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<strong>Connoquenessing</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> <strong>Watershed</strong> <strong>Conservation</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>Chapter 7. Management RecommendationsGoal 1-D: Encourage economic growth with minimal impacts to the environment (continued).Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority2. Incorporate Natural Heritage Inventoriesinto county and municipal comprehensiveplans.<strong>Conservation</strong> Groups,PNHP, Municipalities,CountiesDCED, PrivateSources,FoundationsHigh3. Establish a greenway plan for economicrevitalization of downtown areas, andsurrounding communities.Municipalities,Counties, DCNR,<strong>Plan</strong>ningCommissions,Businesses, PNHPDCED, DCNR,Private Sources,FoundationsHigh4. Conduct feasibility studies anddemonstration projects designed tointegrate biological by-products ofagriculture and forestry with energyproduction in ways that make theseindustries more self-sufficient,economically sustainable, and less of anenvironmental impact.<strong>Conservation</strong> Groups,<strong>Conservation</strong> Districts,DEP, PaGSDEP, EPA, PrivateSources,FoundationsMedium5. Determine what impact salt and ashes,utilized to remove snow and ice onroadways, have on the water quality, andinvestigate alternative practices.<strong>Conservation</strong> Groups,DEP, PennDOT, EPA,Universities, PaGSDEP, PennDOT,Private Sources,FoundationsMedium6. Study impacts new businesses have onlocal communities, streams, groundwater,and their effects downstream.<strong>Conservation</strong> Groups,PaGS, <strong>Plan</strong>ningCommissionsDCED, DCNR, DEP,Private Sources,FoundationsMedium7. Conduct a countywide greenway plan forButler County.Municipalities,<strong>Conservation</strong> Groups,PennDOT, <strong>Plan</strong>ningCommissionsDCED, DCNR,Private Sources,FoundationsMediumGoal 1-E: Establish economic stability needed to maintain a balanced workforce.Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority1. Increase economic stability that promotessustainable natural resource use, such asestablishing local resource-orientedsustainable industries like value-addedproducts, farmers’ markets, andcommunity supported agriculture.Businesses, DCNR,PDA, <strong>Plan</strong>ningCommissions,Chambers ofCommerce, PaGSDCNR, PrivateSources,FoundationsMedium2. Support value-added agricultureprocessing to provide incomeopportunities for small agriculturalproducers.PDA, USDA,<strong>Conservation</strong> GroupsPrivate SourcesMedium3. Utilize nature-based tourism opportunitiesto increase revenue.Tourist Bureaus,<strong>Conservation</strong> GroupsPrivate SourcesLow7-4

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