RENOVO, Pa., April 21, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn today
visited Renovo in the Pennsylvania
Wilds to learn about plans to improve river access and other
revitalization efforts being advanced by borough officials,
volunteers and community leaders involved in the Greater Renovo
Heritage Park.
"Communities that connect to rivers, natural assets, and their
unique history attract visitors who spend money, and are better
places to live and work for residents," Dunn said. "I'm happy to
learn about Renovo's plans for a
new boat launch to help people access the West Branch of the Susquehanna Water Trail and
their interest in becoming a River Town."
The borough received a $200,000
DCNR grant for a boat launch and riverfront access on a currently
vacant lot at the corner of 5th and Ontario streets.
They also recently applied for a DCNR Peer Grant to assist them
with river town planning as part of the Susquehanna Greenway
Partnership's River Town Program.
DCNR's work is connected to water quality and conservation
through Community Conservation Partnership Program grants for
rivers conservation, and its management of lakes, rivers, streams,
beaches and shorelines for habitat and to provide water-based
recreation.
Increasing the number of river access points is a goal for the
statewide outreach recreation plan, and for the Chesapeake Bay
Program.
Members of the Greater Renovo Heritage Park Association shared
their continued enthusiasm for their 3-acre site surrounding the
Coal & Sand Tipple on the western end of town and in educating
people about the tremendous contributions of the Civilian
Conservaton Corp (CCC).
A number of scenic vistas, state parks and forests in
Clinton County were established in
part by the work of the CCC – an effort that provided jobs related
to the conservation and development of natural resources in
rural lands owned by federal, state and local governments in the
1930s.
Secretary Dunn talked with students from the Bucktail High
School Construction Trades program about the work they have
completed for the community, including building a pavillion and
other construction projects in the area.
The department has a strategic effort to connect young people to
the outdoors and to careers in conservation. This summer, DCNR
will be offering a six-week summer program for young people between
the ages of 15-18 in Renovo, as
well as 13 other locations throughout the commonwealth.
For more information about DCNR, grants or the Outdoor Corps
visit the website at www.dcnr.pa.gov.
MEDIA CONTACT: Christina
Novak, DCNR, 717.579-5177
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