Chapter Newsletters

August 2024

  

COLLABORATE TODAY. SUSTAIN TOMORROW.

We hope to see you September 9-11, 2024 at our Northeast Regional Conference in
Scranton, PA as we co-locate this year with our peers from the Mid-Atlantic region. In
addition to pre-planning your personal travel itineraries to get to the conference, we
wanted to highlight a few educational opportunities you may be interested in adding to your agenda. Let’s get ready to explore Navigating Soil & Water Management.

Tuesday, September 10th

8:30am-9:10am
Casey Grand Ballroom
Opening Keynote—Abandoned Mines
Speaker: Patrick Webb, Director PA Department of
Environmental Protection

9:20am-9:50am
Casey Grand Ballroom
Keynote: Alliance for Chesapeake Bay-Health of the Bay
Speaker: Jeremy Evans, Pennsylvania Agriculture Projects
Coordinator for the Chesapeake Bay


11:00am-12:00pm
Casey Grand Ballroom
Our Rhode Island State Representative Ariel Leclerc to
present on Dissecting Dewatering and Turbidity Monitoring
requirements under the 2022 EPA CGP.


3:50pm-4:20pm
Electric City Ballroom
Solmax Northeast Regional Business Manager Daniel
Dwyer to present on Nature Based Alternatives to Hard
Armoring in Coastal Slopes.

Wednesday, September 11th

8:30am-9:30am
Casey Grand Ballroom
Morning Keynote:Values-Driven Leadership: Cultivating Authenticity in the Workplace
Presented by Laurel McDermott & Drew Kirner of True North Culture Advisors

9:35am-9:50am
Northeast Chapter Meeting
Electric City Ballroom
Our Northeast chapter president Eric Steinhauser will lead us in assembling
members and electing new chapter board officers for 2025. This is a great
chance to get involved in your local areas while building upon connections with industry peers.


10:00am-10:30am
Casey Grand Ballroom
Our New Hampshire State Representative Mike Everhart will present on
Protecting Watersheds through Erosion Control Methods.


11:40am-12:10pm
Casey Grand Ballroom
Closing Keynote
Nurturing Nature: Ecologically Sound Solutions to Coastal Erosion
Presented by Stephanie Haussmann with Crawford Land Management

The above list is suggestive only as many opportunities exist throughout the conference to engage with exhibitors, sponsors and industry
professionals to learn more about best practices in stormwater and erosion control. Several sessions are eligible for New York PE Credits or
sources of Professional Development Hours and will be noted as such on conference agenda details as well as under approved conference
events found at Professional Development Hours - EnviroCert International, Inc..https://envirocert.org/professional-development-hours/

Member Spotlight

 We would like to recognize our Connecticut State Representative Susan Paisley President of R.L. Pritchard for her recent role as an associate directing member with The Erosion Control Technology Council (ECTC). Established in 1992, as found on the ECTC website the council is “A collaboration of manufacturers and partners throughout the industry, dedicated to advancing the knowledge, experience, and expertise of erosion and sediment control. ECTC Specifications create standards that regulators, DOT specifiers, and engineers across the country are benefiting from and setting the foundation for more sustainable and effective solutions to their greatest erosion control challenges.”
To learn more please visit :https://www.erosioncouncil.org/
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** Arriving Monday, September 9th? You are invited to join us at Backyard Ale House 523 Linden Street Scranton, PA from 4:30pm-6:30pm as we kickoff the IECA MAC and Northeast Conference & Expo. **
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