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In preparation for the 2024 Day in the Life sampling event October 10th, 2024 we are holding two field focused workshops so our teachers and educators can prepare and refresh and a Master's Workshop on Marine Debris Inventorying.
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WORKSHOP SPACE IS LIMITED SO PLEASE BE SURE TO SIGN UP IN ADVANCE. WORKSHOPS ARE FREE TO PARTICIPANTS BUT IF YOU SIGN UP , WE COUNT ON YOU TO BE THERE AS THIS CLOSES THE OPPORTUNITY TO OTHERS, AND WE PLAN STAFFING BASED ON PARTICIPANT NUMBERS! PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS.
DITL IN-PERSON FIELD TRAININGS: Join us for one of our in person sessions to learn and review the various parameters we measure, data collection techniques, and ideas on how to make your day out in the field with students go smoothy. This year we will also explore in more depth fishing techniques, and species identification.
August 21st, 2024 Wednesday, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm, at the Norrie Point Environmental Center , 256 Norrie Point Way, Staatsburg NY, 12580
September 28th, 2024 Saturday, 10:00 am - 3:30 pm, Center for the Urban River at Beczak, 35 Alexander St, Yonkers, NY 10701. Please note that CTLE credits vwill be available to attendees of this workshop through our partnership with CURB. There will be a short virtual assessment piece that will be part of these credits that will occur separately after the workshop.
MASTER'S WORKSHOP:
August 27th, 2024 Tuesday, 11:00-3:00 p.m. we are offering a special workshop on sampling Microplastics and other Marine Debris. We will meet promptly at Norrie Point Environmental Center in Staatsburg. This is a unique opportunity with limited spaces available.The session will include:
- an introduction to microplastics, sampling potocol, field sampling, microplastic identification and a review of the student projects that are incorporating this sampling currently on the Hudson
- an introduction to sampling larger marine debris program, sampling protocol for inclusion into the DITL program, field sampling/sorting/graphing, a review of existing programs on marine debris sampling to connect to a larger body of work.
To sign up for workshops please complete this year's registration form once it is posted, or for more information on any workshop please contact Rebecca Houser 845-256-3115 or Margie Turrin 845-365-8494.