Rose Valley’s Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) is a group of seven community residents appointed by Borough Council to advise officials and educate citizens about the protection, conservation, management, promotion and use of natural resources. It was created in 2008 by Rose Valley Ordinance 325.
 
The Rose Valley EAC works at the local level to:
  1. • Compile information and convey expertise to help officials make sound environmental policy decisions
  2. • Educate the public on natural resource protection and other environmental issues
  3. • Plan and implement projects, with authorization from Council
 
The Rose Valley EAC collaborates with its counterparts in Swarthmore, Rutledge and Nether Providence to coordinate natural resource protection and education across municipal boundaries. It is linked in an information exchange and support network to other EACs in southeastern Pennsylvania and throughout the state, coordinated by the Pennsylvania Environmental Council.
 
Rose Valley EAC members are volunteers appointed by Council from among the Borough’s residents for four-year terms. Their duties, upon request or approval by Council, are to:
  1. • Identify environmental problems and recommend remedies
  2. • Inventory open spaces, natural features and their characteristics and recommend uses and best management practices
  3. • Formulate and promote programs for the promotion and conservation of natural resources and environmental quality
  4. • Identify funding sources to protect and study natural resources and environmental quality and develop proposals to obtain funding
  5. • Recommend uses of open space and advise Council on acquisition of additional open space
  6. • Comment on applications for subdivision, variance or conditional use when requested to do so by Council or the Planning Commission
  7. • Help homeowners and other residents understand the impact of their decisions on the environment and the larger community
 
More details: What are Environmental Advisory Councils?
ROSE VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
Opportunities & Resources for Residents Spring Invasive Plants Workshop and Native Plant Sale HANDS-ON LEARNING & VOLUNTEER SERVICE Learn about nonnative invasive plants, help to eradicate them in an important wildlife sanctuary and plant native species to enhance beauty and wildlife habitat quality at the same time. Wear boots or work shoes and long pants and bring gardening gloves. Native woodland plants for sale at low prices! ~ Saturday, April 21, 9 a.m. to noon ~ (rain date April 28) at the Saul Wildlife Sanctuary behind the Old Mill, Old Mill Lane, Rose Valley aFewSteps.org more green in your pocket and community Neighborly Natural Landscaping creating natural environments on your property Rose Valley Bird List Plant Native native plant nurseries, organizations, species lists Invasive Species and What to Do About Them Best Plants to Enhance Wildlife and Native Biodiversity Brush Piles for Wildlife Habitat Deer Management -- the Whys and Wherefores Rose Valley Deer Management Plan 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 Supplement (updated October 2011) Safe Outdoor Burning and Better Alternatives Chester-Ridley-Crum Watersheds Associationhttp://afewsteps.org/http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/uh142.pdfindex_files/Birds%20of%20Rose%20Valley%202011-07-27.pdfhttp://www.plantnative.org/Invasive%20Species%20and%20What%20to%20Do%20About%20Them.htmlhttp://www.natlands.org/publications/publications/?did=1http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/brush-piles-help-wildlife-in-your-ecosystem-garden.htmlDeer%20Management%20in%20Rose%20Valley.htmlindex_files/Rose%20Valley%20Deer%20Management%20Plan%202010-2012.pdfindex_files/Rose%20Valley%20Deer%20Management%20Plan%202010-2012_1.pdfSafe%20Outdoor%20Burning%20and%20Better%20Alternatives.htmlhttp://crcwatersheds.org/shapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2shapeimage_1_link_3shapeimage_1_link_4shapeimage_1_link_5shapeimage_1_link_6shapeimage_1_link_7shapeimage_1_link_8shapeimage_1_link_9shapeimage_1_link_10shapeimage_1_link_11
Satellite view of Ridley Creek flowing past the Old Mill, Long Point and Todmorden Woods