Ian Cooke, executive director of the Neponset River Watershed Association (NepRWA), will talk with community members about Milton’s environmental issues in Straus Library on Monday, October 23, at 7 p.m. The discussion will focus on the town’s role as a Neponset River Watershed community; watersheds, storm water and the storm water treatment structures built along Pine Tree Brook; and the significance and prospective future of dams and fisheries along the Neponset River and its tributaries. This annual conservation lecture of the Milton Garden Club is co-sponsored by the environmental clubs of Milton Academy, C.A.R.E. and LORAX, and Milton Academy’s science department. For more information, please contact Barb Phinney of the Milton Garden Club at 617-696-8009.