USC Spotlight
Spotlighting Great Projects Across the Watershed: Delaware County Buffer Plantings
Delaware County SWCD Planting Projects The Susquehanna Program of the Delaware County Soil and Water Conservation District has coordinated several tree plantings this spring and summer utilizing
Spotlighting Great Projects Across the Watershed: Repair of an Entrenched Roadway
By: Joe Quatrini USC Member This unpaved road was severely entrenched and extremely narrow. The ditches remained saturated most of the year and any runoff made its way
Bradford Conservation District & USC Stream Team Host Dirt & Gravel Roads Training
By: Mike Lovegreen USC Stream Team Leader The Bradford County Conservation District hosted and conducted a training on the PA Dirt and Gravel Roads Program that was applauded
Our Mission
To protect and improve water quality and natural resources in the Upper Susquehanna River Basin with the involvement of citizens and agencies through planning, education, coordination, funding, project implementation and advocating for our water resources.
We strive to accomplish our mission through a team approach, with teams focused on key watershed-wide efforts working both independently and collaboratively to meet our goals.
USC Youtube Video Highlight
Watershed Wednesdays offers watershed-related webinars in a mini-session series, each of which is then shared on our YouTube channel. This session provides an overview of the Finger Lakes Partnership for Regional Invasive Species, a program that leverages a wide network of stakeholders to address invasive species in the Finger Lakes Region. Spotted lanternfly poses a particular threat to the Finger Lakes region. This presentation provides an overview of those regional threats, the implications for the rest of the region (including the Upper Susquehanna), and how Finger Lakes PRISM addresses SLF.
Webinar Resources:
Penn State Tree-of-Heaven Resource: https://extension.psu.edu/tree-of-heaven
SLF Honeydew Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=771P9SZLb88&t