NEWARK, Del.—Rapid popu
lation growth and economic deve
lopment have placed considerable
pressure on Delaware’s land and
water resources over the past
decade. Is the state straining its
land use carrying capacity?
“An area’s land use carrying
capacity usually is determined by
its scarcest resource,’’ said Gerald
F. Vaughn, University of Dela
ware Cooperative Extension spe
cialist in resource economics and
policy.
Vaughn explains that the limit
ing factor may be farmland/open
space, energy, highway capacity,
water quality, water supply, air
quality, sewer capacity, solid
waste disposal, or developable
land. He adds that the factor often
will vary within a geographic area.
The scarcest resource in Dela
ware’s New Castle County may be
highway capacity. In Kent County,
readily serviced, developable land
is a limiting factor. In Sussex
County, water quality issues
restrict land use capacity. And lack
of a sense of community is a prob
lem in many parts of the state.
To continue growing at the pace
of past development, Delaware
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Delaware Low On Land Use Capacity?
commuters than a mass transit sys- “A slower pace of development
tern would. But the state lacks a may prove necessary,” he said,
convenient mass transit network, “though we can’t be sure without
The alternative, the economist careful study.” Vaughn predicts
said, is to study the consequences that continued pressures on avail
of various levels of resource use in able resources will force Delaware
Delaware and devise better pcrfor- residents to take a closer look at the
mance standards for land develop- land’s carrying capacity. He aug
ment and use, based on better gests a well-qualified study group
understanding of the ecological be appointed for this purpose,
impacts of human actions. "The problem of exhausting or
residents may have to change some
of their ideas about how land
based resources should be used,
Vaughn said. Single-family homes
may be popular, but single-family
lots take up much more land per
capita than either apartments or
townhouses.
Similarly, it takes much more
transportation land to accommo
date cars occupied by one or two
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Penn State's College of
Agricultural Sciences has released
a series of slide programs and fact
sheets that discuss the solid waste
issue in Pennsylvania.
The slide sets also are available
as a video program (VHS).
"The Municipal Waste Plan
ning, Recycling and Reduction
Act of 1988 requires officials to
develop a solid waste management
plan," said Guy Temple. Penn
State Cooperative Extension
agent
"We developed these materials
to help government officials and
concerned citizens make informed
choices for their communities," he
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said.
The materials stress the impor
tance of establishing an integrated
waste management system
through a combination of waste
handling options: leaf composting,
land disposal, recycling and
resource recovery (incineration).
The five slide programs, accom
panied by fact sheets, explain the
advantages and disadvantages of
the individual waste management
processes and some key public
policy choices that officials must
consider before implementing
each process.
Slide programs and fact sheets
may be ordered from the Penn
State Cooperative Extension office
Loysville, PA
717-789-3117
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in your county or through the Pen
nsylvania Department of Environ
mental Resources.
The video can be borrowed from
Penn State Cooperative Extension,
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HANOVER (York Co.)
York Farm Credit, ACA and Mel
vin J. Sheffer, Inc. have teamed up
to offer an unusual prize to atten
dees of Adams County’s 1992
Com Clinic. The companies are
sponsoring one week free use of a
new 135 H.P. Case I.H. 7110 trac
tor. This tractor will be on display
at the York Springs Fire Hall dur
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sulfide, methane, ammonia and mercaptans
Hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide are heavier
than air and, as the level of pit waste rises closer to
the slats, the gases are forced closer to the animals.
Results of inhaling these gases may be deep, fast
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polluting resources beyond limits
was ignored for centuries around
the world,” Vaughn said, “as long
as there was another frontier to
move to. Is any frontier left in
Delaware?
“If Delaware resources are
strained beyond limits, it won’t be
from lack of knowledge,” he said,
“but from lack of will to act on
what we know.”
Waste
regional offices of DER and recy
cling coordinators in the Lycom
ing County service area, including
Columbia, Montour. Northumber
land, Snyder, Union and Lycom
ing Counties.
Of Tractor
ing the Com Clinic that will be
held on Monday, January 27,
between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Farmers can register for the
tractor drawing at the Farm Credit
display in the York Springs Fire
Hall during the Com Clinic.
For more information, call
York Farm Credit, ACA at (717)
334-2812 or Sheffers at (717)
637-3808.
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