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Class a Wild Trout Streams
CLASS A WILD TROUT STREAMS STATEWIDE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS REVIEW STREAM REDESIGNATION EVALUATION Drainage Lists: A, C, D, E, F, H, I, K, L, N, O, P, Q, T WATER QUALITY MONITORING SECTION (MAB) DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS BUREAU OF POINT AND NON-POINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION December 2014 INTRODUCTION The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is required by regulation, 25 Pa. Code section 93.4b(a)(2)(ii), to consider streams for High Quality (HQ) designation when the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) submits information that a stream is a Class A Wild Trout stream based on wild trout biomass. The PFBC surveys for trout biomass using their established protocols (Weber, Green, Miko) and compares the results to the Class A Wild Trout Stream criteria listed in Table 1. The PFBC applies the Class A classification following public notice, review of comments, and approval by their Commissioners. The PFBC then submits the reports to the Department where staff conducts an independent review of the trout biomass data in the fisheries management reports for each stream. All fisheries management reports that support PFBCs final determinations included in this package were reviewed and the streams were found to qualify as HQ streams under 93.4b(a)(2)(ii). There are 50 entries representing 207 stream miles included in the recommendations table. The Department generally followed the PFBC requested stream reach delineations. Adjustments to reaches were made in some instances based on land use, confluence of tributaries, or considerations based on electronic mapping limitations. PUBLIC RESPONSE AND PARTICIPATION SUMMARY The procedure by which the PFBC designates stream segments as Class A requires a public notice process where proposed Class A sections are published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin first as proposed and secondly as final, after a review of comments received during the public comment period and approval by the PFBC Commissioners. -
Enhancing Multi-Jurisdictional Use and Management of Water Resources for the Delaware River Basin, NY, NJ, PA, and DE December 2008
Enhancing Multi-jurisdictional Use and Management of Water Resources for the Delaware River Basin, NY, NJ, PA, and DE December 2008 Milford Montague Prepared by: USACE Philadelphia District 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Multi-jurisdictional Use and Management of Water Resources for the Delaware River Basin, NY, PA, NJ and DE TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. 10-13 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Study Purpose . ..14 1.2 Study Authority. .14 1.3 Stakeholder Involvement. 14-15 1.4 Study Proposal. 15-16 1.5 Managing Water Resources in the Basin. ..16-17 1.6 Evolution of Objectives. .18 1.7 Study Area . 19-20 2.0 LONG TERM SUFFICIENCY OF WATER SUPPLY THROUGH 2030. ..21-22 2.1 Water Availability Analysis. .22 2.1.1 Basin Delineation. 22-30 2.1.2 Ground Water Availability. 31-36 2.1.3 Surface Water Availability. 37-40 2.1.4 Affects of Climate Variability. .41-42 2.2 Water Demand. 43 2.2.1 Existing Conditions. .43 2.2.2 Forecasting Future Demand . 43-45 2.2.2.1 Methodology Used For Watershed Analysis . 45 2.2.2.1.1 Population Growth. 45-47 2.2.2.1.2 Water Conservation. 48 2.2.3 Results of Water Demand Forecasting and Availability Analysis 49-54 2.2.4 Sensitivity Analysis. 55 2.2.5 Summary of Total Withdrawals and Consumptive Use by Watershed 55-57 2.2.6 River Analysis for Surface Water Withdrawals. 58-59 2.3 Calculating Water Supply Deficits. .60 2.3.1 Water Supply Deficits in Watersheds Identified for Further Study 60-66 2.3.2 Calculating Water Deficiencies for the Delaware, Schuylkill and Lehigh Rivers 67-69 2.3.2.1 Deficiencies in the Year 2003 . -
Rartioter Vol
