Building Better Buffers

Lancaster Conservancy

Learn all about the steps you need to take to ensure a successful (and better) buffer.

The S Dale High Leadership Center

Water Week 2023

Now in its 7th year, Lancaster Water Week celebrates the 1,400 miles of streams and rivers in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Join us during Water Week for over 40 events as we paddle, explore, volunteer, and take action as a community!

<p>You&#x27;ve planted your trees, but your job isn&#x27;t over yet! Dave Wise, Stroud  Water Research Center&#x27;s Watershed Restoration Manager, will talk about the next steps you need to take to ensure a successful buffer planting. Learn tips and tricks from the Stroud Center&#x27;s research on installation and maintenance practices. </p><p>After the lecture, attendees will have the opportunity to ask the experts during a Q&amp;A panel with Dave Wise along with Cody Kiefer, Urban Forester from the City of Lancaster, PA, and Ashley Spotts, Lancaster Restoration Biologist for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. These professionals will offer a wide range of perspectives, whether you are looking to plant a few select trees in your .25-acre yard or conduct a 30-acre reforestation project. </p><p><strong><em>Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for a light reception. Lecture begins at 7 p.m. with Q&amp;A until about 8 p.m. </em></strong></p>

<h3>About the Presenter</h3><p><strong>David Wise</strong> is the Watershed Restoration Manager at <a href="https://stroudcenter.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Stroud Water Research Center </a>where he works to promote ecologically-sound management of southeastern Pennsylvania’s natural resources, with special focus on its aquatic ecosystems. David also conducts research projects to improve stream buffer restoration methods.</p><h3>About the Panelists</h3><p><strong>Cody Kiefer</strong>, Urban Forester, <a href="https://www.cityoflancasterpa.gov/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">City of Lancaster, PA</a></p><p><strong>Ashley E. Spotts</strong> has been a Restoration Biologist with the  <a href="https://www.cbf.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Chesapeake Bay Foundation</a> for the last 18 years, mostly covering Lancaster County planting forested riparian buffers through the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program.  Prior to working for CBF she was with the Natural Resource Conservation Service implementing forested riparian buffers and grassland habitat in Schuylkill and Berks Counties.  She is on the Shade Tree Commission for Lancaster City and is a member of the steering committee for the Lancaster Native Plant Alliance which is a chapter of the Pennsylvania Native Plant Society. </p><p>Ashley grew up along the headwaters of the Pequea Creek in Salisbury Township in the Welsh Mountains.  She loves being outside and traveling with her husband Dan and their yellow Labrador Retriever, Eleanor.   </p>

<h3>What is Lancaster Water Week?</h3><p>Now in its 7th year, Lancaster Water Week celebrates the 1,400 miles of streams and rivers in Lancaster County, PA. These cricks and creeks are the source of our drinking water, drive economic and agricultural growth, and allow us to escape into nature to fish, paddle, and swim. Many of these beautiful streams are polluted, but there is an incredible effort underway to bring them back to health in our lifetime.</p><p>Join us during Water Week for over 20 events as we paddle, stomp, explore, volunteer, and take action as a community to protect our streams and rivers for the future!</p><p>Learn more: <a href="https://www.lancasterwaterweek.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.lancasterwaterweek.org</a></p><p></p><h3>Thank you to our incredible Lancaster Water Week Sponsors for their generous support!</h3>

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