The Pocono Northeast RC&D Council works with a number of organizations to accomplish its goals. The Council receives a large majority of its budget from federal, state, and local grant funding sources in order to perform the projects and programs within the area. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides support for the RC&D Council through a Coordinator position, to assist them with accomplishing the goals and objectives set forth in their Area Plan.
The Consortium for Scientific Assistance to Watersheds (C-SAW) has developed and implemented a successful capacity-building model that provides watershed groups the necessary program and technical assistance to effectively address local water-quality concerns across the state. The willingness of private citizens to take action to protect and restore local streams, as evidenced by the many groups looking to the C-SAW program for support, is improving water quality and preserving streams throughout the Commonwealth. Read more.
The Pocono Northeast RC&D initialized and started the Pennsylvania Fuels for School & Beyond program, which is a statewide biomass energy-use initiative promoting local renewable resources to provide reliable energy for Pennsylvania schools and businesses. Read more.
The Rural Community Fire Protection Project provides assistance to rural communities that do not have the adequate infrastructure for municipal water systems or pressurized fire hydrants. Read more.
Abandoned mine drainage (AMD) is the leading source of non-point source pollution within Pennsylvania and the Northern Swatara Creek Watershed. The Swatara Creek Watershed has been historically degraded to the point that the main stem of Swatera Creek at the town of Ravine had been devoid of aquatic life as recent as 1990. This project is an AMD treatment system installed within the watershed to decrease the amount of pollutant loading, and increase the productivity of the watershed. Read more.
The focus of this Northeast Expo is education. It will feature over 50 educational workshops including an array of hands-on demonstrations; a variety of children’s learning activities, and a large exhibit hall with businesses and agencies who work with farms and rural communities to answer a wide range of questions. Classes discussing beginning farming, renewable energy, youth educational programs and draft horse demonstrations are only a sampling of the educational programs offered over two days. Visit Website.
The Pennsylvania Association of Resource Conservation and Development (PARCD) Councils embarked on providing project oversight and guidance on a statewide project during 2007 that provided technical assistance on weed control and wildlife habitat to landowners enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). The project was the “Weed Control and Wildlife Habitat Technical Assistance Project". Read more.
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