Another North Branch Community meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday afternoon/evening, October 16, 2024. The program will be held at the
University High School of Science & Engineering,
351 Mark Twain Drive, (north of Plainfield St.) in Hartford
• 4 – 5pm: North Branch Walk (prior to the presentation)
A pre-meeting field walk, lead by the project engineers, Fuss & O’Neill (F&O) will start and end at University High School of Science and Engineering. The walk will identify green infrastructure issues and opportunities near the Univ of High School for Science & Engineering (UHSSE). A focus of discussion will be the former Annie Fisher Nature Trail, which is located parallel to Mark Twain Drive north of Plainfield and south of UHSSE.
Meet in the school parking lot, which is adjacent to 351 Mark Twain Drive (north of Plainfield St.) in Hartford.
• 5:10pm – 5:50pm: Presentation of North Branch Design Concepts
presentation
by Fuss & O’Neill (including brief Q &A)
• 6pm – 6:45pm: Design Stations – Discussions for person-person community input
Each station will have concept design graphics printed on large boards. Community members will have an opportunity to discuss design concepts with the project team.
Food and beverages will be served at 6pm. Water will be available after the walk.
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Learning How to Conserve and Revitalize the North Branch Park River
A 2019 summary of twenty years of environmental education along the North Branch
Educational programming along the North Branch Park River has been the focus of our 2018 – 2019 project work. We welcome input from stakeholders along the North Branch Park River. Contact us to schedule a meeting or presentation of our findings.
Park Watershed, and the North Branch Conservation Committee of the West End Civic Association is asking the City of Hartford to include one page stating the need for comprehensive environmental planning in its 10-year Plan of Conservation & Development.
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Park Watershed, with area educators and Ct Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, hosted a Water Festival in October of 2018 to highlight unique conditions along the North Branch Park River. This was one of many learning activities held along the North Branch Park River. Contact Mary Pelletier to learn about educational resources.
Park Watershed works in collaboration with K12 teachers and staff through learning activities that connect the school ground conditions to the regional and global natural environment. These learning activities included hands-on enhancement of school yard ecological habitat; nature trails mapping; drainage mathematical calculations needed to design-build rain gardens and other educational exercises related to urban-suburban watershed stewardship.
We conduct research regarding the availability of educational resources that focus on local and regional environmental conditions of the Park River regional watershed and the Lower Connecticut River. Recent projects include:
K-12 School Eco-type Map: K-12 schools that have notable environmental programs or locations along riparian corridors. A 2014 Google Fusion Tables Map by Trinity College students Shaina Lo and Veronica Armendariz with guidance from Professor Jack Dougherty