rartioter Vol. XII, No. 1 WINTER 1 9 7 9 BLACK DOME IN 1924 The Catskill Mountains have been known to white men for three hundred years and their valleys have been settled more than a cen- tury. It would seem as if all their summits ought by this time to be easily accessible by well known trails. Yet there are a dozen or more of the higher ones, above 3500 feet, which have no trails to their summits and which are climbed only by the exploring hiker, or perhaps a bear hunter in winter. I recently found another trackless peak, Black Dome, just under 4000 feet--3990 according to the Durham sheet of the United States Geological Survey--on a week-end climb in the northern Catskills. There is no trail over it, and the only paths that reach its flanks are faded out logging roads in the valleys north and south, attain- ing heights 1500 feet below its highest point. Black Dome is the central and highest of the three peaks that make up the Blackhead Mountains, running east and west, Black Head being the easternmost, then Black Dome and the last Thomas Cole. The other two are about fifty feet lower than the Dome. South of them is the valley of the East Kill, north that of Batavia Kill. North of Black Head runs a long ridge to Acra Point, then turning west to Windham High Peak. South this ridge runs through North Mountain and Stoppel Mountain to Kaaterskill Clove. Black Head is accessible by a good trail. -
Section 9.3 Town of Bovina
SECTION 9.3: TOWN OF BOVINA 9.3 TOWN OF BOVINA This section presents the jurisdictional annex for the Town of Bovina. A.) HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN POINT OF CONTACT Primary Point of Contact Alternate Point of Contact Tina Molé, Town Supervisor 1866 County Hwy. 6 Edward Weber, Highway Superintendent PO Box 6 1580 County Hwy 6, Bovina Center, NY 13740 Bovina Center, NY 13740 607.832.4220 607.832.4302 [email protected] [email protected] B.) TOWN PROFILE The Town of Bovina is located in the eastern central portion of Delaware County. Hamlets within the Town include Bovina and Bovina Center1. The Town covers approximately 42 square miles2. According to the U.S. Census, the 2010 population for the Town was 6333. State Route 28 bisects the southern portion of the Town and connects the Town to other parts of the County1. The relief of the Town of Bovina was formed by glaciers and is characterized by both steep slopes and depressions. The Town is part of the glaciated low plateau section of the Appalachian Plateau Province. The Town of Bovina lies entirely within the Delaware River Basin. Most of the Town drains into the Little Delaware River, which is a tributary to the New York City-owned Cannonsville Reservoir. Small areas in the southern portion of the Town, and along the eastern ridge drain into the Pepacton Reservoir1. Hazard Vulnerabilities in the Town The following section discusses vulnerabilities from high-ranked hazards within the Town of Bovina. Complete profiles of all hazards of concern are included in Section 5 of this Plan. -
SUSSEX County
NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office Page 1 of 9 New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places Last Update: 9/28/2021 SUSSEX County Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Lackawanna Cutoff SUSSEX County Historic District (ID#3454) SHPO Opinion: 3/22/1994 Also located in: Andover Borough MORRIS County, Roxbury Township Andover Borough Historic District (ID#2591) SUSSEX County, Andover Borough SHPO Opinion: 10/22/1991 SUSSEX County, Andover Township SUSSEX County, Green Township 20 Brighton Avenue (ID#3453) SUSSEX County, Hopatcong Borough 20 Brighton Avenue SUSSEX County, Stanhope Borough SHPO Opinion: 9/11/1996 WARREN County, Blairstown Township WARREN County, Frelinghuysen Township Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Lackawanna Cutoff WARREN County, Knowlton Township Historic District (ID#3454) SHPO Opinion: 3/22/1994 Morris Canal (ID#2784) See Main Entry / Filed Location: Existing and former bed of the Morris Canal SUSSEX County, Byram Township NR: 10/1/1974 (NR Reference #: 74002228) SR: 11/26/1973 Hole in the Wall Stone Arch Bridge (ID#2906) SHPO Opinion: 4/27/2004 Delaware, Lackawanna, & Western Railroad Sussex Branch over the (Extends from the Delaware River in Phillipsburg Town, Morris and Susses Turnpike west of US Route 206, north of Whitehall Warren County to the Hudson River in Jersey City, Hudson SHPO Opinion: 4/18/1995 County. SHPO Opinion extends period of significance for canal to its 1930 closure.) Pennsylvania-New Jersey Interconnection Bushkill to Roseland See Main Entry / Filed Location: Transmission -
