1760 Unionville-Wawaset Road • West Chester, PA • 19382
t: 610/793-1090 • f: 610/793-2813
e: [email protected] • web: www.brandywinewatershed.org
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ANNUAL REPORT Brandywine Valley
Association
1760 Unionville-Wawaset Road • West Chester, PA • 19382 t: 610/793-1090 • f: 610/793-2813 e: [email protected] • web: www.brandywinewatershed.org |
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BVA
Leadership Carl J. Meister, Jr. -- President Duncan Allison Staff Ellen Lake Mary H. Donohue Robyn Wood Betsy Stefferud Diane W. Smith
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Dear BVA Member: In 2002 the accent remained on growth for the Brandywine Valley Association. The Board of Directors and staff continued to focus on the directions the Association should take in the immediate future and in the years to come. BVA’s Board of Directors and staff attended a Saturday retreat in the fall to discuss the organization’s strengths and weaknesses and the critical roles as educator, advocate and steward that BVA plays in the watershed. The outgrowth of that brainstorming session was the formation of a strategic planning committee to inventory current organizational assets and to chart a path for the future. BVA’s environmental education programs continued to grow in leaps and bounds in 2002. Summer camp drew its largest registration ever, serving over 400 children in new, expanded and repeat programs. As part of BVA’s Youth Agriculture Program, elementary, middle and high school students, as well as volunteer individuals and families from the community, planted and harvested a variety of vegetables, herbs and flowers in the Myrick Center’s one-acre organic garden. Approximately 1,300 pounds -- over 90 percent of the garden’s yield -- were donated to the Kennett Food Cupboard. In addition, a number of the garden’s bounty received ribbons at the Goshen Country Fair and the Unionville Community Fair. The groundwork for a formal Volunteer Program was completed in 2002 as well. After a number of meetings, the Volunteer Committee produced a manual of guidelines and expectations to be used for newly recruited volunteers. The manual was unveiled at a Volunteer Appreciation Social, held in early December to recognize all current individuals who give of their time and talents for BVA. The momentum of 2002 will continue in the coming year, as BVA moves forward in 2003. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to those whose leadership, foresight and hard work have paved the way for this much-needed growth to take place. And to our members, without whom we could not accomplish what we do year after year, a hearty thank you! Please read this annual report and share in the accomplishments of 2002. BVA could not have succeeded without you. Sincerely, |
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Year In Review The year 2002 has been one of planning and laying the groundwork for growth for the Brandywine Valley Association (BVA). BVA’s work with community leaders intensified over the past year and will result in joint projects that will positively impact current and future generations. BVA’s education programs continued to grow, serving more students in 2002 than ever before. Plans are in the works to accommodate even more in the coming years. Meeting this growth will entail taking stock of current resources, such as staff and equipment, and planning accordingly. |
| Record Drought
Years of low rainfall and several serious droughts culminated in record-breaking low flows and ground water levels in our watershed in 2002. This state triggered an eleven-month drought emergency requiring households in the Brandywine Valley to take measures to conserve water in their daily routines. It is hoped that much of what was mandated will become second nature to valley residents and practiced in non-drought situations as well. Public Outreach BVA’s successful Local Issues series was expanded in 2002 to include Downingtown area municipalities and the City of Wilmington, while the West Chester venue was continued. In addition, BVA’s voice was heard regularly in the electronic and print media. BVA’s Executive Director gave bi-weekly updates on the watershed’s drought emergency on WCHE-AM and wrote a monthly column, titled Watermarks, in the Kennett Paper. The 2002 Brandywine Clean Up attracted over 150 volunteers, who saw less trash and tires in the Brandywine Creek than in past years, indicating the positive impact this annual event has in the valley. Productive Alliances BVA’s partnerships have resulted in productive outcomes for the watershed. In 2002 the Association continued to host the Christina Task Force meetings and played a vital role in the crafting of the Chester County Watersheds Plan, adopted in September. BVA completed a draft of the Rivers Conservation Plan currently under review with DCNR. In 2002, BVA began working with the City of Wilmington to develop a comprehensive long-range plan for addressing non-point source problems in the watershed. BVA held its Annual Meeting at Stroud Water Research Center underscoring the cooperation between the two organizations.
