Raising awareness about the role legacy sediment plays in stream ecology is a primary goal for LandStudies. That is why we recently partnered with colleagues at Franklin and Marshall College, […]
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This STAC workshop will be structured around panel discussions on each of three themes: legacy sediment, riparian corridors, and total maximum daily loads, with three-four experts on the panel who […]
What is Legacy Sediment? The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines legacy sediment as soil “that was eroded from upland areas after the arrival of early settlers and over the centuries […]
Legacy sediment is so prevalent in many regions that it has become invisible to most people. These thick sediment deposits have changed streams and valleys so much that the […]
During the summer of 2022, Salisbury Township, LandStudies, and other partners began restoring approximately 1,615 linear feet of floodplain and 2.69 acres of wetland within Gap Park along two severely eroded […]
Eleven water quality projects in Lancaster County, including the Conewago Creek Floodplain Restoration, were bolstered with nearly $3.5 million from the county’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. To celebrate […]
LandStudies staff recently took members of the Cocalico Creek Watershed Association, neighboring landowners, and scientists from The Nature Conservancy on a tour of the Cocalico Creek Floodplain Restoration project in […]
We would like to congratulate our friend and colleague, Dr. Dorothy Merritts, geosciences professor at Franklin & Marshall College, for being the first F&M faculty to be elected to the […]
A recent article by WUSA 9 discusses why recent rains at the TPC Potomac at Avenel Farms golf course in Potomac, MD didn’t stop the 2022 Wells Fargo Championship on […]
MS4 communities Londonderry and Mt. Joy townships needed to find a way to reduce sediment and nutrient pollution entering Conewago Creek. For this project, the township served as the lead […]