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Conservancy highlights school partnerships, volunteer projects and public events
Summary
The Conservancy described partnerships with local schools (stream testing and trout-raising programs), volunteer invasive-species removals, Eagle Scout projects at Rolling Hill Park, and public events that drew more than 150 attendees.
Alex Hood, lead financial officer at the Conservancy, described school partnerships and youth programs such as stream-testing lessons and a Black Rock Middle School project where every seventh grader raised and released trout as part of a restoration effort. He said the Conservancy works with both public and private schools and with Villanova University on research and student engagement.
Hood also noted community volunteer projects (Japanese knotweed removal on Pine Creek) and recurring public events, citing spring and winter bird counts in their 30th year and larger events like Bluegrass and Blooms and an astronomy night at Rolling Hill Park that drew more than 150 attendees. He urged residents to visit the Rolling Hill Park cottage to see a new bulletin board and a student-designed mini library installed by local students.
