Environmental and Watershed Improvement Projects
Historic Poole Forge Environmental and Watershed Improvement Projects
2012 – Riparian Buffer Project with Lancaster Conservancy
2012 – Installation of the PEACE Garden for Community Education – local grant
2017 – Completion of the Mansion Grounds and Gardens
2017 – Eagle Scout Project – Addition of the Nature Trail
2018 – Sierra Club Grant – Garden Improvements
2018 – BBT Lighthouse Project Grant – Mansion Gardens
2018 – 2025 – Initiation of the Summer Children’s Nature Program Series – free to the community and continuing
2019 – Sierra Club Grant – Pollinator Garden
2019 – Partner with Lancaster Conservation District, US Fish and Wildlife and Pheasants Forever for the Creek Reconstruction Project
2019 – Partner with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay – 250 trees and shrubs planted, creating a new Riparian Buffer along the eastern section of the Conestoga Creek and removal of invasive, non-native species
2019 – Eagle Scout Project – Establishment of the Bird Habitat with bird houses along the Nature Trail
2020 – Installation of Wildflower/Grasslands Meadow – Pheasants Forever, PA Game Commission and local support (Covid)
2020 – Sierra Club Grant towards Wildflower Seed Purchase through the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
2021 – Sierra Club Grant – Improvement on Rain Garden and Pollinator Garden
2022 – Hosted Envirothon (Lancaster Conservation District) Programs
2022 – Sierra Club Grant – Improvement/repair of PEACE Garden
2023 – Sierra Club Grant – Rain Garden Improvements
2023 – Partner with Chesapeake Bay Foundation for Experience the Upper Conestoga Event
2024 – Sierra Club Grant – Bank Stabilization and Naturalization
2024 – Community Revitalization Award – Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County
2024 – Hosted Envirothon Student Groups and Projects
2024 – Established Partnership with the Lancaster Clean Water Initiative for hosting volunteer water quality testing
2025 – Sierra Club Grant – Winter Habitat and Pollinator Garden Improvements
2025 – Clean Water Partners Watershed Academy Tree Planting Project