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Betsie Blumberg, Atlas Workgroup member
- Nov 28, 2020
- 5 min
The Senior Environmental Corps: Volunteers Monitoring Water Quality
Betsie Blumberg, Member of the Atlas Workgroup and CCPaSEC Every month members of the local chapter of the Pennsylvania Senior Environmen...
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PA Department of Environmental Protection
- Sep 20, 2020
- 2 min
What is a Watershed?
From the Pennsylvania Water Atlas “Watershed” is a generic term used to identify an area of land that drains to a particular waterbody. W...
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Lexie Orr, Water Resources Specialist
- May 13, 2020
- 2 min
Monitoring Efforts in the Watershed: Water Resources Monitoring Project
The Spring Creek Water Resources Monitoring Project (WRMP) is conducted in partnership with the Keystone Water Resources Center, a public...
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Frank Zettle, Robert F. Carline
- Nov 4, 2019
- 6 min
Restoration of Thompson Run - A Tribute to Joe Humphreys
Some 70 years ago, Thompson Run was a classic limestone trout stream. It began at Thompson Spring, located about 200 yards southwest of t...
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Jacqueline Melander, President Emerita
- Nov 3, 2019
- 22 min
Historic Houses in the Spring Creek Watershed
There is a rich collection of historic houses in the Spring Creek Watershed, some of them more than 200 years old. They range from indiv...
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Sarah Chamberlain, Associate Research Professor
- Nov 3, 2019
- 6 min
Flora of the Spring Creek Canyon Trail
Take a walk during any season along the 4.4-mile trail winding its way along Spring Creek Canyon and you’ll be rewarded with a dizzying a...
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Jason Detar
- Apr 26, 2019
- 0 min
Recreational, Ecological, and Economic Value of the Spring Creek Watershed and its Exceptional Wild
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Betsie Blumberg, Atlas Workgroup member
- Apr 26, 2019
- 1 min
Storm Water Management--Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Program
The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed regulations for managing stormwater under the National Pollutant Discharg...
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Robert McLaughlin, Howard, PA
- Apr 26, 2019
- 19 min
The Gristmills of the Spring Creek Watershed
The early economy of central Pennsylvania was closely tied to harnessing flowing water to power mills and forges. Gristmills, the focus o...
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Robert Schmalz, Professor Emeritus of Geology
- Mar 14, 2019
- 6 min
Geologic History
Virtually all the potable water consumed in the Centre Region is drawn from the groundwater reservoir. Even residents in the Bellefonte...
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Todd Giddings, Ph.D., P.G.
- Mar 8, 2019
- 1 min
Why You Should Be Groundwater Aware
If you live or work in ‘Happy Valley’ or another area of the Spring Creek Watershed, you are almost certainly drinking and using groundwa...
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