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Providence, RI: Led by the Providence Stormwater Innovation Center, a SNEP partner, volunteers plant buffer vegetation along Bellefonte Brook in Roger Williams Park to improve water quality that flows to Narragansett Bay. Photo Credit: Ryan Kopp
Program Updates
Registration is now open for SNEP’s May Virtual Symposium: Science Bringing Solutions: Delivering Environmental Improvement to Southeastern Coastal New England. Attendance is free and open to the public.
Register today via our Symposium website. There is still time to submit poster abstracts to the Symposium!
On March 1, SNEP hosted a webinar Highlighting Project Successes Across the SNEP Program. The webinar was recorded and is now available on the SNEP website.
On March 31, EPA-SNEP hosted a workshop on “Developing an Effective Communications Strategy for Harmful Algal Blooms” to discuss ways to better inform the public on what the presence of HABs means for their communities. A workshop summary will be made available within the next few weeks.
On March 8, the SNEP Policy Committee met to discuss how to overcome barriers to the use of priority nontraditional technologies in the SNEP region. Meeting notes are now available on the SNEP website.
The comment period for the recently released Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool is still open to the public. Submit your feedback today.
On March 2, the Harvard Kennedy School hosted climatologist Katherine Hayhoe on “Finding Hope: Changing the Climate Crisis Conversation.” For those not able to attend, you can view the recorded presentation