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Myrick
Conservation Center
Much attention was given to BVA’s 314-acre Center in 2002. Under the aegis of the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program warm season grasses and stream coridor plantings were installed on seven acres, while, according to the Center’s Master Plan, invasives were removed from hedgerows and forest perimeters throughout the property. The Center’s organic garden program drew students from Unionville School District’s Patton Middle School and Unionville High School, as well as community volunteers of all ages. The Center also provided the opportunity for three Eagle Scout projects to be undertaken and successfully completed. Environmental EducationBVA’s education programs continued to grow in 2002 with approximately 11,000 students served at the Myrick Conservation Center. The Watershed Learning Center (WLC) Program continued at six schools in Pennsylvania and Delaware, including expansion to Penn Wood Elementary School in West Chester, PA. Additional schools in the watershed have expressed interest in starting WLC programs. In conjunction with the WLC Program, BVA launched the Watershed School Program for current teachers and education majors from West Chester University and Neumann College to provide instruction on how to utilize a hands-on, field approach to teach environmental concepts. Dawn Lawless of the Coatesville School District received the 2002 Teacher of the Year Award and Kris Gannon, a veteran BVA Guide, received the 2002 Environmental Instructor of the Year Award. BVA’s Youth Agriculture Program received several grants in 2002 to expand the Myrick Center garden area and accommodate the increasing number of students who wish to be a part of the program. The garden won a number of ribbons at community fairs for its vegetables and flowers. BVA used the Saalbach Farm property in 2002 to train instructors on wetlands and stream studies programs, with plans to further expand programming on that site in 2003.
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Saalbach Farm
The year 2002 saw completion of a constructed wetlands for use as a septic treatment system for houses on the property, while tackling regular maintenance projects on the 225-acre property. Twenty-five acres of warm season grasses and twenty-six acres of stream corridor plantings were installed under the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program. Storm Water Management BVA has helped watershed leaders identify storm water and its management as a priority issue and to incorporate directives regarding this area in the Watersheds Plan and Brandywine Rivers Conservation Plan. The Association has featured methods of recharging storm water at its Local Issues meetings, while stressing the use of the ground water model as a tool to illustrate how to design optimal ground water recharge systems. Surface Water Quality BVA was visible throughout 2002 in our work with other public and private conservation groups to submit a Christina Basin EPA watershed initiative application. The Association also worked with a discharger and its neighboring landowner to develop a plan for land application to remove an existing discharge from the stream, while providing opportunities for dischargers and regulators to dialogue about Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) requirements. Ground Water Management In 2002 BVA’s ground water model was utilized by area developers, municipal planners and other conservation organizations to optimize withdrawal and recharge locations in several major development sites in the valley. It also was given a prominent role in the Brandywine Rivers Conservation Plan, where its use will determine potential wellhead protection areas. |
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
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calendar-year basis. In 2002, operating income from all sources totaled
$691,751. Expenses for the same period totaled $705,688. Major income
sources were $92,295 for membership and $411,638 for programs (including
education, environmental and sales). In addition to these income sources,
Red Clay Valley Association provided $84,710 on a cost share arrangement
in which BVA provides office and staff services. The endowment fund
provided $52,618 for use in the operating account and had a year-end
market value of $850,069.
Major expenses were for salaries and benefits, which totaled $226,949 and for the direct cost of providing programs, which totaled $388,128. The cost of operating the office and maintaining the Myrick Center was $85,244. The Association accounts are audited by Whisman, Grygiel and Giordano and the audit report will be available in August, 2003.Membership Support Conservationists |
| Mr. & Mrs. Sinclair A. Adam, Jr.
