Piermont Marsh Planning

Phase 2: Fact-Finding

Meeting 2: What do we know about water quality in the vicinity of Piermont Marsh?
Thursday, November 13, 2014, 6:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m.
Piermont Village Hall, 478 Piermont Avenue

Meeting Objectives:
1. To share knowledge about water quality in the vicinity of Piermont Marsh
2. To share information about ongoing efforts to monitor and improve water quality
3. To address clarifying questions

Agenda

6:00 6:15

Welcome and Introduction

Betsy Blair and Mayor Sanders

6:15 7:00 What is the water quality like in the vicinity of the marsh?
6:15 6:30
Rockland County stream biomonitoring project, Allan Beers and Nicole Laible
6:30 6:45
Fecal contamination in Sparkill Creek and the Hudson River, Jennifer Epstein
6:45 7:00
HRNERR water quality monitoring, Sarah Fernald
7:00 7:45 How does water quality relate to the marsh, and whos doing what?
7:00 7:15
Relationships between water quality and the marsh, Stuart Findlay
7:15 7:30
NYSDEC activities in support of clean water, Betsy Blair
7:30 7:45
Citizen efforts and partnerships, Laurie Seeman

7:45 8:20 Questions for speakers

We will try to accommodate both questions from index cards and questions from the audience
8:20 8:30 Next steps
Please fill out a feedback form to help us improve future meetings.
See https://www.hrnerr.org/piermont-marsh/ for presentations from the fact-finding meetings.
Contact Betsy Blair (Betsy.Blair@dec.ny.gov) or Ed McGowan (Edwin.McGowan@parks.ny.gov)
with further questions.

Speakers:
Betsy Blair

Allan Beers

Nicole Laible
Jennifer Epstein
Sarah Fernald
Stuart Findlay
Laurie Seeman

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Regional Habitat Manager and

Manager of the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve (HRNERR)
Executive Director of the Rockland County Soil and Water Conservation District and
Coordinator of the Rockland County Department of Environmental Resources (DER)
Environmental Management Assistant at Rockland County DER
Riverkeeper Water Quality Program Associate
Research Coordinator at the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve
Senior Scientist at the Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies
Sparkill Creek Watershed Alliance Director and Founder; Co-leader of Rockland
Water Coalition; Member of Rockland County Water Resources Management Task
Force; Strawtown Studio Director