Start Date
10-5-2021 3:45 PM
End Date
10-5-2021 5:00 PM
Access Type
Open Access
Abstract
Partnerships are instrumental to improving water quality, especially difficult challenges like addressing non-point source pollution. Hear how over a thirty year timespan local residents worked to improve water quality, first through protecting the Musconetcong River as a National Wild and Scenic River, and then using that status to work collaboratively with federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, and local land owners to reduce pollution from farms and remove abandoned dams.
Biography
Alan is the Director of Policy and Grants at the Musconetcong Watershed Association, and lives along the Musconetcong River on his family’s farm. He earned a B.S. in Environmental Studies from Bates College in 2003, a Master in Environmental Management from Duke University in 2005, was a Fulbright Scholar in 2010-2011, and earned his doctorate in Rural Development at Newcastle University, England.
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How Can Collaborative Engagement Improve Water Quality? An On-the-Ground Perspective from the Musconetcong River
Partnerships are instrumental to improving water quality, especially difficult challenges like addressing non-point source pollution. Hear how over a thirty year timespan local residents worked to improve water quality, first through protecting the Musconetcong River as a National Wild and Scenic River, and then using that status to work collaboratively with federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, and local land owners to reduce pollution from farms and remove abandoned dams.