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Oversees and implements policies and procedures that regulate the delivery of federal farm programs. Administers farm loan program.

Provides home air sealing and insulating contractors, heating technicians, and solar installers across Pennsylvania.

Designed to help water customers reduce water waste. Customers can reduce water waste by repairing plumbing and installing water conservation devices. Services include minor inside plumbing repairs, low flow shower heads, faucet aerators, water-saving toilet devices, and water conservation education.

Provides instruction and assistance in gardening, lawn and tree care, orchard and crop farming, pest and rodent control, water quality and conservation, and farm recordkeeping. Also offers pesticide safety classes.

Services include education, technical assistance, site inspection, sediment pollution control plan review, and voluntary compliance. The Conservation District works with the PA Department of Environmental Protection on all enforcement matters. Their goal is minimizing soil erosion and the resulting sediment pollution to waters of the Commonwealth.

Offers environmental protection services and programs designed to protect, preserve, and enhance the natural environment for the health of both ecosystems and humans.

Provides education programs in areas such as agriculture, farming, food preservation, nutrition, and the natural gas industry and exploration.

Offers funding to complete energy audits, provide renewable energy development assistance, make energy efficiency improvements, and install renewable energy systems.

Serves to preserve Lancaster County natural lands for recreational and educational use. Provides active programs to support preserve site visits by school students, and offers opportunities for membership and volunteers.

Provides appropriate action on matters that affect the welfare of the Conodogulnet Creek watershed. Some of CCWA's activities include water quality monitoring and creek cleanups.

Assist with conservation plans and nutrient management plans, such as manure management.

Offers environmental education programs for school-age children including: bike & boat adventures, school programs, scout programs, and summer camps. Offers more than 400 community programs annually.

Enforcement of State Game Laws

Works to to stabilize stream banks, restore riparian buffers along our streams, clean sinkholes, control invasive plant species, restore fisheries, monitor water quality, encourage better management practices for stormwater and land use, and educate their communities of environmental protection.

Protects viable agricultural land by acquiring conservation easements in perpetuity to prevent the development of the land for any purpose other than agricultural production. The land evaluation looks at the quality of soils and the site assessment considers location factors that may have an impact on current or future viability of a farm.

Provides environmental test kits & Bradford Co Maps

Works to protect agricultural resources through the strategic preservation of economically viable farms and the creation and maintenance of stable agricultural communities.

Provides maintenance and preservation of state parks and manages state forest land.

Lycoming County Conservation District, under the delegation of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, is responsible for reviewing Erosion and Sediment Control Plans and inspecting sites for Chapter 102 compliance. An Erosion and Sediment Control Plan, which meets the requirements of the Chapter 102 regulations must be properly designed, implemented, and available on site for all earth disturbance activities. All construction activities proposing to disturb between one and five acres with point source discharge to surface waters of the Commonwealth, or projects disturbing five or more acres of land must be authorized by a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.

Sponsors educational seminars, field tours, outdoor excursions, and events. Publishes a quarterly magazine and produces other educational publications.

Offers programs in conservation science and training

Provides care and medical treatment to wildlife in need so that they can be released again into the wild with sufficient skills and health to survive. Also promotes the best interests of wildlife and humans through public education.

Some earthmoving projects may require a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for stormwater discharges from construction activities. This permit is required for all disturbances involving one (1) acre or more of disturbance over the life of the project.

Enforcement of State Game Laws

Nature center free for an educational experience in nature Their educational lobby offers hands-on activities, a live honeybee observation hive, a store, a critter hunt, and much more.