On March 23, 2021, I co-presented with ALLARM Director Julie Vastine in a virtual presentation to Pennsylvania Master Watershed Stewards about Citizen Science. We had 25 people in the audience who logged in for the event in real time, but the session was also recorded…
Dickinson’s Center for Civic Learning and Action (CCLA) held the fourth and last of its virtual Civic Skills Academy four-sessions on February 25, 2021. The “Community Organizing to Build Power” workshop was led by the Center for Coalfield Justice Executive Director, Veronica Coptis. The goal…
In January, planning for two back-to-back Cumberland County Stream Team data interpretation meetings began. These meetings split the Cumberland County Stream Team volunteers into two sections based on their watershed: Yellow Breeches Creek, and Conodoguinet Creek combined with University Run. These meetings provided the opportunity…
Event: Data Interpretation Workshop, February 16, 2021 [caption id="attachment_536" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Olivia Spildooren '21 and Hiba Aoid '21 leading a breakout discussion room with two Stream Team members to talk through data trends.[/caption] On Tuesday, February 16, 2021, I helped co-facilitate small group discussions during…
I started off with ALLARM as a curious sophomore at Dickinson College, looking to connect with an academic group of like-minded individuals. Once I got an offer from Director Julie Vastine to become a Watershed Coordinator, I knew that this space would be a pivotal…
Working with ALLARM for my first week has been one of the highlights of my week. I was able to get a taste of all the hard work that goes into ALLARM. I listened to two meetings…the first one being a Stream Team Open Call.…
The Chesapeake Bay Forum, an annual event attended by individuals with a like-interest in protecting and improving the health of our watershed, took a unique spin this year to cater to pandemic safety precautions, and was entirely virtual. Instead of travelling to West Virginia to…
On November 9th, 2020, ALLARM held a stream team workshop with York County’s Master Watershed Stewards. This training session went through our stream team manual and the chemical tests our volunteers do to show step-by-step demonstrations on each chemical test, which includes the conductivity, nitrate-nitrogen,…
On October 6, 2020 I was fortunate enough to represent ALLARM by presenting in a session in the Pennsylvania Conservation District Watershed Specialist Webinar series alongside Julie Vastine and Shante Toledo. This event (replacing the in-person conference conditions) marks the 20th year of the Conservation…
On September 30th, ALLARM was invited by the Allegheny County Conservation District to lead a Data Interpretation Webinar as a part of their “advocate for your watershed” series. Julie Vastine, ALLARM's Director, and Suzanne Hartley, ALLARM's Assistant Director, led the webinar with the goal of…
