Volunteers for the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy, which covers part of Lower Pottsgrove Township, work on water clean-up.
SANATOGA PA – A proposal to add the Lower Perkiomen Creek Watershed Conservation Plan to Pennsylvania’s Rivers Conservation Registry, which gives its author a chance to both qualify for grant funding and to help further protect water quality in streams and creeks across 57 municipalities in four counties, was endorsed last week (Aug. 2, 2010) by the Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township Board of Commissioners.
The plan was created by the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy, a non-profit organization tasked with fighting pollution in the Perkiomen Creek and its tributaries. The watershed’s 362 square miles include a northwestern portion of the township.
Lower Pottsgrove already adheres to many of the plan’s suggestions to ensure the watershed remains as clean as possible. It seeks to limit construction on steep slopes next to floodplain areas, preserves open space where possible, allows the transfer of development rights to preserve farmlands, and offers flexible zoning options to increase population densities.
Commissioners offered their endorsement unanimously and without comment.
Volunteers for the conservancy were busy Friday and Saturday (Aug. 6 and 7), pulling creek-clogging, invasive water chestnuts from Delmont Lake and the Unami Creek, located 15 miles northeast of Sanatoga village center.
Photo from the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy
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