Penn State Public Media recently released “A Conewago Story,” a video documenting the work of farmers and other landowners as part of the Conewago Creek Initiative in Dauphin, Lancaster and Lebanon counties.

Over the last several years, a partnership of over thirty organizations called the Conewago Creek Initiative has been working cooperatively to increase watershed engagement and work with farmers and landowners to adopt land management practices to improve water quality, according to Matthew Royer, Director of the Agriculture and Environment Center at Penn State.

The partnership is facilitated by the Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center, and supported by a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.  Further support was provided by the USDA’s designation of the Conewago as a “Showcase Watershed” and DEP through the Section 319 program.

The results are impressive and demonstrate what local partnerships and citizens can do to improve water quality.

Click Here to watch the video.  To learn more, visit the Conewago Creek Initiative website.

12/23/2013