The Lancaster Conservancy and many partners will hold their annual Lancaster Water Week education and action events from June 1 to 8.

This county-wide initiative is designed to educate young and old about clean water and the role they can play in restoring and protectiing this vital resource.

Click Here for a video overview of the Water Week activities.  Watch this video summary of Water Week 2018.

Over 20 special events geared to creating habitat, exploring the outdoors and cleaning up the environment are planned.  They include--

-- Streamside Care Workday

-- Riverlands Trail Festival

-- Herbal Spring Farmstead

-- Take A Hike! Climbers Run

-- Take A Hike! Pinnacle To Kellys Run

-- Trees, Music, Water Week At Longs Park

-- MS4 Stormwater Form

-- The Conestoga Study And The Woman Behind It

-- Harnessing The Power Of Water - Safe Harbor Dam Tour

-- Clean Streams Farm Tour

-- Healthy Soils & Healthy Streams Breakfast

-- Rain Garden Open House

-- Native Plant Conference/Plant Sale

-- Chiques Creek Watershed Expo

-- Falmouth Forest Garden

-- Green Infrastructure Bike Tour

-- Rain Barrel Painting

-- Conestoga River Sojourn

-- Conestoga River Clean Up

-- Conestoga River Snorkeling

-- The American Garden: A Life Or Death Situation

-- Guide To Restoring The Little Things That Run The World [Insects] Doug Tallamy

-- A Day On Lititz Run

-- Rock Lititz - Water Week Celebration

Click Here for a full list of events and to register.

A long list of community, business, environmental, energy and other organizations are sponsors of this unique event.

For all the details, visit the Lancaster Water Week website.

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[Posted: April 15, 2019]

4/22/2019