1. MY ENVIRONMENT!! By: Elorah Starr

5. COW

6. H OW WAS LANCASTER COUNTY SETTLED?

7. THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY!! What I like about my environment. What I don’t like about my environment. There is lots of room. Houses are not smashed up against each other. When farmers spray their fields. I live in town, I can walk to everything. When the Amish driving a buggy won’t let you pass them. Less pollution than a city. It’s very spread out, it takes forever to get somewhere.

9. WHICH WATERSHED YOU RESIDE IN AND WHAT LARGE BODY OF WATER IT FEEDS INTO? Susquehanna-Swatara Watershed -- 02050305 Associations that help the water sheds: Mill Creek Preservation Association's Flory Park Tree Planting Event / International Coastal Cleanup Events. What humans do to hurt the water sheds: Uncontrolled erosion and littering.

10. 5 COMMON NATIVE PLANTS. Eastern Blue Star Snowy Goldenrod Cardinal Flower Sneeze Weed Black-Eyed Susan

11. 3 COMMON NATIVE BIRDS. Ruff Yellow Headed Black Bird Lesser Yellowlegs

12. 3 COMMON NATIVE MAMMALS. White Tailed Deer Eastern Cotton Head Rabbit Beaver

13. ENERGY SOURCES/ PPL  Water power is PPL’s primary renewable energy source, with 11 hydroelectric plants in Montana, two in Pennsylvania and two in Kentucky.  PPL companies have invested billions of dollars in environmental controls and upgrades at its fossil fuel power plants, and continue to make improvements.  PPL has two boiling water reactors with a combined capacity of 2,600 megawatts, making it one of the largest nuclear power plants in the U.S. Water Power Fossil Fuels Nuclear

14. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN LANCASTER, PA “Soil erosion is a natural process. Accelerated soil erosion is not. Accelerated soil erosion results from human earth disturbance. 70% of the sediment that enters rivers and water sheds is a direct result of human activity. Sediment is the largest pollutant of Pennsylvania's surface waters.” Farmers spraying their fields with manure and insecticide. http://www.lancasterconservation.org/erosion.php

15. INTERESTING STUFF!  Population: 500,000  Major Attractions: Sight & Sound Theatre, Strasburg Rail Road, Outlet Shopping, Dutch Wonderland, Amish Country  Colleges & Universities: Elizabethtown College, Franklin & Marshall College, Millersville University  Sports Teams: Lancaster Barnstormers Baseball Team

16. HOME AND LIFE.  Where does the water I your home come from? Susquehanna Watershed, New Holland Water Tower  What does your household do with trash? Where does it go if you get it picked up? Eagle Disposal of PA  Is there recycling in your home? If so explain how and if you have it picked up or dropped off where does it go after that? My family does recycle we use Eagle Disposal and recycling.  Where does your sewage go? Make sure you include how it gets processed and what happens to it after. New Holland, PA Sewage Disposal Plant

17.  Under The Willow Tree. We just let our trees grow out.  Flower Beds. Lots of birds and bunnies live under our bushes.  Nolt’s Pond. Nolt’s Pond is just a block from our house, I like to fish there. Habitats

18. MY TOP 5 FOODS!! dairy meat eggs fruit sugar