Connoquenessing Creek Watershed Conservation Plan - Western ...

Connoquenessing Creek Watershed Conservation PlanChapter 6. Issues and Concerns• Water quality and restoration efforts (5)• History (4)• Diversity of land uses (3)• Accessibility (4)• State Parks (2)• Adams Township supervisors care (1)• Animals and livestock (1)• Area of land development buy-outs (1)• Being able to walk around town/safe community (1)• Close proximity of cultural activities (1)• Educational opportunities (1)• Good roads and transportation (1)• Living between little and big upper waters (1)• Potential for growth (1)• Stressing value of watersheds to the environment (1)• Close to home (1)• Inexpensive to use the watershed (1)• Slippery Rock University is nearby (1)• Employment is local (1)7. Things participants don’t like about the watershed:• Pollution (13)• Development/urban sprawl (11)• Illegal dumping/trash/debris (10)• Flooding (6)• Limited access (6)• Indifferent people/limited progress/uncaringproperty owners (5)• Water quality pollution (5)• Deteriorated buildings (2)• Lack of recreational opportunities (2)• Transportation and traffic (2)• Channelized streams (1)Connoquenessing Creek below AK Steel• Drugs (1)in Butler is channelized and tainted with• Invasive species (1)invasive species• Landowner rights violations (1)• Not enough wetland protection (1)• Scenic value is underestimated (1)• Stormwater (1)• Excessive siltation pollution (1)• Water temperature becomes to warm in summer months (1)• Some parts are in urban areas (1)• More medical access is needed (1)• More jobs are needed (1)8. Suggestions to improve conditions in the watershed:• Identify, monitor, and clean-up contamination sources, including remediation efforts, increasingfunding, repairing malfunctioning on-lot systems, enforcing violations, increasing penalties forcausing impacts, improve infrastructure, and manage stormwater (10)6-16