Watershed Action Plan
Watershed Action Plan December 2002 Mission Watersheds Statement To protect, sustain, and enhance the quality and quantity of all water resources to insure the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens, and preserve the diverse natural resources and aesthetic and recreational assets of Chester County and its watersheds. Disclaimer The maps, data and information presented herein were compiled by the Chester County Water Resources Authority for the County of Chester, PA and are hereby referenced to the Chester County, Pennsylvania Water Resources Compendium (2001). These information and data are pro- vided for reference and planning purposes only. This document is based on and presents the best information available at the time of the preparation. Funding Partners Chester County and the Chester County Water Resources Authority express their appreciation to those entities who provided financial support for this effort. This project was funded by: • Chester County Board of Commissioners. • Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation, Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund Program. • Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Program. • Brandywine Valley Association and William Penn Foundation. • U. S. Geological Survey. Chester County Board of Commissioners Karen L. Martynick, Chairman Colin A. Hanna Andrew E. Dinniman Watershed Action Plan December 2002 Prepared by: Chester County Water Resources Authority Chester County Planning Commission Camp Dresser and McKee Gaadt Perspectives, LLC Prepared as a component of: Chester County, Pennsylvania Water Resources Compendium _________________________ Prepared under a Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Grant funded by Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and U. -
Lehigh Valley Watershed
LEHIGH VALLEY WATERSHED ACADEMIC STANDARDS FOR ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY 4.1. WATERSHEDS AND WETLANDS UNIT PLAN Submitted by: Therese Ehrenreich Whitehall High School Summer 2002 (610) 437-5081 ext. 1202 [email protected] ehrenreicht.hypermart.net TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION TO WATERSHEDS AND WETLANDS A. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY AND MAPPING EES 4.1.A.10, 4.1.B.10, 4.1.E.10 1. MAPPING - KEY TERMS 2. MAPPING – ACTIVITY 3. PENNSYLVANIA WATERSHEDS B. MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS AND INDICATORS EES 4.1.C.10, 4.1.D.10 1. WETLAND ENVIRONMENTS 2. AQUATIC COMMUNITIES a. FLOWING WATER (LOTIC) b. STANDING WATER (LENTIC) 3. WATER STUDY 4. SOIL STUDY 5. WATERSHED INDICATORS C. MODEL WATERSHEDS EES 4.1A.10, 4.1.B.10, 4.1.C.10, 4.1.D.10, 4.1.E.10 1. MODEL - BUILDING 2. MODEL - LAB II. FIELD TRIP – WATERSHED WHEELS ESS 4.1.A.10, 4.A.B.10, 4.1.C.10, 4.1.D.10, 4.1.E.10 A. FLOWING WATER (LOTIC): RIVERS AND STREAMS B. STANDING WATER (LENTIC): IMPOUNDED WATER III. WILD THINGS – JOURNEY THROUGH TIME BROCHURE ESS 4.1.C.10, 4.1.D.10, 4.1.E.10 IV. RESOURCES V. STUDENT HANDOUTS ESS 4.1.A.10, 4.A.B.10, 4.1.C.10, 4.1.D.10, 4.1.E.10 WATERSHED LESSON PLANS ehrenreicht.hypermart.net 1 PART I - LEHIGH VALLEY WATERSHED INTRODUCTION TO WATERSHEDS AND WETLANDS MAPPING, MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS, AND MODELING BY THERESE EHRENREICH WATERSHED LESSON PLANS ehrenreicht.hypermart.net 2 PART I (A) - ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY AND MAPPING Grade Level: 9 th (may be adapted for higher or lower levels) Time Frame: 3 blocks (or 1 week regular class time) Resources: Teacher handouts, resource books; text books Technical Components: Videos; internet sites (see lessons and Resources) STANDARDS (OBJECTIVES): * The student will be able to… 4.1.A.10. -
Streamside Habitat Assessment
