Northeast US and Eastern Canada
northeast

This is a regional page for the Public Lab community in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada, reaching from Washington DC to the Maritime Provinces. Join the mailing list--[publiclab-northeast](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/publiclab-northeast)--in the left sidebar. Also, look through the places listed below and see if your locality is already organizing locally. If so, join its local mailing list and subscribe to relevant tags on the website. ###Organizers in the Northeast Region 20 organizers + 4 additional non-profit arm representatives: * [Michelle Schmitt](/profile/manetomapping) (Philadelphia, PA) * [Yagiz Sutcu](/profile/ygzstc) (Arlington, MA) * [Katie Gradowski](/profile/kgradow1) (Somerville, MA) * [Catherine D'Ignazio](/profile/kanarinka) (Waltham, MA) * [Sean McGinnis](/profile/SeanKMcGinnis) (New Jersey) * [Bronwen Densmore](/profile/bronwen) (Brooklyn, NY) * [Nicholas Johnson](/profile/nicholas) (New York City) * [Philip Silva](/profile/p_silva_82) (Ithaca, New York City) * [Karen Vale](/profile/karenv) (Plymouth, MA) * [Will Ward](/profile/wward1400) (Boston area) * [Dana Bauer](/profile/geography76) (Philadelphia) * [Natasia Sidarta](/profile/natasia) (New York City) * [Oscar Brett](/profile/oscarbrett) (New York, New Orleans) * [Ned Horning](/profile/nedhorning) (Vermont) * [Chris Fastie](/profile/cfastie) (Middlebury, Vermont) * [Lela Prashad](/profile/lprashad) (New York City) * [Jen Hudon](/profile/hudonnoodles) (Greater Boston area) * [Sara Wylie](/profile/sara) (Boston) * [Stefan Unterhauser](/profile/nemo) (Somerville, MA) also on WebWG * [Don Blair](/profile/donblair) (Amherst, MA) also a [fellow](/wiki/open-water) * [Liz Barry](/profile/liz) (New York City) also on [staff](/wiki/plots-staff) * [Jeff Warren](/profile/warren) (Somerville, MA) also on [staff](/wiki/plots-staff) * [Eymund Diegel](/profile/eymund): also formerly on the [Board](/wiki/board) **See http://publiclab.org/organizers for more information and a complete list** ###Emerging places in the Northeast Region **Discussing on the [publiclab-northeast mailing list](https://groups.google.com/group/publiclab-northeast):** * http://publiclab.org/wiki/maine (by Ron Huber and many others) * http://publiclab.org/wiki/ottawa (by Haripriya) * http://publiclab.org/wiki/quebec-city (by Benoit) ###Existing chapters in the Northeast Region **Discussing on the [plots-boston mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/plots-boston):** * http://publiclab.org/wiki/vermont * http://publiclab.org/wiki/somerville-massachusetts * http://publiclab.org/wiki/boston * http://publiclab.org/wiki/massachusetts **Discussing on the [plots-providence mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/plots-providence):** * http://publiclab.org/wiki/providence **Discussing on the [plots-nyc mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/plots-nyc):** * http://publiclab.org/wiki/new-jersey * http://publiclab.org/wiki/newark * http://publiclab.org/wiki/new-york-city **Discussing on the [plots-philadelphia mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/plots-philadelphia):** * http://publiclab.org/wiki/philadelphia **Discussing on the [plots-baltimore-dc mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/plots-baltimore-dc)** * http://publiclab.org/wiki/dc-baltimore ###New Places * http://publiclab.org/wiki/new-hampshire * http://publiclab.org/wiki/camden (by liz) ...


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rebeccaKv "Did you make the graphic for this post? I'm searching for the source as I was informed that the source that I originally thought it was and then re..." | Read more » 20 days ago
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liz "The moratorium bill has passed the NY State Senate and NY State Assembly, and is en route to the governor: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bil..." | Read more » over 1 year ago
bhamster "Just saw this! :raised_hands: "New York State Denies Air Pollution Permit for Fossil Fuel-burning Crypto mining operation, Citing Energy-Intensity ..." | Read more » over 1 year ago
liz "Network map in Little Sis by @marinaraHQ https://littlesis.org/oligrapher/7566-why-is-nys-dec-delaying-on-greenidge-air-permits " | Read more » about 2 years ago
Ag8n "The last heard, Ohio decided it was excessive levels of fertilizers that caused the problem. So, the solution was to limit when fertilizers could ..." | Read more » about 2 years ago
marinaraHQ "I think it would be great- really excited to work with you this coming weekend! I read over the materials you posted, I think the fishing bobs woul..." | Read more » about 2 years ago
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liz "I got in touch with the author of the Grist article as we know each other from civic tech days in NYC. She stated that she has continuing interest ..." | Read more » about 2 years ago
Ag8n "Believe it or not, during the seaon, this is on the weather segment of the local news. The local water intakes (Cleveland) are often threatened by..." | Read more » about 2 years ago
liz "For detecting temperature change in waterbodies, see: thermal "fishing bob" $5 diy sensor, then you take a timelapse of its color change as it is..." | Read more » about 2 years ago
liz "Looks like Harmful Algae Blooms are top of the list of direct threat to public health posed by the release of hot water into Lake Seneca. Summariz..." | Read more » about 2 years ago
sofadungtien " There has never been a sulfide mine that has not produced terrible environmental damage and acid runoff. My experience with mining companies in Wi..." | Read more » over 2 years ago
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occasionalchairs "Your sharing information is very good. Occasional Chairs " | Read more » almost 3 years ago
liz "Great point. Would some cheap conductivity work help raise the understanding among more people of the need for $100, more conclusive testing? If so..." | Read more » almost 3 years ago
liz "Have you thought at all about whether you are aiming to go directly to procuring lab data of baseline water quality that lab scientists will testif..." | Read more » almost 3 years ago
Ag8n "There are test strips available for those, too. The more expensive ones are for testing drinking water. The cheaper test strips are for testing fi..." | Read more » almost 3 years ago
Greenhorns "Yeah this is a great point! We're definitely considering pH paper tests, the more costly tests we're interested in are for metals like lead, arseni..." | Read more » almost 3 years ago
bhamster "Here are a couple individual question posts from the @Greenhorns group: Question:Water testing protocols for Sulfide Mining? Question:Tips about ..." | Read more » almost 3 years ago
Ag8n "The reason I ask- the EPA testing will always be expensive. Sometimes you can do some "screening" pH tests that are much cheaper. These would be ..." | Read more » almost 3 years ago
Ag8n "Can you give more information on the pH test is being done? Who is doing it? What instrument is being used? Thanks for the help. " | Read more » almost 3 years ago
Greenhorns "We will call in for the open call tomorrow! Looking forward to it. " | Read more » almost 3 years ago
liz "Watch this video from Mountain Justice monitoring conductivity in the streams throughout the watershed where mining is happening: https://publiclab..." | Read more » almost 3 years ago