LOCAL GOVERNMENT and COMMUNITY HELP
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Title: Citizen's Volunteer Monitoring Program
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Citizens, watershed groups
Length: 2 pp
Contact: PA Department of Environmental Protection - Bureau of Watershed
Management
Description: Explains Citizens' Volunteer Monitoring Program - a program
that has been initiated to help organizations and individuals concerned about
water quality share resources and plan for the future
Title: Community Toolbox for Public Participation
Format: Materials or Online
Audience: Community Organizations
Length: 52 4-page tools
Contact: National Park Service
Description: A collection of tried-and-true techniques used to help communities
get organized and turn their visions into reality
Title: Discover Your Conservation District
Format: Slide and tape set or video
Audience: General
Length: 13 minutes
Contact: PA Association of Conservation Districts, Inc.
Description: Services offered through your local conservation district
Title: Economic Value of Basin Water Resources for Pennsylvania
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Officials, water-dependent businesses, citizens
Length: 1 pp
Contact: Susquehanna River Basin Commission
Description: Charts statistics related to water-related businesses in Pennsylvania
Title: Forming Community Partnerships for Source Water Protection
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Watershed organizations, citizens, municipal officials
Length: 2 pp
Contact: Susquehanna River Basin Commission
Description: SRBC is spearheading a pilot project in the Swatara Creek
Watershed to encourage the formation of a community partnership for source water
protection
Title: Good Neighbors
Format: Slide and tape set or video
Audience: Local government, citizens
Length: 20 minutes
Contact: PA Chesapeake Bay Education Office
Description: Highlights how PA's local governments are "taking care
of business" while protecting water quality; promotes planning for growth
and development (also on videotape)
Title: GreenWorks for Pennsylvania: Building Green
Format: Video
Audience: General
Length: Approx. 30 minutes
Contact: PA Association of Conservation Districts, Inc.
Description: Recordings of GreenWorks television shows, focused on various
environmental issues
Title: Groundwater Protection & Management in Pennsylvania: An Introductory
Guide for Citizens and Local Officials
Format: Booklet
Audience: General and government officials
Length: 49 pp
Contact: League of Women Voters of PA - Water Resources Education Network
Description: The basics of groundwater protection and protection tools
for local governments
Title: One Plan Approach for Agencies and Industry
Format: Video
Audience: Government and industry officials
Length: 12 minutes
Contact: PA Association of Conservation Districts, Inc.
Description: Advisors tell how to develop integrated resource management
plans
Title: Recycling Works. Here's How.
Format: Booklet
Audience: General
Length: 16 pp
Contact: PA Department of Environmental Protection - Bureau of Land Recycling
and Waste Management (Recycling
Hotline (800) 346-4242)
Description: Overview of recycling in PA; discussions on what, why, how
and when
Title: Solid Waste Management: Issues and Options
Format: Slide and tape set
Audience: Officials and citizens
Length: 15 minutes
Contact: Penn State University - County Cooperative Extension Offices
Description: Highlights Act 101, PA's recycling requirements (LS0489,35)
Title: Solid Waste Management: Recycling A Partial Solution
Format: Slide and tape Set
Audience: Officials and citizens
Length: 18 minutes
Contact: Penn State University - County Cooperative Extension Offices
Description: Continuation of LS0489,35; community recycling examples
given (LS0490,35)
Title: The Wellhead Protection Program in PA: An Overview
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: General, planners, local officials
Length: 4 pp
Contact: PA Department of Environmental Protection - Bureau of Watershed
Management
Description: Concise information on wellhead protection in PA