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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 Heritage Partnership

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.

Coldwater Conservation Grants

Budgets

• DCNR Contract BRC-RCP-8-14

– FY 2003, 2004, 2005

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• DCNR Contract BRC-SR-11-7

– FY 2006, 2007, 2008

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• New grant submission to fund 2009-1011
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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.

2003 Grantees

$37,533 Total

$3,235.00 Clinton Co n/a Kettle Creek WA Beaverdam Run $4,998.00 Blair Blair County Conservation District Juniata Valley Audubon Piney Creek $4,300.00 Cambria n/a Little Conemaugh WA

• S. Fork of the Little

Conemaugh $5,000.00 Lehigh, Northampton, Bucks n/a Lower Saucon Township Saucon Creek $5,000.00 Lancaster /Lebanon n/a Furnace and Segloch Run Watershed Alliance Furnace Run and Segloch Run $5,000.00 Bedford Southern Alleghenies Conservancy Mountain Laurel TU Potter Creek $5,000.00 Fayette Penn's Corner Conservancy Charitable Trust Fayette County Conservation District Rasler Run $5,000.00 Bedford Bedford Conservation District Bob's Creek Stream Guardians Two Bob's Creek Tributaries (Rhodes Run and Ickes Run)

Amount Approved County Pass Through Org Grantee Watershed

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

$ 5,000.00 Bedford Bedford Co. Conservation District Fort Bedford TU Shober's Run $ 1,873.00 Clearfield n/a Allegheny Mountain TU Lick Run

$42,428.10 Total

$ 3,700.00 Westmoreland n/a Forbes Trail TU Mill Creek $ 5,000.00 Northampton / Bucks n/a Lower Saucon Twp Cooks Creek $5,000.00 Schuylkill and Berks n/a American Littoral (Delaware Riverkeeper Network) Northkill Creek $5,000.00 Cumberland n/a Pennsylvania Environmental Council Cedar Run $ 5,000.00 Lackawanna and Luzerne n/a Lackawanna River Corridor Association Tribs to Lackawanna River - Spring, Roaring and Stafford Meadow Brook $ 4,750.00 Berks / Montgomery n/a Perkiomen Valley Chapter

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• W. Branch Perkiomen

Creek $ 5,000.00 Northampton n/a Bushkill Stream Conservancy Sober's Run $ 2,105.10 Westmoreland n/a Loyalhanna Watershed Association Loyalhanna Creek

Amount Approved County Pass Through Org Grantee Watershed

2004 Grantees

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

$44,188.00 Total

$4,220.00 Centre Upper Spring Creek n/a Clearwater Conservancy of Central PA, Inc. $5,000.00 Cameron Hunts Run / Sinnemahoning Creek n/a Bucktail Watershed Association $4,968.00 Indiana Two Lick Creek n/a Ken Sink Chapter of TU $5,000.00 Clearfield / Cambria Rogues Harbor Run / Chest Creek n/a Clearfield County Conservation District $5,000.00 Clearfield / Centre Moshannon Creek Clearfield CCD Moshannon Creek Watershed Coalition $5,000.00 Mifflin Tea Creek n/a Mifflin County Conservation District $5,000.00 Bucks Aquetong Creek n/a Bucks County Chapter

• f TU

$5,000.00 Lawrence Hell Run n/a Lawrence Conservation District $5,000.00 Indiana

• N. Branch Bear Run

Watershed n/a

• W. PA Conservancy
• Amt. Approved

County Watershed Pass Through Org. Grantee

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

$ 5,000 Berks and Lehigh N/A Wildlands Conservancy Little Lehigh Creek

$ 35,321 Total

Amount approved County Pass-through Grantee Watershed

$ 1,696 Jefferson N/A Sandy Lick Conservation Initiative Schoolhouse Run $ 5,000 Somerset N/A Western PA Conservancy Laurel Run $ 5,000 Somerset N/A Westsylvania Heritage Corporation Clearshade, Cub Run, Piney Run $ 4,598 Center, Clinton Penn State Center for Watershed Stewardship Beech Creek Watershed Association Beech Creek sub watersheds (Rock Run and

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$ 4,900 Berks N/A American Littoral Mill Creek $ 5,000 Venango and Mercer Venango County Conservation District South Sandy Creek Watershed Association Williams Run $ 4, 127 Warren Borough of Youngsville Brokenstraw Watershed Council Spring Creek

2006 Grantees

2007 Grantees

$4,800 Columbia Columbia County Conservation District Roaring Creek Valley Conservation Association

• S. Branch Roaring

Creek

$42,610 Total

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

Conservation Plans

• Completed Plans on web page

– www.coldwaterheritage.org

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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