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SUMMARY:Montco Trail Challenge
DESCRIPTION:How to Register\nJoin us for the 9th annual Montgomery County Trail Challenge! The Montco Trail Challenge will run April 27 – December 2\, 2024. Registration is open!\n1. Sign-up\, registration is open! \nPrint your official Montco Trail Challenge card (Spanish\, Korean) or look for them at Montgomery County park and trail kiosks.\nRegister yourself or any members of your household (including dogs). \n2. Get Out and Go! \nGet out and go! Visit any of the 18 participating trails and look for special markers at the entrance (trailheads).\nRecord each symbol you find on your trail card. \n3. Turn in Your Results! \nOnce you have visited as many trails as you can\, return your completed card to a designated dropbox or submit results online. \nYou do not have to walk\, run or bike the entire trail to get credit for the challenge – just visit and enjoy to earn your recognitions!  
URL:https://schuylkillwaters.org/event/montco-trail-challenge-2/
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SUMMARY:PA Environment Digest Blog: Master Watershed Steward Watershed-Friendly Native Plant Kit Sale
DESCRIPTION:Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program is now accepting orders for their 2024 Watershed-Friendly Native Plant Kit Sale through June 18 or until sold out.\nPick your preferred kit online and select the most convenient curbside fall pickup location from 17 sites across the state. \nProceeds from the Watershed-Friendly Native Plant Kits will support the Master Watershed Steward program providing volunteer-driven education and restoration work in that region. \nEach of the Watershed-Friendly kits are designed to help you incorporate more native plants into your property for habitat creation\, stormwater management\, pollutant reduction\, and other positive ecological services.\nReducing stormwater runoff\, reducing water pollution\, conserving water\, and supporting wildlife and pollinators are critical elements of healthy watershed-friendly properties and the focus areas of the Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Watershed-Friendly certification\, a collaboration with Nurture Nature Center. \nNative plants are woven throughout the certification criteria because of all the benefits that native plant gardens can provide.\nKits are composed of plant plugs from carefully selected species grown by Kind Earth Growers using locally collected open-source pollinated seeds and 50% peat-free growing media. \nPlant plugs are smaller than what is typically found in nurseries\, allowing for easier transportation and planting within existing vegetation. \nThe plugs have healthy root systems which will establish this fall so that your plants can flourish next growing season.\nClick Here to order and for all the details.
URL:https://schuylkillwaters.org/event/pa-environment-digest-blog-master-watershed-steward-watershed-friendly-native-plant-kit-sale-6/
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SUMMARY:Challenge yourself to live greener in 2024 with Berks Nature's 50 Acts for Nature Challenge!
DESCRIPTION:Start your 50 Acts for Nature Challenge today by downloading your score sheet here!\nBerks Nature has collected 50 actions for you to take – at home\, at work\, and in your community – to help you get started with some new\, greener habits this year! We challenge you to complete as many of these actions as you can this year\, and earn some cool prizes in the process!\nWill you rise to the challenge of greener living?\nIf you complete AT LEAST 25 of the Challenge’s actions\, submit your score sheet to Berks Nature to officially join the contest. All participants will receive a commemorative sticker and be entered to win a variety of prizes including goodie bags from The Nature Place shop\, Kimberton Whole Foods gift cards\, and tickets to Berks Nature’s annual State of the Environment Breakfast. One grand prize winner will score a rain barrel worth $130!\nAll winners will be notified in December to make arrangements for collecting their prizes.\nDeadline to submit your Challenge score sheet is November 8\, 2024
URL:https://schuylkillwaters.org/event/challenge-yourself-to-live-greener-in-2024-with-berks-natures-50-acts-for-nature-challenge-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240530T110000
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SUMMARY:Advancing Harmful Algal Bloom Treatment with Microbiology
DESCRIPTION:Join the Great Lakes HABs Collaborative for a webinar focused on HABs treatment and remediation through bacteria and their by-products. Contact Connor Roessler at croessler@glc.org if you have any questions.\nSpeakers List: \nMrs. Brianna Fernando\, Research Biologist\, USACE ERDC\nDr. Lyndsay Carrigee\, Research Microbiologist\, USACE ERDC \nLearn more and register here
URL:https://schuylkillwaters.org/event/advancing-harmful-algal-bloom-treatment-with-microbiology-2/
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SUMMARY:CERC Webinar Collaborate and Elevate: Building and Maintaining Strategic Partnerships
DESCRIPTION:Please join the CERC National webinar\, “Collaborate and Elevate: Building and Maintaining Strategic Partnerships\,” on Thursday\, May 30 at 1 p.m. ET. This webinar will focus on how to identify potential partners\, establish productive relationships and collaborate effectively across organizations. This webinar has been approved by ASFPM for 1 CEC.\nPlease register through Zoom: https://ogilvy.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LMnjwBCGTJuIaX5IQ-lg_w#/registration\n* Please plan to sign in five minutes early. If you experience a problem\, please send a description of the issue (and a screenshot\, if possible) to CERCTraining@ogilvy.com. If you have questions\, please reach out to fema-ctp-admin@fema.dhs.gov.
