POWR is pleased to support and promote the Pride on the Conestoga Sojourn hosted by the Conestoga River Club. Come and see a different side of Lancaster county as we celebrate Pride Month 2023, the Lancaster Conservancy’s 7th Annual Water Week, and the River that connects us all. This is a 3.5-4 hour trip, with breaks along the way and is perfectly appropriate to first time kayakers. Experienced kayakers will be along as Safety guides to help you navigate the […]

POWR is pleased to support and promote the Conestoga River Club's 3rd Annual Conestoga Sojourn tracing all 32 miles of one of America’s most historic rivers! Paddle through fertile farm lands, past one of the oldest operational mills in the state, abandoned locks where you could make sail for England, through the testing grounds of Robert Fulton's stern wheel steam boat was developed , and the home of the Conestoga covered wagons that carried settlers West. This will be a […]

POWR is pleased to support and promote the Friends of the Riverfront's Lock Through Paddles. Friends of the Riverfront and Three Rivers Outdoor Company are teaming up to provide 4 different lock through classes for paddlers in Allegheny County. This will allow paddlers a safe and welcoming opportunity to learn more about navigating longer distances by water through accessing lock-through points with confidence! Locks and dams can be intimidating, and even experienced paddlers may not feel confident or knowledgeable about […]

POWR is pleased to support and promote the Summer and Fall Heritage Benefit Paddles hosted by the Endless Mountains Heritage Region. The Endless Mountains Heritage Region (EMHR) along with Susquehanna Kayak and Canoe Rentals and Endless Mountain Outfitters (EMO) are teaming up once again for a pair of Heritage Benefit Paddles this summer and fall. Whether you’re an experienced paddler or just a novice, these paddles are for you! Register online at www.emheritage.org/events to join in on the fun! Paddlers will […]

Registration is now open for EPA’s Watershed Academy webinar on Addressing Nonpoint Source Pollution through EPA’s National Nonpoint Source Program, which will take place on July 17, 2023. During this webcast, you will learn more about the national nonpoint source program and the various ways this program helps restore water quality across the United States. For more information on this webinar and to register visit: https://www.epa.gov/watershedacademy/addressing-nonpoint-source-pollution-through-epas-national-nonpoint-source-program. For more information on the Watershed Academy, visit: https://www.epa.gov/watershedacademy.

POWR is pleased to support and promote the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy's Perki-Bay Expedition: A Youth Sojourn from Source to Sea, the most unique youth adventure initiative in southeastern Pennsylvania! The Perki-Bay Expedition is a 5-day, 50-mile, self-supported, paddling expedition where the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy's youth conservation program members paddle from the Perkiomen Creek in Upper Montgomery County to Fort Mifflin on the Delaware River. Our intrepid 24-person team embarks on June 19th. The goal of the expedition is to raise […]

Join the Master Watershed Steward Program, Watershed Coalition of Lehigh Valley, and Penn Future for this educational and fun event at the Red Wolf Bar ad Grille on July 20. Currently listed as the 7th Most Endangered River by American Rivers, the Lehigh is seeing changes in land use at an unprecedented scale and speed. The region has become the logistics hub of the eastern seaboard, with over four square miles of land developed for warehouses and distribution centers projects, […]

POWR is pleased to support and promote the Friends of the Riverfront's Lock Through Paddles. Friends of the Riverfront and Three Rivers Outdoor Company are teaming up to provide 4 different lock through classes for paddlers in Allegheny County. This will allow paddlers a safe and welcoming opportunity to learn more about navigating longer distances by water through accessing lock-through points with confidence! Locks and dams can be intimidating, and even experienced paddlers may not feel confident or knowledgeable about […]

This retrospective Tap Talk will begin at Jasper Park where Neil Moser and John Fegely from the Upper Milford Historical Society will introduce us to a history of the Lenape people who inhabited this area for ten of thousands of years prior to the arrival of Europeans. We will tour the jasper pits and learn more about this highly valued mineral and its important role to indigenous people’s trade, not only in the local area, but across the country! Then […]

POWR is pleased to support and promote the Friends of the Riverfront's Lock Through Paddles. Friends of the Riverfront and Three Rivers Outdoor Company are teaming up to provide 4 different lock through classes for paddlers in Allegheny County. This will allow paddlers a safe and welcoming opportunity to learn more about navigating longer distances by water through accessing lock-through points with confidence! Locks and dams can be intimidating, and even experienced paddlers may not feel confident or knowledgeable about […]

You're invited to attend a free webinar presentation being hosted by the Pennsylvania iMapInvasives Program on Tuesday, September 12 from 10:00am-11:00am titled "Preserving & Restoring a Floodplain Forest in the Face of Invasive Knotweed". Webinar Overview Join the Allegheny Land Trust's Vice President of Stewardship, Caitlin Seiler, who will share the Trust's experience managing invasive Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica) at the Sycamore Island Conservation Area near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Learn about the unique island and the different knotweed species invading the site. The Trust has utilized a […]