Mr. W. Boulton Alexander Mrs. Katherine M. Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. G. Robert Ayd Mr. Barry G. Balmer Mr. Andrew J. Barnett Mr. & Mrs. Doug Barr Mrs. Barbara Gilpin Beddall Mr. James R. Bremhorst Mr. & Mrs. Benny L. Briggs Mrs. Margaret S. Broadley Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Bronner Ms. Beverly M. Bruns Mr. & Mrs. Dan Burgess Mr. & Mrs. M. Kevin Carouge Mr. & Mrs. Seth Cavallari Mrs. Barbara Chatman-Royce Mr. & Mrs. Engelbert Ciganek Mr. Steven Clarke Ms. Jill W. Colella Mr. & Mrs. James C. Coll Ms. Mary E. Comly Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Cope Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Corbo Ms. Wendy Cotton Mr. Charles D. Couch Mr. & Mrs. Samuel A. Cousins Mr. & Mrs. James Cox Mr. Samuel B. Cupp Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Dambro Dr. & Mrs. H. A. DeHaven, Jr. Ms. Janet Ebert Mr & Mrs. Glenn Engelmann Mr. G. Winfield Fairchild Mrs. Elizabeth F. Fitzgerald Mr. Herbert H. Flickinger Mr. Lawrence Fogel Mr. Robert Forney Mr. & Mrs. William R. Gotwals Mr. & Mrs. David Grace Greig Family Mr. & Mrs. John B. Gwaltney Mr. & Mrs. William Haaf Ms. J. Carol Hanson Mr. & Mrs. Jerome S. Heisler, Jr. Ms. Shirley Hickman Mr. Jack M. Hines, Jr. Mrs. Frank A. Hoagey Mr. & Mrs. Doug Hotmer Mr. & Mrs. Neil B. Howard Mr. & Mrs. Christian Hueber, II Mr. & Mrs. Ray R. Hutmacher Mr. & Mrs. William Iliff Capt. Harold Jensen, USN Ret. Mr. John J. Johnson Mr. Russell Jones, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James E. Jordan, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kirkbride Mr. & Mrs. Harvey L. Kliman Ms. Barb Knabb Mr. & Mrs. Keith Knauss |
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Kosh
Ms. Margaret E. Kramaric Mr. & Mrs. Gary Krapf Mr. & Mrs. William LaMotte Mr. David Hartley & Ms. Laura Reilly Dr. Midge Leitch Mr. & Mrs. David Lenowitz Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Leonard Mr. & Mrs. Harrie Lewis Ms. Patricia Lockhart Ms. Diane Maguire Linda L. Mahan Mr. & Mrs. David H. Malarek Mr. Clyde Mauger Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Maxwell Mr & Mrs. Harry McCool Ms. Patricia McElreavey Mr. & Mrs. Lee McIlvaine Mr. Blaine McKusick Mr. Mark McLaughlin & Family Ms. Kathleen McMahon Mr. & Mrs. George McVay Ms. Betsey Mehl Deborah Meier & Lars Mitchell Mrs. Patricia Mescanti Mr. Paul A. Morgan Dr. & Mrs. J. Brien Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Mark B. Myers Mr. & Mrs. Dean Nicolaides Mrs. Roberta Odell Mr. & Mrs. Woodward T. Odiorne Mr. Robert O’Neill & Ms. Gallucci Sr. Janice E. Painter Mr. A. B. Palmer Mr. & Mrs. S. Franklin Pancoast, III Mr. & Mrs. William Patten Mr. & Mrs. John Pavone Mr. & Mrs. Francis J. Paxson III Mr. & Mrs. William Peoples, Jr. Mrs. Wendy L. Powell Mr. & Mrs. Dave Redmond Dr. & Mrs. Russell Rickert Mr. & Mrs. Peter Riondet Mr. & Mrs. Steven Ritchey Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Rocklage Mrs. Brent Roehrs Dr. & Mrs. Donald J. Rosato Mr. & Mrs. John J. Roscovich Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Rothman Mr. & Mrs. Jim Salisbury Mr. & Mrs. David Salomaki Mr. & Mrs. A. O. Schaefer Mr. Stephen Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. William Scott Mr. George P. Seeds Ms. Dorothy Sellers Mr. & Mrs. Tom Severino Dr. & Mrs. Steven S. Shapiro Mr. Norman Skillman Ms. Joy Slater Mr. Samuel Slokom Ms. Jennifer Smith |
