Project Headwaters to Present at 2009 Delaware Estuary Science Conference

Project Headwaters has been selected to present at the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary's Science and Environmental Summit 2009. This event will be held Jan. 11-14 at The Grand Hotel in Cape May, New Jersey. We're very excited for this opportunity to share the message of Project Headwaters with a wide audience of local scientists and watershed managers.

Download the Project Headwaters Presentation Abstract

More Information about the 2009 Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit 2009

Project Headwaters Video Featured on StormwaterPA

Project Headwaters is a featured video on StormwaterPA.

This video was shot during the first round of planting at the Natural Lands Trust. Mike Wilson and Shandor Szalay were interviewed, talking about the principles and goals of Project Headwaters. The video is about 7 minutes long and can be viewed directly at StormwaterPA Case Studies: Project Headwaters.

You can also request a copy of the StormwaterPA video on DVD by completing the online form on the StormwaterPA website.

Project Headwaters Has a Blog!

Project Headwaters Blog is up and running.  Over the next couple of weeks I'll try to tweak the settings and the website to make them more user friendly.  

Pennypack Watershed Stormwater Basin Inventory Identifies Priority Basins in Headwaters

Dan Fitzgerald has been working on a stormwater basin inventory and he's finished all the basins in the Pennypack. Several of the top priority basins (based on proximity to headwaters and preliminary drainage area/basin area) are ones we've already been looking at in Horsham township! Nice when the facts match your preconceived ideas.

We'd like to survey the Luken's park ones next week if possible. Do you guys have any contacts such as maintenance/parks and rec department/Twp engineer, etc. that we should check with ahead of time? For the HydroCAD model we'll need to know about all pipes, etc. that are not obvious in the field survey.

Blair Mill Elementary School - Watershed Day Event

I just wanted to give everyone a quick update on the planning for the Blair Mill Elementary School - Watershed Day event. We met last week with the Blair Mill Team, and came up with a number a great ideas for this event. the tentative date for the event is April 25th. We picked this date because it ties into some other Earth Day activities. The Project Headwaters team will coordinate the event. This is our first attempt at this type of event, so any and all suggestions are welcome. Attached is an outline of some of the ideas that came out of our meeting last week. Take a look and let me know what you think. The Blair Mill team will be working to integrate the Watershed theme into various school events and activities during the school year. Project Headwaters will help with technical support whenever possible. If you have an idea, let me know. We're hoping to kick off the project with an Assembly early in the school year, to introduce the Watershed theme to the children and the school community. I'll keep you informed as this event shapes up.

thanks,
Mike

Tree Planting at Natural Lands Trust - A Message from Mike Wilson

Our Spring Planting on the NLT property took place on Saturday and Sunday. I am pleased to report that all 500 trees and shrubs were planted, and each one was fenced against the deer. I can hardly believe that we were able to complete this project in just 2 days. I wanted to thank each volunteer who helped make this possible. I really appreciate all your hard work and dedication.
However, there are several people that deserve special recognition. Susan Harris for developing the planting plan, and helping to lay out the site. Ed and Karen Thompson for all their support, and the wonderful food - outstanding. Tom Flannery for his work on Friday to prepare the site, as well as Sat. and Sunday - fantastic. And all the volunteer who came both days - you know who you are. This project could not have been completed without all these contributions.
I'm looking forward to the day we can all visit the NLT site, and sit under the trees we planted. Thanks again to everyone who supported this Project Headwaters project.