Faculty Scholarship Series features Conewago Creek watershed restoration

Murray, students have studied aquatic systems for 20 years

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ELIZABETHTOWN, PA (01/15/2016)(readMedia)-- For more than 20 years, Dr. Thomas Murray and his students have studied the restoration of a variety of aquatic systems including lakes, streams and wetlands.

Murray, professor of biology at Elizabethtown College, discusses this initiative Tuesday, Feb. 2, in his talk, "Saving the Bay One Stream at a Time," as part of the College's Faculty Scholarship Series.

A reception is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the College's Susquehanna Room in Myer Hall; the talk follows at 7:30 p.m. Murray discusses the current state of the Conewago as a model for the continuing cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay.

Since 2002, Murray has been investigating the success of the restoration of the Conewago Creek-as a scientist, watershed board member and participant in the Conewago Creek Initiative. That initiative brought together state, federal and community partners in a long term effort to restore the Conewago Creek and its Watershed.

Currently, he and his students are focused on one portion of the Conewago watershed, a restored area of the stream and the adjacent wetland complex known as the Hershey Meadows. They are documenting the continued water quality improvement as part of the larger initiative.

The Conewago Creek drains more than 50 square miles of the larger Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Murray earned his bachelor's degree from College of the Holy Cross and his master's and doctoral degrees from University of Connecticut.

The lectures in the Faculty Scholarship Series are free.

Contact: Peggy Stauffer at 717-361-1416 or staufferp@etown.edu

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