Assist seven townships in collaboration with their farm community to achieve significant water quality improvements for local streams through farmer meetings and farm visits. Project will increase planning and implementation of barnyard improvements, riparian forested buffers, and manure storage to manage agriculture runoff, maximizing designs and applications to funding from state and other agencies for project completion.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants
Project Title: Cocalico Creek Watershed Farmer Engagement for Conservation (PA)
Organization:
Cocalico Creek Watershed Association
Project ID:
0603.19.065476
Description:
Award Amount:
$155167.17
Location:
Penn, Elizabeth, Clay, West Cocalico, East Cocalico, Ephrata, and West Earl Townships in Lancaster County within the Cocalico Creek Watershed