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Hello partners for water quality!
We have much news to share on progress by state, local, and sector partners to reduce nutrient and sediment pollution and improve water quality in Pennsylvania’s share of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
For more details on the Phase 3 Watershed Implementation Plan and Countywide Action Planning, visit the Phase 3 WIP website. For a broader educational look at nutrient and sediment pollution in local streams, rivers, and lakes in the watershed, including tips and success stories, visit Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities. Please consider how you might join in or help support this work. Check out each county’s Phase 3 WIP Countywide Action Plan and make connections with your county team! Also, please share this newsletter with your networks and encourage them to subscribe to our monthly newsletter!
— DEP Bureau of Watershed Restoration and Nonpoint Source Management
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DEP Bureau of Watershed Restoration and Nonpoint Source Management (BWRNSM)
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Chesapeake Bay Program's Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) Quarterly Meeting Features Pennsylvania Rapid Stream Delisting
On September 10, 2024, PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) staff and other conservation partners presented on Pennsylvania’s stream delisting efforts at the Chesapeake Bay Program’s STAC Quarterly Meeting. Jason Fellon, DEP’s Bureau of Watershed Restoration and Nonpoint Source Management Watershed Specialist, presented on “Partnerships for BMP Implementation.” He described the Northcentral Stream Partnership and the benefits of collaboration between partners. He also highlighted the efficiency of block grant funding for addressing sediment-impaired streams in an effective way by using partner strengths and making the process easy for landowners and partners alike. The presentation was followed by a subsequent question and answer panel discussion on targeted delisting efforts and featured representatives from Stroud Water Research, the Chesapeake Conservancy and DEP.
STAC Chair Larry Sanford noted, “It was particularly illuminating about how the process can work effectively, stream segment by stream segment, starting with a willing partner and building from there until a whole sub-watershed is delisted. It obviously takes time, but it builds goodwill and buy-in, and it gets results.”
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Turtle Creek Watershed Tour Celebrates Delisting Achievement and Partnership
On September 18, 2024, the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Stakeholder’s Advisory Committee (SAC) members and Acting Deputy Secretary Jill Whitcomb joined members of the Northcentral Stream Partnership to visit one of the farms where stream restoration work has been completed in the Turtle Creek watershed. The tour showcased a site serving as an example of the work done across 21 farms in the watershed where the Northcentral PA Conservancy, PA DEP, PA Fish and Boat Commission and Union County Conservation District have partnered to implement effective stream corridor best management practices (BMPs) since 2013. Additional parcels and accompanying projects were annually added to the effort, which led to the delisting of two tributaries totaling 2.1 miles of stream from the 303d Impaired Waters sediment impairment list.
SAC members heard perspectives from the partners on their role and saw the improved stream corridor firsthand. The members recognized the accelerated project implementation work done in such a short timeframe, the successful cooperation between partners, and the clear landowner buy-in leading to success. This tour gave SAC members a perspective on Pennsylvania’s active restoration activity and how stream impairments can be directly addressed with flexible funding and long-term partnerships.
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SAC members visited one of the many project implementation sites in the Turtle Creek watershed and listened to presenters as they discussed their efforts to improve the watershed.
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Programs and Projects by Local, State, and Federal Partners
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Shapiro Administration Awards $3.4 Million for Stream and Watershed Restoration Projects
On October 16, 2024, DEP announced the awarding of more than $3.4 million in grants to projects to improve water quality and fish and wildlife habitat throughout Pennsylvania’s part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed and other watersheds. The $3.4 million was distributed across 12 awards, of which ten are for projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Counties within the watershed receiving awards include Huntingdon, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill, Snyder, and York.
The awards were funded by the Section 319 Grant program from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and selected by PA DEP. The grants will support projects that carry out BMPs specified in Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs) for 43 watersheds around the state. The program also supports development of new WIPs for impaired watersheds in Environmental Justice (EJ) areas.
