MY ENVIRONMENT!!By: Elorah Starr

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HOW WAS LANCASTER COUNTY SETTLED?

Lancaster County was established on May 10, 1729. It was one of the first three counties. Lancaster County was an experiment, “Pennsylvania’s first western county”.

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY!!

What I like about my environment.

What I don’t like about my environment.

There is lots of room. Houses are not smashed up against each other.

When farmers spray their fields.

I live in town, I can walk to everything.

When the Amish driving a buggy won’t let you pass them.

Less pollution than a city.

It’s very spread out, it takes forever to get somewhere.

WHICH WATERSHED YOU RESIDE IN AND WHAT LARGE BODY OF WATER IT FEEDS INTO?Susquehanna-Swatara Watershed -- 02050305

Associations that help the water sheds: Mill Creek Preservation Association's Flory Park Tree Planting Event/

International Coastal Cleanup Events.

What humans do to hurt the water sheds: Uncontrolled erosion and littering.

5 COMMON NATIVE PLANTS.

Eastern Blue Star

Snowy Goldenrod

Cardinal Flower

Sneeze Weed

Black-Eyed Susan

3 COMMON NATIVE BIRDS.

Ruff

Yellow Headed Black Bird

Lesser Yellowlegs

3 COMMON NATIVE MAMMALS.

White Tailed Deer

Eastern Cotton Head Rabbit

Beaver

ENERGY SOURCES/ PPL

Water power is PPL’s primary renewable energy source, with 11 hydroelectric plants in Montana, two in Pennsylvania and two in Kentucky.

PPL companies have invested billions of dollars in environmental controls and upgrades at its fossil fuel power plants, and continue to make improvements.

PPL has two boiling water reactors with a combined capacity of 2,600 megawatts, making it one of the largest nuclear power plants in the U.S.

Water Power

Fossil Fuels

Nuclear

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN LANCASTER, PA• “Soil erosion is a natural process. Accelerated soil erosion is

not. Accelerated soil erosion results from human earth disturbance. 70% of the sediment that enters rivers and water sheds is a direct result of human activity. Sediment is the largest pollutant of Pennsylvania's surface waters.”

• Farmers spraying their fields with manure and insecticide.

http://www.lancasterconservation.org/erosion.php

INTERESTING STUFF!

Population: 500,000

Major Attractions: Sight & Sound Theatre, Strasburg Rail Road, Outlet Shopping, Dutch Wonderland, Amish Country

Colleges & Universities: Elizabethtown College, Franklin & Marshall College, Millersville University

Sports Teams: Lancaster Barnstormers Baseball Team

HOME AND LIFE.

Where does the water I your home come from?

Susquehanna Watershed, New Holland Water Tower

What does your household do with trash? Where does it go if you get it picked up? Eagle Disposal of PA

Is there recycling in your home? If so explain how and if you have it picked up or dropped off where does it go after that?

My family does recycle we use Eagle Disposal and recycling.

Where does your sewage go? Make sure you include how it gets processed and what happens to it after.

New Holland, PA Sewage Disposal Plant

Under The Willow Tree.

We just let our trees grow out.

Flower Beds.

Lots of birds and bunnies live under our bushes.

Nolt’s Pond.

Nolt’s Pond is just a block from our house, I like to fish there.

Habitats

MY TOP 5 FOODS!!

dairy

meat

eggsfruit

sugar