Join DEC’s Hudson River Estuary Program’s Free Virtual Winter Speaker Series!

Meet and learn from scientists, community leaders, and environmental educators who work at the intersection of research, education, and environmental and social justice. Engage in discussions about water quality research, dam removals, field-based learning, and overcoming barriers and challenges in the field of science and education.

Dams are coming down and many women are leading the charge! Laura will focus on the steps to remove a dam and highlight some of the efforts of the many women who are making it happen. She will be describing the processes to removing a dam including communications, movement building, program development, policy, funding, decision making, project management, permitting, analysis, engineering, and construction. For each critical step she will highlight some of the amazing women working to restore aquatic connectivity through the selective removal of obsolete dams.

Featured Speaker: Laura Wildman, PE