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 next meeting will be in-person at the Manheim Township Library from 10:00am-12:00pm on May 25th.
The team is led by Lamonte Garber with Stroud Water Research Center and Rebecca Lauver with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay .
Lamonte Garber
Stroud Water Research Center
Rebecca Lauver
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
2023 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
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 Charity Hain from David Millers/Associates.
Kara Kalupson
RETTEW
Charity Hain
David Miller/Associates
2023 Priorities:
- Address stormwater through cost-effective and locally relevant practices to support the countywide goals of stream delisting and flood mitigation.
WATER QUALITY MONITORING 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 Rupert Rossetti with Octoraro Watershed Association and Shannon Thomas from the Chesapeak Conservancy.
Rupert Rossetti
Octoraro Watershed Association
Shannon Thomas
Chesapeake Conservancy
2023 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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