Berks Conservancy will create and install

interpretive and educational signage at An-

gelica Creek Park in conjunction with the

development of the planned Environmental

Education Center. Directional signage will

also be installed.

Angelica Creek Signage

Angelica Creek Programming and Promotion

Pine Creek Watershed Association: 25 years of Lands Protection

Documentation of personal stories of local landowners who have chosen

to protect their land with conservation easements. Landowner stories and

photographs of their land will be published on Oley Hills Alive.

Pike Township will construct a footbridge across Pine Creek and

link Long Lane with Mill Road at the site of a former road

bridge. The township will designate a .3 mile portion of Mill

Road as a walking trail leading to the new township park and

picnic area.

Pine Creek Footbridge and Mill Road Trail

A partnership of seven municipalities led by Upper Hanover

Township and the Upper Perkiomen Valley Chamber of Com-

merce will develop and install a unified system of town gateways,

including wayfinding and identification signs assisting users in lo-

cating outdoor amenities and trail networks.

Perk Up Wayfinding for Outdoor Program

Berks Conservancy will create, plan, and implement a full component of educa-

tional programs for the Angelica Education Center.

Mini Grants Awarded Round 5 Spring 2012

Interpreting through a variety of displays in a 19th century charcoal barn.

Hay Creek Valley Historical Society is creating an interpretive display

telling the story of iron making using the theme Joanna Furnace, the

people, the products, and the community.

Fricks Lock Study

Colebrookedale Tourist Railroad

The Colebrookedale Railroad Preservation Trust and the Rede-

velopment Authority of Berks County are completing a feasibil-

ity study for the Secret Valley. Tourist rail experience. The Cole-

brookedale Railroad will introduce the rich industrial, Native

American, and geological histories of one of the nations oldest

iron making hubs. This study will be a detailed implementation

plan for the establishment of a railroad passenger excursion from Pottstown to Boyerstown on the Cole-

East Coventry Township is completing a feasibility study

on the adaptive reuse for the historic resources in the

Frick's Lock National Register Historic District. This

project includes economic development, recreation and

heritage resources.

Joanna Furnace Interpretive Display

Sourcewater Protection Plan Implementation

The Borough of Boyertown with the help of Berks Conser-

vancy will undertake actions within the Sourcewater Protection

Plan and recommend forest management for Boyertown's wa-

tershed drinking water supply properties, and complete a PA

DCNR approved Forestry Stewardship Plan with invasive spe-

cies management and forest regeneration planning.