ABOUT THE WOLF CREEK WATERSHED ASSOCIATION

OFFICERS

President: Sandra Karcher

Vice-President: Mark Dewalt

Secretary: Lorraine Snyder

Treasurer: Larry McCarthy

 

DRAFT BYLAWS (Word file)

DRAFT MISSION STATEMENT AND GOALS

Mission Statement: The WCWA is a group of concerned residents, visitors, businesses, and organizations united in the desire to monitor, protect, and enhance the water quality and related natural resources within the Wolf Creek Watershed.

Engaging the Community and Forming Partnerships

• Generate productive partnerships with other organizations and individuals whose missions overlap with those of the watershed association. These could include the Boy Scouts, the local sportsman’s clubs, students, local businesses, industry, agro-business, etc.
• Increase the community's awareness of the ecological significance and the recreational and aesthetic value of Wolf Creek by fostering an appreciation and sense of ownership that could result in responsible land use decisions and actions.

Monitoring and Quantifying Environmental Health and Disseminating the Findings

• Be able to answer the question, “What is the water quality throughout the Wolf Creek Watershed?”.
• Compile, in electronic format, physical, chemical, and biological information gathered from samples collected within the watershed.
• Develop and implement a plan for ongoing monitoring of the watershed. The monitoring plan will likely present a phased approach, starting with the top 10 monitored parameters in PA (pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, macro invertebrates, nutrients, alkalinity, turbidity, habitat assessment, flow, hardness), and expanding to include elements and/or compounds that have been identified  historically as likely contaminants due to the Osborne Superfund site, the Tri-County Landfill, and distribution of foundry sands within the watershed.
• Make electronic watershed information available to the public via the internet and/or publish findings of watershed studies in local newspapers.

Guiding Restoration and Development Within the Watershed

• Advocate for the restoration and enhancement of the watershed and for the overall improvement and conservation of Wolf Creek.
• Work to assure that development within the watershed promotes the wise use of the natural resources.
• Assist in planning for the economic benefits that could result from improvements within the watershed.
• Work in conjunction with the revitalization of Grove City to increase recreational opportunities and enhance the quality of life within the watershed.

Finding Funding, Technical Expertise, and Political Advocates

• Seek out and acquire funding and technical expertise to support the association’s mission and goals.

• Write letters to senators, representatives, and other public officials advocating the mission and goals of the Watershed.