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In September, 1999, the Buckingham Township Board of Supervisors established an Environmental Advisory Council for Buckingham Township.
Pennsylvania General Assembly Act 148 gives municipalities the authority to establish environmental advisory councils. Councils can advise a municipality's governing body on matters concerning the protection, conservation, management, and use of the municipality's natural resources.
Appointed Members
Ruth W. Foster, Ph.D.
Andrew C. Hrynczyszyn
Joseph T. Jacobsen
Ginnie Preston
Frank Rehill
The Mission of the Environmental Advisory Council
The Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) shall advise the Buckingham Township Board of Supervisors on matters concerning the protection, conservation, management, and use of the municipality's natural resources. The EAC will provide leadership and direction in developing and achieving environmental goals to protect, sustain and restore the environment within Buckingham Township
consistent with the values and priorities of the residents.
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The following Table is based on the Morris Arboretum Report of Bucks County Natural Areas Inventory. The numbered areas have been roughly overlaid on the Township map above.
Northern Harrier
( Marsh Hawk )
Cold Spring Creamery Road
Buckingham, Pennsylvania
Buckingham Township Home Page
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Inaugural EAC Public Seminar Held
The first of a series of public seminars sponsored by the Township's Environmental Advisory Council was held on Monday evening, November 13, 2000. Mr. Evan Pappas of the Pennsylvania Clean Air Council presented on Clean Electricity.
Mr. Pappas opened the seminar with an explanation of conventional and alternative energy sources available for electrical generation. These sources included fossil fuels (coal), biomass, nuclear, hydro, geothermal, solar and wind. Environmental consequences associated with each energy source were included.
Clarification was then offered on how to 'read' rates offered by utility companies. Rates are established based on the three parts of getting electricity into the home or business. Those parts are generation, transmission, and distribution. Generation and transmission vary with energy company choice, and comprise approximately 40% of the total billing. Distribution is provided for this area by PECO, and is a fixed cost which represents the other 60% of your electricity bill.
For comparison purposes, the current cost of generation and transmission offered by PECO is 5.65 cents per kilowatt hour. Rates offered by other energy producers can therefore be compared to this price. The balance of the cost of energy is the fixed cost for distribution provided by PECO. Mr. Pappas noted that before a decision to change electricity suppliers is made, the consumer should by all means clarify what is included in the suppliers cost basis.
For fact sheets or further information contact:
Clean Air Council
135 South 19th Street
Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215 567-4004
Clean Air Council
The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate at the time of presentation. This information is time sensitive. It is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed. Readers are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information. The opinions expressed are those of the author and presenter, and do not imply endorsement by the Township or the EAC.
USEFUL LINKS TO YOUR ENVIRONMENT
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Pennsylvania Code Title 25 - Environmental Protection.
Pennsylvania DEP Listing of Subjects
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Courtesy of the Penn State Maproom... these digital raster graphics are scanned images of US Geological Survey (USGS) standard topographic maps of Pennsylvania, including
the Buckingham Quadrangle
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An incredibly detailed report from the Bucks County Open Space Task Force, created by the Bucks County Commissioners for the purpose of developing a practical plan to protect in perpetuity those natural resource areas and farmland deemed essential to preserve the unique character of Bucks County.
The specific charge to the task force is to develop the tools necessary to bring such a program into being, including:
1. Inventory specific existing sites
2. Set site selection criteria
3. Establish a priority rating system
4. Recommend methods of acquiring land rights
5.Develop a formula for the allocation of funds to implement open space plans
6. Recommend methods of financing land acquisition.
Be sure and look at the Appendices
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The U.S. Geological Survey is the Nation's largest earth- and life-science agency. The USGS has the principal responsibility within the Federal government for providing hydrologic information and appraising the Nation's water resources. The Pennsylvania District of the USGS collects basic hydrologic data and makes interpretive investigations of Pennsylvania's water resources. This web site is intended to provide the general public with information on the USGS and with timely access to the collected data.
Important data includes streamflows, drought information and
monthly groundwater levels.
Neshaminy Creek Rivers Conservation Plan
Other Interesting Links
Have you ever wondered what your neighborhood looked like from space?
This is a comprehensive site.
Each biweekly issue of the Scout Report for Science & Engineering offers a selective collection of Internet resources covering topics in the sciences, and related fields such as math and engineering, that have been chosen by librarians and content specialists in the given field of study.
Children's Butterfly Site
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Created by the Midcontinent Ecological Science Center of the US Geological Survey(USGS), this site is a nice starting point for younger users interested in butterflies.
All users, however, will enjoy the butterfly photo galleries, which offers pictures of common butterflies from around the world, organized by continent. Other features at the site include a coloring page on the Monarch life cycle, an illustrated butterfly and moth life cycle, butterfly and moth FAQs, and a large collection of (annotated) related links.
You might also try the following site for more information and pictures of butterflies:
More on Butterflies
Following is a list of Internet resources that New Ideas In Pollution Regulation (NIPR) contributors or NIPR host, David Shaman, think are particularly useful. Sites are organized in several sections including Data about Industrial Pollution and Related Topics, Research, Academic, and Non-Governmental Organizations, and US Government and International
Organizations:
NIPR
Links are solely provided for reading. They do not in any way reflect any opinion of Buckingham Township, or the Buckingham EAC.
Neshaminy Creek Flood Information from NFWA
Breeze Home
Buckingham Mtn vernal ponds & successional forest