Love our waterways?
Protect our farms.

Lancaster County has more than 1,400 miles of rivers, streams, creeks, and cricks.

Unfortunately, 50% of those waterways are impaired. And the problem doesn’t end there—because every drop of water that flows through our county eventually drains into the Chesapeake Bay, affecting the plants and wildlife there. Pollutants like nutrient runoff, sediments, and road salts have massive adverse effects on water quality and aquatic life.

That’s why we’re doing our utmost to deploy effective conservation solutions. In fact, we’ve been working with farmers for years to help them implement conservation practices on their farms that keep these pollutants out of our waterways.

And when we do this work on preserved farmland, we know these conservation practices will be in place forever.

National leaders in local conservation.

There’s a reason why farmland preservation organizations around the country have taken note of what’s being accomplished right here in Lancaster County. With your support, we’ve successfully completed several thousand BMP assessment visits, helped develop several hundred conservation plans, and completed implementation projects on over 50 farms, and counting.

The Process