PA Environment Digest Blog: POWR Hosts Virtual Workshops For Watershed Groups: Aug. 6 & 11

The PA Organization for Watersheds and Rivers will host virtual workshops where watershed group leaders can share resources, partnership, and program information and reconnect with your network in your region of Pennsylvania.

Watershed group members in DEP’s Southcentral and Northcental regions are invited to participate in virtual workshops on--

-- August 6: 6:00 to 8:15 p.m. Click to register.

-- August 11: Noon to 2:15 p.m. Click to register.

Click Here for the agenda.

For each virtual workshop, join your colleagues for an informal conversation, bring your coffee or tea and take some time to catch up and share your organization’s successes, challenges, and future plans.

POWR staff will facilitate small group conversations with questions and discussion topics to further encourage exciting and fun conversations.

This will be followed by a panel presentation on Resources, Partners, and Programs specific to your region.

Invited guests include staff from DEP, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, and the First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania.

There is no charge to attend. You will receive an email with the link to the online workshop platform no later than one day prior to the event.

Click Here for information as other regional virtual workshops are scheduled. Recordings of previously held virtual workshops are also available.

For more information, please contact Tali MacArthur, Program Manager for Watershed Outreach – PA Environmental Council by sending an email to: tmacarthur@pecpa.org or call 570-718-6507.

Visit the PA Organization for Watersheds and Rivers website for more information on programs, initiatives, other upcoming events and how you can get involved.

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[Posted: July 17, 2020] PA Environment Digest