Senate Resolution 415 Printer's Number 2089

PENNSYLVANIA, November 12 - plantings.

(3) The establishment of the Clean Streams Fund, which

promotes healthier waterways and communities by helping

farmers implement conservation projects through the

Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program;

and

WHEREAS, The Chesapeake Bay Foundation has partnered with

Federal and State agricultural and environmental agencies to

help farmers throughout the Susquehanna River watershed

implement conservation practices that protect and improve water

quality in rivers and streams while enhancing the long-term

health, productivity and sustainability of family farms; and

WHEREAS, Since at least 1997, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

has helped secure and direct more than $40 million in

conservation funding in Pennsylvania, working with more than

5,000 landowners to implement on-farm and stream-side

conservation practices that improve water quality, enhance

wildlife habitat and support sustainable land stewardship; and

WHEREAS, Since 2009, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Pennsylvania

staff, students, partner organizations, families and individual

volunteers collectively installed more than 1,200 conservation

projects across Pennsylvania, including the establishment of

more than 970 acres of forested riparian buffers that protect

and restore Pennsylvania's waterways; and

WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania office of the Chesapeake Bay

Foundation has demonstrated leadership in watershed restoration

through the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, mobilizing

more than 300 partners and countless volunteers to successfully

plant 10 million new native trees in eight years, advancing the

restoration of Pennsylvania's waterways through the expansion of

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