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Public Invited to Watershed Conference Convened by Hudson River Watershed Alliance
The Hudson River Watershed Alliance, Mohonk Consultations, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, and New York City Department of Environmental Protection are convening a full-day forum to explore the ecological and economic importance of stream corridors and riparian buffers. The conference will take place on Friday, November 16, 8:30am-4:30pm at Mohonk Mountain House New Paltz.
The conference will investigate the inter-connectedness of streams, riparian buffers, and floodplains. Presentations and discussion will focus on Hudson Valley efforts to protect buffers, impediments to protection, floodplain management regulations, economic reasons for implementing buffer protection, constraints faced by farming next to a stream, small scale bio-engineering techniques, legal protection for buffers, and better site design. The full-day forum will provide participants with the tools and techniques to implement riparian buffer protection, stabilizing our stream systems and protecting property values.
Featured speakers include Dr. Bern Sweeney (Stroud Water Research Center), John Dickerson (Finger Lakes Conservation Services), Greg Edinger (NY Natural Heritage Program), Peter Ferrante, Jr. (Wallkill View Farm), Barabara Kendall (NYS DEC Hudson River Estuary Program), Bill Nechamen, (NYS DEC Flood Bureau), Sean Nolon (Pace University Land Use Law Center), Mark Vian (NYC Department of Environmental Protection) and others.
This event is open to the public; however space is limited and advanced registration is required. Please see www.hudsonwatershed.org / conference07/index for more details or contact Katy Dunlap at katy@hudsonwatershed.org or (845) 454-7673 ext. 116. Registration deadline is November 3, 2007.
About HRWA: The Hudson River Watershed Alliance is a network of organizations, agencies, environmental groups, research and educational organizations, and local grassroots groups that share the common goal of protecting and restoring water resources throughout the Hudson River basin. The primary goals of the HRWA are to serve as a regional resource for networking and collaboration, create a central clearinghouse of information and contacts, and collaboratively advance member groups' efforts in outreach and education.
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