2015 Winter Information Exchange

Summary and Resource Material from the Exchange

Join watershed groups, non-profits, state and federal organizations from across the Potomac Watershed to discuss environmental initiatives regarding forest buffers, tree canopy studies, outreach and programming, forest links to water supplies, and more! We want to hear what your organization is doing so bring a topic for the free form discussions following morning presentations.

War Memorial Building, Shepherdstown (map and details below)
Free and open to the public. Brown bag lunch (local restaurants abound)
Cultivate Connections In the Potomac Basin

Questions?

Contact Molly Barkman with the Cacapon Institute

Morning Presentations:

• Bay Forestry Workgroup Update Sally Claggett and Julie Mawhorter, US Forest Service
• Living Legacy Tree Planting Project Shuan Butcher, Director of Communications, Journey Through Hallowed Ground
• Savage River Wild & Scenic River Designation and Partnership Building in the Upper Potomac Brent Walls, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper
• Forest Characterization of the Prettyboy Reservoir Watershed Donald Outen, AICP, Natural Resource Manager, Forest Management, Baltimore County DEP & Sustainability
• Infusing GIS Curriculum with Real-World Applications and CollaborationsDr. Clarissa Matthews and Steven Shaffer, Institute of Environmental and Physical Sciences, Shepherd University

Afternoon Free-Form Discussions:

The Law of Two Feet. Take responsibility for what you care about. Use your own two feet to move to a discussion you can best contribute to or learn from. Whoever joins are right people. Whatever is discussed is the right subject.

PWP is coordinated by Cacapon Institute.  www.CacaponInstitute.Org