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Partners launch the Care for Blair County Water website

The website highlights 12 different community “roles”, and the actions each can take in protecting nature and local waterways. In partnership with the Blair County Conservation District, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay has developed the educational website www.cleanblairwater.org to teach Blair County, PA residents about water quality and their local watersheds. What are the pollution threats to …

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Building Green Infrastructure in Blair County

Building Green Infrastructure in Blair County is a multi-faceted effort to build a green infrastructure program to help create sustainable stormwater solutions across all 13 Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) in Blair County, PA.This effort includes both planning and implementation projects in order to help Blair County move forward in meeting water quality improvement …

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Healthy Watersheds Tour brings Blair Stormwater Professionals to Lancaster Area

At Landis Homes, a naturalized stormwater conveyance system offers habitat benefits as well as water quality improvement.The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay partnered with LandStudies Inc. to host a tour of innovative green infrastructure sites throughout Lancaster County, PA on June 30th. The three-year program is an effort generously funded by the National Fish and Wildlife …

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Breton Bay, including Breton Bay Sanctuary, is seen looking northeast in St. Mary's County, Md., on June 5, 2018. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)