Mr. & Mrs. Randall T. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. John Spangler Mr. Mark Springer Dr. & Mrs. Marshall Steinberg Mr. C. Walter Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Struble, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John Swan Mr. & Mrs. Saul Swartout Mr. & Mrs. John C. Tachovsky Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Tolsdorf Mr. John S. Troth, Jr. Mrs. Donald N. Twaddell Unionville Cub Scout Pack 22 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Van Grofski Ms. Jan Vollmecke Ms. Myrta Warner Mr. & Mrs. Stan K. Washington Mrs. John Watkins Mr. & Mrs. John Webster Robert W. Haniwalt, Jr. & Joan Welch Mr. Lyman Welch Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Wendt Ms. Stephanie J. Wicks Mr. & Mrs. John R. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Wilson Mr. M. Gordon Wolman Mr. Larry Woodward Mrs. Andrew Wyeth Mrs. Jane Wylie Mr. & Mrs. John Young Mr. Robert N. Zearfoss Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Zink
The Brandywine Valley Association wishes to extend special thanks and appreciation to our Individual and Family members who provided financial support in 2002,as well as to our many volunteers who so unselfishly gave of their time, talent and expertise throughout the year.
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Corporations
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Foundations
Brandywine Benefactors
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Corporations Armstrong Engineering Bernardon Haber Holloway Architects Brandywine Water Systems Inc. Capital and Security Management Chester County Development Council Chester County Solid Waste Authority E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. Eldredge Wastewater Mgmt, Inc. ERM, Inc. First Financial Bank First National Bank of Chester Co Honeybrook Golf Club Lasko Metal Products MacElree, Harvey, Gallagher Patterson Schwartz Real Estate Philadelphia Suburban Water Co. Porter and Painter, Realtors Severn Trent Environmental Service Smile High Balloon Corp. Sonoco Products Company The Hickman URS Greiner William Wood Co. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.
Foundations Barra Foundation Jessie Ball duPont Fund Ederic Foundation, Inc. Ellason & Molly Laird Downs Trust William Penn Foundation
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Mr. & Mrs. Milton Allen
Mlles. Anne & Jeanne Allinson Mr. & Mrs. Duncan Allison Mrs. Margaret P. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Armstrong, Jr. Mrs. Amy H. Balian Ms. Susan D. Beach Mr. & Mrs. Mark Bedwell Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Benzel, Jr. Mr. F. Robert Bielski Mr. & Mrs. James Blaine Mr. & Mrs. Brian Blair Dr. & Mrs. Lee Blazejewski Mr. Robert Bock Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Bolling, Jr. Mr. Joseph E. Boyd Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Brosius Mr. & Mrs. Henry I. Brown, III Mr. & Mrs. George A. Brutscher Mr. & Mrs. Hans J. Buitendijk Mrs. C. Lalor Burdick Mr. & Mrs. Henry T. Bush, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Cain Mr. Ross Capps Mr. E. N. Carpenter, II Mrs. Elinor Clark Mr. & Mrs. Walter L. Cleaver, Jr. Mr. Thomas Comitta Suzanne & John Cornell Mr. Rene Cottrel Mr. Charles Covington Mrs. David Craven Mr. & Mrs. David Deaville Mr. & Mrs. John A. Diffey Elaine & Thomas Dimeo Mr. & Mrs. Douglas J. Donohue Mr. David Dorsett Mrs. Katherine R. Draper Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Drobish Mr. Irenee Du Pont, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert DuPrey Mrs. Carolyn P. Eaton Dr. William Elkins Mr. Radford White Mr. Henry Elser Mr. & Mrs. Henson M. Evans, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. P. F. N. Fanning Ms. Ann M. Faulds & Mr. C. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. James A. Fava Mr. & Mrs. Rush Fisher, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Fitzgerald, Jr. |
