Making Community Making Community ConnectionsConnections

Research Projects With ALLARM Partner Research Projects With ALLARM Partner GroupsGroups

The Alliance for Aquatic Resource The Alliance for Aquatic Resource MonitoringMonitoring(ALLARM)(ALLARM)

Works with communities to provide tools Works with communities to provide tools for them to undertake watershed for them to undertake watershed assessmentsassessments

Provides Dickinson students with Provides Dickinson students with opportunities to participate in community-opportunities to participate in community-based researchbased research

ALLARM & theALLARM & theWatershed SemesterWatershed Semester

Facilitate connections Facilitate connections with ALLARM partners with ALLARM partners and students for and students for research projectsresearch projects

Provide opportunities Provide opportunities for applying research to for applying research to community concerns community concerns and needsand needs

Assist with year-long Assist with year-long research projectsresearch projects

Shermans Creek Shermans Creek Conservation AssociationConservation Association

Perry County, north of CarlislePerry County, north of Carlisle Rural watershed,increasing Rural watershed,increasing

development pressuredevelopment pressure Active monitoring programActive monitoring program

Project IdeasProject Ideas

Assist with research for Rivers Assist with research for Rivers Conservation Plan: land use, cultural, Conservation Plan: land use, cultural, recreation, water qualityrecreation, water quality

Watershed resident survey Watershed resident survey Where have all the hellbenders gone?Where have all the hellbenders gone? Work with state forest on hemlock Work with state forest on hemlock

woolly adelgidwoolly adelgid Oral histories in cooperation with Oral histories in cooperation with

High School history clubHigh School history club

Codorus Creek Improvement PartnershipCodorus Creek Improvement Partnership

•City and County of York

•Urban and rural/suburban

•Activist Orientation

Project IdeasProject Ideas Industrial discharge impactsIndustrial discharge impacts Rivers as economic Rivers as economic

development/neighborhood development/neighborhood revitalizationrevitalization

Impact of industrial development Impact of industrial development vs. farms/residentialvs. farms/residential

Army Corps of Engineers - Army Corps of Engineers - comparison with LAcomparison with LA

Effectiveness of CCIP Outreach Effectiveness of CCIP Outreach ProgramsPrograms

Ridge & Valley Ridge & Valley StreamkeepersStreamkeepers

Bedford CountyBedford County Rural WatershedRural Watershed Potomac DrainagePotomac Drainage Active monitoring programActive monitoring program Exceptional value watersExceptional value waters

Project IdeasProject Ideas Macroinvertebrate study comparing Macroinvertebrate study comparing

exceptional value and high quality watersexceptional value and high quality waters Working with The Nature Conservancy on Working with The Nature Conservancy on

endangered species projectsendangered species projects Studying effects of Concentrated Animal Studying effects of Concentrated Animal

OperationsOperations Studying conversion of land use from Studying conversion of land use from

farms to forestsfarms to forests Economic issues - employment, Economic issues - employment,

retirementretirement

Antietam Watershed Antietam Watershed AssociationAssociation

Waynesboro, Franklin CountyWaynesboro, Franklin County Rural with pockets of developmentRural with pockets of development Strong connections with local government and Strong connections with local government and

business business New Monitoring ProgramNew Monitoring Program

Project IdeasProject Ideas

Comparative study of two branches - Comparative study of two branches - different land usesdifferent land uses

Outreach with Mennonite farmers on Outreach with Mennonite farmers on water quality issueswater quality issues

Success of new riparian buffers (6 Success of new riparian buffers (6 miles)miles)

Bacteria Bacteria Stormwater runoffStormwater runoff