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PRESORTSTANDARD

U.S. POSTAGEPAID

PERMIT #11STROUDSBURG PA

18360

2016 Annual ReportBrodheadÊW

atershedÊAssociation

www.brodheadwatershed

.org

Brodhead Watershed Association Box 339 Henryville, PA 18332

The Brodhead Watershed Association is a non-profit organization formed in 1989 to promote and preserve the environment of the Brodhead watershed and the water quality of the Brodhead, Cherry, Marshalls, McMichael, Paradise and Pocono creeks and their tributaries.

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As always, BWA has been busy.

In 2016, we continued to use William Penn Foun-dation grant funding to reach out beyond the Brodhead watershed to nearby watershed resi-dents. Jackie Speicher headed that effort and trained more than 60 new Streamwatchers in Pike County and adjacent ar-eas of New York state.

Why go so far afield, you ask? Re-member, the Brodhead is just one of the subwatersheds that feeds the Delaware, and BWA is part of a larger effort of organizations involved in the Delaware River Watershed Initia-tive. Educational outreach is one of our areas of expertise, and by train-ing residents of the surrounding

areas, we raise the standards of environmental ethics and concerns in that broader area. Nearby municipali-ties around us pay attention, so our programs broaden the impact and the respect that BWA’s name carries.

Many of you attended our Members & Friends Cel-ebration at Northampton Community College in Sep-tember, and heard Andrew Johnson of the William Penn Foundation thank us for the work we are doing

for residents along the Delaware.

Also with the grant money from William Penn, the Get Outdoors Poconos program has continued to generate quite a buzz in 2016, with more than 300 participants in the series of monthly hikes. Look to the website for information and photographs, and please read thespecial series of wonderful-ly informative articles that Car-ol Hillestad has writtenabout these local hiking loca-tions: brodheadwatershed.org/gopoconos/index.html.

See BWA, Page 4

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Stay tuned, as the best is yet to come: A booklet is in the works, featuring the hikes with photos and maps.

The Green Infrastructure Project, funded by a Nation-al Fish and Wildlife Founda-tion grant, can boast the ad-dition of new rain gardens at Retro Fitness, Ann Street, Sarah Street Grill, East Stroudsburg Firehouse, his-toric Dansbury Depot, East Stroudsburg High School South, and Glen Brook Golf Course. These gardens are possible because of the hard work of our BWA Rain Garden Guardians: Carol and Mattie Raemsch, Julie Duick, Sue Detrick, Nancy

Daniels, Marilyn Rousseau, Jan Snukis and Jeff Fe-ick. You all deserve a na-tive flower in your cap.

We are growing – now at 441 members – but we need to grow more! I and other board mem-

bers have each spon-sored two new members to join BWA. I decided to give family memberships to two people serving on my property owners as-sociation, because they are respected leaders who have expressed an inter-

est in what BWA does. I hope they get involved.

Now ... who do you know that should also be a mem-ber? Have you invited them? We are setting a goal for our new executive di-rector, Bob Heil, and the board to increase our mem-bership by 10 percent. We try hard to use the mem-bership funds efficiently in our programs – and as programs grow, the need for members does, too. It should be doable, but we could use your help.

Please ask someone you respect and think needs to know more about the watershed to join us.

Thank you, BWA mem-bers – without you, we don’t exist!

Always striving for a bigger, better, busier BWA

BWA rain gardens have sprouted up at Retro Fitness (above) and Glen Brook Golf Course in Stroud Township.

In 2016, the Get Outdoors Poconos hiking series, funded by the William Penn Foundation, helped more than 300 people discover preserved lands in the Brodhead watershed.

2016 BY THE NUMBERSChart Title

Grants 56%

Public Support 29%

Special Events 8%

Programs 7%

Investment Income 1%

Chart Title

Grants 56%

Public Support 29%

Special Events 8%

Programs 7%


INCOMEChart Title

Administration 18%

Other Programs 82%

Chart Title

Administration 18%

Other Programs 82%

Chart Title

Administration 18%

Other Programs 82%

EXPENSES

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

$1,000 and upCamelback ResortLois & Mary Ellen FloodPapillon & Moyer Excavating & Paving Inc.Pocono Medical CenterPPL Electric UtilitiesJohn SmithEdie Stevens

$500 to $999Ann & Joseph Farda FoundationBrodhead Creek Regional AuthorityBrodhead Forest & Stream Assoc.Mark Dodel & Patricia RylkoESSA Bank & TrustSandra HanceHanover Engineering Assoc. Henryville Conservation ClubJim & Carol HillestadMiddle Smithfield TownshipParadise TownshipSmithfield Township Stroud Township Swiftwater PreserveTrout UnlimitedWeiler Corporation

