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NON-TIDAL BENTHIC MONITORING DATABASE: Version 3.5
NON-TIDAL BENTHIC MONITORING DATABASE: Version 3.5 DATABASE DESIGN DOCUMENTATION AND DATA DICTIONARY 1 June 2013 Prepared for: United States Environmental Protection Agency Chesapeake Bay Program 410 Severn Avenue Annapolis, Maryland 21403 Prepared By: Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin 51 Monroe Street, PE-08 Rockville, Maryland 20850 Prepared for United States Environmental Protection Agency Chesapeake Bay Program 410 Severn Avenue Annapolis, MD 21403 By Jacqueline Johnson Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin To receive additional copies of the report please call or write: The Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin 51 Monroe Street, PE-08 Rockville, Maryland 20850 301-984-1908 Funds to support the document The Non-Tidal Benthic Monitoring Database: Version 3.0; Database Design Documentation And Data Dictionary was supported by the US Environmental Protection Agency Grant CB- CBxxxxxxxxxx-x Disclaimer The opinion expressed are those of the authors and should not be construed as representing the U.S. Government, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the several states or the signatories or Commissioners to the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin: Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia or the District of Columbia. ii The Non-Tidal Benthic Monitoring Database: Version 3.5 TABLE OF CONTENTS BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................................. 3 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. -
Susquehanna Riyer Drainage Basin
'M, General Hydrographic Water-Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 109 Series -j Investigations, 13 .N, Water Power, 9 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR HYDROGRAPHY OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIYER DRAINAGE BASIN BY JOHN C. HOYT AND ROBERT H. ANDERSON WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1 9 0 5 CONTENTS. Page. Letter of transmittaL_.__.______.____.__..__.___._______.._.__..__..__... 7 Introduction......---..-.-..-.--.-.-----............_-........--._.----.- 9 Acknowledgments -..___.______.._.___.________________.____.___--_----.. 9 Description of drainage area......--..--..--.....-_....-....-....-....--.- 10 General features- -----_.____._.__..__._.___._..__-____.__-__---------- 10 Susquehanna River below West Branch ___...______-_--__.------_.--. 19 Susquehanna River above West Branch .............................. 21 West Branch ....................................................... 23 Navigation .--..........._-..........-....................-...---..-....- 24 Measurements of flow..................-.....-..-.---......-.-..---...... 25 Susquehanna River at Binghamton, N. Y_-..---...-.-...----.....-..- 25 Ghenango River at Binghamton, N. Y................................ 34 Susquehanna River at Wilkesbarre, Pa......_............-...----_--. 43 Susquehanna River at Danville, Pa..........._..................._... 56 West Branch at Williamsport, Pa .._.................--...--....- _ - - 67 West Branch at Allenwood, Pa.....-........-...-.._.---.---.-..-.-.. 84 Juniata River at Newport, Pa...-----......--....-...-....--..-..---.- -
2018 Pennsylvania Summary of Fishing Regulations and Laws PERMITS, MULTI-YEAR LICENSES, BUTTONS
2018PENNSYLVANIA FISHING SUMMARY Summary of Fishing Regulations and Laws 2018 Fishing License BUTTON WHAT’s NeW FOR 2018 l Addition to Panfish Enhancement Waters–page 15 l Changes to Misc. Regulations–page 16 l Changes to Stocked Trout Waters–pages 22-29 www.PaBestFishing.com Multi-Year Fishing Licenses–page 5 18 Southeastern Regular Opening Day 2 TROUT OPENERS Counties March 31 AND April 14 for Trout Statewide www.GoneFishingPa.com Use the following contacts for answers to your questions or better yet, go onlinePFBC to the LOCATION PFBC S/TABLE OF CONTENTS website (www.fishandboat.com) for a wealth of information about fishing and boating. THANK YOU FOR MORE INFORMATION: for the purchase STATE HEADQUARTERS CENTRE REGION OFFICE FISHING LICENSES: 1601 Elmerton