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Posts from the ‘Jordan Creek’ Category

02.17.01Apply Best Management Practices to Keep Agricultural Pollutants Out of Waterways.

02.17.01Make Funding Available to Ensure the Proper Maintenance and Operation of Sewage Treatment Facilities within the Jordan Creek Watershed. Funding should be made available to abate rainwater infiltration into the Heidelberg Heights sewage treatment facility lines. Funding should be made available to access current sewage collection systems in order to reduce leakage and infiltration

02.17.01Expand Volunteer Monitoring

02.17.01Implement Sinkhole Ordinances in Watershed Municipalities Such as the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission’s Model Sinkhole Ordinance.

02.17.01Use Cleanup Activities to Aid Educational Efforts; Use Education Programs to Promote Cleanup. Cleanup Efforts Involve Volunteers and Develop Public Commitment, Thus Stimulating Future Stream Conservation Efforts. Promotional and Education Projects Should be Undertaken Before Cleanup Events Take Place. Clean-up Activities by Community and School Groups Should be Publicly Recognized.

02.17.01Support Watershed Heritage Tourism and Program Development

02.17.01Municipal and County Governments Should Designate Funds to be Used to Purchase Development Rights From Interested Landowners Who Own Property Either Immediately Adjacent the Jordan and its Tributaries or Adjacent to Preserved Farms and Parkland in Order to Create Large Continuous Blocks of Preserved Land

02.17.01Provide Educational programs and Opportunities for Land Owners to Learn About the Benefits of Riparian Buffers and How they Improve Water Quality.

02.17.01Stream walks should also be Preformed Annually through a Cooperative Effort as Mentioned Above in Order to Monitor Physical Changes within the Watershed Such as Sedimentation, Stream Sank Stabilization and Vegetative Cover

02.17.01Conduct Studies of Existing Streamside Parks in the Watershed in Order to Guide Future Environmental Improvements in these Parks. Parks Bordering the Jordan Creek that are in Need of Environmentallmprovements/Restoration Include: Covered Bridge Park in South Whitehall, Jordan Park in Allentown and Jordan Creek Parkway in Whitehall