20—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Feb. 15, 1975
Students Active
(Editor's Note: This ar
ticle wii written by Wendl
Lilt, a Manheim Central
High School lenior. Wendl ia
an environmental
agriculture itudcnt par
ticipating in an educational
program co-ordinated by the
Manheim Central School* in
conjunction with the Chfqucs
Creek Watershed Project.)
Three hundred years ago
our Pennsylvania soil was a
protected land, sheltered
from its natural enemies, or
at least in a position where it
could recover easily from
any inflicted damages. It
was a virgin land where the
fields and the forests
provided many a watershed,
protecting the land from the
annual rains. There was
neither flooding nor drought;
the soil was fertile and the
harvests yielded much.
But then... there came a
change over the countryside,
the change was called
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in Chicques Project
development, progress,
commercialism. It was
rampant throughout the
environment, and once
begun it was hard tb control,
for men acted with
destruction rather than
descretion. Pennsylvania’s
natural balance was being
destroyed.
During the late 1800’s and
early 1900’s there occurred
the most extensive slaughter
of nature Pennsylvania had
ever experienced. It was a
time of deterioration and
ravishment of the en
vironment. The destruction
of woodland was com
monplace; very few people
even remembered the time
when forests once ruled with
such uniform authority. The
earth was carved into a
myriad of building foun
dations and construction
pits, and the land was
twisted and molded into a
man-made environment.
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Wendy List
The rapid development
Pennsylvania underwent
had its compensations and
its consequences. First of all,
Pennsylvania became a
highly industrialized and
wealthy state, which
promised a stable future for
its settlers. Secondly, the
clearance of forests had
provided abundant farmland
which was the basis for
agricultural status. The
intentions for an agricultural
industry were well-founded,
for Pennsylvania had been
known to have rich soil, a
healthy climate and few
natural disasters. Lancaster
County became the bed of
Pennsylvania’s agricultural
industry and the newly
developed state anticipated
the first harvesting year.
The anticipations and
expectancy was in vain. The
crops yielded little or
nothing at all. Floods
frequented Lancaster
County, washing away
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precious topsoil, ond
destroying roads and homes.
When it rained everything
was flooded, when it did not
rain the land was barren.
Deposits of silt, the result of
erosion, changed the courses
of stable water channels
causing the uneven flow of
water and more flooding.
Wastes contaminated the
water supply and polluted
the streams and lakes. The
sediment carried toxic
chemicals and plant
nutrients into the waters.
The wildlife in affected areas
was forced to leave natural
habitats and seek refuge in
unfamiliar environments
where many could not
survive. Pennsylvania could
not adjust to the man-made
environment and through
much toil and many hard
ships its settlers were to
leam a valuable ecological
lesson in the following
years.
During an ecology
presentation to environment
students at Manheim Central
High School, Walter
Peecbatka, director of the
State Conservation Com
mission, outlined some
measures necessary in
controlling the environment,
but preventing the
destruction of its natural
balance.
The initial concentration
on any project or develop
ment should be in its plan
ning and awareness of future
effects. People should “act
with discretion instead of
destruction.” The Manheim
Central Schools are co
ordinating an educational
program with the Chiques
Creek Watershed Project. It
is a local project which has
the support and en
couragement from The
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