Touch the Water

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• Passengers and crew of the A.J. Meerwald, a restored 1928 oyster schooner that sails inland waters to teach city kids about life on the river as well as the creatures alive in it. The Meerwald sails under the flags of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and other organizations;

• Students from Chester County's Oxford High School, who canoed the Octoraro Creek with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to explore the concept of a watershed and its important role in providing clean, fresh water for daily use;

• Residents of the Babbs Creek Watershed, in Tioga County, who joined forces with the Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation to clean and restore a creek that had been dead-unable to support any life-forms-for over 100 years due to the effect of deep coal mining and acid mine drainage;

• Senior Citizens and students who worked together through the Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement (EASI) to plant a riparian buffer along the Trindle Springs Run, near Harrisburg, which will improve the quality of the watershed;

• Angie Halaja, a volunteer with the Sierra Club of Pennsylvania's Harrisburg chapter who organizes the annual Susquehanna River Clean-Up, which both cleans a portion of the river and unites public attention on the river's role and impact on the quality of our life.

GreenWorks TV hosts Tom Sexton and Debra Wolf Goldstein bring the show to you from the Lehigh River, which played a key role during earlier industrial years in the region. Tom and Debra take part in the Wildland Conservancy's annual Sojourn, a canoe trip promoting river awareness, water education and stewardship principles, and a positive water experience.

Get Involved:
Cheaspeake Bay Foundation
Old Water Works Building
614 N. Front Street, Suite G
Harrisburg, PA, 17101

Delaware Bay Schooner Project
2800 High St. Bivalve
Port Norris, NJ, 08349
Phone: (856) 785-2060
Fax: (856) 785-2893

EASI
Judy Muhel, State Director
116 Mountainstone Dr.
Elizabethtown, PA, 17022
Phone: (717) 367-5854

Mast Baum Technical High School
Frankford Ave. and Clementine Ave.
Philadelphia, PA, 19134
Phone: (215) 291-4703

Oxford High School
301 S. Fifth St.
Oxford, PA, 19363
Phone: (610) 932-6640

Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Philadelphia Office
117 South 17th Street
Suite #2300
Philadelphia, PA, 19103
Phone: (215) 563-0250

Sierra Club
Pennsylvania Office
PO Box 606
Harrisburg, PA, 17108
Phone: (717) 232-0101

Tressler Wilderness Camp
PO Box 10
Boiling Springs, PA, 17007
Phone: (717) 258-3168

Wildlands Conservancy
3701 Orchid Place
Emmaus, PA, 18049-1637
Phone: (610) 965-4397