So what happens on Newtown Creek during a rainstorm? The honest answer might gross you out. In order to better understand water quality issues, the Newtown Creek Alliance installed weather stations on libraries throughout the Newtown Creek drainage area – or watershed – over the course of the past year. This “Weather in the Watershed” […]
UPDATE: You can check out an audio recording of this session here, and follow along with a pdf of the presentation here. Thanks Andrew Pavia and Ziwen Tu for getting us the files. NCA’s Green Infrastructure Workgroup is hosting a focus group meeting for stakeholders in Sunnyside about stormwater runoff and Green Infrastructure. NCA is collaborating with Dr. Franco […]
NCA’s February meeting will highlight the wide array of local citizen and student scientists exploring all angles of the creek. The meeting will be structured as a showcase, with quick presentations on each topic, and materials for you to peruse in person. Come mingle with your local citizen scientists. Read on for the full line up. […]
On October 19th, GMDC, NCA, and Riverkeeper shared the APA New York Chapter Meritorious Achievement Award for their work on the Newtown Creek BOA Nomination Report. The awards ceremony took place at the 2012 APA New York Metro Chapter Fall Conference. This year, the Chapter also honored a group of city agencies – DDC, DOHMH, […]
Please join us November 28th for our ten-year anniversary at Newtown Creek Alliance. Whether you are a new supporter, or if you were there at the very beginning, we want to share this moment with you to celebrate the distance we have come, and recognize the work we have ahead. At this meeting, we will […]
