POWR is excited to announce an upcoming event hosted by 4 watershed organization in Columbia County: Mark your calendars and plan to attend the first Susquehanna Valley Watershed Festival at Cara Park in Catawissa on July 30th from 10am to 4pm. There will be informational and activity tables for children and adults, live music throughout the day, and a variety of food trucks. Come out and celebrate these local watersheds and the organizations who help protect them.

State Water Plan 2022 Update Draft Report  The Statewide Water Resources Committee (Committee) for the 2022 update of the State Water Plan is hosting a public comment period for the State Water Plan 2022 Update Draft Report (Draft Report). The Draft Report contains the findings of the State Water Plan committees for this update of the State Water Plan including recommendations for action, legislative priorities and regional components for each of the six water planning regions identified in the act […]

Snakes, Turtles, Frogs, and a Free Picnic at the Sugar Valley Watershed Association Annual Meeting August 29 at 5:30 at the Booneville Campground, west of Loganton. Chris Urban from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will provide a presentation on the reptiles and amphibians of the Fishing Creek watershed. Chris is an expert on non-game aquatic species in Pennsylvania, Timber Rattlesnake biology and ecology, and many of the turtles, frogs, salamanders, and non-venomous snakes common to our watershed. A family […]

Join POWR, community watershed organization leaders, and other partners and collaborators for a virtual (Zoom) Conversation Café on Wednesday, August 31 at 6 PM. Cultivating trust and engaging meaningfully and effectively with your local government is critical to protecting water resources and watershed health. Learning how to do so with support from your peers, fellow leaders and volunteers of community-based watershed organizations, can provide inspiration for trying new approaches or persevering through an obstacle or challenge you are encountering. Your […]

Riparian Buffers, what you need to know – attend upcoming PA Buffer Training Workshop for an introduction to buffer basics (learn about the how buffers are protecting streams and enhancing resiliency across urban and ag landscapes) and a deeper dive into planning, implementing and managing buffers. With increasing support for riparian buffers from PA DCNR and funders AND a growing number of landowners and towns restoring buffers to protect streams and sustainably manage stormwater, comes a need to know!   […]

JWA will display information about our past events, upcoming opportunities to get involved,  as well as information about the benefits of trees to homeowners.

This webcast presents examples of communities, states, and regions turning discrete water quality data into live public information. Examples will include the Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative, Save the Sound's Sound Health Explorer, and examples from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. Join this webinar to learn more about solutions to the challenges of turning data into information, from adopting standards and technologies, building applications that harness data from the Water Quality Portal, to scoring data for public communication products. Register in advance […]