Pennsylvania has made historic progress in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Earlier this year, the Shapiro Administration announced that for the first time in history, the Chesapeake Bay showed steady overall improvement, earning a C+ grade from the University of Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card – the highest grade ever awarded to the overall health of the Bay since the report was created. The Upper Bay, which is fed by the Susquehanna River from Pennsylvania scored one of the highest grades among any area of the Bay – and posted a significant improvement from last year – showing how efforts in agency collaborations, strong partnerships, and sustained investments led to progress throughout the Susquehanna River watershed and beyond.
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Jill Whitcomb (Acting Deputy Secretary for DEP’s Office of Water Programs), Matt Kofroth and Chris Thompson (Lancaster County Conservation District), Adam Ortiz (EPA Region 3 Administrator), and additional participants tour the grounds of a future park in Lancaster County.
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Shapiro Administration Announces $216.3 Million Investment in Water Infrastructure Projects Coming to 21 Counties Across the Commonwealth
On October 16, 2024, the Shapiro Administration announced the investment of $216.3 million for 33 drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and nonpoint source projects across 21 counties through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST). The projects include replacing lead service lines, rehabilitating aging systems, upgrading service capabilities, extending service to more communities, and reducing environmental contaminants through compliance with current regulatory levels and agricultural BMPs. PENNVEST funding for water improvement projects originates from a combination of state funds, Growing Greener funds, Marcellus Legacy funds, the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, federal grant awards to PENNVEST from EPA under the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments, and recycled loan repayments from previous PENNVEST funding awards.
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Finalists Selected for Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award
Three finalists have been selected for the 2024 Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award. The award honors farmers and forestland owners who go above and beyond in their management of soil health, water quality, and wildlife habitat on working land. The award is named in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold and is presented by the Sand County Foundation.
“Pennsylvania farmers are making great strides toward protecting our water, soil and land for future generations,” Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding said. “Troy Firth, Jim Hershey and the Butterfield family exemplify not only the diversity of Pennsylvania agriculture and the diverse management practices employed on those farms to conserve and enhance soil and water, but the culture and heritage of stewardship common among our farm families. They are models of how we should all strive toward a sustainable future for our families.”
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DCNR and PFBC Plant Stream Buffer in Snyder County to Combat Flooding and Improve Water Quality
On October 16, 2024, PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn and PA Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) Executive Director Tim Schaeffer joined partners from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay to plant a 1.3 acre streamside forest buffer of about 360 native trees at the PFBC’s Mahantango Access in Snyder County to help prevent flooding and improve water quality in the Susquehanna River.
“For their many benefits including preventing flooding, Pennsylvania has been hard at work increasing funding and technical assistance for planting streamside forest buffers, leading all Bay states in buffers planted and accounting for 60 percent of the total amount of buffers planted in the watershed since tracking began in 1996," said Secretary Dunn. “The Shapiro Administration is committed to continuing the collaborative work to clean up Pennsylvania's local waterways, and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay."
Planting trees improves water quality because streams with bare banks are less likely to host aquatic life and fish. The project was supported by a DCNR Community Conservation Partnerships Program grant to the Alliance. The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay helps landowners install and care for streamside forest buffers. The organization is approaching its 1,000th acre of buffer planted in Pennsylvania since 2018.
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Penn State Extension Hosts Stream Health Workshop
On November 7, 2024, Penn State Extension educators and researchers will host an in-person workshop in Carlisle called “Dive Even Deeper: Stream Health and Watersheds.” The workshop will feature a day of immersive, hands-on learning focused on watersheds through the Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) curricular framework. This workshop is an extension of Penn State Extension’s award-winning Dive Deeper Water Educators Summit and offers an intensive program designed to deepen participants’ understanding of the intricate connections between land use and stream health. Highlights include tours of functioning stormwater control measures, a visit to a riparian buffer with demonstrations of tree and live stake planting, and training in the First Investigation of Stream Health (FISH) protocol, Penn State Extension’s stream assessment method.
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Tree planting along a stream (Provided by Penn State Extension).
