Grangers fight scenic river tag for French Creek
PHOENIX VILLE -
Chester County Grangers
have voiced strong op
position to proposed state
legislation that would bring
French Creek into Penn
sylvania’s scenic rivers
program.
And, according to Everett
Wilson, legislative chairman
of the Chester-Delaware
Pomona Grange, there’s not
much the state could do to
overcome his group’s ob
jections.
“Our biggest concern is
that farmers will lose control
of whatever land they have
along French Creek,”
Wilson said.
“Scenic sounds good, but if
it means we can’t cross a
stream with a manure
spreader, or that we can’t
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plant crops where we nor
mally would, then we have to
oppose the legislation.”
Wilson also said he was
concerned about the effect a
scenic rivers act could have
on road buildings near
French Creek, citing a
dangerous bridge where
Route 100 crosses the
stream, and a stretch of dirt
road paralleling the stream
which some area residents
would like to see paved
David Wemstock, an of
ficial with the state Grange
office m Harrisburg, said the
statewide Grange does have
pohcy opposing scenic rivers
legislation because such acts
could impair normal far
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is esthetically and en
vironmentally pleamg, the
laws that designate scemc
rivers can tie up our
agricultural resources. And
the original Scemc Rivers
Act gives the Pennsylvania
Department of En
vironmental Resources the
right to use eminent domain
for scemc easements along
the waterway.”
There is so far only one
official scemc river in
Pennsylvania. It is the
Schuylkill, from its origins
north of Reading to the point
where it leaves
Philadelphia’s Fairmount
Park for the last leg of its
journey to the Delaware.
Stiff opposition from
farmers and other lan
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the most hotly contested
items m the proposal there,
as it is in French Creek.
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not use eminent domain in
French Creek,” Wemstock
said. “And the law they’re
proposing - each scemc river
requires its own legislation -
excludes eminent domain.
“While we have no reason
to suspect that this ad
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Many took the test figuring
that it would be a one-time
happening and then they’d
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300 farmers attending the
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updating their pesticide
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According to Lott, officials
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that recertification would be
necessary, but no one was
exactly sure of the method to
be used. The first cer
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times.
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recertified by attending one
of numerous update
seminars being incorporated
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meetings, such as the county
corn clinics. Applications
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up to its work, how do we
know what administrations
after this one would?
“We don’t know. We can’t
know. And that’s why we’re
opposed. The scenic rivers
program simply has too
many potential problems for
agriculture.” DW
meetings and farmers need
their certification cards and
the identification number on
them to complete the forms.
Lott said by late August or
early September farmers
will be receiving renewal
applications if they have not
already been recertified;
and these will be available
for farmers who have not
obtained their forms at one
of the meetings.
“Have your updated
certification in your
possession at all tunes,” the
inspector urged. “If you lose
it, contact the extension
office immediately for a
duplicate.”
To insure compliance with
the law, spot inspections are
being made, at an average of
three checks per county per
month. Farmers not able to
show proof of certification
will have their license to buy
toxic pesticides revoked and
will have to be retested to
obtain a new card
A resident of Adams
County, Lott mvites farmers
with questions on pesticides
or the recertification
program to contact him at
any time either at his office
at 717-787-3400 or at his home
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