Programs at the Woodcock Creek Nature Center - Crawford County ...

Andy Yurcak Jr. – 5023 feet of FencingYurcak LLC – 1868 feet of fencingSTUDENT RIPARIAN FENCING & PLANTINGUtilizing another Pennsylvania Growing Greener II Grant, the HighSchool Streambank Restoration Grant, the conservation districtand its partners were able to establish 19,058 linear feet ofstream fencing and 6 stable animal stream crossings. Inaddition, students from Cochranton, Conneaut Lake, ConneautValley, Saegertown, Maplewood, Linesville and CambridgeSprings High Schools accomplished riparian plantings on 8 farms,planting 2,961 live trees and 3,100 live stakes.William Barr – 1204 feet of Stream fencingJoel Blair – 5390 feet of stream fencingWilliam Dunn – 702 feet of stream fencingLakeview Farm – 848 feet of Stream FencingMathew Petersheim – 1721 feet of stream fencingDarrel Landis – 1 Stream Crossings; 2483 feet of stream fencingAndy Yurcak Jr. – 2807 feet stream fencing; 3 stream crossingsYurcak LLC – 3903 feet of stream fencingWilliam Dunn - Cochranton High School – 300 trees, 500 live strakesCambridge Springs- Conneaut Lake HS, 625 trees, 800 live stakesPete Kost Property- Saegertown High School,725 treesJeff Jones - Maplewood High School; replace 200 sheltersGlenn Kenny Maplewood High School - 435 trees, 1200 live stakesEric Watson - Linesville High School - 750 trees ,600 live stakesPymatuning State Park, Wilson Launch, Conneaut Valley High School – 126trees/shrubsENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM (EQIP)The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary federal programadministered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) that can providetechnical and financial assistance to landowners to address conservation problems ontheir farm and forestland. All contracts that include animal waste storage or treatmentfacilities require a comprehensive nutrient management plan to be developed andimplemented. Likewise, operations on non-industrial private forestland require theimplementation of a forest management plan.The following conservation practices were installed in 2009 under the USDA’s EQIPProgram:16