Making Community Connections Research Projects With ALLARM Partner Groups

The Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring (ALLARM) Works with communities to provide tools for them to undertake watershed assessments Works with communities to provide tools for them to undertake watershed assessments Provides Dickinson students with opportunities to participate in community-based research Provides Dickinson students with opportunities to participate in community-based research

ALLARM & the Watershed Semester Facilitate connections with ALLARM partners and students for research projects Facilitate connections with ALLARM partners and students for research projects Provide opportunities for applying research to community concerns and needs Provide opportunities for applying research to community concerns and needs Assist with year-long research projects Assist with year-long research projects

Shermans Creek Conservation Association Perry County, north of Carlisle Perry County, north of Carlisle Rural watershed,increasing development pressure Rural watershed,increasing development pressure Active monitoring program Active monitoring program

Project Ideas Assist with research for Rivers Conservation Plan: land use, cultural, recreation, water quality Assist with research for Rivers Conservation Plan: land use, cultural, recreation, water quality Watershed resident survey Watershed resident survey Where have all the hellbenders gone? Where have all the hellbenders gone? Work with state forest on hemlock woolly adelgid Work with state forest on hemlock woolly adelgid Oral histories in cooperation with High School history club Oral histories in cooperation with High School history club

Codorus Creek Improvement Partnership City and County of York Urban and rural/suburban Activist Orientation

Project Ideas Industrial discharge impacts Industrial discharge impacts Rivers as economic development/neighborhood revitalization Rivers as economic development/neighborhood revitalization Impact of industrial development vs. farms/residential Impact of industrial development vs. farms/residential Army Corps of Engineers - comparison with LA Army Corps of Engineers - comparison with LA Effectiveness of CCIP Outreach Programs Effectiveness of CCIP Outreach Programs

Ridge & Valley Streamkeepers Bedford County Bedford County Rural Watershed Rural Watershed Potomac Drainage Potomac Drainage Active monitoring program Active monitoring program Exceptional value waters Exceptional value waters

Project Ideas Macroinvertebrate study comparing exceptional value and high quality waters Macroinvertebrate study comparing exceptional value and high quality waters Working with The Nature Conservancy on endangered species projects Working with The Nature Conservancy on endangered species projects Studying effects of Concentrated Animal Operations Studying effects of Concentrated Animal Operations Studying conversion of land use from farms to forests Studying conversion of land use from farms to forests Economic issues - employment, retirement Economic issues - employment, retirement

Antietam Watershed Association Waynesboro, Franklin County Waynesboro, Franklin County Rural with pockets of development Rural with pockets of development Strong connections with local government and business Strong connections with local government and business New Monitoring Program New Monitoring Program

Project Ideas Comparative study of two branches - different land uses Comparative study of two branches - different land uses Outreach with Mennonite farmers on water quality issues Outreach with Mennonite farmers on water quality issues Success of new riparian buffers (6 miles) Success of new riparian buffers (6 miles) Bacteria Bacteria Stormwater runoff Stormwater runoff