Reports
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1. Coplay Creek Stream Restoration Project
This publication details the stream restoration techniques utilized to reduce non-point source water pollution, provide bank stabilization, improve water quality and restore degraded habitat on the Coplay Creek.
(PDF: 1,176 MB/30 pages)
2. Jordan Creek Watershed Assessment Plan
Through scientific studies, this publication identifies areas of non-point source pollution and establishes management practices to prevent further degradation of the Jordan Creek. The report includes GIS Maps of the Jordan Creek Watershed and a List of Recommendations.
(PDF: 3,034 KB/119 pages)
3. Jordan Creek Watershed Conservation Management Plan
This publication identifies the natural, cultural, historical and physical resources in the Jordan Creek Watershed and makes Recommendations for conservation and preservation of the Jordan Creek. The report also includes various GIS Maps of the Jordan Creek Watershed.
(PDF: Executive Summary 132 KB / 9 pages;
PDF: Jordan Creek Watershed Conservation Management Plan - 4,975 KB / 190 pages
PDF: Appendices 2,892 KB / 79 pages)
4. Lehigh River Mine Drainage Assessment and Abatement Plan to Mitigate the Mine Drainage Impacts to the Lehigh River Watershed
This report is a study focusing on the Eastern Middle and Southern Coal Fields and identifies the impact of abandoned mine drainage on the Lehigh River and develops a remediation plan. The report contains GIS Maps showing the locations of the coal fields and all of the mine drainage impacts as well offering a List of Recommendations and Diagrams describing those remediation methods.
(PDF: Report 3,654 KB / 84 pages
PDF: Appendices 178 KB / 36 pages)
5. Little Lehigh Creek Hydro-Modification, Habitat Improvement and Riparian Buffer Project
This publication details the removal of a low-head, run-of-the-river dam and the establishment of a riparian buffer area to improve water quality of the Little Lehigh Creek.
(PDF: 1,736 KB / 51 pages)
6. Little Lehigh Creek Stream Restoration Project
This publication details the completion of a stream restoration project on the Little Lehigh Creek to improve water quality, address non-point source pollution, provide bank stabilization and restore lost habitat.
(PDF: 1,184 KB / 30 pages)
7. Little Nescopeck Creek Watershed Conservation Management Plan
This report identifies the natural, cultural, historical and physical resources along the Little Nescopeck Creek and makes recommendations for conservation and preservation of the creek. The report includes GIS Maps of the Little Nescopeck Creek as well as a List of Recommendations for remediation within the watershed.
(PDF: Executive Summary 60 KB / 7 pages,
PDF: Report 2.914 KB / 162 pages
PDF: Appendices 14,858 KB/ 187 pages.)
8. Monocacy Creek Rivers Conservation Management Plan
This report identifies the natural, cultural, historical and physical resources in the Monocacy Creek watershed and makes recommendations for conservation and preservation of the watershed. The report includes GIS Maps of the watershed as well as a List of Recommendations for remediation.
(PDF: Executive Summary: 62 KB/ 8 pages,
PDF: Complete Report: 8,589 KB, 122 pages,
PDF: Appendices, 249 KB, 32 pages)
9. Tributary to Monocacy Creek Stream Restoration Project
This publication details the stream restoration techniques used to address non-point source pollution of an unnamed tributary to the Monocacy Creek in Bath Borough.
(PDF: 1,494 KB / 32 pages)
10. Stream Restoration of Monocacy Creek at 512
This publication details the stream restoration techniques used to improve the water quality, reduce non-point source pollution and improve aquatic and wildlife habitat within and along the Monocacy Creek.
(PDF: 2,225 KB / 32 pages)
11. Cedar Creek Riparian Buffer Improvement Project at Haines Mill
This publication details the completion of a stream restoration project on the Cedar Creek to improve water quality, provide bank stabilization, and address habitat deficiencies in a park setting.
(PDF: 4.5 MB / 48 pages)
12. Monocacy Creek Stream Restoration Project at Lower Nazareth Rod and Gun Club
This publication details the completion of a stream restoration project on the Monocacy Creek addressing habitat conditions, stream bank stability and fish passage on the property of a sportsmen's club.
(PDF:5.8 MB / 48 pages)
13. Little Lehigh Creek Habitat Improvement and Riparian Buffer Project
This publication details the completion of a stream restoration project on the Little Lehigh Creek addressing in-stream habitat and stream bank stability while considering the needs of a private landowner.
(PDF: 2.4 MB / 41 pages)
14. Little Lehigh Creek Stream Bank Fencing, Habitat Improvement and Riparian Buffer Project
This report details the completion of a stream restoration project on the Little Lehigh Creek to improve water quality, exclude livestock from the stream, provide bank stabilization, and address habitat conditions throughout the stream corridor on a farm.
(PDF: 3.8 MB / 86 pages)
15. Lehigh River Watershed Conservation Management Plan
This report details the completion of the Lehigh River Watershed Management Conservation Plan. The purpose of the plan is to: identify the cultural, natural, biological, historical, and recreational resources of the watershed; identify problems; seek solutions; and list recommendations for the preservation, protection, and enhancement of the Lehigh River and its watershed. With the completion of the plan, Wildlands Conservancy will petition the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to have the Lehigh River watershed placed on the Pennsylvania Rivers Registry, making the watershed eligible for improvement dollars from the state.
16. The State of the Lehigh River Report
The State of the Lehigh River Report is the executive summary of the Lehigh River Watershed Conservation Management Plan.
17. Lausanne Tunnel Abandoned Mine Drainage Restoration Project Summary Report
The Lausanne Tunnel Mine Restoration Project improves the quality of the Lehigh River, which has been negatively impacted by Abandoned Mine Drainage (AMD). The Lehigh River is impacted by AMD from portions of the Eastern Middle and Southern coalfields where there are numerous pits, culm banks, stripping areas and underground workings that are drained by six AMD tunnels and two mine overflows entering tributaries of the Lehigh River. In 2007 – the third growing season, more than 48% of the total iron and 56% of the aluminum were removed from the Lausanne Tunnel Mine drainage, exceeding engineer’s expectations.
The Lausanne Tunnel watershed restoration project, located on Lehigh Gorge State Park property, Nesquehoning Borough, Carbon County, had been considered the most impacting mine discharge to the Lehigh River. The water flowing from the Tunnel contributes an average of 4,000 gallons per minute of mine drainage to the Nesquehoning Creek, a tributary to the Lehigh River. The Tunnel’s mine drainage contains an average of 16,284 lbs/day of sulfates, 80 lbs/day of aluminum, 123 lbs/day of manganese, 194 lbs/day of iron and 123 lbs/day of ferrous iron.
In order to mitigate the impacts of mine drainage on the Lehigh River, this project used the existing amount of alkalinity contributed by the Lausanne Tunnel to facilitate the oxidation of the heavy metals contained within the discharge. The water is naturally aerated and it has been directed into a 1.5-acre manmade wetland complex, constructed at the Lausanne Tunnel outfall.
In order to complete this worthwhile project, Wildlands Conservancy assembled a broad-based partnership of more than 20 organizations. Over $524,200 was raised to complete the design and construction of the project with $240,000 from Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, $150,000 for the Federal Office of Surface Mining, $105,000 from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Rivers Conservation Program, $25,000 from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of State Parks and $4,200 from the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation.
(PDF: 187 KB / 7 pages)
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