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This Watershed Manual Was made possible by a grant from Your School’s WPCAMR In cooperation with Watershed Manual Student Projects to Help Local Watersheds The PA Department of Environmental Protection’s Created and compiled by: Wells Creek Watershed Association Bureau of Mining and Reclamation Bureau of Watershed Management Edited by: Section 319 Program Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation Formed in 1982, WPCAMR brings together an alliance of 24 County Conservation Districts and local watershed groups in order to promote the reclamation of abandoned coal mines and to clean-up streams polluted by abandoned mine drainage. WPCAMR works with many people – from watershed volunteers to government experts, industry, citizens, and students to find solutions to the mine drainage problems that degrade our streams in Western Pennsylvania. Students with projects can give this watershed movement a dynamic boost, as they satisfy their educational requirements for Senior Projects, Merit Badges, College Research, and the State Environmental Standards. So “Catch the Vision” Restore our Cold Water Fisheries! Your School’s Watershed Manual ( The many ways students can help their local watershed groups ) PA Trout Unlimited SE Region Western PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine 412 Manor Dr. Reclamation INTRODUCTION Dublin, Pa. 18917 RD 12 Box 202-B Students are begging to get outdoors and do something real! Why not 1-215-249-3033 Greensburg, Pa. 15601 [email protected] 1-724-834-5271 consider a project on your local watershed? When you perform a [email protected] service-learning project, the watershed becomes your classroom. This PA Trout Unlimited NE Region manual lists a ton of potential topics for a real outdoor learning adventure! RD 3, Box 3253 POWR Pa Org.Watersheds & Rivers The watershed-world is a great place to satisfy the requirements of high Stroudsburg, Pa.18360 610 North 3rd St. school senior projects, Boy Scout projects, and college internships. So 1-570-629-0586 Harrisburg, Pa. 17101 read on...and contact one of the watershed groups in the appendix for [email protected] 1-717-234-7910 more hands-on help. [email protected] PA Trout Unlimited SC Region 2319 Valley Rd. Delaware Riverkeeper Network Harrisburg, Pa. 17104 PO Box 326 1-717-236-1360 Washington Crossing, Pa. 18925 [email protected] 1-215-369-1188 Written by [email protected] Malcolm Crittenden – PA State DEP PA Trout Unlimited NC Region 14 Valley View Rd. Charles Urban – Founder Lock Haven, Pa. 17745 Susquehanna River Watch Editor/Layout 1-570-748-7242 PO Box 1221 Carl Jones – Somerset Conservation District [email protected] Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703 Tom Grote – Kiski–Conemaugh Stream Team 1-570-829-2841 Dr. M. Irvil Kear—Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation Jennifer Barto Reclamation 485 Smith’s Pond Rd. Chesapeake Bay Foundation Shavertown, Pa. 18708 614 North Front St. 1-570-674-7993 Harrisburg, Pa. 17101-1057 [email protected] 1-717-234-5550 www.epcamr.org Endless Mountains RC&D Council Pocono Northeast RC&D Council Stoll Natural Resource Center 1300 Old Plank Road RR#5, Box 5030C Mayfield, PA 18433 Towanda, PA 18848 Phone: (570)282-8732 ext. 4 Phone: (570) 265-3409 x118 In Partnership With: E-mail: [email protected] Thurman Korns – Wells Creek Watershed Association www.pnerdc.org Southeastern Pennsylvania RC&D Council Pam Diesel - Honors Biology, Somerset High School 824 Main Street Capitol Region RC&D Council Zachary Lowry – BSA Troop 152, Friedens PA. Pennsburg, PA 18073 [email protected] (215) 541-7930 Dave Steele - Somerset Conservation Dist. Lisa Roundtree -CCACC Mid-State RC&D Council So Alleghenies RC&D Council 20 Windmill Hill #7 702 W Pitt Street Suite 7 2 Burnham, PA 17009-1837 Bedford, PA 15522-8800 (717) 248-4901 (814) 623-9616 ext 5 Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Bowman's Creek Watershed Association Table of Contents: Management District PO Box 236 HCR Box 15D Noxen, PA 18636 (Which is a list of great project ideas!) Paupack, PA 18451 www.bcwa.net E-mail: [email protected] Introduction: ……………………………………………………………..2 www.lwwmd.org Mehoopany Creek Watershed Association P. O. Box 73 Watershed Primer: ……………………………………………………...4 Wyoming Conservation District Mehoopany, PA 18629 1 Hollowcrest Complex Tunkhannock, PA 18657 Tunkhannock Creek Watershed 1. Water Cycle:…………………………………………………………………8 Phone: (570) 836-2589 Association • Ground Water Protection E-mail: [email protected] 1 Hollowcrest Complex • Drinking Water Cycle www.tunk.com/conservation Tunkhannock, PA 18657 • NPS – Non Point Source Pollution 2. Public Awareness:………………………………………………………..10 • Partner with Watershed Groups • Put up Signs GOVERNMENT AGENCIES • Public Events PA DEP Bureau of Watershed Managment Terri Kromel • Connect with Public, Press, Government Officials PO Box 8555 DCNR • Connect Locally Harrisburg, Pa. 17105 400 Market St. 1-171-787-5267 Harrisburg, Pa. 17105 3. Stream Assessment:……………………………………………………..12 1-717-783-4361 • Water Sampling Gary Greenfield [email