Nonpoint Source Pollution Educational Print
Materials
Printed resources are available through PACD on a variety of nonpoint
source pollution topics for homeowners, farmers, teachers, and others.
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Agriculture
Crop
Management Associations
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Farmers
Length: 1 page
Description: Explains services provided by Crop Management
Associations
Pennsylvania Farmstead
Assessment System (Farm*A*Syst) -only available
online
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Format: Brochure
Audience: Farmers
Length: 2 pp
Description: Describes voluntary farm evaluation that can be used
to affirm that the farm is being managed in an environmentally sensitive
way
Protecting
Your Farm's Groundwater Quality
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Farmers
Length: 2 PP
Description: How to prevent pollution in your water supply
Say Yes to More Efficient Farming and a Healthier
Environment Adopt No-Till
-only available online
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Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Farmers
Length: 2 PP
Description: All about no-till farming. Question and answer
format.
Best Management Practices
A Landowner's Guide to Conservation Buffer Incentive Programs in
Pennsylvania - this publication is only available online
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| Download in MS Word
Format: Booklet
Audience: Farmers, landowners
Length: 8 PP
Description: Provides a brief description of each major conservation
buffer incentive program and tells you where you can go for more information
Stream Bank Fencing
and Stream Crossings
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Farmers
Length: 2 PP
Description: Describes cost effective way to improve water quality
in streams and protect herd health
Lakes, Rivers, Streams, and Wetlands
Reflecting
on Lakes: A Guide for Watershed Partnerships
Format: Booklet
Audience: Landowners, citizens
Length: 16 PP
Description: Guide for developing a lake management plan
Local Government and Community
Help
Pennsylvania's Conservation Districts: Programs and
Services for Local Government
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Format: Booklet
Audience: Local Government Officials
Length: 8 PP
Description: Programs and services conservation district's provide
in order to protect the Commonwealth's water, soil, and other resources
PACD Mini-Grant Projects
Project Evaluation Fact Sheet
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in PDF Format
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: PACD Mini-Grant Recipients
Length: 4 PP
Description: Developing an effective evaluation tool
Pollution and Pollution Solutions
Be Part of the Pollution Solution
Download in PDF Format
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Homeowners, citizens and students
Length: 2 PP
Description: List of water quality tips on a cut-out card with
a picture of a river otter, otter facts on other side of card
Good Neighbors -Tackling
Nonpoint Source Pollution in Pennsylvania
Format: Brochure
Audience: General
Length: 4 PP
Description: Sources of nonpoint source pollution and what farmers,
developers, and citizens can do to prevent it
Water Pollution Solutions: Canada Geese and Our Lakes and Ponds
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Format: Brochure
Audience: General
Length: 4 PP
Description: Ways to manage Canada geese on your property
Water Pollution Solutions: Fertilizers and Pesticides
Download in PDF Format
Format: Brochure
Audience: General
Length: 4 PP
Description: How to prevent fertilizers and pesticides from causing
water pollution
Water Pollution Solutions: Home and Yard
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Format
Format: Brochure
Audience: Homeowners, citizens
Length: 4 PP
Description: Minimize the impacts your household has on lakes,
ponds, and streams in your watershed
Water Pollution Solutions: Septic Systems
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Format: Brochure
Audience: Homeowners
Length: 4 PP
Description: Understanding, operating, and maintaining your septic
system to protect water quality in your watershed
Water Pollution Solutions: Shoreline Buffer Strips
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Format: Brochure
Audience: Landowners
Length: 4 PP
Description: Benefits of a naturally-vegetated buffer strip along
the edge of a stream, pond, or wetland
Water and Water Quality
Protecting Groundwater
is Everyone's Business
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in PDF Format
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: General
Length: 2 PP
Description: Definition of groundwater; causes of pollution and
how you can protect it
Sinkholes and Water
Quality
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Citizens
Length: 1 page
Description: Prevention of sinkhole and groundwater contamination
Testing Drinking Water
in Agricultural Areas
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Citizens
Length: 2 PP
Description: Covers nitrates, bacteria, pesticides, total dissolved
solids, pH
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