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Posts from the ‘Upper Lackawanna’ Category

08.30.03Assess subwatershed categories according to certain indicators, such as percent impervious cover, aquatic habitat, stream biodiversity, and water quality, to establish unique water resource management goals.

08.30.03Provide signage and maps at rail-trail trailheads, including maps of nearby downtown areas to encourage local economic activity.

08.30.03Identify and protect springs, seeps, known spawning areas, and riparian wetlands.

08.30.03Restore the original floodplain where possible, e.g. by opening up the floodplain to original widths. Municipalities

08.30.03Utilize wastelands to absorb future development needs and/or industrial needs

08.30.03Encourage local schools to conduct field trips to the river to educate children about watershed issues. TCC, local teachers

08.30.03Acquire the O&W twelve-mile section from Stillwater to Lake Lorain/Poyntelle for development into a recreational trail.

08.30.03Protect Orson Glade (Mud Pond) as one of the most important sites for protection in the state. The Nature Conservancy

08.30.03Promote conservation of important habitat areas through conservation-based ordinances and codes (also known as Growing Greener approaches).

08.30.03Reclaim Vandling Drifts (Clinton Colliery)