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The scenic banks of the Loyalsock Creek in Montoursville are
site of a Susquehanna River study by Lycoming College’s Clean
Water Institute. Funded by a $20,500 Growing Greener grant, tl
project brings a Pennsylvania community together to solve its
environmental problems.
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“This grant is making possible our study of 75 miles of the Wes 1
Branch Susquehanna River and its major tributaries,” says Dr.
Zimmerman, Lycoming College Biology Department Chair.
‘The data will be made available to citizens so they can take
better care of their watersheds. The institute will assist town
ships, watershed groups and others trying to obtain and
interpret water-quality information.”
Dr. Zimmerman envisions community involvement to identify an
river where opportunities for maintaining and improving the river exist. Taking
advantage of the resources available, Dr. Zimmerman is working toward the restoi
tion and protection of Pennsylvania’s environment.
Sixty community volunteers
and 120 students from six schools make up
the Stream Team that has monitored 100
stream sites along the Kiski-Conemaugh
River Basin.
With Tom Grote coaching, the Stream Team
will be expanding its monitoring program
throughout the basin with a $5,675 Growing
Greener grant. The Stream Team will locate
sites not currently being monitored, pur
chase monitoring equipment and begin a
public education campaign.
“By adding more monitoring sites, the
Stream Team can better plan remediation
projects throughout the river basin and con
tinue to improve water quality,” says Tom,
the project coordinator of the Kiski Basin
and Environs Initiative.
To Growing Greener, the Stream Team will
always be winners.
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“I am sure that you don’t want the next
generation to live in a world that has no real
outdoors. I know I don’t,” says Kimberly,
Now, she and her schoolmates from Allen
Middle School will have the opportunity to
make a difference. So will Arthur Sconing, a
member of the Capital Region Senior
Environment Corps.
Through a $19,000 Growing Greener grant,
Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County,
formed The Yellow Breeches Watershed
Alliance to perform a comprehensive assess
ment of that watershed. Volunteers like
Kimberly and Arthur will take an active role
identifying priority water quality projects.
“We need programs like Gov. Ridge’s
‘Growing Greener’ to help our work and
create alliances,” says Sconing. Following
their lead, we can ensure that Pennsylvania
grows greener for years to come.
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or Pennsylvania. The
Awbury Arboretum in Germantown reminds visitors just how
precious our environment can be.
The 55-acre urban arboretum serves the community not only
as a beautiful vista, but also as an outdoor classroom. Nicki
Toizer gets to be the teacher.
She is the education manager for the Awbury Arboretum
Association, offering environmental education to more than
6,000 children and families a year, Growing Greener
' the opportunity to aid their efforts with a
•0 grant.
Presenting the need to preserve
our natural resources in an inter
active and fun way is the chal
lenge to Tim Eichner, director of
the Keystone College Water
Discovery Center in Lackawanna
County.
The Water Discovery Center is
an innovative community water
and watershed study center.
Having received a $31,430
• Growing Greener grant, Tim
plans to take advantage of new
technology available to
improve the center’s services.
One such improvement is a Water Discovery
Trail Virtual Field Trip on CD-ROM. This
advanced technology takes you on a step-by
step, multi-media tour of Keystone’s Water
Discovery Trail and water resources. The
center also loans sampling equipment for
those interested in doing their own water
quality testing.
Through the center, Growing Greener and
people like Tim give the public the tools to
take action on water-related issues and
watershed activities.
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Growing Greener funding, Nicki and the
jiation are able to implement a new
;rshed-protection education initiative,
project will gready increase the public's
mess of the Frankford-Tacony Watershed,
ly urbanized watershed that flows
some of Philadelphia's most deprived
rhoods.
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