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Chester County

Southeast Project Grass.  Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton and Schuykill counties, $4,950

Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Water Protection Project 2006-2007
Project Title: Southeast Project Grass Grazing and Pasture Management Planner
Area to be protected: Delaware and Susquehanna watersheds
Partners: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Penn State Cooperative Extension and Reading Area Water Authority
Focus:  develop a 12-month Grazing and Pasture Management Planner illustrating Best Management Practices of pasture management that have been shown to be effective at lowering risks of pollution to drinking water supplies. 

Contact: Dan Ludwig, dan.ludwig@pa.usda.gov

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Octoraro Watershed Association. Lancaster, Chester and Cecil, MD counties, $ 5,000

Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Water Protection Project 2005-2006
Project Title: Agricultural BMP Calendar Design and Distribution
Area to be protected: Octoraro Creek Watershed
Partners: Chester Water Authority and Colerain Township
Focus: design, print and distribute a calendar which will provide information about agricultural best management practices which will prevent contamination of the source waters which provide the Chester Water Authority's drinking water supply.

Contact: Patrick Fasano,  717-529-2132, owa1@epix.net

Chester-Ridley-Crum Watersheds Association. Delaware, Chester counties; $5,000

Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2004-2005
Project Title: Ridley Creek Watershed Homeowners Outreach Program
Area to be protected: Ridley Creek Watershed
Partners: Natural Lands Trust, Nether Providence, Middletown, East Goshen, Willistown, Edgemont, Ridley, Upper Providence townships

Focus: use reference materials, displays, local cable television access, website postings, and workshops for homeowner groups to promote best watershed stewardship practices that will reduce nonpoint source pollution the Ridley Creek watershed.

Contact: Anne Murphy, 610-892-8731, email: crc@nni.com

Natural Lands Trust. Schuylkill, Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks, Philadelphia counties; $5,000

Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Drinking Water Source Water Protection Project 2004-2005
Project Title:  Water Supplier Lands Project
Area to be protected:  Source waters in SEPA
Partners: Natural Lands Trust, Philadelphia Water Dept, Heritage Conservancy, Brandywine Conservancy and Clean Water Action PA

Focus: highlight to local environmental organizations and municipal officials the need to protect buffer lands for public drinking water supply systems in the Delaware River Basin before they are sold for development. Produce a booklet on water supply lands.

Contact: David Harper, 610-353-5587,  email: dharper@natlands.org

Elk Creek Watershed Association. Chester County, $4,000

Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2002-2003
Project Title: Elk Creeks Watershed Identification Project
Area(s) to be protected: Elk Creeks Watershed
Partner(s): Elk Creeks Watershed Association & Chester County Conservation District
Focus: design and install watershed identification signs
Contact: Martha Straus, 610-998-9900, email: ecwa@elkwatershed.org

Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds Association

Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project - Drinking Water Source Water Protection Projects - 2001
Project Title: Chester and Ridley Creeks Watersheds Monitoring and Educational Project
Area(s) to be protected: Chester and Ridley Creeks
Partner(s): Widener University, Thornbury Twp, Chester Co Water Resources Auth, Delaware Co Inst. of Science, Philadelphia Suburban Water Co, Willistown Twp Env. Advisory Council, Swarthmore College, and Edgmont Twp
Focus: Present water quality data collected to citizens in the community and provide watershed posters to fourth and seventh grade classrooms.
Counties Served: Chester and Delaware Co
Grant: $4,890
Contact: Eunice Alexander, 610.692.0923, email: ela6@bellatlantic.net

Stream Bank Stabilization Project
Area(s) to be protected: French Creek/Schuylkill River
Funded by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project - Watershed Education for Pollution Prevention Projects - 2000

Partners:
Camphill Village, Kimberton Hills, Inc., AmeriCorps, Stroud Water Research Center, Phoenixville High School, and Uppatinas Alternative School
Focus:
By training AmeriCorps personnel in water resources protection issues, Kimberton Hills will create an implement a stewardship strategy for a small stream on the property which feeds the French Creek.
Grant: $3,000
Contact: Judy Stevens, 610.935.0300,
email: camphillwater@nni.com

Success Through Knowledge and Strength, Chester County and Lancaster County
Area(s) to be protected: Octoraro Watershed, Chester and Lancaster Counties
Funded by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project - Drinking Water Source Water Protection Projects - 2000

Partners: Octoraro Watershed Association, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Chester Water Authority, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and Chester and Lancaster County Conservation Districts
Focus: OWA leadership will undergo training to learn how to recruit and develop township liaison taskforces in each of the municipalities of the watershed. After these satellite groups have been established, OWA will sponsor community discussion groups in each municipality to hear ideas and concerns and to develop strategies regarding protection of the watershed.
Grant: $3,000
Contact: Frank Rohrer, 717.529.2132,
email: rohrer1009@pa.free1.net, owa@desupernet.net

Streamside Property Owners Stewardship Project Funded by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project - Watershed Education for Pollution Prevention Projects - 1999

Focus: The partners developed an educational brochure on stream buffer management practices targeted at suburban stream side residents and host one or more workshops for residents.
Partners:  Green Valleys Association, Stroud Water Research Center, Schuylkill Riverkeeper, Chester County Conservation District
Grant: $2,360
Contact: John Hoekstra, 610-469-4900, Diane Harris, email: gva@greenvalleys.org

Caln Township Citizen Stream Monitoring Project
Funded by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project - Watershed Education for Pollution Prevention Projects - 1999

Focus:
The partners will launch a model citizen stream monitoring project on the Lower Beaver Creek in Caln Township, Chester County. Program will include chemical and biological testing and habitat evaluation. The project will serve as a model for other townships to raise awareness about steam health.
Partners: Brandywine Valley Association, Caln Township
Grant: $3,000
Contact: Robert Struble/Jane Fava, 610-793-1090, email: bvarcva@worldaxes.com