The NC Aquatic Data Hub is hosting a series of training workshops across the state on stream monitoring methods. To register: http://ncaquaticdatahub.org/workshops/

Who should attend? Anyone who engages or is interested in engaging citizen scientists in monitoring streams. Participants will learn about and practice methods that NCADH recommends for citizen stream monitoring.

Dates and locations offered:

Piedmont: May 7 and 8 at Umstead State Park, Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh
Western North Carolina: May 22 and 23 at Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa
Eastern North Carolina: June 6 and 7 Edgecombe Cooperative Extension, Tarboro

Each workshop will take place over two days and will consist of both classroom and in-the-stream components each day. Participants can register for day 1, day 2, or both days:

Day 1: 9am – 6pm – Monitoring best practices, habitat assessment, and Tier 1 and Tier 2 chemical/physical monitoring.
Day 2:  9am – 4pm – Tier 2 Bacteria sampling and Tier 1 macroinvertebrate monitoring.

CLICK HERE for the full agenda for each day.

Tier 2 benthic macroinvertebrate monitoring for program leaders will be taught in a separate, two day workshop hosted by the Environmental Quality Institute. More information about the Tier 2 macro workshop is coming soon!

For a review of the NCADH monitoring tiers, click here

The North Carolina Aquatic Data Hub is a new initiative for connecting aquatic monitoring efforts across the state in order to better understand the condition of North Carolina's waters and to maintain and improve them. NCADH is providing resources and training for new groups and existing organizations to contribute to and access a statewide network of aquatic data. Funding is provided by Z Smith Reynolds Foundation.

For more information about the NCADH, visit http://ncaquaticdatahub.org/

Environmental Tech Summit: Improving Our Environment with Modern Technology

Thursday April 26, 2018

8am – 5:30pm EDT

https://envirotechsummit.org/

Location:

Devolve

304 Glenwood Ave

Raleigh, NC 27603

The Summit is designed to introduce engineers, scientists, technical and other professional in the environmental industry to the latest software and hardware solutions, and to the people tackling big environmental problems.

DISCOVER the latest apps, smart IoT devices, drone use cases, mapping technologies, field data collection systems, reporting automation, big data uses, and other modern tools and techniques.

CONNECT with environmental professionals, tech developers, hardware engineers, and scientists to learn and create solutions for your projects and problem sets!

EARN NC Professional Development Hours (PDHs) for Engineers.

Sponsorship opportunities available!

For more information please contact: Nicholas A. Moran, PG

CoFounder & Geologist (namoran@gmail.com)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District (Corps) and the N.C. Division of Water Resources (DWR) have developed an online Pre-Construction Notification (PCN) form that can be used in lieu of the paper PCN form. This online form will be available for use by all applicants starting February 1, 2018. The Corps and DWR will hold three webinars to introduce the online PCN process, including a review of the PCN form, demonstrations of how to use the form, and a question/answer session. Each training session will have staff on hand from the mountain, piedmont or coastal region to help answer questions.

•    January 11, 2018 from 9:00-11:00 am (mountain region focus)
•    January 18, 2018 from 9:00-11:00 am (piedmont region focus)
•    January 25, 2018 from 9:00-11:00 am (coastal region focus)

To register for one of the webinars, please complete the form found online:
https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Forms/PCN_Registration. If you have any questions, please contact
Beverly Strickland by email at bev.strickland@ncdenr.gov or call 919-707-8789.

Registration for the 2018 National Association of Environmental Professionals 43^rd Annual Conference is now open! The conference is hosted by the national affiliate Northwest Chapter (NWAEP), and will be held on March 11-14, 2018, in Tacoma, Washington. Early registration rates are effective through January 15, 2018. Visit the conference website for more information on key note speakers, workshops, schedules, sponsors, and registration: https://naep.memberclicks.net/2018-conference

A good summary of NCDEQ's in-lieu fee program (Division of Mitigation Services) via a FHWA Case Study webinar that was held yesterday.  The webinar can be viewed at https://connectdot.connectsolutions.com/p4qw9hzqvtk/

Summary is  at: https://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/ecological/ImplementingEcoLogicalApproach/Case_Study_NCDEQ.asp

The Carolinas Chapter of AEG has organized a reprise of our 2014 vapor intrusion conference at the Hilton Charlotte University Place on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 5 and 6. Since the first conference, a lot has happened in the world of vapor intrusion, including a change in the political scene and advancement of hot topics, such as trichloroethene (TCE).

