The intersection of roads and streams poses unique challenges to both human infrastructure and wildlife connectivity. There are approximately 20,000 road stream crossings the Hudson River Estuary watershed. The DEC Hudson River Estuary Program, the Cornell Water Resources Institute (WRI), and partners have been working together to assess the stormwater and wildlife passage functions of many of these crossings. The Estuary Program and WRI invite community members to attend an informational webinar on Wednesday, May 27 to learn more about assessment efforts and opportunities to apply road stream crossing data at the local level.

In this free webinar, speakers will share data and maps to visualize where road stream crossings have been assessed so far and discuss municipal planning for structure replacement in the Hudson Valley. The shared data will include recommended crossing dimensions, current crossing capacity, estimated jurisdiction, available studies (e.g., FEMA/HEC-RAS), and more.

The session will also highlight resources and prioritization tools for related topics such as, hydrology/hydraulics, aquatic organism passage, and culvert right-sizing.

Regional planners, municipal leaders, transportation officials, natural resource managers, and local community members are encouraged to attend. The webinar will be especially useful for those seeking to establish management plans, prioritize crossings for replacement, develop replacement cost estimates, or identify potential funding sources for projects.

Speakers include:

• Jared Popoli, Restoration Hydrologist, New York State Water Resources Institute, Cornell
• Jim Katz, Road Stream Crossing Implementation Specialist, Hudson River Estuary Program, DEC

Register for the webinar: https://meetny-gov.webex.com/weblink/register/r817398bae8844a8f37fab341330d548f