The River Current ||
June 8, 2007
|| Issue XXXXX
The twice monthly
e-newsletter of the Charles River Watershed Association
...bringing our backyard river to
your door...
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In this issue:
1)
Brown Bag lunch on bio-monitoring June 19 **Note date change!**
2)
MA COLAP Annual Meeting
3)
Urban Water and Landscape Designer part-time job
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Thanks
for reading the 50th issue of
Charles River
Watershed Association's River
Current email
newsletter! It is you and other supporters of CRWA that make
our work to improve water quality and water quantity,
develop pollution limits, and identify problems in the
watershed possible. If you would like to become a member or
continue to sponsor CRWA's work, please click here http://www.crwa.org/join.html.
We hope that
this summer you are able to get out and enjoy the
Charles River
you help to protect!
-Rebecca Scibek, River Current editor
1)
Brown Bag lunch
Join
us on Tuesday, June
19th at
12:30pm
at CRWA's office for a presentation on 'The Benefits
of Bio-monitoring for Watershed Assessment' by
Matt Ladewig and
Carl Nielsen
, ESS Group, Inc.
Bio-monitoring is essentially the process of identifying the
living organisms in an ecosystem and interpreting the
longer-term trends in water quality and aquatic habitat
based on the types of organisms present and overall
composition of the biological community.
Bio-monitoring typically focuses on aquatic insects,
but other organisms such as fish, mollusks, periphyton and
plankton may also be used to garner information about the
aquatic resource in which they live.
The presentation will focus on the types of
bio-monitoring programs that are regularly employed by
watershed groups as well as state and federal agencies along
with a discussion of the pros and cons of these programs and
the relative level of effort and expertise required for
their implementation.
2)
Massachusetts
Congress of Lake and Pond Associations Annual Meeting
Saturday, June 16th,
9:30am
-2pm, at
Wayland
Middle School
A
fun, educational event about innovative ways to save money
and time while saving surface and drinking waters.
The
Congress of Lakes & Ponds (COLAP), Mass Water Watch
Partnership & NEWWA
Present: Innovative Water Solutions --A not-to-be-missed ½-Day
Conference for Lake
and Pond Managers, Pond and Water Associations, Conservation
Commissions, Water
and Park Departments and Boards Of Health. Open to the
public and environmental students. For more information and
to register (by June 10), go to http://www.macolap.org/events.html
3)
Part-time Water and Landscape Design position available in
September
Charles
River Watershed Association's work in the area of
environmental restoration seeks to address the ways in which
changes on the land--particularly in urban areas--affect the
Charles River
and its watershed. We are seeking a part-time employee with
creativity and skills in water-oriented urban landscape
design, and graphics capabilities. CRWA's programs
require teamwork, self-motivation, and interest in
implementation of environmental restoration and green
design. Job activities will include the design of
urban and suburban "water supportive"
infrastructure and landscape projects; preparation of
graphics; and research on a variety of topics.
The ideal candidate will have strong design skills with a
background in Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, or
Environmental Engineering; graphic skills including Adobe
Suite, AutoCAD, and GIS; and knowledge of Low Impact
Development practices for stormwater management.
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume by August 1,
2007 to:
Pallavi Mande, CRWA,
190 Park Road
, Weston MA 02493 pmande@crwa.org
For
a complete job description, please visit our website at www.charlesriver.org/jobs.html
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