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TCCCA is a nonprofit volunteer
organization committed to monitoring, preserving, enhancing and promoting
the Conewago Creek Watershed through education, community involvement and
watershed improvement projects.
TCCCA consists of a collection of
individuals with diverse interests brought together under a common goal:
making the Conewago Creek and its surrounding area a cleaner, healthier
and more enjoyable place to live. Its members include: farmers and other
landowners who own land along the Conewago and its tributaries; residents
of surrounding communities who enjoy the natural surroundings of the
Watershed; local small business owners; representatives from municipal
government; and environmental educators and professionals.
History and Formation of TCCCA
In recent years, residents of the Conewago Creek Watershed noticed a
continued decline in the health of the Conewago and its tributaries. In
November 2001, a small group of local citizens sought to take matters into
their own hands. They began to talk about the formation of a watershed
group for the Conewago Creek. The group met with members of the Doc
Fritchey Chapter of Trout Unlimited, as well as watershed specialists from
the Department of Environmental Protection and Lancaster County
Conservation District. Key support was also provided by the Donegal
Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the Conservation Districts for Lebanon and
Dauphin Counties.
The group’s initial organizational meeting was held on January 16, 2002 at
the Londonderry Township Municipal Building, Dauphin County. The meeting
was quite a success, as nearly fifty residents and interested persons were
in attendance! A diversity of interests were represented: farmers and
other landowners, small business owners, environmental educators,
municipal officials and environmental professionals. All these elements
contributed to the formation and organization of the group.
The group organized quickly and, by February 2002, had decided on a name,
Tri-County Conewago Creek Association, a mission statement, and had
elected eleven directors to lead the group. TCCCA became incorporated as a
Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation in April 2002, and gained 501(c)(3) tax
exempt status in August 2002.
TCCCA’s activities in its first year of existence were many and varied,
and focused on achieving the goals set forth in its mission statement. In
the future, TCCCA will seek to continue to work with landowners throughout
the Watershed to make stream improvements on their property by stabilizing
eroded stream banks, fencing and planting trees along the creek, and
conducting educational and public outreach initiatives. For more
information on TCCCA’s activities, click on Projects and Activities.
Board of Directors
Matt Royer, President
Larry Coble, Vice President
Hal Royer, Treasurer
Stephanie Eisenbise
John Hertzler
Bob Censier
Tim Hoover
Mike McKinne
Tom Murray
Ben Simmons
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