Chesapeake Bay Foundation Seeking Service Providers To Develop Farm Nutrient Plans In Halfmoon Creek, Pequea Creek Watersheds

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is seeking technical service providers to create new or updated Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans, including priority conservation practice design and engineering, for eligible agricultural producers within two priority watersheds-- 

-- Halfmoon Creek Watershed in Centre and Huntingdon counties

-- Pequea Creek Watershed in Chester and Lancaster counties

Proposals are due June 7.

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For more on Chesapeake Bay-related issues in Pennsylvania, visit the Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA webpage.  Click Here to sign up for Pennsylvania updates (bottom of left column).  Click Here to support their work.

Also visit the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership to learn how you can help clean water grow on trees.

CBF has over 275,000 members in Bay Watershed.

How Clean Is Your Stream?

The draft 2024 report has an interactive report viewer that allows you to zoom in to your own address to see if the streams near you are impaired and why.

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[Posted: May 15, 2024]  PA Environment Digest