Our Mission
The Bushkill Stream Conservancy is a public-private partnership advancing the conservation and enhancement of the Bushkill Creek watershed. The Conservancy sponsors programs of education, public outreach, recreation, environmental research, streamside restoration, and historical documentation.
Our History
The Bushkill Stream Conservancy, an all-volunteer organization, began as an ad hoc committee formed to explore proposals for a recreational trail utilizing abandoned rail lines that parallel the lower Bushkill Creek. It soon became evident that the creek faced an array of challenges, including the need for preservation of its greenways. Thus, the committee was transformed into a nucleus of sharply focused environment and education efforts covering the entire watershed and was incorporated in 1991 as a tax-exempt, nonprofit entity known as the Bushkill Stream Conservancy.
Recognizing the limitations of a fledgling organization with no paid staff and limited funding, the founders decided not to follow a conventional membership pattern but instead to function as a partnership, promoting the involvement of a wide variety of existing entities with a common interest in the Bushkill Creek. This partnership includes educational institutions; nonprofit groups; municipalities; government agencies at the local, county, and state levels; and many interested individuals, called “Friends.”
From its beginning, the Conservancy has sponsored riparian planting projects, physical improvements, and remedial work along the creek. Since 2001, the Conservancy has secured over $450,000 grants for Bushkill Creek Watershed projects, an amount equal to more than $5000 per square mile of the watershed. Click for more information on BSC projects and events.
The BSC has extensive records on the history of the Bushkill Creek and the history of the BSC. The vast majority of these records are available in hard copy only. Please contact us if you are interested in reviewing any records.
Board of Directors
The Bushkill Stream Conservancy is managed by an all-volunteer Board of Directors. The 2025 officers are:
President, Kathy Altmann
Vice President, Ray Pearson
Secretary, Carrie Bachman
Treasurer, Lew Parker
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Join Us
We welcome volunteers to participate in a wide range of projects, ranging from improvement of streamside buffer areas and control of invasive alien plants to water quality monitoring and more complex efforts funded by grants from private and public sources. To join us or to receive information about projects and events, please click here.
Persons interested in active participation in the Conservancy’s work are urged to join us at 7pm on the 4th Monday of each month in the Tatamy Municipal Building. (Through the front entrance, glass door to your right leads to the upstairs room – take a comfy seat at the conference table.)
Please contact us or check our Facebook page for meeting confirmation.
For more information about the Bushkill Stream Conservancy, or if you have historical documents or reference material relating to the Bushkill Creek (to be copied or donated), please contact us.
