Westmoreland Conservation District

06/12/2026

06/12/2026

Fight the bite! Protect yourself from tick borne illnesses.

Ticks can sneak inside your home on your clothes. Remove any you find, then toss dry clothes in the dryer on high for 10 minutes. Washing first? Use hot water—cold or warm won’t kill ticks.

06/10/2026

Celebrate agriculture in Pennsylvania by taking part in the PA Department of Agriculture's photo contest. 🐄🐓🌽🚜👩‍🌾

Categories include: On the Farm, PA Fair Season, Agritourism, and Conservation.

Finalists will be posted on the PA Department of Agriculture's page and winners will be voted on by the public. Winning photographs will be displayed in the PA Capitol Complex in September.

Deadline to apply is June 30.

Contest rules: https://www.pa.gov/agencies/pda/business-and-industry/agricultural-marketing/pa-ag-photo-contest

06/09/2026

We used activities and games to teach campers attending Jacobs Creek Watershed Association's summer camp about nonpoint source pollution and its impact on our waterways. The students learned that it is much better to keep pollution from getting to our waterways than try to get it out of the water later.

06/08/2026

To monitor the Cedar Creek restoration project that we completed last year, district staff collected, sorted, and identified macroinvertebrates found in the creek.

They collected mayflies, stoneflies, caddisflies, crane flies, riffle beetles, water pennies, and scuds. These are mostly pollution - intolerant species, which means that the restoration work is doing its job!

Read more about the restoration work here:https://westmorelandconservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/UPDATED-Cedar-Creek-BMP-Fact-Sheet.pdf

06/05/2026

Here is an update on how the construction of a liquid manure storage tank is progressing at Pleasant Lane Farm near Latrobe.

This project is funded by Pennsylvania's Agriculture Conservation Assistance Program (ACAP) and the NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).

Proper manure storage prevents runoff from coming in contact with manure, which protects our local waterways.

06/05/2026

06/01/2026

Our intern, Maddy Sosko, spent some time sprucing up the monument to Ann Rudd Saxman at the entrance to the county park that bears her name -- Ann Rudd Saxman Nature Park.

Ann was a botanist and horticultural designer who advocated for the preservation of open space. She also served for many years as an associate board member to the Westmoreland Conservation District. Learn more about Ann's dedication to conservation: https://westmorelandconservation.org/westmoreland-conservation-district-hall-of-honor-5/