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F&M works on Franklin Terrace Riparian Buffer

 

PSSI students work to clear invasive plants from Franklin Terrace.

PSSI students work to clear invasive plants from Franklin Terrace.
Photo Courtesy of Deb Grove, Office of Communications, Franklin & Marshall College.

On Wednesday morning, F&M students, along with Lancaster County Conservancy Volunteer and Master Naturalist, Linda Ferich, helped remove invasive plant species from the riparian buffer along the Conestoga Greenway Trail.

Residents of Franklin Terrace and other community members helped plant 120 native trees along the Greenway Trail back in 2013 to create a riparian buffer that collects storm-water runoff and helps keep our Conestoga clean!

Photo courtesy of Deb Grove, Office of Communications, Franklin & Marshall College.

Photo courtesy of Deb Grove, Office of Communications, Franklin & Marshall College.

The Public Service Summer Interns with F&M’s Ware Institute for Civic Engagement were just the most recent of many volunteers that have helped create and maintain this beautiful and important installation along our precious waterway.

Work is always needed to help maintain the Franklin Terrace buffer. If you or an organization you are apart of would like to volunteer some time to this cause please contact Fritz Schroeder, Direct of Urban Greening at the Lancaster County Conservancy at fschroeder@lancasterconservancy.org

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Photo courtesy of Deb Grove, Office of Communications, Franklin & Marshall College.

Photo courtesy of Deb Grove, Office of Communications, Franklin & Marshall College.

Photo courtesy of Deb Grove, Office of Communications, Franklin & Marshall College