Press Releases: 2 New PA Watershed Circuit Riders Join CVI
Posted on Tuesday, 06 January 2004 (13:16:45) EST by admin
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Two new Pennsylvania watershed circuit riders bring “smart growth,” facilitation, and environmental policy skills to Canaan Valley Institute
Clearfield, PA.—Two new watershed circuit riders—Adam Fletcher and Haley Sankey—have joined the staff of Canaan Valley Institute and will be working with watershed groups throughout the organization’s Pennsylvania service area, which includes all of the state north to south, and from the Appalachian piedmont in the east to the Ohio River in the west.
ADAM FLETCHER, a native of LaVale, MD, graduated from Allegheny College in Meadville, PA, with a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies and a minor in geology. Adam brings to his new position a strong academic background in land use, planning, and “smart growth.” Adam spent much of 2002 and 2003 studying growth patterns, potentials, and alternatives in greater Meadville and developed a plan for adopting smart growth patterns for the area.
HALEY SANKEY, a native of Clearfield County, is a graduate of Juniata College, in Huntingdon, PA, with a degree in environmental policy. Haley joins CVI after four years experience working out of the Strasburg, PA, and Springfield, VA, offices of Kleinschmidt Associates, an energy and water resource consulting firm.
At Kleinschmidt, Haley was on the relicensing team where she worked with stakeholders in coordinated efforts to reach licensing agreements for FERC-regulated hydroelectric projects. Stakeholder meetings were held to identify issues and concerns such as recreational use, wildlife management, water quality, and wetland preservation. As a licensing coordinator, Haley gained experience working directly with community members and stakeholder groups. She also brings to her new job with CVI experience in preparing documents such as RFPs, proposals, study scopes, water quality reports, and relicensing documents, a vital skill in the nitty-gritty of getting things done and bringing about positive change.
Adam Fletcher and Haley Sankey bring to CVI their expertise in environmental policy, smart growth, facilitation, and documentation preparation, and other pertinent experience. As watershed circuit riders, they will work with watershed and other community groups to address local concerns and develop creative, science-based, smart-development solutions to environmental, land-use, and economic problems in the area. They will be furthering the mission of CVI and will continue to work with ongoing projects of former CVI watershed circuit rider Stacey Cromer, who relocated in June 2003.
EPCAMR welcomes Adam Fletcher and Haley Sankey to Canaan Valley Institute’s Clearfield, PA office and looks forward to working with them on watershed issues related to AMD across PA.
Canaan Valley Institute (CVI) is a nonprofit, non-advocacy organization that has been working with watershed and other community-based organizations since 1996, for the sustainability of the resources of the Mid-Atlantic Highlands. CVI's main office is in Thomas, WV. Its regional offices are located in Charleston, WV; Staunton, VA; Clearfield, PA; and Frederick, MD. Visit CVI’s website at CVI.
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