Are You Ready for Construction Season?
Check out District Resource Technician, Sydney Holler’s new video on Erosion and Sedimentation Control for your upcoming summer project. Ready for Construction? read more →
Conservation District Staff Availability
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New! Buffalo Turbine Leaf Blower
“Protect Our Waterways – Keep Leaves Out of the Ditches” Crawford County Conservation District is now offering the Buffalo Turbine Leaf Blower for Municipality Use: Call or email to be put on our waiting list Leaf Blower pick up/drop off at the District’s office One to Two day Usage – business hours 8am – 4pm Contact Jennifer L… read more →
Stainbrook Park Compass Game
Available to local scout groups, outdoor clubs or anyone interested in practicing degree bearing with a compass, the District’s new course is ready. Originally devised by Allan Foster and described in the book Be an Expert with Map and Compass by Bjorn Kjellstrom, the Schoolyard Compass Game consists of eight stakes placed fifty from a.. read more →
Pollution Control Project Funded in Crawford County
The Crawford County Conservation District received $2000.00 to conduct a Canadohta Lake Best Management Practices Initiative. “This grant allows our Conservation District to address local pollution issues. We plan to educate local residents on how they can do their part to improve the water quality around Canadohta Lake via improved docking, shoreline stabilization, and enhanced.. read more →
Fisherman And Boaters Asked To Be Aware Of New Threat
The Crawford County Conservation District (CCCD) is asking anglers and boaters to be aware of a new threat to our area waterways. A highly invasive plant called Hydrilla has been found in Pymatuning Lake and is spreading within the reservoir. Hydrilla resembles other water plants commonly referred to as “seaweed” already found in area waterways. .. read more →
Happy Cows, Happy Creeks: Agriculture and our Watersheds
By Lisa Flinn, Crawford County Conservation District Intern From stream-bank fencing to barn-yard stabilization to milk-house collection systems, farmers have come a long way in promoting healthy watersheds through the use of Best Management Practices (BMPs). Local farmers speak out about the need for water quality and the responsibility everyone shares in maintaining water standards… read more →
Putting Pollution in Perspective
By Lisa Flinn, Crawford County Conservation District Intern Which is worse: chemical discharge from a pipe or pesticides from 50 suburban lawns running off into a creek? Actually, they rank at about the same level since they all can be potentially poisonous. But which would the public consider worse socially? Certainly, it is easiest to.. read more →
Water Pollution Hits Home
By Lisa Flinn, Crawford County Conservation District Intern Water pollution is often linked to large industries with foul pipes secretly spewing waste into our waters. People normally don’t think of themselves as part of the pollution problem, but we are all responsible for polluted waters since sources of pollution come from our own homes and.. read more →
Which Watershed Do You Call Home?
By Lisa Flinn, Crawford County Conservation District Intern The map shown here depicts the different watersheds in Crawford County Crawford County Watershed Map. You can actually find your “Watershed Address.” Instead of thinking, “I live at 916 Martin Street (for example), which is in Meadville, which is in Pennsylvania, which is on the Eastern half of.. read more →
