Join us for our Watershed picnic on Saturday, Sept. 28, 11 am to 3 pm at Pavilion No. 5 in Mingo Creek Park. A flyer is attached and pasted below. Please share with your networks and colleagues. And, for planning purposes the Registration link is below.
While details on some of the speakers will be forthcoming, most of the day will be for attendees and their families to directly engage in activities of monitoring, learning, and sharing that can be taken back to local watersheds throughout the Upper Ohio River Basin.
A selection of activities include:
· The Shenango Climate and Rural Environmental Study Team (SCREST) will have their “Climate Cards” and demonstrate them as a tool to learn more about and spark conversation about climate change across the Basin;
· Artists from the Creatives for the Climate will bring the Climate Playground kit of activities, including an extreme weather kit and crumbled paper watershed exercises, for kids and their adults to directly engage with what impacts watersheds and streams.
· The Washington County Conservation District and the Penn State Watershed Steward Program will lead a Macroinvertebrate hike to the adjacent stream (Waterproof shoes are recommended if you would like to get in the stream to chase your own macroinvertebrates), and the Conemaugh Valley Conservancy, and the Blacklick Creek Watershed Association will provide microscopes to view specimans.
· The Izaak Walton League, Harry Enstrom Chapter, will have water quality test kits and leaders to demonstrate how to use them.
· A “Hall of Knowledge” of programs, funding, and stream assessment tools such as Keep PA Beautiful Waterway Stewards and West Virginia’s Stream Partners programs; and,
· The Water Network itself will share and demonstrate its visual Watershed Directory
· Information on the Ohio River Restoration Plan and the Basin Alliance’s upcoming Summit in Pittsburgh at the end of October and other organizing events scheduled for early 2025.
Join us on September 28 to celebrate watersheds and water stewardship and work towards a brighter future for the Upper Ohio River Basin. Please Register so we can order a correct amount of food and materials.
