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  2. How preserving an Oley Hills forest protects water, plants ...

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    According to Berks Nature, the high water quality is attributed to the land being undeveloped, and it is a goal to maintain this status by permanently protecting the land with conservation ...

  3. Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 274 - Wikipedia

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    SGL 274 consists of two parcels located in South Heidelberg Township in Berks County and in East Cocalico Township in Lancaster County.The Game Lands is drained by tributaries of Cocalico Creek which flows to Conestoga River, part of the Susquehanna River watershed.

  4. Northkill Creek - Wikipedia

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    The confluence with Little Northkill Creek is at Bernville. Northkill Creek's watershed covers approximately 42 square miles (110 km 2) in Jefferson, Penn, Tulpehocken, Upper Bern, and Upper Tulpehocken Townships and Bernville Borough in Berks County and South Manheim and Wayne Townships in Schuylkill County. The Little Northkill sub-watershed ...

  5. Agriculture in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    A farmstead in Perry Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.. Agriculture is a major industry in the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [1] As of the most recent United States Census of Agriculture conducted in 2017, there were 53,157 farms in Pennsylvania, covering an area of 7,278,668 acres (2,945,572 hectares) with an average size of 137 acres (55 hectares) per farm. [2]

  6. French Creek State Park - Wikipedia

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    French Creek State Park is a 7,977-acre (3,228 ha) Pennsylvania state park in North Coventry and Warwick Townships in Chester County and Robeson and Union Townships in Berks County, Pennsylvania. [3] It straddles northern Chester County and southern Berks County along French Creek. It is located in the Hopewell Big Woods. The park is the home ...

  7. Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center - Wikipedia

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    The Environmental Education Center was established by the Berks County Intermediate Unit with the help of grants from the United States Government in 1970. Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center was the first such center to be owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. [3]

  8. Private landowner assistance program - Wikipedia

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    Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) can provide financial assistance to farming landowners willing to volunteer their land for conservation. Funding can be used in a variety of management plans including; windbreak planting, irrigation improvements, soil erosion control, sustainable pest management or development of new organic farming ...

  9. Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 280 - Wikipedia

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    SGL 274 consists of three parcels located in Bern, Penn, and Lower Heidelberg Townships in Berks County. Blue Marsh Lake, located between parcels of SGL 280, is part of the Tulpehocken Creek watershed, which is part of the watershed of the Schuylkill River and ultimately, the Delaware River.