Avenue 595 East Rolling Ridge Drive Phone: (877) 707-4085 of your fishing P.O. Box 67000 Bellefonte, PA 16823 Harrisburg, PA 17106-7000 Phone: (814) 359-5110 BOAT REGISTRATION/TITLING: license! Phone: (866) 262-8734 Phone: (717) 705-7800 Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. The mission of the Pennsylvania Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday PUBLICATIONS: Fish and Boat Commission is to Monday through Friday BOATING SAFETY Phone: (717) 705-7835 protect, conserve, and enhance the PFBC WEBSITE: Commonwealth’s aquatic resources EDUCATION COURSES FOLLOW US: www.fishandboat.com Phone: (888) 723-4741 and provide fishing and boating www.fishandboat.com/socialmedia opportunities. REGION OFFICES: LAW ENFORCEMENT/EDUCATION Contents Contact Law Enforcement for information about regulations and fishing and boating opportunities. Contact Education for information about fishing and boating programs and boating safety education. -
Walleye Management Plan
Table of Contents Executive Summary .........................................................................................................................5 Chapter 1: Introduction ..................................................................................................................6 Plan Purpose...................................................................................................................6 Objectives ......................................................................................................................6 Chapter 2: Management History ...................................................................................................8 The Warmwater Rationale (1976) ................................................................................ 8 Warmwater Fisheries Project (1977) ............................................................................ 8 The Strategic Plan for Pennsylvania’s Warmwater/Coolwater Fisheries (1984) ........ 9 The Lake Examination Manual (1989) ......................................................................... 9 The Walleye Plan for Pennsylvania (1988) ...................................................................9 Resource Categories .......................................................................................................9 Saugeye ........................................................................................................................10 Sauger ..........................................................................................................................10 -
Wild Trout Waters (Natural Reproduction) - September 2021
Pennsylvania Wild Trout Waters (Natural Reproduction) - September 2021 Length County of Mouth Water Trib To Wild Trout Limits Lower Limit Lat Lower Limit Lon (miles) Adams Birch Run Long Pine Run Reservoir Headwaters to Mouth 39.950279 -77.444443 3.82 Adams Hayes Run East Branch Antietam Creek Headwaters to Mouth 39.815808 -77.458243 2.18 Adams Hosack Run Conococheague Creek Headwaters to Mouth 39.914780 -77.467522 2.90 Adams Knob Run Birch Run Headwaters to Mouth 39.950970 -77.444183 1.82 Adams Latimore Creek Bermudian Creek Headwaters to Mouth 40.003613 -77.061386 7.00 Adams Little Marsh Creek Marsh Creek Headwaters dnst to T-315 39.842220 -77.372780 3.80 Adams Long Pine Run Conococheague Creek Headwaters to Long Pine Run Reservoir 39.942501 -77.455559 2.13 Adams Marsh Creek Out of State Headwaters dnst to SR0030 39.853802 -77.288300 11.12 Adams McDowells Run Carbaugh Run Headwaters to Mouth 39.876610 -77.448990 1.03 Adams Opossum Creek Conewago Creek Headwaters to Mouth 39.931667 -77.185555 12.10 Adams Stillhouse Run Conococheague Creek Headwaters to Mouth 39.915470 -77.467575 1.28 Adams Toms Creek Out of State Headwaters to Miney Branch 39.736532 -77.369041 8.95 Adams UNT to Little Marsh Creek (RM 4.86) Little Marsh Creek Headwaters to Orchard Road 39.876125 -77.384117 1.31 Allegheny Allegheny River Ohio River Headwater dnst to conf Reed Run 41.751389 -78.107498 21.80 Allegheny Kilbuck Run Ohio River Headwaters to UNT at RM 1.25 40.516388 -80.131668 5.17 Allegheny Little Sewickley Creek Ohio River Headwaters to Mouth 40.554253 -80.206802 -
