Patrick J. Lynch

Building teams, strategies, and community-based responses to climate and water | Central New York | Harvard Kennedy School | Chile | 🎬✍️🌿

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

Great time presenting last week with @usdaRD and other agency partners about water infrastructure financing for rural communities. Our Funding Roundtable also included community-building work on the river with @UpperDelaware and #USDARD staff! #WaterInfrastructure #RuralNewYork

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

@RobGMacfarlane Hi Robert, I'm thinking back to when you shared our @YaleE360 article on whether rivers should have rights and amplified that conversation to the level it's at today. I'm giving a talk this week in the Adirondacks and will be encouraging people to check out your book. Thank you!

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

Joined a special farmhouse book launch last night for Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer's The #Serviceberry! Celebrating a book of hope with all the wonderful people we've gotten to know in New York. "Sustain the ones who sustain you and the Earth will last forever." @simonschuster

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

Halloween 2024: Perfect day to tour drinking water and wastewater facilities and talk about infrastructure financing! Spent the day with @RD_NewYork director Brian Murray and @srm_tribe's Water Department to discuss funding options under EPA's Tribal Set-Aside and other programs

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

Wonderful recognition for a remarkable person! It's been a transformative experience learning from Dr. Kimmerer and the whole team at the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. "Let us pledge reciprocity with the living world." https://t.co/MT3keDqhVL @sunyesf @NEHgov

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

Had a great time at the Fall Convening of the NYS Adaptation Practitioners Network. Thanks to ITECA at @ualbany for co-hosting, as well as our partners at @rebuildbydesign, @nyswri, @nyseagrant, @riverkeeper and others for helping to make the gathering such a success! #NYAdapts

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

Fall in the Catskills! Did a weekend community visit with local partners to film and plan the next stages of relocating the Hamlet of Rensselaerville's drinking water supply, helping them tap into state and federal funds. #WaterIsLife #Catskills #drinkingwater

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

Thanks to @MysticMyRWA, @MassEEA, @TownOfReadingMA and all the residents who showed up during planning for creating this green space in my hometown! Even small, forgotten spaces can be reborn into flood resiliency and accessibility. This is pure art. https://t.co/z5RLmhEpUq

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

Inspiring news this week out of what is now the state of California. Congrats to the Yurok, the Klamath, the Hoopa Valley, the Karuk, and your many allies for bringing your river back to life! #freeflowing #rioslibres #rivers #klamath #sinrepresas

[Ian James @ByIanJames]

UPDATE The last two dams have been breached. The Klamath River is flowing freely in its channel for the first time in more than a century. I wasn't there to see it, but a photographer shared these images from Iron Gate. https://t.co/xZ5UbZjJx4 (Photos by Matt Mais, Yurok Tribe)

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

Introducing the Connecticut River Paddlers Trail. This is Canaan to Lancaster in northern Vermont and New Hampshire. 50 miles of scenic views, Class I/II rapids and foggy mornings with coffee. #paddling #rivers #Vermont Thank you @VTRivers for protecting this beautiful place!

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

“If there's no Mohawk people left in the region then we might as well just call the region ‘Valley’ instead of Mohawk Valley." Great writeup about some of the important work I've been lucky to play a role in, via securing infrastructure financing: https://t.co/lyiaLolMiq

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

On an island in the #Oswego River, I got to watch a fisher cat go fishing! Fishers are truly fascinating. Well worth a stop while paddling the #ErieCanal system, especially for one that's so curious and unafraid of the occasional human in his slow-moving kayak #PaddlersNY #Rivers

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

First 100 miles done! Continuing my goal of paddling all 450+ miles of the Erie Canal System, aka NYS Canalway Water Trail. Completed a beautiful stretch from Sylvan Beach east to Lock E22 and back. I'll be sharing more sights along the way this summer. #NYCanals @NYSCanalCorp

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

Raced the incoming rainstorm yesterday to complete a section of the Erie Canal between Utica and Rome. Bonus gift: a pot for our growing collection of plants! #ErieCanal

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

I've been meeting with communities across New York to help access federal water infrastructure funds. One thing stands out: Just how many Town Clerks, Mayors, Deputies and Engineers are out there trying to keep their communities safe. It is largely thankless but critical work!

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

Welcome to one of the most wonderful camping spots: Saranac Lake Islands! This @NYSDEC campground is spread out over a dozen small islands accessible by boat. We kicked off summer with a beautiful weekend in the Adirondacks. Tip: pack your bug nets and screens! #SaranacLake #ADK

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

This week I'm presenting with partners from @EPA and @IHSgov at the Northeast Tribal Waters Summit, meeting with Mohawk Valley and Finger Lakes communities, leading our EPA-funded Water Leadership Program, and supporting projects in the US Virgin Islands. Lots of #waterwork!

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

Had a lot of fun doing the 40th Run of the Charles in my 40th year! Beautiful weekend back in Boston. Thanks to @charlesriver for hosting all us paddlers... and to the band for playing 'Dirty Water' as I came down the final stretch! #rivers #waterislife #runofthecharles

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

Unusually exciting Monday in Syracuse! Advanced projects to create an environmental policy clinic, build out a watershed program in the Mohawk Valley, partner with EPA to fund water programs across Maple Kingdom/Northeast, and an evening paddle with visits from a bat and osprey!

[Patrick J. Lynch @PLynchRivers]

Late to the game but there was a great discussion last month between @davabel, Joe Christo and my friends @sanjayseth and Julie Wormser from @MysticMyRWA / @ResilientMystic on the implications of choosing to build at sea-level in Boston. Watch here: https://t.co/WoRysRKycX