The Tributary expansion project on the Lower Delaware has spread the word on Wild and Scenic designation in the area. There are two groups who have shown interest in designation for their rivers. As well as one tributary to the Delaware who has the potential to get its own designation separate from the expansion project I am supporting. Due to the extensive efforts in a small radius, we convened for a virtual "River Summit". All four groups presented on where they are in the study process, and we came together to share advice and information. Since I am new to the Mid-Atlantic region it was helpful to learn about new rivers that I don't work with, but could in the future!

These past few months I've been going to a lot of webinars through the River Management Society. The webinar series that I went to was about river jobs in all sectors of the work force; private, non-profit, federal, and sate. I enjoyed hearing about the presenter's professional journeys, especially in the environmental field; there are so many paths to take in this area of work. I've also been attending some federal resume writing workshops. The skills they teach in this are very helpful. I've been to two writing workshops it made writing my federal resume so much easier, so the workshops have been very mentally helpful.

One project that I've made a priority recently has been the redesign of the NPS Lower Delaware website. The images on the website were so, so old and a lot of the links didn't work correctly. So I went through the entire website to correct the links and I took images from the Visual Resource Inventory process, that I mentioned in my last blog entry, to use on the website. It looks much better! Check it out; Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

I've also been shadowing my RTCA colleagues on a community garden project. They have been assisting a group with creating, designing and building up this space near a train station in the city and turning it into a place to sit in nature/community garden. It is a public space and it’s a pretty good size for a city park. My role has been helping with the creation of some outreach and communication materials. As a Partnership Rivers fellow I wouldn't normally get a chance to experience an RTCA project, so it has been a really cool experience to shadow them.