PCWEA
PO Box 61674
Harrisburg, PA 17106
Last update March, 2009
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TMDLs & 5 Actions
for Implementation plus
water bug data patterns, rehabilitated rain garden dedication,
PCWEA membership increase, 3 coming fall projects & MORE: all in
Summer 2008 Newsletter
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Watch for these signs
in Lower Paxton Township and Harrisburg. Blue signs also
show the Black Run tributary in Susquehanna Township.
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Membership
is open to everyone. Click
here to get a Membership
Form
now.
It's in .pdf format, which opens with Adobe Acrobat
Reader. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat Reader, it is
free. [
Click here to get it.
]
Benefits of membership
include: email updates, quarterly newsletter, projects,
educational events, scholarships to seminars, lots of fun, and
knowing you are doing the right thing. |
PCWEA
with SRBC Targets Paxton Creek: $1.5 Million Grant!
More ...
PCWEA seeks persons interested
in Watershed
Protection with conservation easements,
tree buffer plantings, and related actions.
Email PCWEA
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The Rivers Conservation Plan (RCP) for
Paxton Creek , 3 years in the making,
awaits your reading. If you want a brief overview-- only
4 pages of text -- go to the
Executive Summary
; to delve deeper, you may select
links to separate PDF files for each section on
The Plan Page
. See details on Visioning Meetings
here
, with other major studies, reports, and materials
(slide shows, brochure, fact sheets) that went into making the
RCP for Paxton Creek at
the CWP website
.
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NFWF Grant
for launch project ends.
Project Brochure and Fact Sheets:
(click to download .pdf files)
Bioretention Gardens at HACC
Friendship
Center Detention Basins Retrofit
Linglestown
Middle School Rain Garden
Rain Garden with Two Lives
NOW IS TIME TO JOIN
Paxton Creek Watershed and Education Association (PCWEA)!
It is a bargain! (Only $5 for an individual,
initial membership during the holiday periods)
It is easy!
It has many benefits --
Gardens & Landscaping Projects
(Adventures in
yards & grounds)
Training & Workshops
( Education opportunities,
usually free)
Presentation Talks & Displays
(Mingling with
people)
Watershed Tours
( History, beauty, & ugliness
underfoot)
Newsletters, Email Weekly Updates
(Current doings
)
Media Releases
( Communications
challenges)
Alliances Formation
( Partnerships
with other organizations)
Board & Officers
( Leadership opportunities)
Annual Picnic & Other Frolic
(Folk music & jazz,
too)
Rangers Project Monitoring
(Journeys into
the wilds.. well.. sort of....)
You do not have to spend big moola, or search for things to stuff
into stockings at the last moment. Just click
here to get the membership form
, fill it in, attach a check, and send to PCWEA.
Then, come to an event or begin service, and enjoy!
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