What is happening with all these trees being cut down? Often at the District we receive calls from concerned citizens asking what is going on when large amounts of trees…
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When you throw away your garbage, do you ever think about where it goes? Most household waste goes into a landfill, where it is out of sight and out of…
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As you move forward with plans for new construction, it is important to look at the land and develop a plan for minimizing the impacts of any new earth disturbance…
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Winter brings snow, and snow brings road salt. This has become our modern-day reality, but few give thought to the next relation: that road salt brings saltier freshwater. As road salt…
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By: Marianna Quartararo, Resource Conservationist, PCCD Storm water run-off contains fertilizers, pet waste, petro chemicals, and other pollutants and accounts for approximately 70% of the pollutants that enter our waterways…
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Do you know what watershed you live in? (Click here to learn your watershed address) Where are the boundaries? Have you ever wanted to know the land use activity, average rainfall, or soil types…
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Pike County Conservation District holds an annual Road Maintenance Workshop to educate residents and road maintenance workers on the connection between road maintenance and conservation. This year, due to precautions…
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Due to the ongoing Covid pandemic, we will not be holding our annual Road Maintenance Workshop in person. In place of the workshop, we will be sending out an email…
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By Marianna Quartararo, Resource Conservationist Autumn leaves are the season’s most abundant crop. So pretty… until you have to rake them up, and then what to do with them? Leaves…
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Over the course of two days at the beginning of each month, Rachel Posavetz visits 21 wells in Pike County to test their water levels. Rachel is PCCD’s Watershed Specialist,…
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The Covid-19 pandemic has caused us to cancel our Earth day activities in the month of April. Our Communications Coordinator, Devan George, was just too excited to let this holiday…
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Understand the Effects of Earth Disturbance Any activities that result in earth disturbance, whether it be construction of a single-family home or a 100-acre residential subdivision, can result in accelerated…
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