The studies haven't been done yet and at this point there is a vague ambiguity to the answers regarding water sources for this project. On the "you tube" video it seemed that Tenaska is even considering a pipeline from the Susquehanna River. That will require another environmental impact and considerable negotiations for "right of way". Regardless, this is still a plant that will burn fossil fuels (natural gas and, at times, LOW SULFUR COAL) and add to the Carbon dioxide, mercury, arsenic and ot… Continue

Hurricane Agnes hit the Swatara Watershed hard in the summer of 1972. I don't know how much rain fell in the Swatara watershed but news reports at the time said as much as 19 inches fell in Schuylkill County, which was likely the record for any county impacted by Agnes - barely a hurricane by conventional measurements when it made the initial landfall in the Florida Panhandle area on June 19. But by the time it slogged rather than roared up the Chesapeake Bay on June 22 it was clear that somethi… Continue

I grew up on a farm in just east of the Monroe Valley Golf Course in Monroe Valley. I actually worked for the Monroe Valley Golf Course for four summers beginning in 1968, the summer it opened.

The Swattie was a favorite hangout. I would bike there to swim in Glen's Hole - just north of the bridge coming in from Rte 72. At that time there were still coal dirt beaches along the Swatti. Our feet would get black with the coal dirt when we got out of the water.

I also spent many hours fishing at t… Continue

The Swartara Watershed Association is the 2009 winner of a $250 grant from the 10th anniversary Growing Greener Celebration for our entry on the GrowingGreener.com website.