adrienne Gemberling at 570.372.4762

 

Feature Photo by Nicholas Tonelli