Use only the amount of fertilizers and pesticides that plants need. You can cooperate with neighbors and others who have a vested interest in your watershed. Working together, common goals and approaches can be formulated to protect your watershed. Forming a Watershed Alliance is one way that individuals can address and resolve their water resource concerns. This grassroots approach brings watershed residents together to plan their future, rather than having their future planned for them.
Butler County is one community who is already planning their future.
Butler County has two watershed alliances, the Connoquenessing Watershed Alliance and the Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition. There are several other watersheds in Butler County which do not have alliances. If you have any questions about Butler County Watersheds, please feel free to contact our Watershed Specialist, Lori Ansell at her office. Because the mining companies responsible for the environmental damage in the region are out of business, or not legally responsible for pre-law activities, funding and remediation of AMD and reclamation of abandoned mine lands have been scarce. The Connoquenessing Watershed, excluding Slippery Rock Creek, encompasses approximately 430 square miles and extends through nearly half of Butler County and into portions of Beaver, Lawrence, and Allegheny counties.