21 members of the Upper Susquehanna Coalition and partners attended a three day training geared towards developing Coalition member capacity in addressing watershed and stream resource management issues. The first day of training provided methodology for developing watershed background reports and assessment methodologies to provide tools in determining how best to approach watershed problems and issues. Additionally, participants were exposed to morphological features of different stream types to help determine the relative and comparative "health or stability" of the stream. The second day of the training focused on field data collection and work up to verify those "morphological" features and how they relate to visual inspections. The third day was spent introducing evaluation and predictive tools and utilizing them in the field.
The three day training is the first in a series of training events sponsored by the USC to create a group of individuals that can assist communities in better addressing stream channel and watershed management challenges in the region.
