BRONX COUNCIL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (BCEQ) - www.bceq.org Roused for Rivers? Swayed by bays? Raise your voice! From Poughkeepsie to Perth Amboy, from the Bronx to Bay Shore, the NY-NJ Harbor and Estuary Program wants your vision to shape its upcoming Action Agenda. TUESDAY, JULY 12 FROM 6:30 TO 8:30 PM join BCEQ and HEP for a public workshop about the needs of WESTCHESTER CREEK AND THE EAST RIVER WATERSHEDS and the greater NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary at Owen Dolen Recreation Center 1398 Lane Ave, Bronx, NY 10461 We’ll be talking about… WaterWater Quality Quality HabitatHabitat Restoration Restoration PublicPublic Access Access Sediment Sediment and and Ports Ports PublicPublic Education Education The New York-New Jersey Harbor and Estuary Program (HEP) is a partnership of government agencies, civic organizations, and scientists that working towards a common to-do list for improving the waters, waterfronts, and watersheds of the NY-NJ Harbor and Estuary. HEP’s 2017 Action Agenda – a critical mandate of the Clean Water Act – will guide how HEP uses its funding, programmatic, and research capacities to carry out those shared goals. The Bronx Council for Environmental Quality (BCEQ) has sought to establish — as an Inherent Human Right — a sound, forward-looking environmental policy regarding an aesthetic, unpolluted, environment protecting a natural and historic heritage. Since 2001, they have worked on water issues, and recently formed the East Bronx Coastal Working Group for Westchester Creek, the Hutchinson River and the Long Island Sound. Other groups will present information including: the Long Island Sound Study (LISS), and invited speakers from the Natural Areas Conservancy, and the NYC Department of Parks. [email protected] required. For more information, contact [email protected] See you there! .