Mr. & Mrs. Lewis R. Frame
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Frens Mr. & Mrs. John M. Gaadt Dr. Stephen Gardiner Mr. & Mrs. James N. Gawthrop Mr. Robert Graham Mrs. Helen K. Groves Mr. & Mrs. J. Marshall Hamilton Mr. Robert Hankin Mr. & Mrs. Colin A. Hanna Mr. & Mrs. John B. Hannum, Jr. Mr. Richard Heckert Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hicks Mr. W. Victor Higgs Ms. Christina Hodess Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hodge Ms. Marjorie N. Hoffman Honey Brook Township Mrs. Claire Hopkins Brenda W. Houston Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Hoyt Mr. & Mrs. William C. Huber Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Hughes, II Mr. & Mrs. John Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Hurley Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Jefferis Ms. Barb Knabb Mr. George Knox Mrs. Greta Brown Layton Mr. & Mrs. R. A. Leonard Tim Lutz & Lee Ann Srogi Mr. & Mrs. R. James Macaleer Mr. Ronald Madden Mr. & Mrs. Tom McCaffrey Mr. & Mrs. Ellice McDonald, Jr. Ms. Charlene Ann McGrady Mrs. Elaine McGrew Mrs. Mary C. McLear Mr. & Mrs. Robert McNeil Mr. & Mrs. Bruce McNew Ms. Sara Meadows Mr. & Mrs. Ken Means Mr. Carl Meister, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Alan Meshon Mr. & Mrs. John Milner Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Molholt Mrs. Elizabeth R. Moran Mr. W. E. Mullestein Dr. Thomas B. Murphy, III Ken Neuburger & Amy Graziani Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Neale Ken Neuburger & Amy Graziani Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Neale |
Mr. Jay Newlon
Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Novak Mr. Gary Koretzky & Ms. Kim Overby Mrs. Josephine Parman Mr. W. Duncan Patterson Mr. & Mrs. Christopher S. Patterson Dr. & Mrs. Pat Picone Mr. & Mrs. A. Duer Pierce, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Lorin J. Randall Mr. & Mrs. Clifford M. Retzlaff Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rew Mr. & Mrs. Ashby L. Rice Mrs. H. R. Roberts Dr. & Mrs. Charles A. Robinson Mr. Chris Ross Dr. & Mrs. Richard M. Ruderman Ms. Deborah Rush Ms. Cynthia Sanderson Mrs. Katharine D. Schutt Mr. Edgar Scott, Jr. Mr. H. Donnan Sharp Mrs. Nelson Shields Mr. L. Edward Silcox, Jr. Mr. S. Damon Sinclair Mr. Sam Slater Mr. David Smith Mr. & Mrs. Harry Smith Mr. Charles Spackman Gen. William Spruance Mr. & Mrs. Jack Stafford Mr. & Mrs. William Steuteville Mr. Joseph Strode, Jr. Mrs. Alma D. Struble Mrs. Jane M. Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. John B. Swayne III Mr. & Mrs. Brent Thompson Dr. & Mrs. John C. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Richard Tolsdorf Mr. & Mrs. A. F. Travaglini Ms. Julia Trout Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Wagner Wallace Township West Bradford Township West Whiteland Township Miss Ann Whitcraft Mrs. Ann Williams Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wood Mr. & Mrs. T. Robert Woodward Mr. & Mrs. Richard Worth Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Wren Dr. & Mrs. Steven Zebert
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