Fall Kill Creek Podcast Tour
North Cherry Street
Stormwater and Green Infrastructure
Do you know about stormwater? Stormwater is rain (or snow, sleet and hail) that doesn’t get soaked into the ground. Instead it runs over the ground surface, often directly into waterways or into stormwater drains and pipes that eventually lead into waterways. Stormwater run off can carry many pollutants it comes into contact with, such as motor oil and many forms of trash, which hurts organisms living in the water of the Fall Kill Creek and other creeks, streams, rivers and lakes. Come along with the NCLI Crew and Emily Vail to learn more about stormwater and how it affects you.
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Emily Vail is the Estuary Watershed Outreach Specialist for the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation in cooperation with the NYS Water Resource Institute at Cornell University. Her work focuses on green infrastructure for stormwater management and supporting volunteer watershed groups and intermunicipal councils in the Hudson Valley. For more information about green infrastructure practices in the Hudson Valley, click this link.
