Presentations To The 2016 Schuylkill Action Network Annual Meeting Posted

In case you missed this year’s Schuylkill Action Network Annual Meeting on November 4, the presentations have now been posted for six workshops and for 4 speakers at this special event held at the Reading Area Community College.

The morning session had updates from the six SAN workgroups.

-- Abandoned Mine Drainage - Bill Reichert, Schuylkill Headwaters Association;

-- Agriculture - Lyn O'Hare, SSM Group;

-- Education & Outreach - Virginia Vassalotti, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary;

-- Pathogens & Point Source - Tess Schlupp, PennVEST;

-- Stormwater - Virginia Vassalotti, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary; and

-- Watershed Land Collaborative - Dulcie Flaharty, Natural Lands Trust.

The afternoon sessions featured speakers presenting on various forward looking initiatives or plans.

-- Points of Departure for the Schuylkill River Watershed: Baseline Conditions for the Delaware River Watershed Initiative - Kathryn Christopher, Academy of Natural Sciences;

-- The Delaware River Basin and the Importance of the Schuylkill - Steve Tambini, Delaware River Basin Commission;

-- From Extreme Storms to Rising Seas: Climate Change Adaptation at the Philadelphia Water Department - Abby Sullivan, Philadelphia Water Department; and

-- Revising the Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan for the Delaware Estuary - Jen Adkins, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary.

For more information, visit the Schuylkill Action Network’s 2016 SAN Annual Meeting webpage.