Little Conestoga Watershed Action Plan

LandStudies worked with the LCWA and key stakeholders in the watershed to develop a new watershed action plan in the summer of 2015, building on existing information, including the original 2003 Little Conestoga Watershed Assessment and Restoration Plan, but creating a new vision to guide the LCWA into the future.

The plan focused on inventorying and prioritizing opportunities for watershed improvement projects and provides restoration master plans for five priority sites (Centerville Middle School, Mennonite Home, Conestoga Country Club, East Petersburg Park and Manheim Township Linear Park). The action plan provides guidance to the LCWA on where to focus implementation efforts to improve water quality, minimize adverse effects from stormwater and improve riparian habitat.

Funding for this project came from a National Fish & Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Grant through the Conservation Foundation of Lancaster County.

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Little Conestoga Creek Watershed Assessment and Restoration Plan

This report, prepared in January of 2003, was the LCWA’s first planning effort and provided the initial vision for the group and helped get many restoration and planting projects implemented. It was funded through the PA DEP’s Growing Greener Program and was expertly prepared by RETTEW (Mark A. Metzler, Watershed Specialist). This report is still a valuable resource for the group’s planning efforts and provided the foundation for the current Little Conestoga Watershed Action Plan. It is divided into thirteen sections; including an Introduction, Watershed Characteristics, Sources and Causes of Impairments, Macroinvertebrate Investigation, Fishery Investigation, Water Chemistry Investigations, Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species, Aquatic and Terrestrial Habitat Investigation, Municipal and County Governments, Partnerships and Public Relations, Completed Restoration Projects, Future Restoration Endeavors, and References.

 

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