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Penn State Extension Hosts Walk with Watershed Stewards
On November 10, 2024, Penn State Extension will host a session called “Walk with Watershed Stewards.” Master Watershed Stewards will lead a walk on the Paxtang Parkway in Harrisburg. Topics include a discussion of impaired streams from a historical perspective and the benefits of the stream restoration techniques used at Parkway Creek, a tributary of Spring Creek West along the Capital Area Greenbelt.
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Watershed stewards on a walk (Provided by Penn State Extension).
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Penn State Extension Hosts Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management Webinar
Penn State Extension will host a four-session workshop titled “Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management” from December 2, 2024 through December 11, 2024. This workshop aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of soil fertility fundamentals that underpin effective farming practices and soil health.
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Penn State Extension Hosts ACAP Project Management Webinar
On December 12, 2024, Penn State Extension will host a webinar titled “ACAP Project Management: Identification, Planning, Administration.” The focus will be on the steps to plan and implement agriculture conservation projects – especially relevant with many counties receiving Agriculture Conservation Assistance Program (ACAP) funds. In this first session of a two-part series, experts from the Center for Ag Conservation and Technical Assistance Training, the State Conservation Commission, and project partners will share their insights into project management for two active ACAP demonstration projects, focusing on streambank stabilization and culvert replacement strategies.
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Lancaster Conservancy Announces Expansion of Kelly’s Run Nature Preserve
Lancaster Conservancy is expanding one of their most popular and visited nature preserves by 43 acres. The property under agreement includes an additional quarter mile of the Kelly’s Run stream as well as important forested lands that provide a buffer for the waterway and crucial habitat for wildlife. The tree-covered slopes and stands of mountain-laurel along the stream within the new addition protect the water quality of Kelly’s Run as it flows through the gorge along a streamside trail. This acquisition brings the total acreage of the nature preserve to over 500 acres.
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A portion of Kelly’s Run that flows through the addition and a map of the preserve and additional acreage.
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Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts (PACD) Hosts Virtual Conservation District Watershed Specialist Meeting
PACD’s 24th Conservation District Watershed Specialist Meeting was held virtually October 1-3, 2024. More than 90 conservation district watershed specialists, DEP staff, and partners participated and learned about PFAS and emerging contaminants from the perspectives of surface water monitoring and safe drinking water, explored the project bidding process, learned about Pennsylvania climate change data and initiatives, discovered what science says about water quality in the Susquehanna, and shared project successes and lessons learned.
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Partnership Helping to Collect Water Quality Data
Since 2018, the Penn State Master Watershed Steward (MWS) Program has partnered with the Alliance for Aquatic Research and Monitoring (ALLARM) through Dickinson College to provide stewards with training and equipment to conduct water quality monitoring on a local waterway of their choosing. This data is critical in helping to assess any possible water quality changes that may occur due to land uses or other impacts.
ALLARM created the Stream Team program and held the first training program in York County. The York County Master Watershed Stewards and Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association helped launch this program. Additional collaborations with the MWS program and other environmental organizations have allowed the program to expand throughout the years. Approximately 125 volunteers are involved with the Stream Team throughout the state, covering 68 active monitoring sites. Master Watershed Stewards currently monitor sites across Pennsylvania’s Chesapeake Bay watershed including Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Susquehanna, Bradford, Wyoming, and York counties.
Each month, every pair of stewards test their chosen site for various water quality parameters, including pH, conductivity, water clarity, water level, nitrates, and more. This data is recorded and can be shared with local watershed associations, conservation districts, and other citizens. Collecting this data consistently each month allows these Stream Team members to recognize issues and notify the proper agency quickly. After a year of data collection, the members analyze the data and start looking for trends and patterns that can be used to predict future issues.
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Master Watershed Stewards take some streamside measurements (Provided by Tim Matthews, Master Watershed Steward).
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Bucknell University Hosting 19th Annual River Symposium
Bucknell University will host the 19th Annual River Symposium November 8-9, 2024. Registration is free for both in-person or virtual attendees. The symposium brings together academics, consultants, state, federal, and regional agencies, conservation groups, and the public to discuss ongoing scientific research and innovative projects, share ideas, and increase awareness of conservation efforts throughout the mid-Atlantic region. The event, which will include speakers, poster and oral presentations, discussion sessions, and breakout meetings will be hosted on Bucknell University’s campus in Lewisburg, Union County.
