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The Chesapeake Bay Program provides technical and financial assistance for farmers and other land users to implement best management practices (BMPs) to reduce non-point source pollution to local streams within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
To help meet Pennsylvania’s goals set by the Chesapeake Bay 2000 Agreement, the Luzerne Conservation District (and other conservation districts within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed) developed a county specific Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy Implementation Plan. The plan identifies major sources of non-point source pollution within Luzerne County, and prescribes various BMPs for addressing the water quality impairments. Through this program, the district undertakes projects to implement the recommendations of the plan.
The Luzerne Conservation District also provides nutrient management planning assistance to farmers. This technical assistance helps farmers utilize nutrients from manure and fertilizers for more efficient crop production, while aiming to keep those potential pollutants out of streams and other water bodies.
Luzerne County Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy Implementation Plan
Luzerne County Land Use Map
Through the Luzerne County Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy Implementation Plan, several new Conservation District Programs have been developed:
LCD Cover Crop Program
LCD No-Till Program
LCD Rain Barrel Education Program
LCD Equine Best Management Practice Program
LCD Urban Nutrient Management Program
LCD Stream-bank Restoration Program
For more information on the Luzerne County Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy Implementation Plan or any of the above programs, please contact the District Office at 570-674-7991.
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