Penns Creek up for scenic rivers program
STATE COLLEGE - The
Department of En
vironmental Resources will
conduct a detailed study to
see if Penns Creek, a famous
wild trout stream, should be
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included in Pennsylvania’s
Wild and Scenic Rivers
Program.
OER Secretary Clifford L.
Jones made the an
nouncement Sunday at a
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Citizens Advisory Council.
Penns Creek flows for
about 40 miles through
Centre, Mifflin and Union
counties from its source at
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Penns Cave to its junction
with the Susquehanna River.
It is known among
fishermen throughout the
United States for its wild
brown trout and prolific
insect hatches, which
combine to make some of the
best fly fishing anywhere.
“Penns Creek is one of
Pennsylvania’s most
valuable resources,” Jones
said. “Anglers who have
fished the stream for more
than 50 years say that it is
as good or better today than
it was 50 years ago.”
He said the entire 40 miles
of the stream will be studied,
but the focus will be on the 10
mile section of the river
from Coburn to Weikert.
“This is the wildest and
most beautiful section of the
river,” Jones said. “In
clusion in the state’s Wild
and Scenic Rivers Program
will help keep it that way.”
Through much of its path
from Coburn to Weikert,
Penns Creek flows through
Japanese beetle control lifted
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Federal regulations
restricting the artificial
spread of Japanese beetles
on trucks and other means of
conveyance have been lifted,
except for aircraft, an of
ficial of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture said.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 5,1979
DER’s Raid Eagle State
Forest.
About 3-1/2 miles of the
stream above Weikert is
owned by the Pennsylvania
Fish Commission and is
managed as a modified Fish
for-Fun area. The Fish-for-
Fun area hasn’t been
stocked since 1971.
The stream is also popular
in the spring with canoeists.
The study, which will
begin in May, will determine
whether the stream meets
the criteria for wild and
scenic rivers.
The Wild and Scenic
Rivers Program, authorized
by the Legislature in 1972,
provides for the establish
ment of wild, scenic and
recreational waterways.
A Wild and Scenic Rivers
Task Force made up of
citizen and government
representatives, was formed
in 1974 to help the depart
ment choose which rivers to
study first.
Penns Creek was one of
the task force’s top
recommendations.
Federal regulations, in
effect since 1919, have
limited artificial spread of
the beetles but not the
natural spread, according to
James 0. Lee, deputy adr
ministrator of the depart
ment’s Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service
(APHIS).
Lee said beetle grubs and
adults damage nearly 300
different kinds of or
namentals and crops and are
now found in every state east
of the Mississippi.
APHIS officers at eastern
airports monitor buildup of
adult Japanese beetles.
When they get so numerous
that they are likely to fly
aboard aircraft, the APHIS
officers declare the airport
“regulated.”
Steps are then taken to
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Jones said that as in all
detailed scenic river studies,
the department will involve
local citizens in the study
and decision making
process.
The department is com
pleting detailed in
vestigations on segments of
the Lehigh River in Luzerne
and Carbon counties,, Stony
Creek in Dauphin' and
Lebanon counties, French
Creek in Chester and Berks
counties and Slippery Rock
and Wolf Creeks in Butler,
Lawrence and Mercer
counties.
The final decision on
whether to indude a stream
in the program must be
made by the Legislature.
The, Schuylkill River in
Schuylkill, Berks, Mon
tgomery, Chester and
Philadelphia counties was
designated by the
Legislature in November,
1978, as the first river in
cluded in the program.
keep the beetles out of air
craft. Special seals and
precautions are used for
doors and entryways, and, if
needed, insecticides are
used to kill beetles that come
aboard.
In some cases, shrubs and
other plants on airport
grounds also are treated to
keep down the numbers of
flying beetles. Trained
personnel under APHIS
supervision use only in
secticides approved by the
Environmental Protection
Agency for this use.
Regulations on airports
are lifted when beetle
numbers decline. Or
dinarily, fewer than ten
airports are regulated,
usually for six weeks, or
less, mc'ly in July and
August.