Real People Help Farmers: Jose I^cido
Who n pigs fl\ 1 That’s when Jose Tatando will stop woiking with FonnssKania fai nteis to
implement emnonmental best management practices A dedicated consenationist, Jose
woiks tnelessh to const)uct streambank fencing and testoie wildlife habitats and wetlands
on fauns acioss westein FennscKanu
)ose has built a foundation of u list with
Pennsylvania iai meis that has proved to be the
coineistone ol Ins success m protecting not onlv
otn natmal lesources, but also out agncultuial hentage Learn More
Real People Build Partnerships; 1
What do (he emuonment and being a banket base in common Von mas be
thinking “not much,’ but for those who know Bill Woiobec, the list is endless In real life
Bill is a banket, and, in his tiee time, he spearheads an imiedible paitnership that has
lesulted in (he lesloiation some would sas “lebmlding ' of Big Beai ( leek using
nalmal stieam design pnmiples
‘This project denionsuates viable solutions to a host of problems lepiesentative of those
experienced b\ almost evci v stream in Pennsvlvama,' Bill said Using the stieam channel
as .1 mad to haul heavv equipment and locks in and out of the woik aiea, Bill and a host
of paitneis soaped off several feet of streamhed to restoie the gradient and leconstiuct
banks and channels All tins m just one week s time 1
Being a banket came in hand), as Bill managed to raise more than $400,000 in matching
monev and seemed a $370,741
grant from the
1 viommg (.ountv (.onservalion
Distnct Bill has pioved that paitnei
ships and peiseveiance ate poweiful
tools in leslonng and piotecling out
vvateisheds His innovative approach
to watershed restoiation has paid off,
espenallv now that Big Bear (ieek is
seeing new signs of life as nuqflies and
wild trout return to the area Lc ' ,n
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Undei |ose's dues turn, the Faitneis foi Fish and
Wildlife, pait of the Foundation foi California
Cimeisitt of Pennsshania hast seemed sexeial
state and h deial giants foi paitnenng with fatm
ei s c onti ibuted to the cause with
loin giants totaling moic than $1 million Reaping
the benefits ol Jose's dedication (ai meis ha\e
cleanei dunking water foi then animals, diought
loleiant glasses for their feed and me teased
eiosion < ontiol
Jose s efloits also ha\e extended to building
paitneiships, enabling him to have fai-reaching
effei is on our watersheds With his paitneis, |ose
has been teeogni/ed at national, stale and local
le\els (01 his woik on Pike Run in Washington
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Real People Respect Our Rivers: ChfK I'oiier
dnertoi of the Rncrs Piogiam at the Wildlands Consci \ an<\. Chi is Koc hei has
made it hn mission to piotect, piesene and restoie the plmiral and biological health .)!
oui ineis and sti earns
Developing successful paitneiships (o puseise
our watersheds, Chns knowswhat it means to he a wateishcd stewaid, and he knows how
to make it look eas) “Mission impossible’ is not a phtase in Chris Kochei \ vocabulars
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Real People Share Love of Nature:
Vif hen < at ole Wilhams-Gieen was a child, hci
mothei shaied hei contagious lose of tiatuiewuh
('aiolc and hei ft lends, taking neighboihood ehild
ten on five-mile walks 10 look at the fields and trees
Ibda), Caiole shates hei lose of natuie with the (Inl
dten patents and teachetsof Southwest Philadelphia
Ovei the next 21 months, Carole and het 10 veai-old
nonprofit organization, the Cobbs ('reek Community
Fnvuonmenial Education Centei, will be able to
teach 1,240 students with the help of a
giant horn DEP A major goal of the Cobbs
Cteek ( ommunitv Fnvuonmenial Education Centei
is to engage childien and adults as communitv
stew aids Together, thev will tackle the testoialion
of the ( obhs C leek watershed, iemoting debus and
invasive vegetation, conn oiling etosion, planting
native lives and wildtloweis and lepamng nails
Cat ole is a successful visional \ Just last Octobet Caiole succeeded in opening the doors
to what is believed to be the fust African American-founded in ban environmental
education centei with a creek and riparian forest at its dooistep As with her vision for
retrofitting the histone stables at 63“* and Catharine Streets to sei ve as the new
headquatters for the center, Carole sees the Cobhs Creek watershed growing greener
through communitv involvement Cmr \lc:
Tackling the entile Lehigh Rivei watershed, Unis
is leading the wav thiough a Rivets ( onsei vation
Plan his most lecenl in a chain ol plans that
aie helping idenlilv the |ih\st(al, biologic al and
' utlnral h alines in a wateished
Chi is also speaiheaded a mine diamage
assessment of the Lehigh Rivet waiushed, which
has suite lead to a restoration project on the
laigesl mine diamage disthaige in the wateished
This will no doubt have an met edible influence
on the health ol the watershed
Willi Chris' help, Wildlands C onset vanc\ has
surcesslulh completed a nnmbei ol othei slieam
lestoiation and impnnemenl projects in noith
eastern Pennsslvama, securing mimeions giants
from seveial state and tedeial piograins including
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