BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-788@lvgreenways.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240912T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240912T110000 DTSTAMP:20240909T205103Z URL:https://lvgreenways.org/events/bushkill-stream-restoration-tour-septem ber-12/ SUMMARY:Bushkill Stream Restoration Tour - September 12 DESCRIPTION:Bushkill Stream Restoration Tour - September 12th\, 2024 - 9am- 11am\nJoin the LV Greenways Partnership on September 12\, 2024\, for a Bus hkill Stream Restoration Tour with Wildlands Conservancy.\n\nThis tour wil l highlight the impacts of dam removal on the Bushkill Stream\, as well as insights gained from monitoring efforts conducted by Lafayette College.\n \n\n\n[gravityform id="22" title="true" description="true"]\n\n\nSeptember 12 Bushkill Stream Restoration Tour Itinerary\, 9am-11am\n9am: Meet at Da m 2 \n\n Parking Location:  City of Easton Recycling Center. Address: 5 00 Bushkill Dr\, Easton\, PA 18042\n Speaker: Kristie Fach\, Director of Ecological Restoration\, Wildlands Conservancy\n Highlights: Example of r ecent construction and stream improvements with small viewing area. This l atest endeavor holds immense significance in facilitating the passage of m igratory fish species\, such as alewife and American shad\, to vital upstr eam spawning grounds. It contributes to the recovery of ecologically-benef icial freshwater mussels and the bolstering of populations of trout and ot her resident fish species.\n\n9:15am: Walk to Dam 1 (from Dam 2)\n\n Guid ed walk to Dam 1 with highlights of habitat features created.\n\n9:30am: W ater Quality Insights presented at Dam 1 by Megan Rothenberger\, Ph.D. Pro fessor of Environmental Science and Studies\, Lafayette College\n\n Work began in July 2023 to remove Dam #1\, which is owned by Lafayette College and is the closest to the Delaware River. Lafayette College served as a cr itical partner in the dam removal process and has created academic connect ions to the Bushkill Stream with a years-long stream monitoring program.\n \n9:45am: Walk back to Dam 2 / Drive to Dam 3\n\n10am: Meet at Dam 3\n\n Parking Location: Simon Silk Mill at 671 N. 13th Street Easton\, PA 18042\ n Walk to pedestrian bridge (and slightly beyond\, time permitting)\n Hi ghlights: Safety issues presented by dams. Karl Stirner Arts Trail connect ions.\n Speakers: Kristie Fach\, Director of Ecological Restoration\, Wil dlands Conservancy\, Brit Kondravy\, Conservation Coordinator/LVG Co-Lead\ , DLNHC\n\n10:20am drive to Binney and Smith  Site\n\n10:30am: Meet at Bi nney and Smith Dam Site\n\n Parking Location: GPS Coordinates: 40.701742\ , -75.244049  (Parking lot off of Edgewood).\n\n (Parking lot across fro m 2025 Edgewood Ave\, Easton\, PA 18045)\n\n\n Speaker: Kate Ebel\, Senio r Restoration Ecologist\, Wildlands Conservancy.\n Highlights: Preserve a nd habitat restoration work upstream.\n\n11am: Program End\n\n*Times Appro ximate\n\n\n\nAbout\n\nThe Bushkill Creek begins at the foot of Blue Mount ain in Bushkill Township and flows approximately 16 miles south to its con fluence with the Delaware River\, surrounded primarily by agricultural and suburban areas before entering the City of Easton. It is a high quality c oldwater fishery that supports large populations of wild brown trout. Howe ver\, stressors from land-use practices\, urban development\, and stormwat er have severely degraded this section over the past 15 years\, limiting i ts recreation value for the community\, as well as suitability for native fish and wildlife habitat.\n\nTo address the stream’s widening\, channel ization and shallowness\, along with the negative impacts of impacts of er osion and siltation that are impacting habitat and recreation\, Wildlands and partners are regrading and stabilizing the streambank\, planting and e xpanding riparian buffers\, strips of native trees and shrubs that root th e soil and filter runoff before it enters the waterway\, and installing in -stream structures to restore fish habitat.\n\nThe removal of dams in a th ree-mile stretch in Easton\, is meant to break up aquatic barriers first i nstalled in the 18th\, 19th and early 20th centuries\, that harnessed wate r to power Easton's mills.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nQuestions? Contact Bri t Kondravy\, LV Greenways Co-Lead at conservation@delawareandlehigh.org\, (484) 215-6227\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://greenways.delawareandlehigh.org/wp-conte nt/uploads/sites/6/2024/09/dam-removal.jpg CATEGORIES:Greenway Events,Workshops & Speakers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR