Restoring Balance: Protecting Cacoosing Creek
By: Jennifer A. Brooks, Environmental Education and Outreach Coordinator, Berks County Conservation District
Recently Kent Himelright, Watershed Specialist with the Berks County Conservation District (BCCD), organized a massive live stake planting on the Cacoosing Creek as part of an initiative for the Coldwater Conservation Plan for the Cacoosing Creek Watershed. The project was funded by the PA Fish and Boat Commission. The BCCD, along with an outstanding showing of volunteers, planted 1,000 native live stakes along 4,000 ft. of the stream over two days to enhance the riparian area to provide shade and habitat for aquatic wildlife, filter pollutants from stormwater runoff, and reduce streambank erosion.
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