The Tunkhannock Creek Watershed Atlas is a
collaborative project of the following partners: Keystone College, Keystone College’s Willary Water Resource Center (operated jointly by the College and the Lackawanna
County Conservation District), and Countryside Conservancy with funding support
from a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Growing
Greener Grant.
Keystone College educates women and men in the liberal arts
tradition, while also emphasizing career training which combines
technology and applied skills with broad humanitarian concerns. The
College is committed to the development of well-educated,
self-directed persons who can communicate effectively, make informed
decisions, and think critically and creatively.
The Center is jointly operated by Keystone College and the
Lackawanna County
Conservation District. The
Center has served as a distribution center of Tunkhannock Creek Watershed
information and is the site of a large range of educational programs
and events, including environmental education programs for the
Tunkhannock Creek Watershed community.
The Conservancy, also located on the Keystone
College campus, is a private non-profit (501c-3) land trust, with
the mission of preserving land and open space in and around the
Tunkhannock Creek Watershed. The Conservancy has placed over 300
acres of farm, wetlands and open space under permanent protection
since it began in 1994. The main focus of its program for the past
two years has been to compile a Greenway Plan for the watershed to recommend preservation strategies to local municipal
officials and landowners.
The Tunkhannock Creek Watershed Atlas was funded by:
The members of the Tunkhannock Creek Watershed
Atlas focus group were instrumental in providing insight and
inspiration to the content and structure of the Atlas. The project
administrators would like to thank the following people for their
active involvement in the focus group:
Jenny Blanchard Grants Writer, Office of Development and College Relations,
Keystone College
Dr. Robert Cook
Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Environmental Resource
Management, Keystone College
Kate Crowley
Water Management Program Manager, DEP
Bob Daniels “Retired Teacher,” Tunkhannock High School/ West Nile virus
coordinator for Wyoming County
Tim Eichner Director, Keystone College’s Willary Water Resource Center
Cheryl Ellsworth Office Manager/ Countryside Conservancy’s Project Coordinator
for the Tunkhannock Creek Watershed Atlas
Leonard Gorney Chairperson, Department of
Computer and Information Systems, King's College, active South Branch Flyfisherman,
and Tri-County Trout Unlimited
Paul Jarecki Environmental Chemist – Land Recycling and Waste Management
Program, DEP/ grant advisor
Howard Jennings Professor, Coordinator of Environmental Science and Forestry, Keystone
College/ Tunkhannock Creek Watershed Atlas grant manager
Ernie Keller District Manager, Lackawanna County Conservation District
Shane Kleiner District Manager, Wyoming County Conservation District
Angela Lambert Environmental Education Specialist, Lackawanna State Park,
DCNR Bureau of State Parks
Donna Murphy Center Coordinator, US Forest Service Mid-Atlantic Center for Urban
and Community Forestry at Keystone College
Charles Prothero Director of Information Technology and Telecommunications,
Keystone College
Charlotte
Ravaioli Vice President of Academic & Student Affairs & Dean of the
College, Keystone College
Dr. Jerry Skinner Associate Professor, Keystone College
