A $640,947.00 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) through the Environmental Stewardship Fund (Growing Greener Watershed Protection Program) has allowed Lancaster Farmland Trust (LFT) to expand their previous work in helping farmers to create cleaner water in the Lower Conestoga watershed in East Lampeter Township. This work had begun in 2015 when […]
Improving Water Quality in the Mill Creek Watershed
A $274,405.00 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection through the Growing Greener Watershed Protection Program will build on Lancaster Farmland Trust’s (LFT) previous work in the Mill Creek Watershed. In 2014, Upper Leacock Township engaged LFT to explore a strategic, cost-effective method for water quality improvement in an unnamed tributary of the Mill […]
Dedicated State Investments Aid Northcentral Stream Partnership in Improving Water Quality
For over a decade, the Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy (NPC) has been partnering with the county conservation districts, state agencies, other non-profits, and willing landowners across northcentral PA to bring the region’s local waterways back to health. The group, collectively known as the Northcentral Stream Partnership, focuses on decreasing erosion and sedimentation, improving water quality, and […]
Created Wetland and Floodplain Protects Pine Grove from Flooding, Improves Water Quality
The Swatara Creek in Pine Grove has been historically prone to flooding, with devastating floods affecting over a hundred homes and businesses within the community since 2004. When Tropical Storm Lee dumped over 15 inches of rainfall across the borough in 2011, the resulting floods impacted 90% of local businesses, resulted in $40 million dollars […]
