Montgomery County Conservation District received a $23,504 grant from the Department of Environmental Protection to demonstrate best management practices on Little Neshaminy Creek.

Joining in the grant presentation was Sen. Greenleaf (R-Montgomery).

The conservation district will partner with Mary, Mother of the Redeemer Church and School; Saint Francis Ecology Council; and the Delaware Riverkeeper Network.

This project will re-establish hydrology, plantings and function of an existing wetland; enhance the size and quality of a riparian buffer by removing invasive and planting indigenous species of plants; retrofit an existing stormwater detention basin; educate parishioners, school faculty and students about nonpoint source pollution and stormwater management; and provide outreach to targeted parishioners, faculty, students, township representatives and local citizens.

3/3/2006