PACD Attends Lebanon County Restoration Tour
Rich Starr with EPR outlines stream restoration plans at the Historic Schaefferstown Farm during the tour.
On October 28, 2025, PACD Project & Event Specialist Molly Burns participated in a restoration site tour hosted by the Lebanon County Conservation District as part of the Hammer Creek Partnership. Also in attendance were Joe Marsicano, Funding & Resource Specialist for the Pennsylvania Senate, and representatives from the offices of U.S. Senator Dave McCormick, State Senator Chris Gebhard, and State Representative Russ Diamond.
The tour showcased several sites where restoration activities are planned as part of a comprehensive restoration plan for the Hammer Creek Headwaters. This multi-site landscape-scale project aims to maximize environmental benefits by restoring multiple sites through voluntary landowner participation. The project will take years to complete. Once finished, it will reduce flooding and reap benefits for local landowners, the wild trout population, and water quality, both locally and downstream to the Chesapeake Bay.
The Hammer Creek Partnership includes the Doc Fritchey Chapter of Trout Unlimited, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the Nature Conservancy, Ecosystem Planning & Restoration (EPR), Spring Hill Partners, and the Lebanon County Conservation District. Project partners also include the Lancaster Farmland Trust, and Pheasants Forever.