Take the Clean Water Pledge & get a free native tree/shrub
Create Habitat
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Create Habitat
YOU have the power to create habitat!
Start off by planting only native trees, shrubs, and plants.
What does native mean?
Native plants have formed symbiotic relationships with native wildlife over thousands of years, and therefore offer the most sustainable habitat. A plant is considered native if it has occurred naturally in a particula
YOU have the power to create habitat!
Start off by planting only native trees, shrubs, and plants.
What does native mean?
Native plants have formed symbiotic relationships with native wildlife over thousands of years, and therefore offer the most sustainable habitat. A plant is considered native if it has occurred naturally in a particular region, ecosystem, or habitat without human introduction.
The importance of native plants?
Native plants help the environment the most when planted in places that match their growing requirements. They will thrive in the soils, moisture and weather of your region. That means less supplemental watering, which can be wasteful, and pest problems that require toxic chemicals. Native plants also assist in managing rain water runoff and maintain healthy soil as their root systems are deep and keep soil from being compacted.
Take the Watershed Week clean water pledge and take home a FREE native tree or shrub!! All native trees and shrubs provided by the Keystone 10 Million Tree partnership.
Protect Water
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Create Habitat
YOU have the power to make a difference!
Read the label!!! When using chemicals inside or fertilizers outside, make sure you read the label and use the properly. Misuse like overapplying fertilizer or discarding household chemicals improperly results in negative impacts to our waters.
Make small changes at home that will have big positive
YOU have the power to make a difference!
Read the label!!! When using chemicals inside or fertilizers outside, make sure you read the label and use the properly. Misuse like overapplying fertilizer or discarding household chemicals improperly results in negative impacts to our waters.
Make small changes at home that will have big positive impacts on our waters. Have a big lawn? Turn a portion into a native plant or rain garden. Have a dog? Clean up their poo-poo often because letting it sit can make our water sick. Have a car? Wash it at a commercial car wash or on your lawn.
What is non point source (NPS) pollution?
NPS pollution generally results from land runoff, precipitation, atmospheric deposition, drainage, seepage or hydrologic modification. NPS pollution is caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over and through the ground. As the runoff moves, it picks up and carries away natural and human-made pollutants, finally depositing them into lakes, rivers, wetlands, coastal waters and ground waters.
Build a Better Future
Build a Better Future
Build a Better Future
Educate YOURSELF and others about the importance of a healthy watershed. Together we will build a better future!
Take or download the WAY educational resources and use them for yourself and share them with others.
Research what watershed you live in & explore it.
Share what you learn about watersheds with your friends and family.
Attend
Educate YOURSELF and others about the importance of a healthy watershed. Together we will build a better future!
Take or download the WAY educational resources and use them for yourself and share them with others.
Research what watershed you live in & explore it.
Share what you learn about watersheds with your friends and family.
Attend an educational Watershed Week Event:
- Tap Talks: Freshwater Mussels
- Water Quality Monitoring Field Day with USGS
- Discover Heartwood Nursery
- Rambo Run Stream Study
Join the Watershed Alliance of York and continue to make a difference! Ask us how!
23rd Annual Watershed Week Sponsorships
WAY is in the process of soliciting sponsorships for its 23rd Annual Watershed Week to be held September 13 – 20, 2025.
Sponsorship deadline is July 18, 2025