<div><div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Good morning, <div><br></div><div>In recent years, we have heard from community members in Durham that urban flooding and creek pollution are growing concerns of many residents in neighborhoods surrounding Goose Creek and Ellerbe Creek. </div><div><br></div><div>In response to these concerns, ECWA has spent the last year working with community partners to steer the development of a new community-based participatory research program called <b><a href="https://www.ellerbecreek.org/creekwatchers.html" target="_blank">Creek Watchers</a><i>.</i></b> The goal of the program is to boost the amount of flood and pollution reporting in our city. This is important because without knowing where problems are occurring, solutions may never be proposed, or may be misguided and inequitable.</div><div><br></div><div>Creek Watchers are members of our community (like you or the members of your community!) who care for the health of our residents and the health of our creeks. By sharing the flooding and pollution we see, we can better advocate for fixes to these problems that we and our neighbors are experiencing on a daily basis. </div><div><br></div><div>The first cohort of Creek Watchers will begin in <b>February 2022</b>. We would like to invite you to share this information within your community to anyone who you think would like to participate or simply be connected to this community-led science work moving forward. Stipends are available for participation in the program, and we will provide all necessary training and resources needed to participate. </div><div><br></div><div>Please check out the attached flier and program overview for more information and if interested, <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdy6omYhLZLbsdWfj50Z7Khoxv9tTd5-rD52O4rWe0JX_RV7g/viewform" target="_blank">RSVP here</a>. Don't hesitate to contact me directly if you have any questions or concerns.  </div><div><br></div><div><i>We're in this creek together!</i></div><div><br></div><div>Happy Holidays, </div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><div><br></div><div>Steve </div><div><br></div></font></font></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Steve Anderson</font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Watershed Data & Monitoring Coordinator<br></font><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Water Management Program</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><a href="https://www.ellerbecreek.org/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association</a></font></div><div><a href="mailto:steveanderson@ellerbecreek.org" target="_blank"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">steveanderson@ellerbecreek.org</font></a></div><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Cell (607) 205-0482 | </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Office: (919) 681-9825</span></font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mypronouns.org/__;!!OToaGQ!4fIVzA5psA1XcgkbAMA9lyISCC1aipHKxkhX-Q8U0mK7Z3Dh5tlmkxpI4rRjghWV$" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inh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