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  1. After restoring your stream side property, how can you measure the success of your efforts?
    Articles
    First Investigation of Stream Health (FISH) Protocol
    By Jennifer R Fetter, Kristen Koch, Natalie Marioni
    Do you enjoy outdoor activities? Become a community scientist. First Investigation of Stream Health (FISH) monitors changes to local streams and their habitats.
  2. Tap Talks: Watershed Friendly Property Certification Program
    Workshops

    Free

    Tap Talks: Watershed Friendly Property Certification Program
    When 01/18/2023
    Length 1 hour, 30 minutes
    Learn if your property is qualified for certification, how to reduce stormwater runoff, conserve water, and support wildlife and pollinators.
  3. Master Watershed Steward Information Session for the Endless Mountains
    Webinars

    Free

    Master Watershed Steward Information Session for the Endless Mountains
    When Multiple Options Available
    Interested in becoming a Master Watershed Steward in the Endless Mountains? Join us for this information meeting on how you can improve the health of Pennsylvania's waterways.
  4. Master Watershed Steward Information Session for Bucks and Montgomery Counties
    Webinars

    Free

    Master Watershed Steward Information Session for Bucks and Montgomery Counties
    When 12/09/2022
    Interested in becoming a Master Watershed Steward in Bucks or Montgomery Counties? Join us for this information meeting on how you can improve the health of Pennsylvania's waterways.
  5. Master Watershed Steward Information Session for Adams, Cumberland, and Franklin Counties
    Webinars

    Free

    Master Watershed Steward Information Session for Adams, Cumberland, and Franklin Counties
    When Multiple Options Available
    Interested in becoming a Master Watershed Steward in Adams, Cumberland, or Franklin Counties? Join us for this information meeting on how you can improve the health of Pennsylvania's waterways.
  6. Duane Hyson (York MWS) and Emily Neideigh (Watershed Specialist for York County Conservation District) work to remove trash from Lake Clarke. Photo: Jodi Sulpizio, Penn State
    News
    Master Watershed Stewards Help Purge Plastics on the Lower Susquehanna River
    Date Posted 11/15/2022
    Plastic pollution is a widespread problem across the earth. One does not have to go far to find litter strewn along roadsides and parking lots and scattered in and around waterways.
  7. Master Watershed Steward Information Session for Armstrong, Indiana, and Westmoreland Counties
    Webinars

    Free

    Master Watershed Steward Information Session for Armstrong, Indiana, and Westmoreland Counties
    When Multiple Options Available
    Interested in becoming a Master Watershed Steward in Armstrong, Indiana, and Westmoreland Counties? Join us for this information meeting on how you can improve the health of Pennsylvania's waterways.
  8. Master Watershed Steward Information Session for Allegheny County
    Webinars

    Free

    Master Watershed Steward Information Session for Allegheny County
    When Multiple Options Available
    Interested in becoming a Master Watershed Steward in Allegheny County? Join us for this information meeting on how you can improve the health of Pennsylvania's waterways.
  9. Master Watershed Steward Information Session for PA Wilds
    Webinars

    Free

    Master Watershed Steward Information Session for PA Wilds
    When Multiple Options Available
    Length 1 hour
    Interested in becoming a Master Watershed Steward in the PA Wilds? Join us for this information meeting on how you can improve the health of Pennsylvania's waterways.
  10. Master Watershed Steward Information Session for Carbon, Monroe, and Pike Counties
    Webinars

    Free

    Master Watershed Steward Information Session for Carbon, Monroe, and Pike Counties
    When Multiple Options Available
    Learn what Master Watershed Stewards are doing in Carbon, Monroe, and Pike Counties and how you can get involved during this informative event.
  11. Master Watershed Steward Information Session for Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties
    Webinars

    Free

    Master Watershed Steward Information Session for Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties
    When 01/11/2023
    Length 1 hour
    Learn what Master Watershed Stewards are doing in Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties and how you can get involved during this webinar.
  12. This rain garden infiltrates water from a downspout visible in the upper right corner of the picture Photo: Andy Yencha, Penn State
    Articles
    Rain Garden Resources from Penn State Extension
    By Andy Yencha, Jodi Sulpizio
    Penn State Extension has many resources for property owners, municipal staff, and anyone else who wants to learn more about building, planting, and maintaining rain gardens.
  13. Master Watershed Stewards Jon and Denise Braeger with the 65 bags of collected trash from Ore Dock Road.  Photo: Amber Stilwell, MWS Coordinator
    News
    Collaborative Cleanup Held in Northwest PA
    Date Posted 9/15/2022
    Volunteers and the public worked together to remove over 600 pounds of trash from the Lake Erie Watershed along Ore Dock Road.
  14. Rocks are buried in a highly-embedded stream on the left. Rocks are clearly visible in the low- embeddedness stream in the image on the right. (image credit: Kristen Koch)
    Articles
    A Healthy Stream Has Low Embeddedness
    By Kristen Koch
    Embeddedness is a complicated word to describe a simple concept. Are the rocks, gravel, and boulders in the bed of a stream exposed? Or are they buried by sediment, surrounded by soils, and barely visible?
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