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MIDDLEBURG - Pennsylvania farmers are hearing news about the need to reduce nutrient and sediment pollution in our streams, rivers and the Chesapeake Bay by the end of 2025. PA Farmers also hear that additional funding is available for farmers to install conservation practices that improve their operations as well as water quality. What is the next step?
In Snyder County, the Snyder County Conservation District (SCCD) is making a list of farmers interested in improving their farm operations with the installation of conservation practices, a.k.a. best management practices (BMPs). These BMPs include manure storages and stacking areas, streamside riparian buffers, barnyard improvements, streambank fencing, milkhouse wastewater treatment, silage leachate treatment, stream crossings, roof gutters and outlets, cattle walkways, streambank & fish habitat restoration, and pasture watering facilities.
Once a farmer contacts the SCCD and its staff visit the operation, both farmer and the SCCD can work together to see what BMPs and plans are needed, how much it costs, and how to secure potential funding. SCCD District Manager Jason Winey notes that this is the largest amount of funding available for agricultural conservation practices in recent memory.
Please contact the SCCD at 570-837-3000, x0 (sccd@snydercd.org) and our staff can start the process of helping local farmers.
Some of the staffing for this project promoting agricultural environmental compliance was financed in part by an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant provided by the PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of EPA, DEP, or any of its subagencies.