|| The River Current || June 6, 2006 || Issue XXIX ||  
The bi-monthly e-newsletter of the Charles River Watershed Association
...bringing our backyard river to your door...

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In this issue:

1)       Volunteer for CRWA

2)       Brown Bag Lunch on June 13^th

3)       Stormwater Sessions workshop

4)       Muddy River project celebration

5)       An Inconvenient Truth screening & discussion June 9^th

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1) Volunteer with CRWA!

Love being on the river? Want an excuse to be outside this summer? We still need volunteers to help monitor the health of the river!  Become a water quality monitoring volunteer and collect river samples once a month - usually the third Tuesday morning.  Currently we need volunteers at sites in Bellingham, Norfolk, Franklin, Newton, and Boston.  If you live in or near these communities and are interested in volunteering, please contact Rebecca Scibek at (781) 788-0007 x200 or via email.

2) Brown Bag Lunch on Tuesday, June 13^th from 12:30-1:30pm, at CRWA’s Office

Join Urban Restoration Specialist Pallavi Mande and Director of Projects Kate Bowditch as they discuss their work with environmentally sensitive urban development in the Harvard/Allston area. To RSVP, please contact Rebecca Scibek.

3) Attend the Stormwater Sessions Workshop in June

The Charles River Watershed Stormwater Sessions: Designing and Paying for a Better Stormwater Management Program is a day-long workshop on low-impact development (LID) approaches, stormwater best management practices and the tools and techniques to finance them.  Co-sponsored by CRWA and MA Office of Coastal Zone Management, the workshop will be held on Wednesday, June 21^st at Dean College in Franklin . We strongly encourage municipal officials involved in planning, conservation, stormwater and budgetary decision-making to attend this workshop. Feel free to invite interested friends and colleagues, as well! Registration is required; click here for more information or call Anna Eleria at 781-788-0007 x225.

4) An Inconvenient Truth screening and discussion on Friday, June 9^th

Haven’t seen Al Gore’s film, An Inconvenient Truth, yet? Come to the rescheduled Muddy River Film Series event this Friday, June 9^th, at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline . Film will screen at 7pm, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A at 8:45pm. More information is available on CRWA’s website.

5) Emerald Necklace/Muddy River Project Celebration & 1^st Annual Public Meeting

Join the Muddy River Maintenance and Management Oversight Committee on Thursday, June 8^th, at 5:15pm at the MassArt Trustee’s Room, 11^th Floor, 621 Huntington Ave , Boston . CRWA has been a leader in efforts to restore Boston ’s beloved tributary to the Charles. For more information, contact Frances Allou Gershwin at 617-345-3724 or email fgershwin@bernslev.com