30 minute video of Lunch and Learn presentation in RCSOB
This is a story about the long-term, piece-by-piece restoration of Turtle Creek in north-central Pennsylvania. It’s also a story about the power of partnerships, innovation, the environmental stewardship of landowners, and the resiliency of natural systems. It’s a success story suggesting broader opportunities for Pennsylvania’s waters, and for the Chesapeake Bay.
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The wide and majestic Susquehanna River is one of the oldest rivers in the world. Despite its beauty, the Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay downstream has been facing the detrimental effects of excess nutrients. This new YouTube video provides a unique synthesis of the story of nutrient water quality in the Susquehanna watershed. With few exceptions, trends in stream nutrient loads at long-term monitoring sites have been improving, but a considerable percent of the short-term monitoring sites show degrading trends. Resource managers have varying control over the intricate blend of factors that affect nutrient delivery to the river such as physical factors (geology, climate, and hydrology), source inputs (atmospheric and land use) and legacy storage of nutrients (dams and groundwater) that remain a challenge toward meeting water quality goals.
Recorded as part of the Section 319 Virtual Watershed Planning and Implementation Meeting on May 22-23, 2023, this presentation provides a 40-year history of the efforts made to rehabilitate streams impacted by Abandoned Mine Drainage (AMD) in Broad Top Township, Bedford County, PA. Hear stories on how Township officials leveraged funding and engaged partners to remediate AMD and improve water quality in Six Mile Run, Sandy Run, and Longs Run.