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[Becky Bowen <beckybowen27 AT gmail.com>]

Please join us for the second event in the "What's in Your 
Watershed?" series, highlighting the work of the Stream Watch volunteers in Trumansburg & Taughannock Creeks.

When: Wednesday, February 27th, 6-8 PM

Where: Ulysses Philomathic Library, 74 E. Main Street, Trumansburg

What: Trumansburg & Taughannock Creeks- What's In Your Watershed?

This event will highlight the importance of baseline water
quality monitoring as it relates to "hydrofracking". In 2012, CSI
received funding from Tompkins County to collect baseline water quality data for Cayuga Lake streams and creeks, including
Trumansburg and Taughannock Creeks. 

Speakers will present this baseline data
and discuss how water quality might change if "hydrofracking" were to
take place in these watersheds. Speakers will include Stephen Penningroth,
Executive Director of the Community Science Institute, Elizabeth Thomas, Deputy
Supervisor for the Town of Ulysses, a representative from the Village of
Trumansburg and CSI volunteers.

Presentations will address questions like, "How can bans on hydrofracking protect water quality?", "What kinds of aquatic life can be supported in Trumansburg and Taughannock Creeks?", "How does the sewage treatment plant impact Trumansburg Creek?" and "What can I do to protect my watershed?".

The Community Science Institute has partnered with volunteers to monitor Trumansburg and Taughannock Creek watersheds since 2006. Volunteers sample 19 locations in the Trumansburg and Taughannock Creek watersheds. All results are published in the CSI database online at http://communityscience.org/database. CSI is supported in part by the Town of Ulysses, the Town of Hector and Tompkins County.

A special thank you goes out to the Finger Lakes Clean Waters Initiative, Hector Clean Waters, the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network, Back to Democracy and Seneca Lake Pure Waters for cosponsoring this event.