Pike River Watersheds Watershed 2010 Water Quality Management Plan Update
Wisconsin Pike River Watersheds Watershed 2010 Water Quality Management Plan Update Southeast Basin, Wisconsin August, 2010 The Pike River Basin is a 56 square mile area that lies on the eastern side of Kenosha and Ra- cine Counties. Approximately 52 square miles of land eventu- ally drain into the Pike River, which discharges to Lake Michigan in the City of Kenosha at a point approximately one mile north of the City of Kenosha Harbor. Contents The remaining 4 square miles of land drain directly into Lake Michigan via swales, ditches, Watershed Details . 1 Pre-settlement/Historical Conditions . 2 channels and stormsewer outlets. Map 1: Pike River Watershed Ecological Landscapes. 3 Watershed History Note . 4 Watershed Details Watershed Condition . 4 Population and Land Use Priority Issues . 4 The Pike River watershed includes portions Overall Condition . 5 of the Cities of Kenosha and Racine; Town Fish Consumption Advice . 5 of Somers; and Villages of Elmwood Park, Point and Nonpoint Sources . .5 Mt Pleasant, Pleasant Prairie and Sturte- River and Stream Condition . .5 vant (Table 1). Of these seven minor civil Lake Health . .6 divisions, only the Village of Sturtevant lies Wetland Health . .6 entirely within the watershed boundaries. Waters of Note: . .7 Civil divisions are an important factor in Watershed Actions . 8 watershed based natural resource manage- Projects and Grants . .8 ment since local units of government form Recommendations . 10 a foundation for the public decision mak- Contributors: . 11 ing framework within which environmental Figure 1: Land Use (2001) References . 11 issues are addressed (SEWRPC 2007). Interested in Learning More? . 11 The Pike River Watershed has been among the fastest growing regions in the State. -
The Luzerne Legal Register Decedents’ Estates C
THE LUZERNE LEGAL REGISTER DECEDENTS’ ESTATES C. Ciavarella, Executor; Donald T. Notice is hereby given that Rogers, Esquire, 63 West River letters testamentary or of admin- St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 istration have been granted in the following estates. All persons ESTATE OF GERALDINE M. COUSIN indebted to said estates are re- a/k/a Geraldine Cousin, late of quired to make payment and Plymouth (died December 14, those having claims or demands 2018), Gerald Cousin, Executor; to present the same without de- Michael D. Rogers, Esquire, 63 lay to the administrators or ex- West River St., Wilkes-Barre, PA ecutors named or their attorneys 18702 FIRST PUBLICATION ESTATE OF EBERT B. DRASHER ESTATE OF JOLYNN ANSKIS, late of a/k/a Ebert Drasher, late of Den- Newport Twp. (died September 30, nison Twp. (died November 28, 2018), Joseph Kirschner, Admin- 2018), Lois Jones and Barry istrator; Matthew P. Kelly, Es- Drasher, Co-Executors; Daniel A. quire, 400 Third Ave., Suite 205, Miscavige, Esquire, Gillespie Mis- Kingston, PA 18704 cavige & Ferdinand, LLC, 67 North Church St., Hazleton, PA 18201 ESTATE OF MICHAEL J. BAHARA, late of Dallas (died November 25, ESTATE OF NANCY FALZONE, late 2018), Marylee Schirg, Executrix; of Exeter (died December 27, Sean M. McNealis, Esquire, 5929 2018), Angela Grady, Executrix; Main Rd., Hunlock Creek, PA Bregman & Lantz, LLC, 1205 18621 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort, PA 18704 ESTATE OF LINN BELLES a/k/a Linn F. Belles, late of Nanticoke ESTATE OF WILLIAM S. GOGOLA, (died December 11, 2018), Chris- late of Hazle Twp. (died November topher Belles, Executor; James T. -
Regional Chesapeake Bay Pollutant Reduction Plan for Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority (Wvsa)
