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Coldwater Heritage Partnership To provide leadership, coordination, technical assistance, and funding support for the conservation and protection Pennsylvania’s coldwater streams and wild trout populations.

Coldwater Heritage Partnership To provide leadership, coordination, technical assistance, and funding support for the conservation and protection Pennsylvania’s coldwater streams and wild trout populations. � Coldwater Conservation Grants � Education and Outreach � Conservation Strategy

Coldwater Conservation Grants � Small grant program for developing a coldwater conservation strategy � Develop Coldwater Conservation plan that: � Evaluates coldwater stream condition � Identifies problems and concerns � Outlines needed protective actions � Builds local awareness and support for the conservation of coldwater streams

Coldwater Conservation Grants Grants are targeted towards watersheds that: � Are located along streams that contain naturally reproducing trout populations or have the potential to contain naturally reproducing trout populations; � Are listed as special protection waters within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; � The stream section is generally open to the public or indicates public utilization of the stream segment; � Show significant use of partnerships, describing how organizations will cooperate to develop and implement the plan; and, � A local organization takes the lead in planning, rather than a consulting firm.

Budgets Scope of work ~ To administer and coordinate the Coldwater Heritage Partnerships Program by providing outreach, education, technical assistance and grant assistance to protect and enhance coldwater streams throughout the Commonwealth. • DCNR Contract BRC-RCP-8-14 – FY 2003, 2004, 2005 • ..\CHP Grants\RCP 8-15 closeout\RCP closeout\DCNR closeout budget.xls • DCNR Contract BRC-SR-11-7 – FY 2006, 2007, 2008 • ..\Personnel\Expenses and Time\BRC-SR-11-7 funding.xls • New grant submission to fund 2009-1011 • ..\Personnel\Expenses and Time\09-11 funding.xls • ..\Grants\2007 DCNR Grant application\2007 CHP grant application - DCNR.pdf

2003 Grantees Amount Watershed Grantee Pass Through Org County Approved Two Bob's Creek Bob's Creek Stream Bedford Conservation Bedford $5,000.00 Tributaries (Rhodes Guardians District Run and Ickes Run) Rasler Run Fayette County Penn's Corner Fayette $5,000.00 Conservation District Conservancy Charitable Trust Potter Creek Mountain Laurel TU Southern Alleghenies Bedford $5,000.00 Conservancy Furnace Run and Furnace and Segloch n/a Lancaster $5,000.00 Segloch Run Run Watershed /Lebanon Alliance Saucon Creek Lower Saucon n/a Lehigh, $5,000.00 Township Northampton, Bucks S. Fork of the Little Little Conemaugh WA n/a Cambria $4,300.00 Conemaugh Piney Creek Juniata Valley Blair County Blair $4,998.00 Audubon Conservation District Beaverdam Run Kettle Creek WA n/a Clinton Co $3,235.00 Total $37,533

2003 Grantees • Cash match of $70,000 • In-kind match of over $45,000 • Over $400,000 in additional funding for projects • 19 implementation projects – 2 acquisition projects – 1 community park • 2 stream upgrades • 1 new EAB

2004 Grantees Amount Pass Through Approved Watershed Grantee Org County Loyalhanna Watershed $ 2,105.10 Loyalhanna Creek Association n/a Westmoreland $ 5,000.00 Bushkill Stream Sober's Run Conservancy n/a Northampton W. Branch Perkiomen Perkiomen Valley Chapter Berks / $ 4,750.00 Creek of Trout Unlimited n/a Montgomery Tribs to Lackawanna $ 5,000.00 River - Spring, Roaring and Stafford Meadow Lackawanna River Corridor Lackawanna and Brook Association n/a Luzerne $5,000.00 Pennsylvania Cedar Run Environmental Council n/a Cumberland $5,000.00 American Littoral (Delaware Schuylkill and Northkill Creek Riverkeeper Network) n/a Berks Northampton / $ 5,000.00 Cooks Creek Lower Saucon Twp n/a Bucks Bedford Co. $ 5,000.00 Conservation Shober's Run Fort Bedford TU District Bedford $ 1,873.00 Lick Run Allegheny Mountain TU n/a Clearfield Mill Creek Forbes Trail TU n/a Westmoreland $ 3,700.00 Total $42,428.10

