Conservation Foundation of Lancaster County

“A copy of the form 990 is provided to the board of directors prior to filing. The return is reviewed by the officers of the organization.”

“Conflict of interest forms are reviewed annually by the board.”

“All board minutes, reports, policies, and financial statements are open for public viewing upon request.”

“The conservation foundation has put in place a steering committee, the lancaster county clean water consortium (lccwc). The mission of the consortium is to facilitate the development of proactive, efficient, and cohesive strategies to restore and maintain the waterways of lancaster county, ultimately resulting in compliance with federal and state regulations intended to reduce pollution and accelerate restoration of the chesapeake bay. Revenue sources for the lccwc are primarily through grants and membership dues. Also, seminars and workshop fees have been charged to generate income. Lancaster county clean water consortium(lccwc)stormwater mini-grants the mini-grant program is designed to assist and support lccwc members in their efforts to plan and implement programs that will help reduce nutrient and sediment loadings to the chesapeake bay. The funds are reserved for municipalities, watershed groups, non-profits, non-governmental agencies, and private property owners. The grant may be used for design, construction, materials, monitoring, education, and outreach. Pa adaptive toolbox - fishing creek the project's goal is to achieve 100% livestock stream exclusion, to seek greater participation in conservation planning and practice implementation, and demonstrate a correlation between conservation efforts, herd health, and farm profitability. Our aim is to fulfill a proof of concept using a proven team and work to replicate this approach statewide. The project will focus on three sub watersheds of fishing creek, a region dominated by plain sect farms in the lancaster county region of the susquehanna river basin. The adaptive toolbox has been developed with the benefit of experience and after extensive stakeholder input about what options to offer producers in order to entice participation in the program dep - cocalico creek headwaters floodplain restoration - construction the purpose of the project is to address existing invasive species and legacy sediment impairments within a portion of the cocalico creek headwaters through floodplain restoration to deliver significant nutrient and sediment load reductions, restore and create wetland habitat, provide an interconnected floodplain system with significant hyporheic exchange between surface water and groundwater, and effectively eliminate invasive reed canary currently dominating the site. Chesapeake bay trust - capacity building award program initiate projects to diversify network membership; network coordination, development and implementation of collaborative programs, network communication and planning efforts, and targeted capacity building activities within individual organizations. Organizations participating in and benefiting from funding resources must be willing to work towards an enduring and sustainable network.”