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CRC Awards Dinner Photo
Date: 11-01-2007
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CRC Honors Aqua’s Craig Marleton and NLT’s Peter Williamson at Annual Dinner
Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds Association ( CRC) honored Craig Marleton, Aqua’s Environmental Specialist for the Brandywine, Neshaminy, Chester, Ridley, and Crum Creek Watersheds, and Peter Williamson, Vice President of Conservation Services for Natural Lands Trust, as the 2007 Award Recipients. The awards were presented at CRC’s Third Annual Dinner held on November 1, 2007 at the Edgmont Country Club. Craig and Peter were each honored as “a person who has made a significant contribution to the protection of CRC’s watersheds.”
In his tribute to Craig Marleton, Aqua VP Preston Luitweiler outlined Craig’s many accomplishments and explained how Craig has often been a very capable first responder to threats to local water supplies, including spills, overflowing sewer manhole covers, illicit discharges, or excessive algae on the reservoir. The award was presented by CRC’s Executive Director, Anne Murphy, who gave examples of how Craig has worked with CRC to improve protection of source water.
In her tribute to Peter Williamson, NLT’s President Molly Morrison called Peter “one of the most effective conservationists I know” and outlined Peter’s many accomplishments in conservation and land preservation in the region. CRC President Judith Auten commended Peter’s work with CRC on the Media Wetlands, authoring the Chester Creek and Ridley Creek Conservation Plans, and most recently obtaining a $1 Million grant from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources towards the acquisition of the Mineral Hill property along Ridley Creek in Middletown Township.
Craig and Peter also received citations from State Senator Andrew Dinniman and State Representative Barb Mc Ilvain Smith commending their outstanding service to the State of Pennsylvania.
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506 Volunteers Pitch in at CRC 11th Annual Streams Cleanup
Date: 06-02-2008
All Creeks
A record number of volunteers, 506, pitched in at the 11th Annual CRC Streams Cleanup on Saturday, May 3rd. 20.1 tons of trash were removed from streamside areas at 43 different site from sites as varied as along Chester Creek in Chester City and in Upland, to Ridley Creek at Ashbridge Preserve in East Goshen. Among the debris removed were 139 tires that were pulled from the three creeks and recycled!
CRC would like to thank the sponsors of this cleanup, which enabled this massive effort. CRC would also like to thank the following Starbucks stores who sponsored or sent volunteers to this effort: Starbucks Media, Starbucks Edgmont, Starbucks Broomall, Starbucks Springfield, Starbucks Lawrence Park, and Starbucks Haverford, as well the District Manager, Rick Boleto, for his support.
Lead Sponsors:
Starbucks, Aqua
Major Sponsors:
Comcast Delaware County, PECO, LyondellBasell, Conoco Phillips Trainer Refinery
Corporate Sponsors:
HatchMott MacDonald, ScottHonda of West Chester, Concordville-Chadds Ford Rotary, Black & Veatch, Willistown Conservation Trust
Regular Sponsors:
A Marblehead Flyfisher, Acme, Aston Township, Cahill Associates, Chester County Water Resources Authority, Concord Township, Country Press, Delaware County Conservation District, East Goshen Township, Edgmont Township, Representative Bryan Lentz, Marple Township, Media Borough, Middletown Township, Dr. David Nadler and Associates, Newtown Township, Pennoni Associates, Remington, Vernick, and Beach Engineers, Ridley Park Borough, Seltzer Insurance Agents, Sporting Gentleman, Springfield Township, Stantec, Sun East Federal Credit Union, Swarthmore Borough, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore Rotary, Sovereign Bank, Thornbury Township, Upper Providence Township, Wawa, West Goshen Township, Westtown School, and Willistown Township.
CRC would also like to thank Genardi's at Edgmont Shopping Center and Trader Joe's in Media for donating food for the event.
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Volunteers in Full Force on 3rd Annual Earth Day on Chester Creek
Date: 04-19-2008
Chester
Despite a Hillary Clinton rally in West Chester a mere two blocks away, the 3rd Annual Chester Creek Cleanup drew 187 volunteers were out in full force at five locations in the West Chester Area. In the Borough itself, 83 volunteers, including Borough residents and West Chester University faculty and students, removed 2 tons of trash from along the Goose Creek corridor. Eight employees of Sartomer Company also cleaned their section of Goose Creek. In West Goshen, 50 volunteers filled 3/4 of a 40 cubic yard dumpster ( 2,600 pounds) from the uppermost reaches of Goose Creek. In East Goshen, 33 volunteers, including 19 members of the Church of Christ of Philadelphia, based in Aston, planted 78 trees at the Reservoir Road Restoration site. In Westtown, Friends of Oakbourne had their annual Arbor Day planting in Oakbourne Park.
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