Susquehanna
County
Hallstead Borough, Susquehanna Co, $3,140
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2008-2009
Project Title: Rainbarrel Workshop: Stormwater Management for Homeowners
River, stream, watershed affected by this project: Susquehanna River
Partners: Susquehanna County Conservation District, Northern Susquehanna Watershed Association and Penn State Extension Master Gardeners
Focus: exhibit a working rain barrel display on four well visited municipal properties; and hold a rain barrel workshop (see poster) with presentations on how nonpoint source pollution such as stormwater runoff can be controlled on the homeowner's property with rain barrels and raingardens, and in the larger community though other best management practices such as green roofs and increasing the amount of pervious surfaces. Conduct follow-up survey.
Read their Final Report.
Contact: Michele Giangrieco 570-879-2345, mga@nep.net
Lower Tunkhannock Creek Watershed Association, Wyoming and Susquehanna counties, $2,170
Funded by: LWVPA-CEF WREN Project, Watershed Protection Project 2006-2007
Project Title: Checking the Creek, Restoring Its Nature
Partners: Tunkhannock Twp., Wyoming Co. Conservation District, Wyoming County Press Examiner, Keystone College Willary Water Resource Center
Area to be protected: Tunkhannock Creek watershed
Focus: show how development and changing land uses in the Tunkhannock Creek watershed can cause nonpoint source pollution in local waters. Using photographs, data, and presentations, the project will educate how citizens and officials can work together on practices and policies that can be implemented to reduce pollution in the watershed.
Contact: Robert Daniels, bobio@epix.net
Program
on Groundwater and Water Quality Issues
Funded
by LWVPA-CEF WREN Project
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Ground
Water and Wellhead Protection Grants-
1995 & 1996
The League of Women Voters, Association of Township Supervisors
and Penn State Cooperative Extension sponsored a program on groundwater
and water quality issues at the Annual Meeting of the County Association
of Township Supervisors. The coalition also publishes a newsletter,
Waterwise, which is mailed to all municipal and county officials and
community organizations.
Contact: Ruth Wilmarth, League of Women Voters, 717-289-4226
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