Streamside Habitat Assessment During rain storms forests, wetlands and meadows function like giant sponges soaking and infiltrating water slowly into the ground. When these areas are developed, water can’t soak through roads, parking lots, or building and instead quickly runs into our streams. This results in flooding, pollution, and destruction of the stream habitat. Volunteers have helped monitor these physical stream changes through a Riparian (streamside) Habitat Assessment. These habitat assessments can help determine if a site is capable of supporting a healthy Steep eroding stream banks are commonly a diversity of aquatic life. sign of excess water running into streams during storms. Macroinvertebrate Survey The Riparian Habitat Assessment was supplemented with a quick macroinvertebrate survey. Commonly found macroinvertebrates include aquatic insects, clams, mussels, snails, worms, amphipods, and crayfish. Healthy Delaware streams contain a wide variety of macroinvertebrates, each with its own unique requirements for survival. Pollution sensitive organisms require high levels of oxygen and are sensitive to toxic substances and habitat degradation. Organisms that can withstand very low oxygen levels, high toxicity and/or poor habitat are known as pollution-tolerant species. Differences in macroinvertebrate pollution sensitivity can be used to assess water quality. Pollution sensitive macro’s include: Ephemeroptera (Mayflies), Plecoptera (Stoneflies), and Trichoptera (Caddisflies). However, families within each of these Orders can vary widely in tolerance. The caddisfly family Hydropsychidae, for example, is relatively pollution tolerant. Therefore, identification to family level, or lower, provides a more accurate determination of stream health but is more resource intensive. The Riparian Habitat Assessment study used a rapid screening approach to characterize the macroinvertebrate community which, combined with the visual observations, provides a more comprehensive picture of the stream health and helps to determine sites in need of more in-depth study. -
Assessment of Public Comment on Draft Trout Stream Management Plan
Assessment of public comments on draft New York State Trout Stream Management Plan OCTOBER 27, 2020 Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor | Basil Seggos, Commissioner A draft of the Fisheries Management Plan for Inland Trout Streams in New York State (Plan) was released for public review on May 26, 2020 with the comment period extending through June 25, 2020. Public comment was solicited through a variety of avenues including: • a posting of the statewide public comment period in the Environmental Notice Bulletin (ENB), • a DEC news release distributed statewide, • an announcement distributed to all e-mail addresses provided by participants at the 2017 and 2019 public meetings on trout stream management described on page 11 of the Plan [353 recipients, 181 unique opens (58%)], and • an announcement distributed to all subscribers to the DEC Delivers Freshwater Fishing and Boating Group [138,122 recipients, 34,944 unique opens (26%)]. A total of 489 public comments were received through e-mail or letters (Appendix A, numbered 1-277 and 300-511). 471 of these comments conveyed specific concerns, recommendations or endorsements; the other 18 comments were general statements or pertained to issues outside the scope of the plan. General themes to recurring comments were identified (22 total themes), and responses to these are included below. These themes only embrace recommendations or comments of concern. Comments that represent favorable and supportive views are not included in this assessment. Duplicate comment source numbers associated with a numbered theme reflect comments on subtopics within the general theme. Theme #1 The statewide catch and release (artificial lures only) season proposed to run from October 16 through March 31 poses a risk to the sustainability of wild trout populations and the quality of the fisheries they support that is either wholly unacceptable or of great concern, particularly in some areas of the state; notably Delaware/Catskill waters. -
Where's Black Creek???