$100 to $499Absolutely Lawns Inc.Frank AllenBarley Creek Brewing Co.Barrett TownshipMiriam BauersJohn BauersGerald & Mary BaxterJoseph & Sara BedrickRobert & Marcia BellBolock Funeral Home & CrematoryRichard & Denise BoyleBrodhead FlyfishersBrodhead Hunting & Fishing ClubDavid & Pam BrownSusan & Thomas BrozenaTodd BurnsCamelback Mountain ResortChestnuthill Township Merlyn & Betsey ClarkeColonial Used Auto Sales Inc.Cook’s CornerEdgar Cullman Jr.Desaki RestaurantEast Stroudsburg BoroughAnn FosterFrogtown Inn/Frogtown ChophouseKen & April GauglerWilliam GeddesEric Girardi

Hamilton TownshipRobert & Carol HergenhanFrank & Barbara HertingEd & Dawn KendallPatricia Kennedy & Michael ThomasMichael KuczekLake Swiftwater ClubLansdowne Insurance AgencySharon LaverdureDick LessardDavid & Linda LevenbergDavid MengleMountain Creek Riding StablesSheelagh MurphySamuel NewmanParadise Falls Lutheran Assoc.Parkside Angling AssociationPocono Cheesecake FactoryPocono Lawn & LandscapePocono Mtns. Economic Development Corp.John PrevoznikJames Pringle & Sally GriffithDan RaymondScarlett RehrigAnthony & Susan RobertsRotary Club of the Pocono Mtns.Sanofi PasteurChris & Amy SelenaRobert & Susan ShebelskySibum’s Auto PartsSpread Eagle AssociatesStrauser Nature’s HelpersStroudsburg BoroughJohn StykJoanne & Francis Taylor Jr.Charles Unangst & Shelly BuskirkIngrid & Frank YoungKurt ZeislerArt Zulick & Paula Heeschen

$50 to $99Richard & Mary Ellen CramerDenise & John DeVivoJohn DonatoRosalind EvansLinda & Charlie EyerAmy FinkelsteinPeter Gonze & Debbie MattieJeffrey HardyRobert Heil & Brenda KleinErnest & Mary HenziSusan & Richard HuffmanCaryn KunzBrian & Rita & Mae LaceyKris & George LeshanskiWilliam LoftusWilliam MartinJoan MerliMonroe County Conservation DistrictGary & Sue Oiler

Gregory PenceDale Price & Sharon RoseMichael ReisenwitzResort BeverageLarry & Marie RuchMichael Sachs & Andrew BeauchampJoan SkoranskiSuburban PropaneVillage Farmer and BakeryVincent’s Deli & CateringDonna & Richard WiegersPaul & Theresa Wilson

$10 to $49Amy AlbertRussell Albert IIRobert AllenAnnette & Douglas AtkinsonEric & Amy BairdJoseph BarracoRobert BarrettBart & Vivian BartolacciBob BassDon & Barbara BaylorStella BeckerGary & Mary BeehlerRich and Brenda BellAnn BermanBill’s ShopRiteElizabeth BitlerGary BlossWilson P. BohanakGerry BortzTim & Linda BreenCamille BreslauerDick BubkaJanice Budd & Michael SullivanRebecca BurlingameGary & Kathie CalandraPat CalpinVicki CamaereiJohn CaminitiSharon CareyLisa CarrierForrest CavalierMarjorie ChamberlinBarbara ChastainDeAnn ClancyMarilynn ColeSuzanne ColefieldJenny CollierRonald & Elizabeth CortrightMagdelena CostanzoHarriet CramerEd & Mary CramerTimothy CutlerDavid & Sue CzahorGeraldine DaleyNancy & Jim DanielsWilliam & Barbara DaskalJohn & Linda Jo David

