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Connoquenessing Creek Watershed Conservation PlanChapter 7. Management RecommendationsGoal 2-E: Establish or enhance incentives for land protection and conservation practice implementation(continued).Method to achieve goal: Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority3. Establish tax incentives to keep large tractsof lands unfragmented.HighConservation Groups,NRCS, DCNR, DEP,LegislatorsDEP, DCNR, EPA,Private Sources,Foundations,Legislature4. Encourage farmland/forestland taxmatching programs to provide incentives tokeep land in agriculture/forest and notconvert it to residential use.Conservation Groups,Conservation Districts,Legislators, Counties,DEP, DCNR, NRCSLegislature, PrivateSources, FoundationsHigh5. Create tax incentives for privatelandowners who implement conservationpractices.Conservation Groups,NRCS, DCNR, DEP,LegislatorsDEP, DCNR, EPA,Private Sources,Foundations,LegislatureHigh6. Encourage the Pennsylvania legislature toexpand "Clean and Green" to protect openspace along with agricultural and forestlands.Conservation Groups,Conservation Districts,Legislators, Counties,DEP, DCNRLegislature, PrivateSources, FoundationsMediumGoal 2-F: Protect agricultural and ecologically significant lands.Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority1. Protect large forest tracts and key riparianareas by working with landowners to keepthese tracts intact through enrollment inforestland stewardship programs, purchaseof conservation easements, landacquisition, or establish zoning ordinances.Conservation Groups,Landowners, DCNR,Municipalities, PNHP,Planning CommissionsDCNR, PrivateSources, FoundationsHigh2. Encourage townships to participate in theAgricultural Security Area Program, toprotect agriculture lands.Municipalities,PlanningCommissions,Conservation GroupsNRCS, Private Sources,FoundationsHigh3. Develop a strategic plan to prioritize andprotect ecologically significant areasthrough acquisition, conservation easementpurchases, or other conservation practices.Conservation Groups,Municipalities, DCNR,PNHPDCNR, PrivateSources, FoundationsHigh4. Protect prime farmlands from conversionto other uses by purchasing conservationeasements, assisting in the multigenerationtransfer of ownership, orutilizing farmland preservation programs.Conservation Groups,Landowners, DCNR,Municipalities,Planning CommissionsNRCS, Private Sources,FoundationsHigh5. Purchase conservation easements at selectprime habitat areas.Conservation Groups,Municipalities,LandownersDCNR, PrivateSources, FoundationsHigh7-10
Connoquenessing Creek Watershed Conservation PlanChapter 7. Management RecommendationsGoal 2-F: Protect agricultural and ecologically significant lands (continued).Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority6. Ensure that the tax advantages of grantingconservation easements remain as anencouragement to landowners.Conservation Groups,Legislators, DEP,NRCS, PDA, EPA,USDALegislature, PrivateSources, FoundationsMedium7. Develop a program or means throughwhich landowners can obtain conservationeasements for biologically diverse areas ontheir properties.Conservation Groups,Legislators, DEP,NRCS, PDA, EPA,USDA, LandownersLegislature, PrivateSources, FoundationsMediumGoal 2-G: Promote management practices on active mine sites to minimize impacts, prevent mine drainage, andimprove conditions where possible.Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority1. Encourage Pennsylvania Department ofEnvironmental Protection to establish andenforce requirements for sealing coredrillingspreventing the contamination ofwater sources.Conservation Districts,Conservation Groups,DEPDEP, EPA, PrivateSources, FoundationHigh2. Promote strict enforcement of erosion andsedimentation regulations on active minesites.Conservation Districts,DEP, EPADEPHigh3. Encourage high-value hardwood treeplantings as one method to reclaimabandoned mine lands, and support thePennsylvania Department ofEnvironmental Protection and UnitedStates Department of Interior's Office ofSurface Mining Reforestation Initiative onactive mine sites.Conservation Districts,Conservation Groups,DEPDEP, EPA, PrivateSources, FoundationHigh4. Encourage active mine sites to utilizemanagement techniques, such as landliming, alkaline addition in backfill, andfilling mine voids with flyash to preventfuture mine drainage discharges.Conservation Districts,Conservation Groups,DEPDEP, EPA, PrivateSources, FoundationMediumGoal 2-H: Reclaim abandoned wells, mines, and quarries.Method to achieve goal Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority1. Expand current reclamation programs, aswell as implement higher qualityreclamation techniques.Conservation Districts,Conservation Groups,DEPDEP, EPA, PrivateSources, FoundationHigh2. Reduce hazards, such as highwalls andmine drainage, on active and abandonedmine sites.Conservation Districts,Conservation Groups,DEP, BAMR, OSMDEP, EPA, OSM,Private Sources,FoundationHigh3. Promote redevelopment of abandoned sitesthrough programs similar to brownfieldredevelopment.Conservation Districts,Conservation Groups,DEPDEP, EPA, PrivateSources, FoundationMedium7-11
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