Review of Minutes and approval

Goals, Projects, and Tasks

Place Holders:

• All - Reminder of EAC-initiated projects for next 6+ months: Brightside Farm Riparian Buffer Planting, Deerfield Riparian Buffer; Earth Day; Charlestown Bird Town; Battery Recycling Program; Education Series; EAC adoption of Charlestown road for biannual cleanups; New developments for review; EAC website on where residents can dispose of household items; Friends of Charlestown.us; Kendig and Jenkins conservation parks-Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2) grant; synthetic turf fields in Charlestown; ChesCo planning natural resources maps: https://www.chescoplanning.org/Resources/MapGallery.cfm.

New:

On Going

1. EAC membership – updates.
2. EAC logo – update Goodman.
3. Charlestown township composting - update: Solomon
4. Adoption of Charlestown Road for PennDOT – date for Cleanup will be date for Earth Day cleanup: Walker
5. Single use plastic bag/items ban – Township meeting with businesses in Charlestown update.
6. Nature News (Jan., Apr., July., Oct.) – Solomon
7. Tour of invasive plant species for the spring – update: Armstrong
8. Bird Town program – update. Motel suggestion for presentation by PA Audubon on woodpeckers.
9. Beyond Pesticides Parks for a Sustainable Future proposal: – update: Armstrong
10. Township newsletter articles due dates (1/15, 4/15, 7/15, & 10/15)
11. Riparian buffer maintenance: Updates – Outdoor maintenance beginning again in March, residents welcome to help.
12. Review of PA Outdoor Corps to help with invasive removal in riparian zone of Brightside Park; No adult teams available to Charlestown for 2024: Armstrong update. Discussion with Township Manager regarding a consultant to dig out invasives.
13. Battery collection program for Charlestown – update: Armstrong.
14. Information for PC on increasing stream temperature: postponed until spring.

Adjourn