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Aquatic Resources of Spring Creek: A Historical Perspective
This article was originally published by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission: State of the Susquehanna 2010 Report. Spring Creek, a...
Sustainability of Trout Fishery
The following article has been condensed from the publication “The Fishery of Spring Creek – A Watershed Under Siege” by Robert F....
Wetlands of the Spring Creek Watershed
How many wetlands occur in the Spring Creek Watershed? This is a typical question arising when considering the water resources of a...
Preserving Open Spaces
The natural beauty of the Spring Creek Watershed's landscape is increasingly transfigured by development. Its rural character, reflecting...
Land Cover - Its Impact on Water Quality
Map of land use in the Spring Creek Watershed in 2014. By clicking on the map above, you will open it as a pdf image that you can...
The Importance of Forests to Water
Forested watersheds provide many benefits to humans. One of the most important is to provide clean, clear drinking water but forested...
Why two boundaries?
The Spring Creek Watershed has two types of watershed boundaries as shown on this cross-section diagram. The surface-water boundary is on...
Critical Water Planning Area Designation
The Pennsylvania State Water Plan defined a Critical Water Planning Area (CWPA) as: “Any significant hydrologic unit where existing or...
Potentially Stressed Area Designation
The Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC), in its 2005 Groundwater Management Plan, showed Potentially Stressed Areas on this map on...
Stream Habitat Improvement and Restoration – Dynamic Nature of Streams
Whether a headwaters trout stream or a larger river, all waterways have something in common; they are dynamic systems, which means they...
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