Chesapeake Bay cleanup (again)

[wgmiller]

This initiative, while certainly a PITA to the farmers, sounds like it could really help out streams in Lancaster County:

"As a targeted area, Lancaster County can expect intense pressure to clean its many impaired streams and to stem runoff."

"Fencing to keep cattle out of streams and lining the banks with treed buffers are crucial steps to Pennsylvania meeting its cleanup deadlines, Ehrhart and Garber said. Not only do treed buffers capture runoff, they improve water quality as well."

http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/353199

 

[osprey]

The last time this came up in the news out here they included large drawdowns of the Raystown dam (up to 20') in order to flush the bay with shots of freshwater at times of the year when it needed it. The folks that use the lake protested such dramatic drawdowns as 20' drawdowns would leave many high and dry. The potential for a great tailwater fishery exists below the dam , with the right program of water releases i think everybody could be happy. Find out what the best release program is that would give each side a little and go with that.