Environment Program Contacts

Allison Chatrchyan

Program Leader

amc256@cornell.edu

(845)677-8223 x136

Carolyn Klocker

Environmental Educator

cak97@cornell.edu

(845)677-8223 x135

Neil Curri

Sr. GIS Resource Educator

nc273@cornell.edu

(845)677-8223 x148

Emily Vail

Community Educator

eev22@cornell.edu

(845)677-8223 x138

Vicky Buono

Sr. Administrative Assistant

vcb4@cornell.edu

(845)677-8223 x153

Environment Program News

Participate with dutchesswatersheds.org

CCEDC's Environment Program and the Vassar College Environmental Research Institute have created a new interactive, community watershed website that will help members of local watershed groups, municipal officials, youth and teachers, and researchers learn about and protect the water resources in Dutchess County, NY.

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Upcoming Events

GIS Special Interest Group Meeting

Date: Wednesday September 22

Description: Every fourth Wednesday of the month, the GIS Special Interest Group meets to learn about GIS topics and techniques and share information and news from their communities.

Environment Forum

Date: Wednesday September 22

Description: CCEDC's monthly Environmental Forum series returns. Check back soon for the forum topic.

Wappinger Creek Watershed Intermuni...

Date: Friday October 08

Description: Quarterly meeting of the Wappinger Creek Watershed Intermunicipal Council (WIC) - open to the public. Venue to be determined.

Environment Program Events

GIS & Watersheds Workshop

The CCEDC Environment Program and the Dutchess Watershed Coalition are holding a Municipal Training Workshop on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 7:00pm on “Using GIS for Local Municipal Watershed Planning,” an event during Dutchess Watershed Awareness Month. 

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Environment Program Interns

Throughout the year, the CCEDC Environment Program offers hands-on internships to college students interested in working on various environmental topics including: GIS, Watershed Outreach, Global Warming, Environmental Policy, and Environmental Education.  For more information about internship opportunities with the CCEDC Environment Program contact us at (845) 677-8223.

Summer 2009 Intern: 

Patrick Carroll - SUNY ESF - Environment Program Intern.  Patrick Carroll is a sophomore at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), majoring in Environmental Studies, and a graduate of Arlington High School.  He has always been very interested in studying the relationship between humans and the environment and considering further studies and a career in the field of in environmental law and policy.  The internship at CCEDC provided him with a new appreciation for environmental protection that is possible at the municipal, county and state level of government.

Previous Interns: 

Jordan Thaler, Vassar College - Spring 2009 GIS Intern

Jase Bernhardt, Cornell University - Summer 2008 Climate Intern

Craig Fargione, Marist College - Summer 2008 GIS Intern

Margaret Kurth, Cornell University - Summer 2008 Watershed Intern

Allison Salvatore - Spring 2008 Environment Program Intern