2026 Wallkill River Summit

Join the Wallkill River Watershed Alliance for their 2026 Wallkill River Summit at the Middletown SUNY Orange Campus in the Rowley Center for Science and Engineering at the Gerry Forum Room 010. The Summit will be a gathering of experts, decision-makers, and community members sharing updates and expert insights into the health, history, and future of the Wallkill River.

Light dinner snacks and beverages will be served. Optional donations help cover food costs. Architects, engineers, and municipal officials can earn 3 PDH-CEUs for attending.

Presentations & speakers

• Status of the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the Wallkill presented by Tony Prestigiacomo, NYSDEC Division of Water
• Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in the Wallkill River presented by Bobby Howe, WRWA HABs Monitoring Coordinator
• Agricultural Flood Mitigation and Riparian Restoration in the Orange County/Pine Island Black Dirt Region presented by Kevin Sumner, Orange County Soil & Water Conservation District
• History of the Black Dirt Agricultural Region presented by John Ruszkiewicz, Drowned Lands Historical Society
• Black Dirt Futures presented by Anne Weber, Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• Paludiculture & the Sustainable Cultivation of Peatlands presented by Orion Russell Blake, Flooded Farm

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About the Wallkill River
The Wallkill River flows north approximately 90 miles from Lake Mohawk in Sparta, New Jersey, until joining the Rondout Creek in Rifton, New York. Collectively, the Wallkill and Rondout watersheds form the second largest tributary to the Hudson River Estuary, second only to the Mohawk River.

About the Wallkill River Watershed Alliance
The Wallkill River Watershed Alliance was founded to restore the Wallkill River to its prime, to act as the voice of the River, and to advocate for the restoration of its entire watershed.

Memberships support advocacy, public access, monitoring, education, and community action. Join the Alliance.