The MD Cooperative Extension Service, University of MD-College Park will provide training in site assessment and the management of riparian buffers in both urban and rural settings. The second day will involve the use of assessment techniques at rural and urban field sites. Register by Sept. 15. Fees may vary in other states. This workshop at Chesapeake College in Wye Mills, MD, will discuss the results of a study by the Virginia Polytechnic Institute that evaluated 52 wastewater treatment plants in the watershed to determine the feasibility and costs of implementing BNR at existing facilities.
Cost varies and depends on level of participation.
This PA Biological Survey conference in Harrisburg will facilitate discussions among the state's private and public landowners about cooperative land management objectives at different scales, which will in turn form the basis of an action agenda for conserving PA's natural diversity. The cost has not yet been set.