Patricia DaviesStephen DaviesEllen DavisSkip DavisJudy DempewolffSusan DetrickMeg DilgerMichael DohertyHarriet Dronska-FeitelbergSally DuffyJulianne DuickJere DunkelbergerEdward & Mary ErmKim ErnsbergerBruce EstellEllen EtzelJeff & Mary Ellen FeickRonald & Lorraine FeiertagFrances FerrariAnne & “Red” FethermanGinny FieldsEdward FilipkowskiJoseph & Norma FischKathleen FlynnCatherine FolioJack & Joanne FossettDenis GiffelsKaren GlasnerPeter GlusiecMichael GondellNellie GordonRobert GrivnerCatherine HancockTony & Liz HarlacherAnn HarmonRobert & Ilona HarrisonRobin HarrisonLynne HarritonLaurie HarritonElizabeth HassrickJeffrey HeberleyBill & Christine HenryMary Ellen HigginsNancy HilliardSamantha HolbertMichelle & Dawson Holker-SmithMaria HornJay & Barbara HuffmanRobert & Darcy HughesDavid HughesKarin HulmeAndy & Nancy HunterBill JabaraHarold JacobsRobert JohnsRobert JordanDouglas & Laura KerrGeorge & Linda KitchenRick & Carol KlingerGale KnappJane KoelbleMary Frances KresgeBob and Darlene LaBarDavid LansdowneKimberly & Daniel LarkinSelene LassellLarry LaubachJohn LaytonTrudie Lear

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Ed DeSeveJohn Riley

to all of our supporters in 2016

Doug & Elaine LeiesRichard & Kathy LeiesJohn & Amy LeiserBill & Diane LeonardDavid & Minnie LewisKelly LewisMark & Wendy LichtyEmily LongBarbara LottPat MacCabeAlice MaklaJames MasonRobin MastrocolaFrank & Ginny MaySuzanne McCoolKim McKayColleen McLaughlinBarbara McMahonJames McMullenGeoff & Judy MehlMarlo MerhigeChris & Theresa MerliPatricia MichaelPatricia MichelinMatt MillsJoan MontgomeryJeff & Susan MorrisDaniel MullenElizabeth MusgroveTeresa & Stephen MusumeciPaul NelsonChase NewhartJudy & Walter NielsenPatricia NilesGrace NoltDeborah Nordeen & Philip SelleckPatti O’KeefeBeverly OttenLarry ParettaJohn & Mary ParkerDavid ParkerEdith ParnumPhilip PaskowitzMelissa PentaSharon PetryCheryl PhillipsSamuel PielNancy PindrusPocono Magazines LLCMartin & Mary PriceNancy & Frank PulloDoris PursellCarol RaemschJoseph Rattman & Rachel CohenBill ReesePaul ReischDonna ReishRobert Riday & Gary RaishKristin RiderPhillip & Jeanne RileyAnne Robertson

Candace RoperPenny Ross & Paul AllenWilliam RothfussMarilyn RousseauMichele RoyceThomas & Tracie SalmonPeter SalmonJeffrey SandlerWalt SchuppLouise SellonPatrice SheehanSteve & Mathilda SheptakPatrick ShevlinJill ShoesmithSumner ShumwayLucey SmallGerry & Rosemary SmileyLindsey Smith BuckwalterJane SnukisWalter & Barbara SollbergerDarryl & Jackie SpeicherGilda SpiottaPeter SteeleRobert & Donna StephensonRobert StevensDon & Karen StruckleJamie TehonicaPaul & Karen TetorWilliam & Judith ThieleSara ThompsonRussell ThrallAnne TiracchiaCraig ToddBob TouwDavid & Robin TrainerDavid & Louise TroutmanNancy TullyKathy & Eric UhlerRobert VaccaroLaura Van GilderTom Van ZandtRobert WackerGeorge & Share WardenTheresa WarnagirisDean & Patti WehrJanet WeidensaulJoanne & David WeissSuzanne WerfelmanLinford WerkheiserRose Ann WhitesellBrenda WilkinsThomas WilkinsKim WilliamsFrances WooJohn WoodlingJohn YetterAlan Price YoungRaymond YoungbloodMary ZeldenrustPam Zulick & John ByrneLaura Zulick & Nick Mitch

Dick ShackletonDoug Swift

National Fish and Wildlife FoundationThe William Penn Foundation

Dick Shackleton:$500 in memory of Jack Moses

STREAM STEWARDS - $500+Brodhead Creek Regional AuthorityBrodhead Forest & Stream AssociationMark Dodel & Patricia RylkoESSA Bank & TrustHanover Engineering Associates Henryville Conservation ClubJim & Carol HillestadMiddle Smithfield TownshipParadise TownshipPPL Electric UtilitiesJohn SmithSmithfield Township Edie StevensStroud TownshipSwiftwater PreserveTrout UnlimitedWeiler Corporation

