The Conewago Creek initiative: a model for community watershed engagement and restoration

Matt Royer; Kristen Kyler; Jennifer Fetter

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The Conewago Creek initiative: a model for community watershed engagement and restoration

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Matt Royer, Kristen Kyler, Jennifer Fetter

Year:

2016

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

In: Stringer, Christina E.; Krauss, Ken W.; Latimer, James S., eds. 2016. Headwaters to estuaries: advances in watershed science and management -Proceedings of the Fifth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds. March 2-5, 2015, North Charleston, South Carolina. e-General Technical Report SRS-211. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 302 p.

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Abstract

Over the last several years, a partnership of over thirty organizations called the Conewago Creek Initiative has been working cooperatively in a small watershed to increase community engagement and work with farmers and landowners to adopt land management practices to improve water quality.

Parent Publication

Headwaters to estuaries: advances in watershed science and management - Proceedings of the Fifth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds

Citation

Royer, Matt; Kyler, Kristen; Fetter, Jennifer. 2016. The Conewago Creek initiative: a model for community watershed engagement and restoration. In: Stringer, Christina E.; Krauss, Ken W.; Latimer, James S., eds. 2016. Headwaters to estuaries: advances in watershed science and management -Proceedings of the Fifth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds. March 2-5, 2015, North Charleston, South Carolina. e-General Technical Report SRS-211. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 1 p.