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Pennsylvania's Agricultural Innovation Grant Open
The Shapiro Administration’s first-of-its-kind in the nation $10 million Agricultural Innovation Grant has opened and is currently accepting applications through November 15, 2024. The Agricultural Innovation Grant helps farmers and other agriculture businesses implement new agricultural technologies, conservation, and renewable energy innovations – expanding their potential to generate profits, enrich soil and water resources, and produce energy on the farm. Grants will reimburse expenses for project planning, on-site project implementation, and larger grants for projects that have a regional impact.
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PA DCNR Community Conservation Partnerships Program Webinar November 7, 2024
DCNR is hosting a free, virtual workshop designed to help applicants develop project ideas in preparation for submitting a grant application to the 2025 Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2). DCNR’s Bureau of Recreation and Conservation staff will present about grant program selection criteria, review current program priorities, and discuss eligible project types. Types of projects that can be funded through this opportunity include (but are not limited to): riparian forest buffers, lawn-to-habitat, and urban and community forestry projects. Grant funds are also available for trail projects, community parks, and more.
Potential applicants for the 2025 grant round are strongly encouraged to attend. The workshop is especially suited for municipal officials, consultants, board members, trail managers, land trust staff, and park and recreation professionals. The workshop will run from 9:00 am to noon beginning with a general session for all applicants followed by breakout sessions based on project-types. There will be time for project-specific Q&A with DCNR’s professional grant managers and regional advisors.
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Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Farmer Grant Program Open
The Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) has opened their Farmer Grant Program through November 12, 2024. Northeast SARE offers grants to farmers to explore new concepts in sustainable agriculture conducted through experiments, surveys, prototypes, on-farm demonstrations or other research and education techniques. Farmer Grant projects address issues that affect farming with long-term sustainability in mind. Awards typically range from $5,000 to $30,000 depending upon a project’s complexity and duration.
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USDA-NRCS Provides Update of NRCS-Administered Programs for Federal Fiscal Year 2024
The United State Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) provided an update of statewide funding, acreage, and contract totals for Pennsylvania (see accompanying table). Additionally, NRCS has highlighted new easement contracts and the federal share for Federal Fiscal Year 2024 for Pennsylvania. Implementation of the practices acquired by these funds is anticipated in calendar years 2024, 2025 and 2026.
The funds come from the 2018 Farm Bill and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The programs include cost-share programs (Environmental Quality Incentives Program [EQIP], Agriculture Management Assistance [AMA], Regional Conservation Partnership Program [RCPP]), incentive programs (Conservation Stewardship Program [CSP]), and easement programs (Agriculture Conservation Easement Programs [ACEP], Wetland Reserve Easements [WRE], Agriculture Land Easement [ALE]).
Interested potential applicants can contact their local USDA NRCS Field Office to take advantage of NRCS technical assistance and expertise or to participate in conservation programs on their farm or land.
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Statewide funding, acreage, and contract totals for Pennsylvania from various NRCS-administered programs.
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New NRCS easement contracts/obligations for Federal Fiscal Year 2024
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EPA Announces $30 Million to Help Small and Rural Communities Protect Public Health, Drinking Water, and Local Waterways
On October 4, 2024, EPA announced the availability of up to $30.7 million in grant funding for technical assistance and training to support small drinking water and wastewater systems, many serving rural communities, and to help private well owners improve water quality.
Eligible applicants for this competitive agreement are nonprofit organizations, nonprofit private universities and colleges, and public institutions of higher education. The purpose of the agreements is to provide training and technical assistance to the following:
- Small public water systems to achieve and maintain compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
- Small public water systems on a wide range of managerial and/or financial topics to achieve and maintain compliance with the SDWA.
- Small publicly owned wastewater systems, communities served by onsite-decentralized wastewater systems to help improve water quality.
- Private well owners to help improve water quality.
Applications are due on November 25, 2024. EPA expects to award cooperative agreements by summer 2025.
