Watersheds
Tours & Demonstrations
Centre County
Centre County Conservation District - Robert Sweitzer, Manager
414 Holmes Avenue, Suite 4
Bellefonte, PA 16823
(814) 355-6817
Mini-Grant Funds: $505.05 Audience: educators
Living in a Watershed: A Tour for Teachers
A tour of various sites including housing developments, road
construction, a superfund remediation site and agricultural
operations was conducted to help teachers visualize how human
existence affects our water resources and eventually the Chesapeake
Bay. The ultimate goal was to have the teachers incorporate
non-point source pollution prevention into their curricula.
Program Year: 97/98
Clearfield County
Clearfield County Conservation District - A. Jamie Ulrich,
Project Leader
650 Leonard St.
Clearfield, PA 16830
(814) 765-2629
Mini-Grant Funds: $484.88 Audience: citizens
Stream Protection Demonstration Tour
A tour was taken of four stream protection projects to educate
participants about local and downstream water issues. Best
Management Practices at sites included stream crossings for
cattle, riparian buffers, gabion basket stream bank stabilization
and streambank fencing.
Program Year: 98/99
Lancaster County
Lancaster County Conservation District - Sallie Gregory, Project
Leader
1383 Arcadia Road
Lancaster, PA 17543
(717) 299-5361 x117
Mini-Grant Funds: $555 Audience: Students
Natural and Historic Management Plans within Watersheds
As part of a Youth Conservation School, students visited three
natural areas to strengthen their understanding of natural
resource conservation practices and then prepared management
plans for each site visited.
Program Year: 05/06
Lebanon County
Lebanon County Conservation District - Doug Wolfgang, Project
Leader
2120 Cornwall Road, Suite 5
Lebanon, PA 17042
(717) 272-3377
Mini-Grant Funds: $750 Audience: students
Student Installation of Tree Shelters to Insure Seedling
Growth in Riparian Buffer
Students from area schools participated in a tree planting
and placement of seedling shelters purchased with the grant
funds. The purpose of the shelters was to protect the seedlings
from wildlife and increase the chances for a strong riparian
buffer. The students learned why a buffer in important in
improving water quality.
Program Year: 97/98
