Partnership for the Delaware Estuary to Announce Comprehensive Plan

	UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION III - OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS 1650 Arch Street  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19103-2029 Phone - 215/814-5100    Fax - 215/814-5102 EPA Media Advisory

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Partnership for the Delaware Estuary to Announce Comprehensive Plan

New Mussel Hatchery at Bartram's Garden Planned

 

WHAT: The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary will hold a press conference to kick off its revised 10-year comprehensive conservation and management plan and highlight plans to restore freshwater mussels to help improve water quality in area waterways. The revised plan aims to make watershed improvements to benefit the millions of people who live, work, and play in the tri-state region (PA, NJ, DE).

 

WHO: Jennifer Adkins, Executive Director, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

Cosmo Servidio, Regional Administrator (Region 3), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;

Pete Lopez, Regional Administrator (Region 2), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;

Shawn M. Garvin, Secretary, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control;

Aneca Atkinson, Acting Deputy Secretary for Water Programs, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection;

Debra McCarty, Commissioner, Philadelphia Water Department, and,

Steve Tambini, Executive Director, Delaware River Basin Commission.  

 

WHEN: 10:00 a.m.  Tuesday, February 19  

 

WHERE: Bartram's Garden (Barn)
5400 Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19143

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