Please submit a cover letter and resume to Alicia@groundworknola.org by June 16th.
First of a 2015 series of informative workshops about Working on the Water!
Don’t miss all the activities happening via the Wetlands Art Tour this weekend, May 6-7. The Opening Reception and panel discussion take place Friday evening from 6 to 8pm at the Ashe Cultural Arts Center on Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. On Saturday, the Bywater is hopping with activities from 9am to 9:30pm, including tours, an Earth Festival, screenings, and wetland art in Bywater galleries. See this link: http://wetlandsarttour.com for the full schedule.
Thanks to Jay Nix and his team at Parkway Bakery for their leadership in installing permeable parking. They are bringing attention to how we can not only live with water, but thrive!
Here's the link to the story that ran on WDSU-TV News: http://bit.ly/1H2a5En
There will be great information available on flood protection and water management, including an opportunity to use the Flood Risk and Resilience viewer recently unveiled by the State of Louisiana. Experts will be on hand to answer community questions.
RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE & RESILIENT REDEVELOPMENT OF BROWNFIELD SITES TRAINING WORKSHOP
Date: Thursday, April 16th
Time: 2:00 – 5:00pm
Location: Regional Transportation Management Center, 10 Veterans Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70124 – Main Conference Room
RSVP: rotte@norpc.org
Draft Agenda Attached
The Regional Planning Commission’s Brownfield Redevelopment Program cordially invites you to our training workshop on April 16th to learn about resources for incorporating sustainability and resiliency into your Brownfield redevelopment project!
Confirmed speakers include:
§ Karen Peycke, US Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 Brownfield & Land Revitalization Program
§ Gwendolyn Berthelot & Crisalda Adams, Louisiana Dept. of Environmental Quality’s Business, Community Outreach and Incentives Division, Nonpoint Source Program
§ Danny Wiegand, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Urban Waters Ambassador
§ Bill Shuster, EPA Office of Research and Development, Research Hydrologist
§ Earl Randall III, US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development - New Orleans Field Office
§ Liz Shephard, Chief Sustainability Officer, LifeCity
We hope you’ll join us for this informative workshop!
Thank you to our sponsor, the Louisiana Brownfields Association!
Please join a FREE webcast about The Environmental Law Institute’s and The Nature Conservancy’s recently released handbook to advance the use of a watershed approach in the selection, design and siting of wetland and stream restoration and protection projects, including projects required by compensatory mitigation.
This joint report called “Watershed Approach Handbook: Improving Outcomes and Increasing Benefits Associated with Wetland and Stream Restoration and Protection Projects” is posted on ELI’s and TNC’s Website. The handbook was funded by the EPA and other private funding sources.
Expert Speakers:
Dr. Rebecca Kihslinger, Wetlands Program Director, Environmental Law Institute, San Francisco – Rebecca helped develop the handbook and will help introduce the Webcast.
Palmer Hough, Environmental Scientist, Wetlands Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Palmer will provide some background regarding why EPA supported development of this handbook.
Mark P. Smith, Deputy Director, North America Freshwater Program, The Nature Conservancy, Boston, MA - Mark worked with Jessica Wilkinson, formerly of the Environmental Law Institute and now with TNC, to lead the effort to develop and co-author the Watershed Approach Handbook.
Nicholas Miller, Science Director, The Nature Conservancy, Madison, WI – Nicholas will present a case study from Wisconsin that highlights the use of the handbook.
Registration: You must register in advance to attend this webcast. Register at the Watershed Academy Webcast website at www.epa.gov/watershedwebcasts.
Questions? Please contact Beth Orr at beth.orr@tetratech.com.