Student Art to Decorate Storm Drain in Norristown on July 29
Montgomery County Conservation District and the Schuylkill Action Network are partnering with the municipality of Norristown to install student artwork around a storm drain in downtown Norristown to raise awareness that these drains flow to the Schuylkill River and should be kept clean.
The installation will take place on July 29 at the corner of Main and Swede streets, with information to be presented during a food truck event from 11:30am to 1:30pm.
The artwork for the drain was designed by Kristin Olinger, an eighth-grade student at Phil-Mont Christian Academy in Springfield Township. Kristin won first place in the Schuylkill Street Art Contest’s Montgomery County category, which had over a hundred entries.
All are invited to come see the new sidewalk art, and join us on July 29 to learn more about doing your part to protect the Schuylkill River.
Winning design by Kristin Olinger to be transformed into street art around a storm drain.
Provide Your Input on the Delaware Basin
The Delaware River Basin (DRB) provides ecosystem services that support a wide array of commercial, recreational, and residential uses for more than 15 million people. With support from the William Penn Foundation, the Delaware River Basin (DRB) Project- Land Use Dynamics is developing a land cover mapping, modeling, and monitoring system for the DRB. The goal is to provide tools that promote regional planning in the watershed, so that our civic and business leaders can make decisions which produce lasting benefits for the regional economy and quality of life.
Over the past several months, workshops have been held throughout the watershed to collect input on drivers of land use change. The project partners are now extending that conversation so that citizens, business leaders, conservation professionals, and others can have the opportunity to weigh in. All of this information will be used to create land use scenarios that explore the range of possible futures for the Delaware River Basin in 2070.
Please take the survey to share your vision of the watershed, and encourage anyone who lives or works in the Delaware River Basin to do the same. DRB2070 is a collaborative effort, and generating land use scenarios for the entire DRB will require input from make stakeholders to create a shared vision. We need your help! Survey responses will be collected until August 1st. Contact Antonia Price with any questions.
Students Receive Recognition for Their Work on Community Rain Garden
Representative Ryan Costello recognized Perkiomen Valley High School Key Club students last week for their work on the Perkiomen Township rain garden project. MCCD worked with the students to create the landscaping plan for the garden, and then to plant almost 800 native species during three volunteer workdays.
The students were presented with a Schuylkill Scholastic Drinking Water award by the EPA and Schuylkill Action Network. Work is ongoing to make the rain garden an outdoor classroom space, which will include educational signage.
Tire Recycling Event on June 25
Montgomery County will be hosting its next tire recycling event on Saturday, June 25 from 9am-12pm at the Western Montgomery Career & Technology Center,
77 Graterford Road, Limerick, PA 19468.
Powerpoint Presentations from the NPDES Permitting Workshop 5-24-16
Links to the presentations:
Worksheet 10- Mark Lonergan
NOT and Recorder of Deeds Requirements – Mark Lonergan
Critical Stages – Mark Lonergan
Approved List of BMP’s – Mark Lonergan
Act 162 Technical Guidance – Mark Lonergan
PCSM Implementation and Maintenance – Eric Konzelmann
105 Session – John Hohenstein