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 Watershed
Heroes
 Over
the past four years of the Watersheds.tv programming, we’ve
brought you hundreds of stories of real people making a difference
in their communities, whether they’re volunteering or protecting
the environment for a living — these folks have helped to improve
the quality of the water in our creeks, streams and rivers.
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Kelly
Meinhart
 In
March of 2000, Tim Schlitzer, Executive Director of the Environmental
Fund for Pennsylvania/GreenWorks approached Kelly Meinhart, then of
the Audubon Society of Pennsylvania about a bold new plan. The plan
was to create a weekly webcast of watershed issues throughout the
state of Pennsylvania that would air on the GreenWorks.tv website...
(more)
Keri
Rebuck
Keri D. Rebuck is a shining example of how young people in America
have become dedicated to the conservation of our natural resources
and helps to restore the environment.
(more)
Pam
Mead
 If
it were up to me to come up with a catch phrase to describe Pam it
would be "Because I can." I think Pam would
attribute some of this 'can do' power to her Scottish/Irish heritage;
she herself admits that as things began to get done in her watershed
that it became a quest for her to make it continue...
(more)
Taking
Pride in Pymatuning
 This
months Watershed Hero story really spotlights a group of folks rather
than one individual — this time we're focusing on the positive
impact that Pymatuning Lake Association has had on their local community
in Jamestown, Pa. ... (more)
Jane
Fava
 Sometimes
things really are just meant to be. The story of Jana Fava's involvement
in environmental education is one of those stories. This former banker
from Bethesda, Maryland says that paying attention to environmental
concerns wasn't something she learned from her parents... (more)
Maria
Anderson
 Making
an impact on those around you, and taking charge of your environment
to make things better isn't something that takes a lifetime of commitment
or education to do. This month's Watershed Hero, Maria Anderson, is
proof of that. ... (more)
Susan
Parry
 You
may know her as the redhead with a great sense of humor or the girl
always in a kayak, or you may know Susan Parry simply because she's
everywhere. That's because she is involved with so many water and
environmentally related projects and programs, statewide ... (more)
Carolyn
Cummins
 How
rare it is that human beings can garner the strength and kindness
to devote their lives to protecting something that will never have
the opportunity to give back to them. Human goodness, in all its purity
and freedom, exists outside the bounds of reciprocity... (more)
Ralph Kinter
 I
asked some of Ralph's friends about his favorite things, and the conclusion
is that he didn't really have many favorites — he loved it all! If
you look at your life and the people you've met along the way, you
begin to see that certain people have made particular impacts on your
personality and the paths you have chosen. Those who have made positive
impacts tend to come to mind first... (more)
Carl Undercofler
 Watch
out Richard Simmons, there's another high-energy man in my life who's
making me lose weight, and this one isn't an oddball. You will find
this man running around the country motivating a whole demographic
to "get off their duffs," be a "doer", run around in the woods, and
make the world a better place... (more)
What Makes a Hero?
Throughout this past year we have seen and met a variety of
heroes in a wide spectrum of arenas. And what I think is the most
valiant lesson I've learned is that there is hope. Hope comes in many
ways, and through many people, but most importantly from your own
self-consciousness... (more)
Tom Dick
 What
would you call a man who floods over one hundred and seventy acres
of farmland? We call him this month's watershed hero, Tom Dick. After
years of effort, veterinarian Tom Dick and his many volunteers have
transformed acres of unsuccessful farmland into thriving wetlands...
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Mike Yeager
 When
you think back to your high school environmental studies classes,
you may recall the thrill of the hands-on connection you felt with
unique creatures, your sense of wonder in discovering new ecosystems,
and how our place in the world suddenly began to make sense...
(more)
Gracie Angelo
 Who
is a nurse, a school bus driver, and an environmental activist? Who
is this exuberant person that DEP Sec. David Hess, upon touring the
Shoup's Run Watershed, described as "another force of nature"?
What has turned Gracie Angelo, ordinary working housewife, into a
political and environmental activist who not only wants to clean up
damage in her own back yard, but... (more)
Chuck
Chapman
 Fishing
Creek Watershed Association is only three years old, but what an impact
it has made in Columbia County and the State of Pennsylvania. It has
not only gained recognition in this area and surrounding counties
but also statewide. This is due largely to a fellow who has devoted
so much of his "retired" life to this organization that he probably
is wishing he were still working at Bloomsburg University... (more)
Art
Grguric
 How
many people do you know who work a full-time job including evenings
and weekends for no monetary compensation? Art Grguric, Director and
Trout Nursery Manager for the Blackleggs Creek Watershed Association,
certainly falls into that category. It is true that there are many
individuals across the Commonwealth who put in long hours as volunteers
making a difference for watershed organizations, but Art has taken
the term volunteer to a new level... (more)
Robert
Hughes
 Bob
Hughes says — "It's like I was born to work on treating
AMD." It would indeed seem that way when you look at Bob Hughes'
life and the paths which have lead his course to his current position
as the Regional Coordinator for the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition
for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR) at the Luzerne Conservation
District... (more)
Margaret
Dunn
 For
the first time in 25 years, Margaret Dunn can see how her work can
really make a difference. Margaret is a geologist and the current
president of Stream Restoration Incorporated (SRI), a non-profit organization
in Western Pennsylvania whose focus is restoring streams impacted
by abandoned coal mine drainage... (more)
Joy
Lawrence
 Where
you play as a child may come back to haunt you some day! Joy Lawrence,
Restoration Program Manager for the Delaware Riverkeeper Network (eastern
PA) since 1999, is a case in point. Joy grew up in Rocky River, Ohio,
"a community blessed with publicly accessible natural areas."
Her childhood proximity to Lake Erie and an extensive river-based
parks system meant that beaches, cliffs, meadows, creeks and forests
were her earliest playgrounds... (more)
Phil
Stillerman
 Retired
Fire Fighter/Fire Chief Phil Stillerman has a new water-affiliated
activity these days, but this one's for fun: it's canoeing. He discovered
canoeing as the result of another retirement-born passion: watershed
protection and stewardship, subjects he admits that he had never particularly
considered before retiring to Wellsboro, PA... (more)
Students
Against Violating the Earth
 "SAVE,"
also known as "Students Against Violating the Earth," is
a remarkable student-run organization in the Souderton Area School
District (Montgomery Co., PA). This isn't the first time they've been
in the news: in 1997 they won the national Anheuser-Busch/Sea World
Environmental Excellence Award for the environmentally responsible
house they built adjacent to the school... (more)
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