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Lancaster County Highlights Updated 2024 CAP Emphasizing Collaboration and Progress
Lancaster Clean Water Partners recently released a 2024 update of their Lancaster Countywide Action Plan – A Strategy for Restoring Lancaster’s Waterways. Developed through a grassroots approach, the Lancaster CAP embraces collaboration and scientifically based practices as the main strategies for achieving ambitious, yet realistic, reduction goals. The plan includes a diverse collection of conservation practices on different land uses in the county. The recent updates show the numbers that prove the effectiveness of that collaboration.
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Lancaster County Churches Take Action for Water Quality
In recent years, the church has undertaken other environmental restoration projects, including returning mowed areas to meadows, planting a pollinator garden and landscaping that provides a sanctuary for birds, and expanding its existing Good News Garden that provides fresh vegetables for parishioners and local residents. The church also will benefit from a second grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Federation for $70,000 to help create a green master plan for Hope’s property.
Bright Side Baptist Church in Lancaster has also been advocating for environmental stewardship. On its two-block campus, the church has installed one rain garden, and is preparing to add another by digging up four frequently flooded parking spaces. This effort helps redirect polluted water that would otherwise enter a system that, when overwhelmed by rain, sends a mix of stormwater and untreated sewage into the Conestoga River. The church is using funding from a $60,000 grant from supporters such as the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake and the Center for Watershed Protection. Congregants also have improved and taken over maintenance of an extensive rain garden originally installed by the city on a busy bordering street, hooked up rain barrels to nourish raised gardens for giveaway produce, and hosted a STEM summer camp that focuses on educating youth about environmental issues in the community.
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A rain garden grows along the street at Bright Side Baptist Church and members of a STEM summer camp sprinkle water on a model of a neighborhood to estimate stormwater runoff (Provided by Ad Crable).
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Chest Creek Stream Restoration Final Phase Completed in Cambria County
A multi-phased effort to restore Chest Creek and mitigate flooding concerns in Patton Borough, Cambria County, began in 2002 and has since spanned about 2.5 miles, with its final phase completed in October 2024. These efforts have involved Cambria County Conservation District and various partners, and have created a low-flow meandering channel, increased aquatic habitat, and improved flood control. The restoration project involved a dam removal in 2019 due to erosion damage from severe weather. The latest phase of this series of projects enhanced stabilization and restoration efforts in the area around the dam removal and covered an estimated 2,100 feet.
Efforts on the final phase of the project began in early 2023, with the PFBC designing fish habitat structures, i.e., sawtooth modified mudsills, log framed stone deflectors, rock cross vanes, single log vanes, and random boulders to stabilize the eroding streambanks, reduce sediment loading into the waterway, and provide aquatic and wildlife habitat. Live tree stakes were also added to aid in bank stabilization. The design and construction of the project resulted in a low flow meandering channel and connected to the Patton Flood Control Project Area, where earlier phases of stream improvement projects have been implemented over the last 20 years. This portion of the project received over $24,000 in Countywide Action Plan (CAP) Implementation grant funds as well as funding from other sources.
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Phase One of the Chest Creek Restoration Project showing the stream before and after installation of in-stream structures and a low flow meandering channel.
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Phase Five construction involving the installation of in-stream structures to stabilize the streambank along Chest Creek.
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Adams County Public-Private Partnership Results in Toms Creek Improvements
Adams County Conservation District and their Countywide Action Plan (CAP) Coordinator, Ricky Whitmore, partnered with SGI, a Standard Industries company, to improve 200 linear feet of Toms Creek on private property. The project was located in Hamiltonban Township, near SGI’s Charmian Plant, and was designed to stabilize the streambank, improve stream flow, and protect the structural integrity of a bridge spanning the stream. The design included engineered in-stream structures and made use of native rock sourced from SGI’s Charmian Plant. The project will control stream velocity and flow path, stabilize the stream bank, and improve aquatic habitat. Toms Creek is a high-quality watershed and tributary of Monocacy River that flows into the Potomac River and eventually into the Chesapeake Bay.
