Highlights of Conservation District Activities 2017 Presented by PACD Adams County Conservation District 2017 Feature Accomplishments Other Accomplishments Dirt, Gravel & Low Volume Road Maintenance Program Contact Information • Performed 265 E & S inspections with Resource Challenge 85% compliance Sediment is the largest pollutant by volume to the waters of the • Re-assessed 10 streams to upgrade Sherri Clayton-Williams Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Unpaved roads not only Interim District Manager stream designation and protective uses. generate sediment, but also act as collectors for runoff and • Sponsored the Adams County sediment from adjacent land uses resulting in increased flood Envirothon programs involving 104 Charles Bennett flows in streams, and transport of sediment and other pollutant Board Chairman middle school students and 60 high into local waterways. school students • Installed 3 acres of riparian buffers Project Summary and Results 670 Old Harrisburg Road, Suite 201 through community volunteer projects. Technical assistance and funding to install driving surface Gettysburg, PA 17325 • Installed agricultural BMPs including 21 aggregate, new culverts, underdrains, ditching, and stormwater (717) 334-0636 waterways, 2 diversions and 3 terraces management to address problems on local roads that www.adamscounty.us • Provided technical assistance on EQIP adversely affect water quality. • Six project sites completed in 2017- $229,703.48 projects that brought an additional More Work to Do $232,767.00 into Adams County • Three projects underway- $229,899.50 • Three new contracts signed- $155,382.50 • Promote the use of stormwater Key Project Partners NRCS; Fish and Boat Commission; Germany, Union, management BMPs to meet MS4 Franklin and Tyrone Townships. requirements • Promote agricultural compliance through the development and implementation of Manure Management and Ag E & S plans • Assist with the installation of Grant Money Brought to the agricultural BMPs by providing County through Conservation technical and financial assistance District Efforts: to landowners to minimize soil $1,119,092.02 erosion and nutrient runoff • Install 20 acres of riparian buffers Allegheny County Conservation District 2017 Feature Accomplishment Other Accomplishments Contact Information DCNR Riparian Forest Buffer Grant • Acting as project manager for Janet Lauer $1,170,000 Milk Run abandoned Resource Challenge District Manager mine drainage treatment project, Reforesting urbanized streams in Allegheny County the first reclamation in-lieuity Donald Newman agreement in the Oil and Gas Board Chairman Program between DEP and Range Resources, which could River Walk Corporate Center remove Montour Run from 33 Terminal Way, Suite 325B impaired streams list for Pittsburgh, PA 15219 aluminum (412) 241-7645 • Organized and hosted Individual Project Summary and Results www.conservationsolutioncenter.org Nutrient Management Grant covers the planting of ten acres of riparian buffers certification for seven attendees over the next five years in five watersheds, and • Reviewed and issued 166 GP More Work to Do we’re 30% complete. authorizations • Complete DCNR Riparian Grant tree • Reviewed and issued 155 • Spring planting 200 trees in Monroeville along plantings Turtle Creek in Valley Park NPDES permit authorizations • Increase baseline stream monitoring • Awarded 12 CLIP grants for • Fall planting 400 trees in South Park County Park • Update strategic plan local watershed groups and along Catfish Run, a tributary to Peters Creek non-profits for water quality • Over 50 Volunteers including park rangers, • Continue outreach projects with improvement watershed groups, area residents partners • Support provided from home municipalities with • Issue permits in a timely fashion Grant Money Brought to resources tools, money, in kind • Continue to seek opportunities for BMP Key Project Partners the Allegheny County implementation From Conservation Municipality of Monroeville • Assist municipalities with meeting MS4 Municipality of Bethel Park District Efforts: permit requirements $458,460.00 Allegheny County Parks • Continue CLIP Grant program Allegheny Parks Foundation Turtle Cree Watershed • Find new and innovative ways to support watershed groups through Peters Creek Watershed Association Allegheny Watershed Alliance Armstrong County Conservation District 2017 Feature Accomplishment Contact Information Mobile Environmental Display David Rupert District Manager Other Accomplishments Spurgeon Shilling Board Chairman • Began work on the Huling Run Aluminaide Mine Drainage Armsdale Administration Building Treatment Facility 124 Armsdale Road • Began work on the Campbell Kittanning, PA 16201-3738 Run Ag BMP Project (724) 548-3425 • Began