The Upper Susquehanna Coalition is a network of 16 Soil and Water Conservation Districts in New York and 3 Conservation Districts in Pennsylvania. Our mission is to protect and improve water quality and natural resources in the Upper Susquehanna River Basin with the involvement of citizens and agencies through education, partnerships, planning, implementation and advocating for our water resources.
NEW AT THE USC
In February 2010 the USC finalized a contract for an $800,000 Stimulus Project.
This 3 year project partners the USC with DEC foresters
offering 35,000ac available land to work on.
Southern Tier Central Regional Planning and Development
Board- has been awarded funds and a 2 year
contract to develop a Susquehanna Chemung Action
Plan: An Ecosystem Based Management Plan for the
Susquehanna and Chemung Basins of New York. This
grant includes funds for monitoring and data collection.
The USC has developed Basin Wide Grazing Initiative that promotes prescribed grazing techniques, cow exclusion form streams and riparian buffers. Two Grazing Specialist have been hired and they have begun coordinating several grants hat will provide resources of grazing project spread through the USC. A grazing request form was developed to track potential project sites. Interested grazers can contact John Wickham in the western USC or Troy Bishop in the eastern USC.
The USC Stream Team, composed of stream professionals from several member counties, is leading the way to rehabilitate streams in the watershed. Their rigorous technical approach will ensure a high quality restoration product. Members can suggest potential stream restoration projects using this form and interested readers can contact the Team Leader, Mike Lovegreen.
Our Wetland Program is in full force this summer, working throughout the basin on wetland restoration and creation projects. We have become truly "vertically and horizontally" integrated with the addition of new construction equipment and our beginning development of a wetland mitigation bank and in-lieu fee program. We are continuously searching for new wetland restoration sites. Let us know if you think you have one and we'll take a look.
Upper Susquehanna Coalition
Main Office: 183 Corporate Drive - Owego, NY 13827 - (607) 687-3553
Coordinator: James Curatolo - 4729 State Route 414, Burdett, NY 14818 - (607) 546-2528 jac3@htva.net