URL:https://schuylkillwaters.org/event/cerc-webinar-collaborate-and-elevate-building-and-maintaining-strategic-partnerships-6/
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SUMMARY:Redefining "Disadvantaged Communities" in a New Water Infrastructure Era
DESCRIPTION:On May 30\, 2024\, from 2:30 – 4:00 PM Eastern Time\, the Source Water Collaborative is hosting the 4th webinar in its Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Webinar Series titled\, Redefining “Disadvantaged Communities” in a New Water Infrastructure Era. \nThe Bipartisan Infrastructure Law created a number of opportunities for equitable outcomes for disadvantaged communities in the financing of water infrastructure. The law now requires State Revolving Fund (SRF) programs to provide 49% of BIL money to disadvantaged communities as principal forgiveness loans or as grants. This allows additional communities that have struggled to access water infrastructure funding to receive the support they need.\nThe SRF programs are given authority to determine what constitutes a “disadvantaged community” and this varies greatly across the country. Many states have forged ahead and have worked diligently to ensure their definitions bring about the most equitable outcome possible and reach those communities most in need. In this webinar\, representatives from Utah\, Delaware\, and North Dakota Drinking Water SRFs will discuss how they approached redefining disadvantaged communities to meet the spirit of the BIL\, the role public participation requirements had in modifying their definitions\, and the degree to which these approaches have changed their programs. We will also discuss the challenges states have had in implementing the funding\, and what clean water advocates can do to help states achieve the most equitable process possible for source water protection in their programs.\nExpected Webinar Audience: The webinar is targeted to states\, water utilities\, source water protection staff\, state BIL funding program staff\, source water collaboratives\, federal agencies\, and other water stakeholders. Register here
URL:https://schuylkillwaters.org/event/redefining-disadvantaged-communities-in-a-new-water-infrastructure-era-3/
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SUMMARY:Redefining “Disadvantaged Communities” in a New Water Infrastructure Era
DESCRIPTION:The Source Water Collaborative is hosting its 4th webinar as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Webinar Series on May 30\, 2024 from 2:30 – 4:00 PM Eastern Time titled Redefining “Disadvantaged Communities” in a New Water Infrastructure Era.\nPlease register for the webinar here.\nBIL created a number of opportunities for equitable outcomes for disadvantaged communities in the financing of water infrastructure. The law now requires SRF programs to provide 49% of BIL money to disadvantaged communities as principal forgiveness loans or grants. This allows additional communities that have struggled to access water infrastructure funding to receive the support they need. This webinar will share: \nhow the SRF programs are given authority to determine what constitutes a “disadvantaged community” and this varies greatly across the country.\nhow states have ensured their definitions bring about the most equitable outcome possible.\nthe role public participation requirements had in modifying their definitions.\nchallenges states have had in implementing the funding.\nwhat clean water advocates can do to help states achieve the most equitable process possible for source water protection in their programs. \nSpeakers: \nMichael Grange\, Infrastructure Funding Section Manager for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Drinking Water\nShannon Fisher\, Program Manager for the North Dakota Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program\nMarissa Jacobi\, Public Health Treatment Program Administrator for the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services’ Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program\nSean Jackson\, National Water Campaigns Coordinator for Clean Water Action (Facilitator) \nExpected Webinar Audience: The webinar is targeted to states\, water utilities\, source water protection staff\, state BIL funding program staff\, source water collaboratives\, federal agencies\, and other water stakeholders.\nBIL Learning Exchange \nVisit the BIL Learning Exchange to access recorded webinars and other resources to help water stakeholders use the new BIL funding for source water protection. The Learning Exchange: \nProvides information to member networks and others to spur increased use of BIL funding to support source water protection\nHighlights types of source water protection and green infrastructure projects eligible for funding\nIdentifies and addresses barriers for using BIL Emerging Contaminants funding for source water protection\nDevelops best practices for funding mechanisms to obtain and use BIL funds\, and\nHighlights case studies or example projects. \nSign up here to receive notification about future BIL-related information and other news from the national Source Water Collaborative.\nThere is no cost to participate in this webinar. Please share this information with your colleagues.
URL:https://schuylkillwaters.org/event/redefining-disadvantaged-communities-in-a-new-water-infrastructure-era-4/
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