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A view of the portion of Toms Creek prior to project construction (Provided by Specialty Granules LLC).
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Centre County Receives PENNVEST Water Infrastructure Award for Nonpoint Source Project
Centre County Conservation District received a $1,540,000 PENNVEST water infrastructure grant to upgrade the Hall Farm beef facility’s nutrient management operations and stormwater controls in Union Township. The proposed BMPs include building a 60x280-foot roofed manure stacking building and roofed heavy-use area/feedlot; installing roof runoff controls, underground outlet pipes, fencing, gates, and a gravel reinforced animal trail; and regrading and improving existing access lanes. Silage bunk low flow leachate will be collected in a septic tank and pumped directly into a manure spreader. Silage bunk “high flow” runoff will be piped to a grass vegetated buffer area. The project will result in an anticipated reduction of 3,637 pounds per year in nitrogen, 136 pounds per year in phosphorus, and 21,497 pounds per year in sediment that impact an unnamed tributary to Dicks Run, which is designated as a cold-water fishery.
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Riparian Buffer Workshops Held in Blair and Juniata Counties
Blair County Conservation District (BCCD) held four workshops throughout the year to highlight the benefits of buffers and the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). Additionally, Juniata County Conservation District held a CREP tour. These educational and outreach efforts spread knowledge about the value and multiple functions of riparian buffers. The BCCD and JCCD made use of the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts (PACD) mini-grant program to implement the workshops.
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Attendees at a Blair County riparian buffer workshop and a riparian buffer planted in Juniata County.
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Columbia County Conservation District Holds Water Education Day
On September 11, 2024, the Columbia County Conservation District held its 8th annual Water Education Day at Briar Creek Lake Park in Berwick. About 240 eighth-grade students from three different school districts attended the event. The students rotated through six stations, learning about various aspects of water sources, water quality, and aquatic ecosystems.
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Students interact with a stream table using flags to identify various parts of a stream like headwaters, mouth, delta, cut bank, deposition,and erosion.
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Harrisburg Area Residents and Partners Promote Rain Gardens for Healthy Waterways
In the early 2000s, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) designed a rain garden system for a Susquehanna Township homeowner, Steve Tambolas, as a demonstration site to other homeowners. Steve is a Penn State Extension master gardener, and his property was chosen partly because the headwaters of Paxton Creek (a flood-prone stream system in the Harrisburg area) border his yard. The rain garden features a riparian buffer and deep-rooted plants. It’s also a certified wildlife and pollinator habitat. The demonstration site has continued to serve an educational purpose in how homeowners can use their yard to reduce urban runoff and improve local water quality.
In 2018, Harrisburg community activist, Rafiyqa Muhammad, worked with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to install community rain gardens in the Allison Hill neighborhood, an economically disadvantaged part of the city. She is a champion for managing stormwater to reduce localized flooding through green infrastructure. The city’s water utility company, Capital Region Water (CRW), is also championing green infrastructure and working with community groups to install neighborhood rain gardens in targeted areas. An example of CRW’s work can be seen in Harrisburg’s 4th & Dauphin Park where CRW installed porous basketball courts and a pair of rain gardens that are specially drained to slow the intake of downbursts. Below the surface off these rain gardens is a network of pipes, tanks, and stone formations that can trap and hold excess rainwater that would otherwise end up in the city’s aged storm sewer system.
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A view of Steve Tambolas’ intentionally designed backyard limiting stormwater runoff and a picture of Harrisburg environment and community activist Rafiyqa Muhammad (Provided by The Burg).
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“Ensuring clean water and healthy watersheds is a fundamental right for all Pennsylvanians. With these grant awards we will continue our work to reduce pollution and improve water quality in Pennsylvania. These projects are creating healthier streams and wetlands across Pennsylvania, reducing flood risk and improving fish and wildlife habitat. We are building on the success we are seeing in the Chesapeake Bay watershed by restoring streambanks, removing legacy sediment, and treating mine water discharge, among other improvements."
- Jessica Shirley, Secretary, Department of Environmental Protection
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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101
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