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The Watershed-Friendly Native Plant Sale opens for pre-orders for fall pick up.

Purchase signs for your restoration planting projects.

A practical guide to environmentally friendly lawn care that protects water quality through proper fertilization, maintenance, and sustainable landscaping practices.

Explore Susquehanna River history and legends, including cultural stories and hidden geographical features, through environmental context and regional heritage.

Explore how watershed landscapes affect stream health and learn to use the FISH protocol to lead students in hands-on local stream assessments.

Growing Great Buffers is a series of short, helpful videos that describe step-by-step maintenance tasks needed for newly planted riparian buffers.

This video shows movements of water under the earth and how pollution might affect drinking water. (Modelo de Agua Subterranea)

This award by the York County Master Watershed Stewards highlights an educational partnership.

Due to strong public interest in the inaugural 2025 start and continued successful statewide collaboration, the PA Invasive Replace‑ive Program will return in 2026 with additional sites.

Tree shelters help newly planted trees survive to maturity.

Learn about these smallest beginnings of rivers and streams.

Educators can help students learn how to observe local stream conditions to determine watershed impacts.

During the First Investigation of Stream Health (FISH) activity, one optional data field records the number of frogs and toads observed or heard. Different species are active during different months in Pennsylvania.

This article introduces the reader to dye pollution and how it impacts people, animals, and the environment around the world.

Understanding basic water law principles can help landowners better understand their rights.

Become a Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences Ambassador while learning about proper tree planting and stream health assessment for watershed protection.

Thoughtful selection of streamside trees and shrubs can have the added bonus of producing fruit, nuts, berries, or woody florals for profit or personal enjoyment.

Warming trends affect streams and rivers in Pennsylvania.

A video guide to affordable and easy stream bank restoration using branch cuttings called live stakes.

A variety of resources and opportunities are available from Penn State Extension to help you provide youth with water education experiences.

Tips for using the Rain to Drain: Slow the Flow Curriculum at fairs and community events when time is limited.

An interactive online atlas of statewide water resources and use trends to inform and educate Pennsylvanians on the sustainable use of our lakes, rivers, streams, and groundwater.

Volunteers explore native tree propagation efforts in the Bay watershed.

Comprehensive Water Quality and Pesticide Stewardship Outreach lesson plan on water sources, pollution, and best management practices, including engaging groundwater recharge and pollution activity.

The following is a list of Middle School Level performance expectations from the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)*, which are addressed by Rain to Drain: Slow the Flow.