About the Brodhead Watershed Association
MONROE COUNTY, PA
OUR MISSION
The Brodhead Watershed Association (BWA) is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to protecting and improving water resources and the environment in the Brodhead and Cherry creek watersheds. The BWA assists municipalities, residents, businesses and groups with protecting natural resources through outreach, workshops, public programs, stream monitoring and baseline data collection.
OUR PARTNERS
MUNICIPAL PARTNERS
COUNTY AGENCIES
WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION /DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED INITIATIVE Through its Delaware River Watershed Initiative, William Penn Foundation has funded GET OUTDOORS POCONOS, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE and other outreach and education programs of BWA
Coalition for the Delaware river Watershed – unites organizations working throughout the region to enhance their capacity to effectively advocate for protecting and restoring the Delaware River Basin.
Delaware Riverkeeper Network – champions the rights of our communities for a Delaware River and tributary streams that are free-flowing, clean, healthy, and abundant with a diversity of life.
Open Space Institute – protects land for people, for wildlife, forever. OSI funded PLAN FOR CLEAN WATER .
Pocono Heritage Land Trust BWA and PHLT share work and meeting space at the BRODHEAD CREEK HERITAGE CENTER
Broshead Trout Unlimited – BWA and Brodhead TU partnered to install the MCMCMICHAEL CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT
PennFuture – BWA and PennFuture partner to protect Our Pocono Waters
Most municipalities in the Brodhead watershed support BWA’s work.
BWA works with MONROE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION and
MONROE COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT on a variety of projects, most recently the Plan for Clean Water