The conference will feature nationally known speakers, including Henry Schuver of the U.S. EPA, Rod Thompson of IUPUI, and Blayne Hartman of Hartman Environmental Geoscience. We have organized a special afternoon session on TCE with focused presentations by research scientists, a risk assessor, and an attorney on that topic, followed by a panel discussion with these speakers that will take questions and comments from the attendees.

Gauging by the buzz in the community already, we hope this year's conference will bring more than the 215 professionals that attended our 2014 conference, and have moved this year's conference to Charlotte to be closer to attendees from neighboring states. We will offer continuing education units for geologists and engineers, as well as continuing legal education units for attorneys. Registration forms, speaker list, speaker biographies and abstracts are on the AEG website and on the AEG Carolinas Chapter website. These websites also have the link to the block of rooms reserved at the Hilton, at a special rate of $139 per night.

Click here to download the conference flyer.

Carnage Middle School (near downtown Raleigh) is hosting a Mother's Day Plant Sale May 8-11 to help support their Ecology and Botany programs.

More information can be found at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0f4da4ae2ba2fa7-mothers. The greenhouse is located behind the main building. They also have slots available if you're interested in volunteering to help with the sale.

The 2017 NC Envirothon competition will be held on April 28-29, 2017 at Cedarock Park, Alamance County, NC.

Volunteers are NEEDED! The NC Envirothon competition can average about 500 students, parents and teachers attending the 2 day event, so we need a lot of people willing to help us pull off an event this size. There are a multitude of jobs to fill on both days. Come help for both days or just one if you can't make it to both days.

The NC Envirothon is an annual competition for high school and middle school students. The program consists of one-day area competitions held in March or early April and a two-day state competition held in late April or early May. The number of teams participating at area competitions is unlimited. The top seven (7) scoring teams in each area, plus the top scoring FFA team, compete at the state competition to represent NC at the National Conservation Foundation (NCF) Envirothon, a 5-day competition held in July or August. The NCF Envirothon hosts teams from participating states and Canadian provinces who have won their state or provincial event. Teams at the NCF Envirothon compete for recognition and scholarships by demonstrating their knowledge of environmental science and natural resource management.

The NC Envirothon has been providing quality education and enrichment opportunities to North Carolina students for 25 years. A leader in natural resource, ecology and environmental education, the Envirothon has been helping to develop NC’s leaders for the future.

For more information check out: https://sites.google.com/site/envirothonnc/home

 

CarWA is thrilled to announce and celebrate their 2017 Wetland Treasures sites! (click name to view a factsheet):

• Congaree National Park in Richland County, SC (owned by the National Park Service)
• Hobcaw Barony Wetlands in Georgetown County, SC (owned by the Belle W. Baruch Foundation)
• Kanuga Bog in Henderson County, NC (owned by Kanuga Conference & Retreat Center)
• Robertson Millpond in Wake County, NC (owned by Wake County)
• Scuppernong River Swamp in Tyrrell County, NC (owned by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)

And they have five field trips planned this spring, starting on April 29th. Space is limited for each trip, so register today.

·         Six slides per page color (9 pages) –

https://naep.memberclicks.net/assets/webinars/2017webinars/trumpadministrationwebinar-20170308-final-6slidesperpage.pdf

 

·         Two slides per page color (27 pages) –

https://naep.memberclicks.net/assets/webinars/2017webinars/trumpadministrationwebinar-20170308-final-2slidesperpage.pdf

 

·         One slide per page color (53 pages) –

https://naep.memberclicks.net/assets/webinars/2017webinars/trumpadministrationwebinar-20170308-final-1slideperpage.pdf