STREAM SPONSORS - $300Absolutely Lawns Inc.Barley Creek Brewing CoBarrett TownshipBrodhead Hunting & Fishing ClubSusan & Thomas BrozenaCamelback Mountain ResortChestnuthill Township East Stroudsburg BoroughAnn FosterHamilton TownshipPat Kennedy & Mike ThomasSheelagh MurphyParadise Falls Lutheran AssociationParkside Angling AssociationPocono Cheesecake FactoryAnthony & Susan RobertsRotary Club of the Pocono MountainsSanofi PasteurSpread Eagle AssociatesStroudsburg BoroughCharles Unangst & Shelly Buskirk

BrodheadÊW



.org

PRESORTSTANDARD

U.S. POSTAGEPAID

PERMIT #11STROUDSBURG PA

18360

2016 Annual Report

BrodheadÊW



.org

Brodhead Watershed Association Box 339 Henryville, PA 18332

The Brodhead Watershed Association is a non-profit organization formed in 1989 to promote and preserve the environment of the Brodhead watershed and the water quality of the Brodhead, Cherry, Marshalls, McMichael, Paradise and Pocono creeks and their tributaries.

2016 Annual Report

As always, BWA has been busy.

In 2016, we continued to use William Penn Foun-dation grant funding to reach out beyond the Brodhead watershed to nearby watershed resi-dents. Jackie Speicher headed that effort and trained more than 60 new Streamwatchers in Pike County and adjacent ar-eas of New York state.

Why go so far afield, you ask? Re-member, the Brodhead is just one of the subwatersheds that feeds the Delaware, and BWA is part of a larger effort of organizations involved in the Delaware River Watershed Initia-tive. Educational outreach is one of our areas of expertise, and by train-ing residents of the surrounding

areas, we raise the standards of environmental ethics and concerns in that broader area. Nearby municipali-ties around us pay attention, so our programs broaden the impact and the respect that BWA’s name carries.

Many of you attended our Members & Friends Cel-ebration at Northampton Community College in Sep-tember, and heard Andrew Johnson of the William Penn Foundation thank us for the work we are doing

for residents along the Delaware.

Also with the grant money from William Penn, the Get Outdoors Poconos program has continued to generate quite a buzz in 2016, with more than 300 participants in the series of monthly hikes. Look to the website for information and photographs, and please read thespecial series of wonderful-ly informative articles that Car-ol Hillestad has writtenabout these local hiking loca-tions: brodheadwatershed.org/gopoconos/index.html.

See BWA, Page 4

BWAFrom Page 1

Stay tuned, as the best is yet to come: A booklet is in the works, featuring the hikes with photos and maps.

The Green Infrastructure Project, funded by a Nation-al Fish and Wildlife Founda-tion grant, can boast the ad-dition of new rain gardens at Retro Fitness, Ann Street, Sarah Street Grill, East Stroudsburg Firehouse, his-toric Dansbury Depot, East Stroudsburg High School South, and Glen Brook Golf Course. These gardens are possible because of the hard work of our BWA Rain Garden Guardians: Carol and Mattie Raemsch, Julie Duick, Sue Detrick, Nancy

Daniels, Marilyn Rousseau, Jan Snukis and Jeff Fe-ick. You all deserve a na-tive flower in your cap.

We are growing – now at 441 members – but we need to grow more! I and other board mem-

bers have each spon-sored two new members to join BWA. I decided to give family memberships to two people serving on my property owners as-sociation, because they are respected leaders who have expressed an inter-

est in what BWA does. I hope they get involved.

Now ... who do you know that should also be a mem-ber? Have you invited them? We are setting a goal for our new executive di-rector, Bob Heil, and the board to increase our mem-bership by 10 percent. We try hard to use the mem-bership funds efficiently in our programs – and as programs grow, the need for members does, too. It should be doable, but we could use your help.

Please ask someone you respect and think needs to know more about the watershed to join us.

Thank you, BWA mem-bers – without you, we don’t exist!

Always striving for a bigger, better, busier BWA

BWA rain gardens have sprouted up at Retro Fitness (above) and Glen Brook Golf Course in Stroud Township.

In 2016, the Get Outdoors Poconos hiking series, funded by the William Penn Foundation, helped more than 300 people discover preserved lands in the Brodhead watershed.

2016 BY THE NUMBERSChart Title

Grants 56%

Public Support 29%

Special Events 8%

Programs 7%


Chart Title

Grants 56%

Public Support 29%

Special Events 8%

Programs 7%


INCOMEChart Title

Administration 18%

Other Programs 82%

Chart Title

Administration 18%

Other Programs 82%

Chart Title

Administration 18%

Other Programs 82%

EXPENSES

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

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