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  • Larry Lloyd from the Berks County Conservancy describes the project at the Woolf farm.

    05/09 Farm Tour

    Date: Jun, 10, 2009

    The tourists visit the Woolf Farm before the rains came...

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  • Students participated in water quality monitoring and wetland and riparian plantings.

    Adams Farm

    Date: Apr, 29, 2009

    On a small Maiden Creek tributary, the 105-acre Adams farm provides leased pasture to a neighbor’s livestock. To protect the water resources from bacterial and nutrient pollution, the Berks County Conservancy used Schuylkill Watershed Initiative Grant funds to fence off ten acres of wetland and riparian buffer from livestock and plant hundreds of native plants that will help filter runoff before it reaches the stream. Over 5,270 feet of streambank was fenced off to keep the animals and their manure out of the water.

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  • AMD polluted water filters through an ALD where dissolving limestone increases alkalinity and pH levels.

    Pine Forest AMD Project

    Date: Apr, 29, 2009

    Abandoned Mine Drainage from the Pine Forest Mine formerly discharged aluminum, iron, manganese, and acidity into Mill Creek, a Schuylkill River headwaters tributary. Using funds from the Schuylkill Watershed Initiative Grant, an anoxic limestone drain (ALD) was installed at this site by the Schuylkill Headwaters Association. The ALD neutralizes acid and removes up to 316-lbs of iron per day from the Schuylkill River.

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    • A dam blocked fish passage in Sprogel's Run at Brookside Country Club

      Brookside Country Club Stream Bank Restoration

      Date: Apr, 24, 2009

      The Delaware Riverkeeper Network worked with golf course staff to remove a dam and slow stormwater by installing log and stone vanes. The vanes reduce stream bank erosion, provide calmer water in storm events, and create deeper, shaded pools for resident suckers ans bass in the heat of summer.

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    • Educational signage onsite teaches visitors about the importance of responsible stormwater management.

      Riverbend Environmental Education Center

      Date: Apr, 29, 2009

      When installed in a highly visible public place, and accompanied by attractive and informative signage, an on-the-ground Best Management Practice (BMP) project turns into an effective public education and outreach tool. This is the case at the Riverbend Environmental Education Center (REEC) in Gladwyne, PA which hosts over 10,000 visitors each year. Nestled among 30 wooded acres, the REEC parking lot sits on the banks of Saw Mill Run, a first-order tributary to the Schuylkill River. Stormwater runoff from both the parking lot and Spring Mill Road formerly flowed directly into the stream, contributing to stream bank erosion and threatening the delicate stream ecosystem with contaminants such as sediment, chemicals, litter, and engine fluids. Frequent wash-outs of the compacted ground lot were also a problem. Funds from the Schuylkill Watershed Initiative Grant and other sources allowed REEC to design and construct some new solutions for its parking area problems. The solution was a pervious parking lot with bio-infiltration areas that slow runoff, absorbing and filtering more stormwater before it reaches the stream.

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