Black Creek??? Where’s Black Creek??? by Ralph J. Ferrusi s a life-long resident of the mid-Hudson Valley, I’ve spent a Alot of time Boating on the Hudson (and Beyond...), hiking, biking, canoeing, skiing, cross-country skiing, working, tour- guiding, wine-tasting; you get the picture. I’ve always been aware of the Hudson’s many creeks—the Wappingers and Fishkill Creeks have become my “home creeks”—but to me the Esopus and the Rondout have always been the Big Guns, each starting high up in the Catskills, fattening out to reservoirs, and ultimately making a grand entrance into the Hudson. Winnisook Lake, in a 2,660 foot saddle west of 4,180-foot Slide Mountain, the highest peak in the Catskills, is the source of the 65.4-mile-long Esopus. First heading north, then swinging around to the southeast, it becomes the Ashokan Reservoir. It then heads east and scootches around Kingston, where it turns due north to Saugerties, crosses under 9W/32, 44 June 2017 Find Us On Facebook at Boating On The Hudson boatingonthehudson.com June 2017 45 stupid to attempt to deal with it. Many of these are natural on a map it looks to be somewhere in a wetland south of New obstacles, tipped off by deep, narrow gorges, and many are Paltz Road, east of Pancake Hollow Road, and west of Illinois dams. Some dams are relatively low: for example, the Rondout Mountain Park (got that???). Creek dam is not very tall, but broad. Others are pretty big, We typically put in at New Paltz Road, and head north, with even huge: the Fishkill Creek has several big dams, the dam in the fairly mild current. -
Perfectperfect Forfor Peacefulpeaceful Ppaddlingaddling Compiled by Art Michaels
PerfectPerfect forfor PeacefulPeaceful PaddlingPaddling compiled by Art Michaels LE IL H A The 31-mile Lehigh River Water Trail Southern Section begins at the I G R Lehigh Gap and ends at the confluence of the Lehigh River with the Dela- H T ware River, in Easton. The Southern Section widens and tends to provide R R more tranquil paddling than the Northern Section. Rolling hills and for- IV TE ested riparian corridors characterize the land surrounding the Southern Sec- ER WA tion, so it offers better paddling opportunities for lesser-experienced paddlers and families. The Southern Section includes many accesses and passes through Southern the urban areas of Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton. Section Muskellunge Fishing Opportunities The Southern Section abounds with fishing opportunities. Trout are stocked in the water trail’s Northern Section from around Jim Thorpe to Bowmanstown, so the Southern Section’s best trout fishing occurs near and above the Lehigh Gap. The entire Southern Section is stocked with fingerling walleyes and muskies. The best walleye and musky action on the Lehigh encompasses nearly the entire South- ern Section, to Allentown’s Hamilton Street area. Smallmouth bass are also avail- able in the Southern Section, and action for smallmouths is best throughout the entire Southern Section. In spring, American shad are also present, mainly near Easton through Allentown’s Hamilton Street area, but consider the Lehigh River’s special regulations for shad in the Summary of Fishing Regulations and Laws. An- glers will also find channel catfish in the Southern Section. Throughout the Southern Section, regulations for Commonwealth inland waters apply. -
NY Excluding Long Island 2017
DISCONTINUED SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE OR STAGE-ONLY STATIONS The following continuous-record surface-water discharge or stage-only stations (gaging stations) in eastern New York excluding Long Island have been discontinued. Daily streamflow or stage records were collected and published for the period of record, expressed in water years, shown for each station. Those stations with an asterisk (*) before the station number are currently operated as crest-stage partial-record station and those with a double asterisk (**) after the station name had revisions published after the site was discontinued. Those stations with a (‡) following the Period of Record have no winter record. [Letters after station name designate type of data collected: (d) discharge, (e) elevation, (g) gage height] Period of Station Drainage record Station name number area (mi2) (water years) HOUSATONIC RIVER BASIN Tenmile River near Wassaic, NY (d) 01199420 120 1959-61 Swamp River near Dover Plains, NY (d) 01199490 46.6 1961-68 Tenmile River at Dover Plains, NY (d) 01199500 189 1901-04 BLIND BROOK BASIN Blind Brook at Rye, NY (d) 01300000 8.86 1944-89 BEAVER SWAMP BROOK BASIN Beaver Swamp Brook at Mamaroneck, NY (d) 01300500 4.42 1944-89 MAMARONECK RIVER BASIN Mamaroneck River at Mamaroneck, NY (d) 01301000 23.1 1944-89 BRONX RIVER BASIN Bronx River at Bronxville, NY (d) 01302000 26.5 1944-89 HUDSON RIVER BASIN Opalescent River near Tahawus, NY (d) 01311900 9.02 1921-23 Fishing Brook (County Line Flow Outlet) near Newcomb, NY (d) 0131199050 25.2 2007-10 Arbutus Pond Outlet