Evergreen Conservancy was awarded a Growing Greener grant for the installation of a trompe at Tanoma to help the passive AMD system work more efficiently. Tim Danehy and his team from BioMost worked through the winter and spring of this year to get the system installed. Join us on June 28th at 2:00pm as Tim […]
Evergreen volunteers teamed up with ten Brownie Girl Scouts on Saturday April 30th on completion of their WOW! Wonders of Water Journey! The program included a tour of our Tanoma AMD treatment system, a hands-on activity in which the girls attempted to remove natural and man-made pollution from their own miniature “lakes”, lively discussions about why we LOVE water and how we […]
Evergreen Conservancy hosted the all day “Project Wet” workshop on May 21st at Yellow Creek’s Environmental Learning Center. A fun day was had by all participants. We learned a lot of new water-related ideas and activities we can now offer as part of our environmental education programs. Stacey Robertson, Tara Binion, Sara Beatty and Cindy […]
The 2016 spring program Evergreen offered on ticks had the biggest crowd we’ve ever had, at over 100 people. Ticks are a topic so many people are interested in. Dr.’s Tom and Anne Simmons, along with IUP students, gave a very interesting presentation with a lot of good information. Using a good tick repellent, wearing light […]
Please note that the Trompe Ribbon Cutting Celebration at Tanoma has been moved to June 28th. Stay tuned for more information!
Our new Trompe system went on line this week at Tanoma. It still needs a little tweaking and they will be working on it for another week or so but it is an incredible feat of construction! Thanks to Tim Danehy and his crew for all their hard work. We hope to see major improvements […]
On Wednesday, June 3 the Stormwater Education Partnership will mark the official opening of the White Township rain garden. The garden was installed last October. The rain garden is designed to capture excess stormwater, and is an example of new stormwater management practices. This event tops off a year-long effort to educate municipal and county […]
