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Protecting Our Forests, Air, and Water Resources: Options for Municipalities

Natural resource protection is often at the center of an EACs’ work, but what are some methods EACs can employ to further this goal? Join us for a series of three presentations focused on methods of monitoring and protecting our air, water, and forest resources. Presentation #1: Community-scale air quality monitoring using low-cost sensors, including potential benefits and pitfalls. Data collected in Cranberry Township, PA will be shown as a case study. Dr. Albert Presto, Carnegie Mellon Presentation #2: The development of a systematic approach to mapping and assessing stormwater BMPs. William Ross Snook, New Hanover Township EAC Presentation #3: Pennsylvania’s Service Forester Program, and a discussion of managing invasives. Michael Hoffman, PA DCNR, Bureau of Forestry