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Making Community Making Community ConnectionsConnections
Research Projects With ALLARM Partner Research Projects With ALLARM Partner GroupsGroups
The Alliance for Aquatic Resource The Alliance for Aquatic Resource MonitoringMonitoring(ALLARM)(ALLARM)
Works with communities to provide tools Works with communities to provide tools for them to undertake watershed for them to undertake watershed assessmentsassessments
Provides Dickinson students with Provides Dickinson students with opportunities to participate in community-opportunities to participate in community-based researchbased research
ALLARM & theALLARM & theWatershed SemesterWatershed Semester
Facilitate connections Facilitate connections with ALLARM partners with ALLARM partners and students for and students for research projectsresearch projects
Provide opportunities Provide opportunities for applying research to for applying research to community concerns community concerns and needsand needs
Assist with year-long Assist with year-long research projectsresearch projects
Shermans Creek Shermans Creek Conservation AssociationConservation Association
Perry County, north of CarlislePerry County, north of Carlisle Rural watershed,increasing Rural watershed,increasing
development pressuredevelopment pressure Active monitoring programActive monitoring program
Project IdeasProject Ideas
Assist with research for Rivers Assist with research for Rivers Conservation Plan: land use, cultural, Conservation Plan: land use, cultural, recreation, water qualityrecreation, water quality
Watershed resident survey Watershed resident survey Where have all the hellbenders gone?Where have all the hellbenders gone? Work with state forest on hemlock Work with state forest on hemlock
woolly adelgidwoolly adelgid Oral histories in cooperation with Oral histories in cooperation with
High School history clubHigh School history club
Codorus Creek Improvement PartnershipCodorus Creek Improvement Partnership
•City and County of York
•Urban and rural/suburban
•Activist Orientation
Project IdeasProject Ideas Industrial discharge impactsIndustrial discharge impacts Rivers as economic Rivers as economic
development/neighborhood development/neighborhood revitalizationrevitalization
Impact of industrial development Impact of industrial development vs. farms/residentialvs. farms/residential
Army Corps of Engineers - Army Corps of Engineers - comparison with LAcomparison with LA
Effectiveness of CCIP Outreach Effectiveness of CCIP Outreach ProgramsPrograms
Ridge & Valley Ridge & Valley StreamkeepersStreamkeepers
Bedford CountyBedford County Rural WatershedRural Watershed Potomac DrainagePotomac Drainage Active monitoring programActive monitoring program Exceptional value watersExceptional value waters
Project IdeasProject Ideas Macroinvertebrate study comparing Macroinvertebrate study comparing
exceptional value and high quality watersexceptional value and high quality waters Working with The Nature Conservancy on Working with The Nature Conservancy on
endangered species projectsendangered species projects Studying effects of Concentrated Animal Studying effects of Concentrated Animal
OperationsOperations Studying conversion of land use from Studying conversion of land use from
farms to forestsfarms to forests Economic issues - employment, Economic issues - employment,
retirementretirement
Antietam Watershed Antietam Watershed AssociationAssociation
Waynesboro, Franklin CountyWaynesboro, Franklin County Rural with pockets of developmentRural with pockets of development Strong connections with local government and Strong connections with local government and
business business New Monitoring ProgramNew Monitoring Program
Project IdeasProject Ideas
Comparative study of two branches - Comparative study of two branches - different land usesdifferent land uses
Outreach with Mennonite farmers on Outreach with Mennonite farmers on water quality issueswater quality issues
Success of new riparian buffers (6 Success of new riparian buffers (6 miles)miles)
Bacteria Bacteria Stormwater runoffStormwater runoff