Several fish cover structures were installed. After some regrading work was completed, 1000 linear feet of stream were stabilized with rock. Restoration efforts were undertaken in 1994-1995. The main branch of Lititz Run flows through a portion of the western part of Art Hess’ property, which is located along Becker Road. A 0.20 acre wetland was created to filter parking lot runoff on the northern bank of the stream. Natural Channel Design was used to restore pool and riffle sequences. The stream was narrowed, and the banks were regraded to give the stream better access to the floodplain. This project is also sometimes referred to as the Cedar-Water Street project. Netting was installed around the plantings to prevent ducks from eating the newly planted vegetation.Ī second stream restoration of 900 linear feet was jointly funded by Farmers First and Lititz Borough in 1999 a little bit further downstream. Burlap fabric was also used to cover the banks until the trees, shrubs, grasses, and wildflowers had a chance to mature. Coir logs, which are made of coconut fiber, were installed to keep the banks from eroding. In order to promote more infiltration, four feet of gravel infiltration bed were installed between the parking lot and the edge of the stream. The Farmers First project involved bioengineering. The restoration project involved regrading the streambanks.
#Millport dairy Patch
Before the project began, the parking lot behind the buildings on Main Street went up to the edge of the stream, with a small patch of mowed grass between the edge of the parking lot and the sharp drop off to the stream. The cost was approximately 1/10th of what the wall would have cost to construct. was employed as a consultant, and they came up with a bioengineering design that used plant roots to naturally stabilize the banks instead of a wall. Farmers First bank had considered installing a masonry wall, which would have cost $300,000. Prior to restoration, bank erosion had been severe. The Farmers First Project took place along the Lititz Run east of State Route 501 in Lititz Borough. Partners in the project included the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the Lancaster County Conservation District, Donegal Chapter of Trout Unlimited, United States Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Specifically, streambank fencing, forested riparian buffers, cattle crossings, manure storage, and barnyard spouting and gutters. Project work-primarily agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs)-were undertaken between 19. The Baum dairy farm straddles the Lititz Run just below where the New Haven Tributary enters the stream. Additionally, forty-two acres of the Banta property have been enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program) CREP program.
Grant funding from the Pennsylvania Growing Greener program was used to fund this project. A wetland that is approximately 2,140 feet long and 30 feet wide was created.
3,000 linear feet of the stream were stabilized using approximately twenty-six in-instream devices, including cross vanes, rock vanes, root wats, and j-hook vanes. The stream was relocated using Natural Channel Design Techniques and 7000 cubic yards of floodplain were excavated. The project was scheduled to be constructed in September 2003 with work done both by Flyway Exc, Inc. Permit applications were completed between April and December of 2002 and submitted in December 2002. completed preliminary design work, surveying and base mapping. From January through March of 2002, LandStudies Inc. The project consultant for the Banta site was LandStudies, Inc. A far more extensive restoration project occurred between 20. Stream improvements, stabilization, and additional tree plantings also took place at that time. Three years later, three acres of warm season grasses were planted. Shrub and tree plantings were undertaken at the site in 1993. The Banta property is a trianglar-shaped piece of land on the northern side of Rothsville Road/772, upstream from Millport Conservancy. (Projects marked with an asterisk were part of the " National Showcase Watersheds" in which the Lititz Run Watershed Alliance was highlighted)