2004 Grantees • Cash match of $ 36,000 • In-kind match of over $20,000 • 5 implementation projects underway – raising over $300,000 • 4 stream upgrades • 1 multi-municipal EAB

2005 Grantees Pass Through Grantee Org. Watershed County Amt. Approved N. Branch Bear Run W. PA Conservancy n/a Watershed Indiana $5,000.00 Lawrence Conservation District n/a Hell Run Lawrence $5,000.00 Bucks County Chapter of TU n/a Aquetong Creek Bucks $5,000.00 Mifflin County Conservation District n/a Tea Creek Mifflin $5,000.00 Moshannon Creek Watershed Coalition Clearfield CCD Moshannon Creek Clearfield / Centre $5,000.00 Clearfield County Conservation Rogues Harbor Run / District n/a Chest Creek Clearfield / Cambria $5,000.00 Ken Sink Chapter of TU n/a Two Lick Creek Indiana $4,968.00 Hunts Run / Bucktail Watershed Sinnemahoning Association n/a Creek Cameron $5,000.00 Clearwater Conservancy of Central PA, Inc. n/a Upper Spring Creek Centre $4,220.00 Total $44,188.00

2005 Grantees • Cash match of $42,000 • In-kind match of over $65,000 • Over $275,000 raised in implementation money – Additional stream assessments – Dam removal – Habitat improvement – Riparian easements

2006 Grantees Amount Watershed Grantee Pass-through County approved Brokenstraw $ 4, 127 Watershed Spring Creek Council Borough of Youngsville Warren South Sandy Creek Watershed Venango County Venango and Williams Run Association Conservation District Mercer $ 5,000 Mill Creek American Littoral N/A Berks $ 4,900 Beech Creek sub watersheds Beech Creek Penn State Center for (Rock Run and Watershed Watershed Center, others) Association Stewardship Clinton $ 4,598 Westsylvania Clearshade, Cub Heritage Run, Piney Run Corporation N/A Somerset $ 5,000 Western PA Laurel Run Conservancy N/A Somerset $ 5,000 Sandy Lick Conservation Schoolhouse Run Initiative N/A Jefferson $ 1,696 Wildlands Berks and Little Lehigh Creek Conservancy N/A Lehigh $ 5,000 Total $ 35,321

2007 Grantees Amount Watershed Grantee Pass Through Org County Approved Cold Run, Trib to Schuylkill Conservation Schuylkill River District N/A Schuylkill $5,000 Bald Eagle Watershed Wallace Run Association Milesburg Borough Centre $4,460 Kiski-Conemaugh Stream Conemaugh Valley Tubmill Creek Team Conservancy Westmoreland $5,000 Cameron County Canoe Run Conservation District N/A Cameron $4,400 Bushkill Stream Bushkill Creek Conservancy N/A Northampton $5,000 Blair County Conservation Plum Creek District Blair County Chapter of TU Blair $4,650 Watershed Alliance of Middle Creek Adams County N/A Adams $4,300 Northampton County Fry's Run Conservation District N/A Northampton $5,000 S. Branch Roaring Roaring Creek Valley Columbia County $4,800 Creek Conservation Association Conservation District Columbia Total $42,610

Conservation Plans • Completed Plans on web page – www.coldwaterheritage.org C:\Documents and Settings\c-dnardone\My Documents\PATU\My Webs\CHP729\home.htm

Education and Outreach • Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture – Status and Threats in PA publication – Land use & loss of habitat key problems – Conservation Easements and riparian corridor preservation that provides stream access key to PA TU – Creation of Pennsylvania Brook Trout Alliance? • Campaign for Clean Water: – Statewide Coalition of Environmental Groups – Facilitate annual meeting to establish workgroups – Produce publications • Citizens Guide to Stream Redesignation • The Effects of Special Protection Designation – Provide Stream Upgrade assistance – Buffers 100 Initiative – Policy issues (such as Ch. 105 revisions)

Education and Outreach • Trout in the Classroom Program – Partnership with PFBC / PA DE– small grant program – Children integrate environmental curriculum with raising fish – Also teaching fly casting and tying, macroinvertebrate ID, and technology into the classroom – www.troutintheclassroom.org

Keystone Coldwater Conference Headwater Ecosystems: Protection, Management and Research