Clean Water Conversations
Brought to you by Lancaster Clean Water Partners, Clean Water Conversations is a lively series of discussions with leaders, volunteers and difference-makers in our shared goal of clean and clear waterways by 2040. Join our hosts Allyson Gibson and Kenn Bennett as they talk with guests about clean water work being done in Lancaster County and have a little fun along the way.
For questions or episode suggestions, contact us at info@LancasterCleanWaterPartners.com
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Music credits:
Intro: "Let Good Times Roll" by RA, copyright 2025, MusicVine
"Price is Right Losing Horn", Sheila Cole, Fremantle in association with CBS,
The Price is Right Productions, Inc.
Episodes
45 episodes
Conestoga-Susquehannock Tribe: Collective Advocacy, Clean Water & Lancaster History
What does the Conestoga-Susquehannock Tribe have to do with clean water? More than you might think. Andrea, Cheyenne, and Lancaster Clean Water Partners’ Michael Mantooth share the tribe’s history, its fight for recognition, and why protecting ...
Saving Farms. Protecting Water. Building a Voice.
The theme of Season 6 of the Clean Water Conversations podcast is Collective Advocacy. This season, we explore advocacy at every "level and volume," recognizing that the loudest is not always the most powerful. We’ll go from grassroots co...
Choose Clean Water Conference: Lessons, Stories & What’s Next
This season, we focused on education, and we had some great guests for you to listen to!This episode is the season 5 finale, recorded at the Choose Clean Water Conference in downtown Lancaster! We wrapped up the season with som...
Educating Leaders: Collaboration, Connection, and Community
This episode features Jennifer Diaz and Sarah Kemble of Leadership Lancaster. Sarah and Jennifer are both exceptional storytellers who make us laugh, think, and become inspired to take our next steps. It's a fun and insightfu...
Three Colleges, One Goal: Educating the Next Generation for Clean Water
We continue our theme of education in the conservation world with this Conversation with Lancaster County's three formal institutes of higher learning. Nicholas Allwater from Franklin & Marshall College...
What Drives Scientists to Protect Clean Water?
Season 5 of Clean Water Conversations is all about clean water education, and this episode takes us behind the science to meet two researchers working to better understand and protect our freshwater resources.We talk with...
Learning Outside: Education for Clean Water
Season 5 of Clean Water Conversations is all about environmental education, and who better to explore the subject than Tom Ackerman, Vice President of Education at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation?We talk with Tom about the ...
FFA, Agriculture, and Clean Water in Lancaster
What does FFA look like in an urban high school? In this episode of Clean Water Conversations, we talk with Mr. Brandon Bixler, Agriculture and Environmental Studies teacher and FFA staff advisor at McCaskey High School, and Valerie Gr...
Edible Classrooms, Gardening, and Clean Water
Season 5 is all about conservation education from the ground up, from kids to adults, and from conservation enthusiasts to conservation professionals. We’re celebrating the people and programs that share the knowledge that makes a difference fo...
Clean Water Communications and Environmental Storytelling
We wrap up Season 4 with Drew Robinson, Communications Director for the Choose Clean Water Coalition and Chair of the Development and Communications Committee at Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake.Drew joins us for a conversation abo...
Lancaster County Conservation Disctrict: 75 Years of Change
What can 75 years of conservation teach us about the future of clean water? In this episode of Clean Water Conversations, we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Lancaster County Conservation District with Matt Kofroth, Assistant Dist...
Networking, Collaboration, and Collective Impact
What does it take to bring people together around a shared vision for clean water? In this episode of Clean Water Conversations, we talk with Bess Langbein, Partner at Due East Partners, about networking, collaboration, communit...
Groundwater, Water Education, and Clean Water
Where does our groundwater come from, and why does it matter to clean water? In this episode of Clean Water Conversations, we talk with Jenn Fetter, Water Resources Program Team Leader at Penn State Extension and Director of the...
Environmental Economics, Agriculture, and Clean Water
What does economics have to do with clean water? In this episode of Clean Water Conversations, we talk with Dr. Patrick Fleming, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Franklin & Marshall College and Co Direct...
Municipalities, Conservation, and Clean Water
What can a lifetime of community service teach us about clean water? In this episode of Clean Water Conversations, we talk with Scott Peiffer, the recently retired Manager of Quarryville Borough, whose career has taken him from ...
Green Infrastructure, Stormwater, and Clean Water
We’re back for Season 4 of Clean Water Conversations! In this episode, we talk with Emily Broich, Pennsylvania Green Infrastructure and Forest Projects Coordinator at the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, about green infrastructure, sto...
Clean Water Wins in Lancaster County
We wrap up Season 3 of Clean Water Conversations from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Crescendo in Collaboration celebration at Ascension Lutheran Church in Lancaster County. In this season finale, we look back at some of t...
Episode 26 - Ryan Foltz and Sam Son
In this episode, we talk with Ryan Foltz and Sam Son, two of the owners of Pour Man's Brewing and St. Boniface Brewing. We hear about how they got their start, the importance of clean water to brewing and all about their special Water Wee...
Episode 25 - Diana Martin
In this episode, we speak with Director of High Impact for the High Foundation and Executive Director of the Partners for Environmental Stewardship, Diana Martin. World traveler, adventurer, organic farming enthusiast and Lancaster City a...
Episode 24 - Natalie Johnson and Mike Hudson
In this episode we are talking with Natalie Johnson and Mike Hudson from Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake. We discuss the amazing work being done by local congregations, growth within the organization under the leadership of the new...
Episode 23 -Emily Landis
In this episode, we are talking about the Blue-Green Connector project, Lancaster Science Factory and learning through the Covid years with the Director of Education & Environmental Strategy at the Little Conestoga Creek Foundation through ...
Episode 22 - Funding Freeze
On January 28, 2025, a memorandum was released from the White House Office of Management and Budget that,“Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related to the disbursement of Federal financial assistance.” Although that ...
Episode 21 with Brian Gish
In this episode, we are chatting with Brian Gish, the Senior Watershed Planner at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF). He discusses CBF's focus on local waterways, tells some great personal stories, avoids acronym buzzers like he's ...
Episode 20 with Jenna Mitchell Beckett
Season 3 kicks off with a chat with Jenna Mitchell Beckett, Pennsylvania State Director and Agriculture Program Director at the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and is also the current Chair of the Lancaster Clean Water Partners Board of Trustee...
Episode 19 - Year 1 and Season 2 Finale
Thank you for a great first year! In this finale of both season 2 and our first year, Allyson and Kenn talk about their list of awesomeness for the year of the show, play highlights, give updates have a little fun and, of course, dodg...
