Farm and Dairy reports on an effort to reduce the amount of pollution from farmers' fields that ends up in a creek that flows toward the Chesapeake Bay.
“If what we are trying to do works here, we believe it can work in tributaries throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed,” said Matt Royer, director of the Lower Susquehanna Initiative for Penn State’s Ag and Environment Center.
The Conewago, which marks the county line between Dauphin and Lancaster counties, is not victimized only by agricultural runoff. While there are about 270 farms in the watershed, the creek also receives storm water runoff from development.
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