Floating Treatment Wetlands Workshop

Please join the Wallkill Valley Land Trust (WVLT) and FICTILIS studio on Saturday, May 23rd for a free workshop to learn about the ecological benefits of Floating Treatment Wetlands, and build and install a series of prototypes in the oxbow pond at WVLT's Nyquist-Harcourt Wildlife Sanctuary.

This installation by FICTILIS studio is part of the Wallkill Futures exhibit opening in July at Unison Arts, the workshop will cover materials, tools, plant species, water testing, and best management practices, equipping participants with the knowledge and hands-on skills to create their own FTWs for the waters they steward.

Floating Treatment Wetlands are small raft-like buoyant structures used for mitigating nutrient and chemical pollution in waterways through root and microbial uptake, mitigating algae and harmful bacteria, turning nutrients to usable and sequestrable biomass, as well as providing wildlife habitat and a self-watering growing medium for native sedges, willow, and other species for use in riparian restoration planting.

We are studying locally-sourced, low-cost designs for scalable FTW applications in HAB prevention, stormwater and wastewater pollution, and pre-and post-treatment of agricultural irrigation and runoff, and other remediation of rural and urban waters.

WHEN: Saturday, May 23 from 12pm - 2 pm

This will be a light rain or shine event. It will get rescheduled in the event of severe weather.

BRING: Dress for the weather. Bring gloves and waterproof boots.

OPTIONAL: Waders, small camp chair or garden stool if kneeling or squatting close to the ground is uncomfortable for those who want to help build the floating wetland.

FICTILIS and WVLT will provide: tools, plant materials, some work gloves will also be available, 2 kayaks to help with deployment.

Details on parking and arrival will be provided to registered participants before the event.

Space is limited- registration is required.

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