Action Teams
The Action Teams combine local expertise and boots-on-the-ground knowledge to support Lancaster’s countywide goals for clean and clear water by 2040.
Buffer Team
Communications Team
Stormwater Team
Monitoring Team
BUFFER TEAM
The Buffer Action Team supports the countywide buffer implementation goal through coordination, community and landowner engagement, and establishment programming support. The team generally meets on the 4th Thursday of the month. If you are interested in joining the Buffer Action Team, please email htitanich@stroudcenter.org.
The team is led by Heather Titanich with Stroud Water Research Center and Dan Stevenson with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.
Heather Titanich
Stroud Water Research Center
Dan Stevenson
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
2025 Priorities:
- Remove barriers to efficient landowner outreach
- Advance outreach initiatives to potential landowners
- Provide prompt responses and implementation of projects to newly interested landowners
- Streamline and fully utilize the buffer maintenance BEST program
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM
Communications Actions Team collaborates on communications efforts using the strength of numbers and a community of support and resources, to tell the stories of the good work that is being done and the one collaborative vision of clean and clear by 2040. The team meets the second Wednesday of every other month.
The team is led by Kenn Bennett from Lancaster Clean Water Partners and Avery Van Etten from Lancaster Conservancy.
Kenn Bennett
Lancaster Clean Water Partners
Avery Van Etten
Lancaster Conservancy
2025 Priorities:
- Crafting the narrative of the work that is being done to reach the goal of clean and clear by 2040
- Connecting the siloed partners with consistent and constant communication
- Use the megaphone of our collective organizations to reach a broader audience
STORMWATER TEAM
The Stormwater Action Team empowers municipalities to address stormwater through cost-effective and locally relevant practices. The full team meets twice a year, with smaller workgroup meetings throughout the year.
The team is led by Kara Kalupson with RETTEW, and Amanda Bush from HRG, Inc.
Kara Kalupson
RETTEW
Amanda Bush
Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc
2026 Priorities:
- Provide stormwater training & professional development opportunities:
- Two Stormwater BMP Lunch and Learns
- An annual Municipal Stormwater MS4orum
- Help municipalities acquire skills and tools to implement stormwater control measures that reduce runoff volume
- Remove barriers to watershed-scale planning and high impact projects
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Click here for the New MS4 Permit Info Session Presentation
Click here for the Stormwater Action Team’s Draft MS4 Permit Public Comments
Click here to learn about our Municipal Liaisons
WATER QUALITY MONITORING TEAM
The team is led by Noelle Cudney with Lancaster County Conservation District and Shannon Thomas from the Chesapeake Conservancy.
Noelle Cudney
Lancaster County Conservation District
Shannon Thomas
Chesapeake Conservancy
2025 Priorities:
- Streamline data collection for Water Quality Monitoring & Reporting
- Provide coordination of Monitoring Plans for all Delisting Catchment Areas with applicable quality assurances
- Assist in the production and distribution of water quality monitoring videos.
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