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Residents, conservation groups urge Lebanon County to delay sale of east-side parcel that includes wetland headwaters
Summary
Residents and conservation groups asked the Lebanon County Board of Commissioners to delay any sale of county land on the city’s east side that includes about 6 acres of wetlands serving as headwaters for Quidditch Hill Creek, and to require environmental review and detailed stormwater plans before any developer receives county approval.
Several residents and local conservation groups urged the Lebanon County Board of Commissioners on April 17 to postpone any sale or approval of development on county-owned land on the city’s east side that includes about 6 acres of wetland at the headwaters of Quidditch Hill Creek.
Michael Schroeder, president of the all‑volunteer Put It To Heal the Watershed Association, told commissioners the association had submitted a letter outlining concerns about the parcel and its role as “a giant sponge during high rain event[s]” that helps limit downstream flooding and protects a polluted ecosystem that runs through densely developed parts of the city. Schroeder asked that the…
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