work on the ACD-AVLT www.armstrongcd.org Phase II NPS Control Project • Completed the RING Resource Challenge More Work to Do Streambank Stabilization Project One of the goals identified in the 2017 Strategic • Completed the Scout Run Plan of the District called for a new and innovative • Continue working with our municipal Aquatic Organism Passage Education and Outreach effort to promote the partners to implement the Dirt, Structure Project various projects and programs of the District. Gravel, and Low Volume Road • Completed the McCandless Program AMD Remediation NPS Control Project Summary and Results Project • Continue working with DEP, • Completed the ACD-AVLT The Mobile Environmental Display (MED)was interested watershed groups and Phase I NPS Control Project debuted at the Dayton Fair in August. In the two landowners to design and construct • Completed the Carnahan Run months since its debut, the MED has visited AMD treatment facilities to improve Phase II – Ag BMP and schools, festivals, and fairs in 6 other counties water quality Streambank Stabilization Project throughout Western PA. To date, over 5,500 persons have visited the MED to learn about the • Continue working with interested water conservation and other programs available individuals and organizations to through your local Conservation District. implement projects and programs to improve the environment in Key Project Partners Armstrong County Colcom Foundation ACD Clean Water Fund EQT Foundation ACD DGLVR Fund Beaver County Conservation District 2017 Feature Accomplishment Other Accomplishments Contact Information North Fork Little Beaver Creek • CREP Field Day and Workshop Streambank/Habitat Project James Shaner • Chapter 102/105 Permit District Manager Workshop Resource Challenge Mike Price • E&S BMPS for Contractors To address streambank instability and loss of habitat Board Chairman Workshop due to substantial erosion that led to large quantities of • Over 1200 students attended sediment pollution to the North Fork Little Beaver 156 Cowpath Road classes at the BCCD Environ- Creek. Aliquippa, PA 15001 mental Center free of charge. (724) 378-1701 Project Summary and Results A series of six structures were installed that protect www.beavercountyconservationdistrict.org approximately 500 feet of streambank. Six log vanes with J-hooks help stabilize the banks by directing flows More Work to Do toward the middle of the channel and create some habitat value along the edge of the device. Six parallel root wads dissipate energy and protect the bank against • DGR Road Improvement Projects large debris and ice that could harm the bank as well as provide a bench to prevent undercutting. The root wads • Stream Improvement Projects provide excellent habitat. • Stormwater and Timber Harvest The project helps to ensure that the North Fork’s Workshops designated uses are maintained and protected. 500 linear feet of streambank were stabilized, aquatic • Ag Workshops: Manure and Nutrient Grant Money Brought to habitat was enhanced and sedimentation to the creek is Management the County From reduced by 55 tons annually. The project also addressed the loss of property and enhances the • Farm Enhancement Projects Conservation District overall health of the watershed. Efforts: $28,667.00 Key Project Partners PA Department of Environmental Protection Fryer Excavating, LLC Bedford County Conservation District 2017 Feature Accomplishment Sheirer Road/Little Wills Creek Other Accomplishments Sheirer Road Low Volume Road - Little Wills Creek • Considering no-till planting essential in Streambank and Habitat Project managing erosion and nutrient run-off from farmlands, BCCD maintains a no- Resource Challenge till equipment rental program that Londonderry Township was concerned about accelerated delivers corn planters and drills to streambank erosion that threatened to undermine Sheirer cooperators with combined totals of Road along Little Wills Creek, a High Quality Coldwater over 7500 acres planted annually Fishery. • The BCCD drop-off recycling center Project Summary and Results annually recycles over 200 tons of fiber, The township contacted the Conservation District inquiring plastic, aluminum, bi-metal, glass, oil, about a DGLVR program project to address the erosion antifreeze and electronics problem seen in the ‘before’ photo to the right. After a site visit and consultation with staff from the Center for Dirt and Before Project After Project Gravel Road Studies, a plan using habitat improvement and streambank stabilization structures was chosen. With design Grant Money Brought to the and permitting done by Western PA Conservancy, equipment County From Conservation from Londonderry Township, and labor by WPC and Trout District Efforts: Unlimited volunteers, construction