Death by 10,000 Culverts
- Tuesday, December 6, 2016, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
At The Rowley Forum Room
SUNY Orange, Middletown NY
Light Refreshments Served
Registration required
Presented by Andrew Meyer, Conservation Specialist
for NYSDEC Hudson River Estuary Program
Co-Sponsored by:
- Hudson Estuary Watershed Resiliency Project
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County
- SUNY Orange
How Dams and Culverts are Disconnecting Our Streams and What Communities are Doing to Reconnect.
Dams and culverts can be barriers to aquatic organisms and poorly designed and maintained infrastructure can be costly and hazardous to communities. Streams are linear habitats for aquatic and semi-aquatic species such as American eel, herring, stream salamanders and macro-invertebrates. Aquatic barriers can fragment streams into small pieces, preventing organisms from accessing critical habitats. In addition to blocking aquatic organisms, dams and culverts may be infrastructure liabilities and flooding hazards for communities. This presentation will highlight examples of how communities and individuals are starting to reconnect these streams by improving culverts and removing unnecessary dams. Come discuss how you can get involved!
Certificates of attendance for municipal training credit will be provided.
Call to Register: Jill DeBlock 845-344-1234 or email at jd863@cornell.edu
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Fee
This event is free and open to the public.
Last updated November 17, 2016