The Conewago Initiative brings together a diverse partnership of organizations collaborating to pool resources and work with Conewago residents, farms, businesses, and municipalities to increase adoption of practices that will improve and protect water quality. The Initiative is a dynamic, organic process, and new partners are always welcome.
Partners involved include:
Local
Dauphin County Conservation District: www.dauphincd.org
Lancaster County Conservation District www.lancasterconservation.org
Lebanon County Conservation District www.lccd.org
Mount Joy Township https://www.mtjoytwp.org/
Tri-County Conewago Creek Association https://conewagocreek.net/the-watershed/
Herbert, Rowland, and Grubic Engineerinng https://www.hrg-inc.com/
South Londonderry Township, Lebanon County www.southlondonderry.org
Londonderry Township, Dauphin County https://www.londonderrypa.org/#gsc.tab=0
Elizabethtown College www.etown.edu
Elizabethtown Area Water Authority https://www.etown-water.com/
State
Penn State Extension http://extension.psu.edu/
Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center www.aec.cas.psu.edu
PA Department of Environmental Protection https://www.dep.pa.gov
PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources https://www.dcnr.pa.gov
PA Fish and Boat Commission https://www.fishandboat.com
USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, PA http://www.pa.nrcs.usda.gov
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture www.agriculture.state.pa.us/
National
USDA Agriculture Research Service http://www.ars.usda.gov
United States Geological Survey https://www.usgs.gov/
United States Fish and Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov
Susquehanna River Basin Commission http://www.srbc.net
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service https://www.nrcs.usda.gov
US Environmental Protection Agency www.epa.gov/
Private and Nonprofit
Chesapeake Bay Foundation http://www.cbf.org
Environmental Credit Corporation
American Farmland Trust http://www.farmland.org/
Capital Resource Conservation and Development Area Council http://www.capitalrcd.org/
LandStudies https://landstudies.com/
The most important partners in this effort are the Conewago residents – the farmers, homeowners, business owners, and municipalities who live and work in the watershed.
If you are interested in getting involved in the Initiative, please contact us.