Wallkill River Summit

When:

May 19, 2021: 7:00PM to May 20, 2021: 8:00PM

Where:

Online

To Attend:

Register

The 7th annual Wallkill River Summit is a 2-part webinar series! Join us for updates on Wallkill River monitoring, projects, and opportunities to get involved.

Wednesday, May 19, 7-8 PM:
Wallkill River Watershed Alliance Year in Review – Kyle Sitzman, Wallkill River Watershed Alliance Chair
Find out what our organization has been doing to advocate for and clean our watershed!

Wallkill River Fish Tissue Study – Audrey Van Genechten, NYS Department of Health, and Wayne Richter, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Representatives from New York State will present the findings of their study on the health of fish in our watershed.

Thursday, May 20, 7-8 PM:
Wallkill River Watershed Alliance MS4 Training Program – Rob Ferri, Wallkill River Watershed Alliance Treasurer
Retired EPA enforcement and WRWA Board member Rob Ferri will present his MS4 training program, where he trains municipal staff on how to conduct their MS4 compliance.

Wallkill River Water Quality Monitoring – Brian Duffy and Meredith Streeter, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
The Division of Water’s Bureau of Water Quality Assessment and Management (BWAM) conducted an intensive monitoring effort between 2017 to 2020 to address water quality concerns throughout the basin. This presentation will provide an update to a preliminary synthesis of data presented to the Watershed Alliance covering 2017 and 2018.

Presented by Wallkill River Watershed Alliance and Hudson River Watershed Alliance.