369 East Park Drive Harrisburg, PA 17111 (717) 564-1121 www.hrg-inc.com August 2017 REGIONAL CHESAPEAKE BAY POLLUTANT REDUCTION PLAN FOR WYOMING VALLEY SANITARY AUTHORITY (WVSA) PREPARED FOR: WVSA LUZERNE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA HRG Project No. R005655.0426 ©Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc., 2017 REGIONAL CHESAPEAKE BAY POLLUTANT REDUCTION PLAN FOR WYOMING VALLEY SANITARY AUTHORITY, LUZERNE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary Introduction Section A – Public Participation Section B – Maps Section C – Pollutants of Concern Section D – Existing Pollutants of Concern Loading D.1 Baseline Pollutant Load Calculation D.2 Baseline Adjustment Section E – Select BMPs to Achieve the Minimum Required Reductions in Pollutant Loading E.1 Pollutant Reduction Requirements E.2 Proposed BMPs E.3 Partnerships E.4 Reportable BMPs Section F – Funding Mechanism Section G – BMP Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Appendices Appendix I – MS4 Permittee Participant List Appendix II – Public Comment Documentation Appendix III – Impaired Sewershed Maps Appendix IV – MS4 Municipal Requirements Appendix V – Existing Pollutant Loading Calculations Appendix VI – Pollutant Load Reduction Requirements BMP Strategy Pollutant Load Reduction Calculations Appendix VII – BMP Schematic Construction Details Regional Chesapeake Bay Pollutant Reduction Plan Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Page 1 Executive Summary The Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority (WVSA) has expanded their purpose and powers to include stormwater management. This -
Anthracite Mine Drainage Strategy Summary
Publication 279a Susquehanna Anthracite Region December 2011 River Basin Commission Mine Drainage Remediation Strategy SUMMARY In 2009, SRBC initiated the he largest source of Anthracite Coal challenging and ambitious one, especially Susquehanna River Basin Twithin the United States is found in light of current funding limitations. Anthracite Region Strategy, which in the four distinct Anthracite Coal However, opportunities exist in the is based on a similar scope of work Fields of northeastern Pennsylvania. Anthracite Coal Region that could completed for the West Branch The four fields – Northern, Eastern- encourage and assist in the restoration Susquehanna Subbasin in 2008. Middle, Western-Middle, and Southern of its lands and waters. – lie mostly in the Susquehanna River In the Anthracite Region, SRBC Basin; the remaining portions are in the For example, the numerous underground is coordinating its efforts with the Delaware River Basin. The Susquehanna mine pools of the Anthracite Region hold Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition watershed portion covers about 517 vast quantities of water that could be for Abandoned Mine Reclamation square miles (Figure 1). utilized by industry or for augmenting (EPCAMR). Sharing data between streamflows during times of drought. EPCAMR’s Anthracite Region The sheer size of these four Anthracite In addition, the large flow discharges Mine Pooling Mapping Initiative Coal Fields made this portion of indicative of the Anthracite Region also and SRBC’s remediation strategy Pennsylvania one of the most important hold hydroelectric development potential is valuable in moving both resource extraction regions in the United that can offset energy needs and, at the initiatives forward. Both agencies States and helped spur the nation’s same time, assist in the treatment of the will continue to work together Industrial Revolution. -
Class a Wild Trout Waters Created: August 16, 2021 Definition of Class
Class A Wild Trout Waters Created: August 16, 2021 Definition of Class A Waters: Streams that support a population of naturally produced trout of sufficient size and abundance to support a long-term and rewarding sport fishery. Management: Natural reproduction, wild populations with no stocking. Definition of Ownership: Percent Public Ownership: the percent of stream section that is within publicly owned land is listed in this column, publicly owned land consists of state game lands, state forest, state parks, etc. Important Note to Anglers: Many waters in Pennsylvania are on private property, the listing or mapping of waters by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission DOES NOT guarantee public access. Always obtain permission to fish on private property. Percent Lower Limit Lower Limit Length Public County Water Section Fishery Section Limits Latitude Longitude (miles) Ownership Adams Carbaugh Run 1 Brook Headwaters to Carbaugh Reservoir pool 39.871810 -77.451700 1.50 100 Adams East Branch Antietam Creek 1 Brook Headwaters to Waynesboro Reservoir inlet 39.818420 -77.456300 2.40 100 Adams-Franklin Hayes Run 1 Brook Headwaters to Mouth 39.815808 -77.458243 2.18 31 Bedford Bear Run 1 Brook Headwaters to Mouth 40.207730 -78.317500 0.77 100 Bedford Ott Town Run 1 Brown Headwaters to Mouth 39.978611 -78.440833 0.60 0 Bedford Potter Creek 2 Brown T 609 bridge to Mouth 40.189160 -78.375700 3.30 0 Bedford Three Springs Run 2 Brown Rt 869 bridge at New Enterprise to Mouth 40.171320 -78.377000 2.00 0 Bedford UNT To Shobers Run (RM 6.50) 2 Brown -
