Riparian Conservation Program
ClearWater Conservancy’s Riparian Conservation Program aims to promote conservation and restoration of riparian resources in central Pennsylvania. Our Riparian Conservation Program brochure explains the importance of riparian buffers to our local streams and wetlands and outlines conservation options for riparian landowners.
The goal of ClearWater's Riparian Conservation Program is to improve stream quality in the Spring Creek watershed through the program’s four areas of focus: stream assessment, stewardship, restoration, and protection.
Protection
Important habitats like riparian areas can be permanently protected using a conservation easement – a legal agreement between a landowner and a qualified organization like ClearWater Conservancy. By entering into a conservation easement, a property owner voluntarily gives up some property rights, for example the right to subdivide, while retaining ownership and the right to continue to use the property.
Conservation easements are flexible land-protection tools that are tailored to the needs of the individual landowner. Landowners may apply conservation easements to their entire property or just to their riparian area. ClearWater Conservancy respects this flexibility and works with landowners to accomplish their goals for their property while protecting natural resources.
ClearWater's Riparian Conservation Easements
- Eagle Field (Buffalo Run and Halfmoon Creek)
- Lisle (Spring Creek)
- Hilton Garden Inn (Thompson Run)
- Potter Farm (Potter Brook)
- Millbrook Marsh (Bathgate Run, Thompson Run, and Slab Cabin Run)
For more information about how you can protect your riparian property with a conservation easement or to explore additional conservation options, please contact Katie Ombalski at (814) 237-0400 or katie@clearwaterconservancy.org