The state Department of Environmental Protection has awarded $3 million in grants for restoration of watersheds affected by pollution across the Commonwealth.
The awards include $322,920 to the Indiana County Conservation District to design and construct an animal heavy use area and manure storage facility at a farm in East Mahoning Township at the headwaters of the South Branch of Plum Creek. The project would annually remove 450 pounds of nitrogen and 62 pounds of phosphorus from the creek by providing a stabilized area for livestock to congregate in winter months and preventing soil erosion and the runoff of nutrients.
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