protected] • In-Stream Biotic Assessment PA DEP Bureau of Abandon Mine Reclamation Dan Koury • Stream Side Inventory 2 Public Sq. 5th Floor PA DEP Pottsville District Mining Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18711 5 West Laurel Blvd. 4. Stream Restoration: ……………………………………………………..14 1-570-826-2371 Pottsville, Pa. 17901 • Pollution Clean-up [email protected] 1-570-621-3118 • Riparian Plantings [email protected] • Fishery Plan • Municipal Participation 5. Educational Opportunities:………………………………………………16 • Partner with a Watershed Group • Field Trip with Class Need More Copies ??? • Summer Intern on a Stream Western PA: • Fulfill Educational Requirements • Educational Center Contact Malcolm Crittenden at [email protected] Eastern PA: Appendix: Contact Michael Hewitt at [email protected] • List of Conservation Districts, Watershed Groups and other organizations PA that can be contacted 3 Loyalsock Creek Watershed Association Cowanesque Valley Watershed Association Watershed Primer – “Water Cycle” P.O. Box 216 R.D. 1 Box 990 Montoursville, PA 17754 Knoxville, PA 16928 A watershed is an area of land that sheds its rain water to a Muncy Creek Watershed Association particular stream, via runoff and groundwater flow. What is Crooked Creek Coalition P.O. Box 47 29 East Avenue your watershed address? Do you know? If you live in Western Muncy, PA 17756 Wellsboro, PA 16933 E-mail: [email protected] Pennsylvania, your watershed might be Wells Creek, which flows Ellen Run Watershed Projects Susquehanna County Conservation to the Stony Creek, via several more streams to the Ohio 413 Valley Road District Mansfield, PA 16933 River, all the way to the “Big Muddy Mississippi,” and finally into 31 Public Avenue Montrose, PA 18801 the Gulf of Mexico! Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group Phone: (570) 278-4600 x289 P.O. Box 445 The dynamics of your watershed start with the basic water www.suscondistrict.org Wellsboro, PA 16901 cycle: clouds…to rain…to surface runoff…to ground water…to Choconut Creek Watershed Association stream flow, with evaporation back to the clouds. RR1 Box 1462 Seeley Creek Watershed Association Friendsville, PA 18818 RR5, Box 5030 D www.stny.com/choconut/CCWA.htm Wysox, PA 18854 Meshoppen Creek Task Force Tioga River Watershed Reclamation RR 4 Box 4210 Projects, Inc. Meshoppen, PA 18630 19 Richmond Drive Mansfield, PA 16933 Upper Susquehanna Coalition 4729 State Route 414 Wayne Conservation District Burdett, NY 14818 470 Sunrise Avenue www.u-s-c.org Honesdale, PA 18431 Phone: (570) 253-0930 Snakes Creek Watershed Association E-mail: [email protected] 31 Public Avenue www.co.wayne.pa.us/conservation/ Montrose, PA 18801 conservation.asp E-mail: [email protected] www.snakescreek.org Deleware Highlands Conservancy PO Box 218 Tioga Conservation District Hawley, PA 18428 29 East Avenue www.delawarehighlands.org Wellsboro, PA 16901 The ecology of your stream changes from the small headwater Phone: (570) 724-1801 ext. 3 Deleware Riverkeeper Network E-mail: [email protected] tributaries down to the larger mouth of the stream. It is PO Box 326 www.geocities.com/tccdpa/waters/ Washington Crossing, PA 18977 critical to remember that the FOREST is the natural habitat tioga_river/tioga.html E-mail: [email protected] for most Pennsylvania streams. Thus a stream-side or “riparian” Babb Creek Watershed Association www.delawareriverkeeper.org buffer of trees adds value to the river system. Tree canopies 2538 Route 405 Highway Lackawaxen River Conservancy protect the soil from rain erosion, tree shade keeps the stream Muncy, PA 17756 P.O. Box 176 cooler, and tree roots stabilize stream-bank erosion. Corey Creek Watershed Association Rowland, PA 18457 246 Pickle Hill Road E-mail: [email protected] Mansfield, PA 16901 www.lackawaxenriver.org/index.htm 4 Lycoming Conservation District Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance Stream - “Food Web” 542 County Farm Rd., Suite 202 PO Box 263 Montoursville, PA 17754 Mt. Carmel, PA 17851 Phone: (570) 433-3003 www.shamokincreek.org E-mail: [email protected] You and I experience Schuylkill Conservation District streams by their visual appeal, Black Hole Creek Watershed Association 1206 Ag Center Drive P.O. Box 125 Pottsville, PA 17901 the soothing sound of flowing Montgomery, PA 17752 Phone: (570) 622-3742 ext. 5 E-mail:[email protected] waters, and the refreshing Blockhouse Creek Preservation Society www.co.schuylkill.pa.us/Offices/ coolness of the water. We P.O. Box 135 Conservation/conservation.asp Liberty, PA 16930 instinctively look for fish, but www.angelfire.com/pa4/BlockhouseCreek/ Catawissa Creek Restoration Association D.S. index.html 12 Paul Street they will not be found if the Ashland, PA 17921 “food web” is disrupted. The food web is the cycling Lawshe Run Watershed Association www.columbiapa.org/ccra PO Box 526 of energy and nutrients within a stream. Jersey Shore, PA 17740 Mahanoy Creek Watershed Association 420 Dutchtown Road The food available in a stream comes from sources Lycoming Creek Watershed Association Ashland, PA 17921 P.O.
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