ADAMS COUNTY Waterbody Name Portion Within ORW/ERW
ADAMS COUNTY Waterbody Name Portion Within ORW/ERW Classification Status Big Roche-a-Cri creek Upstream from CTH W ORW Big Spring Creek Above dam on Big Spring Pond ERW Campbell Creek Upstream from Easton Pond ERW Carter Creek Upstream from CTH G ERW Chester Creek All ERW Corning Creek All ERW Fairbanks Creek All ERW Fordham Creek All ERW Gulch Creek All ERW Lawrence Creek All ERW Little Roche-a-Cri Creek 10th Ave upstream to 8th Ave ERW Neenah Creek All ERW Plainville Creek Upstream from Hwy 13 ERW ASHLAND COUNTY Waterbody Name Portion Within ORW/ERW Classification Status Bad River Slough All ORW Kakagon Slough All ORW N Fork Flambeau River All ORW Augustine Creek Above Augustine Lake Road @ T43N R1W S36 ERW Ballou Creek T44N R2W S11- S12 ERW Bosner Creek Upstream from junction with feeder @ T41N R1E S17 ERW Devils Creek All ERW Hildebrandt Creek (tributary to Butternut Creek) All ERW Krause Creek All ERW Pine Creek All ERW Spring Brook All ERW Troutmere Creek All ERW Tyler Forks Around Gehrman Creek @ T45N R2W S15 ERW White River Above the Bad River Indian Reservation ERW BARRON COUNTY Waterbody Name Portion Within OERW Classification Status Bear Lake (T36N R12W S2) All ORW Engle Creek All ORW Hickey Creek All ORW Red Cedar Lake All ORW Sand Lake All ORW Silver Lake All ORW Upper Pine Creek Above Dallas Flowage ORW Yellow River From CTH B downstream to northern section boundary of S5 T34N R12W ORW Brill River Above road middle S13 T36N R11W ERW Brown Creek Headwater to middle S17 T33N R11W ERW Dority Creek All ERW Jones Creek All ERW Moose Ear Creek 0.5 mi upstream and downstream from Hwy 8 ERW Rice Creek Upstream from S23 T34N R11W NWNW ERW Silver Creek (S1 T32N R14W) All ERW Tuscobia Creek All ERW Vance Creek Upstream from rd crossing S36 T32N R14W ERW BAYFIELD COUNTY Waterbody Name Portion Within ORW/ERW Classification Status Bark Bay Slough All ORW Bark River All ORW Big Brook All ORW Birch Run All ORW Cranberry River All ORW Cranberry River Trib. -
Allegheny County Conservation District
Highlights of Conservation District Activities 2018 Presented by PACD Adams County Conservation District 2018 Feature Accomplishment Other Accomplishments Contact Information 14th Annual Soil Health Meeting Adam McClain Resource Challenge District Manager Pennsylvania’s Phase 3 Watershed Implementation Plan continues to challenge farmers to implement more Carl Keller Jr. best management practices (BMPs) to meet state Board Chairman • Ag BMPs installed: 8 sediment allocated nutrient reductions. basins, 19,989 ft of subsurface 670 Old Harrisburg Road, Suite 201 drainage, 18 waterways (10 Project Summary and Results Gettysburg, PA 17325 acres), 1495 ft of diversions, and For the 14th year in a row, ACCD staff have coordinated (717) 334-0636 881 ft of terraces the annual soil health meeting bringing together 100+ www.adamscounty.us • Performed 250 E&S inspections Adams County farmers interested in improving their soil with 99% compliance health and better manage nutrients. Through guest • Renovated a cooperative trout speakers and peer-to-peer organized discussions, this nursery with Act 13 funds meeting helps farmers understand the successes and • Installed 3 acres of riparian challenges with nutrient reducing practices such as buffers and contracted 14.8 no-till and cover crops to ultimately make the practices acres more economically feasible and accepted. The latest • Dirt, Gravel, and Low Volume survey in Adams County estimated: no-tilling or Roads completed 5 sites: 4 conservation tilling 81%; cover cropping 35%. stream culvert replacements,