March 1st - Lower Hudson Urban Waters Summit
Urban Water Quality: Citizen Science to Coordinated Action

Thursday, March 1, 2018
9:30am to 3:30pm

Pace University
861 Bedford Road
Pleasantville, NY 10570
Greetings!

The 2018 Lower Hudson Urban Waters Summit will bring citizen watershed groups in the Lower Hudson Valley together with non-profit organizations, universities, municipalities and agencies at the county, state and federal levels to discuss the latest results of citizen water quality monitoring, and identify opportunities for acting on the results. Please check out the full agenda below.

Registration is required, click here to register.
8:30 - 9:30 - Check in, Networking, Light Breakfast

9:30 - 12:00 - Morning Program

How's the Water in Lower Hudson Tributaries?
What citizen data is gathered and analyzed? What are the results? What are some outstanding questions?

Progress, Impediments and Opportunities in Our Watersheds
Sparkill Creek and Bronx, Pocantico and Saw Mill River organizations discuss the biggest success from 2017, and notable challenges and opportunities they hope to address in 2018.

12:00 to 1:00 - Lunch (Provided)

1:00 to 3:30 - Afternoon Program

Round Robin of Regional Resources
County, state and non-profit entities provide updates on relevant initiatives that may address identified opportunities and challenges.

Targeted Breakout Discussions on Next Steps, Report Out
Representatives of agency/orgs/municipalities are grouped for facilitated discussion and note-taking to connect opportunities/challenges to available programs/resources.
Sponsored by:

The Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak, Pace University Dyson College Institute for Sustainability and the Environment, Riverkeeper, Bronx River Alliance, Groundwork Hudson Valley, Hudson River Watershed Alliance, Sparkill Creek Watershed Alliance, Pocantico River Alliance, Saw Mill River Coalition, Sustainable Westchester

Supported by: US EPA Urban Waters Program, NYS DEC Hudson River Estuary Program, and Westchester Community Foundation
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