Spring Creek Watershed Commission Forum on Understanding and Stewarding Water Quantity and Quality in the Spring Creek Watershed
Date/Time/Location for Facilitated Forum:
- Wednesday, April 18, 2018, 6:30-8:45 PM
- Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science (CPI), 540 N Harrison Rd, Bellefonte, PA (parking is free)
Overview:
The Spring Creek Watershed Commission offered to convene a forum on understanding and stewarding water quantity and quality in the Spring Creek watershed. The purpose of this forum is to bring people together to identify issues and think about what the future might look like for the Spring Creek watershed. This initial forum will help set the stage for additional work in 2018 and beyond on a watershed plan for Spring Creek.
All are welcome; if you are planning to attend, please RSVP online to ensure we have enough seats, handouts, and food.
This will be a facilitated forum led by Professor Lara Fowler and her law students who are enrolled in an environmental mediation course at Penn State Law. They will be conducting a series of interviews in advance of the forum; if you are interested in talking with them, please contact Lara Fowler at lbf10@psu.edu.
Draft Agenda (subject to change):
6:30 PM – Welcome, Pledge of Allegiance- Denny Hameister, Chair, Spring Creek Watershed Commission
6:40 PM – Purpose of forum, review breakout group process- Lara Fowler, Penn State Law
6:50 PM – Facilitated breakout groups- facilitated by Penn State Law students
- What issues or challenges do you see for the future of the Spring Creek watershed?
- What is your vision for Spring Creek watershed in 10-15 years?
- What steps might be needed to get from where we are now to where you would like the watershed to be in the future?
- What does watershed planning look like to you, and how do you or others want to be involved in the watershed?
- Other?
7:50 PM – Report back from breakout groups, discussion
8:30 PM – Discussion of next steps
8:45 PM – Wrap up
Opportunity to Participate Online Through Placespeak
In addition, we have created a way for people to participate in these questions through Placespeak.
Follow the instructions for creating a profile and logging into the discussion.
Contact information and data gathered through this online process will be used only to invite you to further discussions and to inform the Watershed Commission’s future watershed planning process.