Family farm in Ronks, Pa. does all it can to help local streams recover

The USDA’s Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) helps to reduce pollution in a Chesapeake Bay tributary’s watershed

By Alexis Myers |
Jonathan Denlinger stands at a riparian forest buffer planted at his family's farm in Ranks, Pa. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Dense grass surrounds a small stream planted with young trees.
Beiler Run eventually leaves the farm's buffer and feeds into Mill Creek, a tributary of the Conestoga River. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Lamonte Garber, a Watershed Restoration Coordinator at Stroud Water Research Center, tours the riparian forest buffer planted at Denlinger Farm in Ronks, Pa. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Splash, a miniature pony, resides at the Denlinger Farm in Ranks, Pa. The wire fence installed around the buffer prevents animals like splash from entering the stream and drinking potentially contaminated water. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

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