Weathering The Storm Stormwater Workshops To Be Offered In June In Erie, Latrobe

The Department of Environmental Protection will host two Weathering The Storm Stormwater Education Workshops in Erie and Latrobe during June.  The workshops will be held--

-- June 12: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m, Alumni Room of the Waldron Campus Center, Gannon University, 109 University Square, Erie,; and

-- June 13: 8:30 a.m. -3:30 p.m, Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve, Saint Vincent College, 744 Walzer Way, Latrobe, Westmoreland County.

Everyone can help reduce the pollution that stormwater carries into Pennsylvania’s streams and rivers.

Attend the free “Weathering the Storm” workshop to learn and complete stormwater management activities from WET: In the City. Afterward, take home a copy of this curriculum and activities guide.

While informative to all educators, this workshop may also be useful to municipal staff looking for community education ideas. Act 48 credit available for teachers.

To register, contact Bert Myers, Director of DEP’s Environmental Education and Information Center, by sending email to: gimyers@pa.gov or call 717-705-3767.

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(Reprinted from DEP’s Teaching Green newsletter.  Click Here to sign up for your own copy.)