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2010
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MS4 Meeting Promotes Green Stormwater Management
January 3, 2011
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Urban and suburban development is the fastest growing land use in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Along with growth comes an increase in impervious surfaces and increased stormwater discharges. Stormwater carries with it nutrients and pollutants from yards, roads, parking lots, roofs – in fact any surface in the watershed that receives rainwater runoff.
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Shaping a Vision for the Conewago
December 28, 2010
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This fall, Penn State Cooperative Extension has been working deeply within a local watershed community in the Lower Susquehanna region, helping to craft its vision for the future.
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Pennsylvania’s ‘Discovery Watersheds’
December 20, 2010
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‘Discovery Watersheds’ are small watersheds in which resources are targeted to enhance conservation efforts and ultimately solve problems related to agricultural nonpoint pollution.
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New Opportunity for Combining Education and Community Service
December 10, 2010
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A brand new 4-H project book, Riparian BUFFers - Making Our Riparian Areas Strong is now available from Penn State Cooperative Extension and the Pennsylvania 4-H Program.
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DEP Publishes Riparian Forest Buffer Guidance
December 6, 2010
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The Department of Environmental Protection published Riparian Forest Buffer Guidance as final in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on November 27, 2010.
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Front End Solution to a Back End Problem
December 6, 2010
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Precision feeding of dairy cows is a great way to address water quality concerns in local waterways and the Chesapeake Bay. So what is precision feeding? It is feeding dairy cows to most precisely meet their nutrient requirements based on their level of production.
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EPA Publishes Document on Non-point Source Pollution
September 27, 2010
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A new document focused on the Chesapeake Bay presents a suite of tools and management practices to manage non-point source pollution on federal lands.
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Youth - A Key Audience for Water Resource Education
September 7, 2010
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A new program designed to promote water stewardship in youth is introduced in one of the showcase watersheds.
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Farmers Meet to Talk Water Quality
August 31, 2010
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The inaugural meeting of the Conewago Creek Dairy Discussion Group occurred July 28, 2010.
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Welcome to “Watershed Winds”, the Newsletter for the Discovery Watershed Initiative
July 1, 2010
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This space will showcase of some of the tools and approaches developed for nutrient and sediment reduction within Pennsylvania’s watersheds. Many of the best management practices and partnership building activities in the Conewago Watershed, Pennsylvania’s showcase watershed will be highlighted, but other watershed agencies and organizations also have stories to tell.
