Watershed groups, with the help of the Lancaster County Conservation District, carried their watershed education message to more than 50,000 people this summer and fall through a unique vehicle—a watershed float in community parades.

Funded by a PA Association of Conservation Districts Education Mini-Grant, six volunteer watershed groups in and around Northern Lancaster County participated in three fair and farm show parades in Lancaster County.

The goal was to educate community residents on basic watershed concepts like riparian buffers, stream bank fencing and that “we all live downstream.”

The groups included: Chiques Creek Watershed Alliance, Lititz Run Watershed Alliance, Donegal Trout Unlimited, Furnace Run/Segloch Run Watershed Alliance, Hammer Creek Watershed Association and Cocalico Creek Watershed Association.

As the float moved along the parade routes, watershed members handed out educational bookmarks and other materials along the way.

(Photo submitted by Matt Kofroth, Lancaster Watershed Specialist)

10/7/2006