Watershed Outreach Training - March 28th

On March 28^th, from 6:00-8:30pm the Wappinger Creek Watershed Intermunicipal Council (WIC), Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County and the Cornell Department of Natural Resources Human Dimensions Research Unit will be providing a watershed outreach training on Delivering the Results of the Wappinger Creek Watershed Stakeholder Survey. The training will be held at the Farm and Home Center in Millbrook.

Participants of the training will:

- Become familiarized with the Wappinger Creek Watershed Stakeholder Survey project
- Acquire communication skills for presenting to municipal board audiences
- Gain experience with the outreach presentation through practice and role play
- Learn how to represent the WIC & CCE

The goal of the training is to prepare participants to be able to effectively make a 10 min presentation to local CAC’s, municipal boards and planning boards that educates audiences about the Wappinger Creek Watershed, the WIC, and the Stakeholder Survey conducted. The training will be led by Dr. Shorna Broussard Allred and Margaret Kurth of Cornell University and Carolyn Klocker of Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County.

Watershed groups, CAC’s, municipal officials, and residents familiar with watershed concepts should attend. The focus will be on municipalities found in the Wappinger Creek Watershed but all are welcome. A light dinner will be provided.

Participants interested in attending must RSVP to Angela at (845) 677-8223, ext. 114. Space is limited. Should the event reach capacity, priority will be given to attendees planning on utilizing the training to make the presentation about the Wappinger Stakeholder Survey to a CAC, municipal board and/or planning board within the Wappinger Creek Watershed.

For questions about the survey, the presentation, and/or the training contact Carolyn Klocker at (845) 677-8223, ext. 135 or cak97@cornell.edu.