French Creek
I (Continued from Page Al)
“We could not require you if DER has pulled back so
to® lce y our aruma^s ou t far, a number of questioners
the stream. And we would wanted to know, why bother
not be adding another layer W ith the bill at all? Why not
of government bureaucracy i e t the environmental and
for you to contend with if you zoning laws already in place
want to develop your land or protect the stream?
sell it for development. Fogg said that approach
“Your local zoning laws would ultimately fail
jSand the flood plain because of development
'f management act would pressures on land
H continue to guide local land surrounding French Creek.
| use. The only time the scenic Existing laws and even
rivers people would get community sentiment have
I involved in any changes failed to preserve other
would be in those cases streams, he said,
where DER is presently of Pennsylvania’s 245
required to review those streams and 45,000 miles of
j, changes. waterways, only about 40
“lf French Creek is streams and some 5000 or
a scenic river, you 6000 miles are being con
jfmay never hear from us sidered for the program,
v again,” he said. There currently is only one
iC Before any waterway can state scemc nver, a 94-mile
-be brought into the scenic stretch of the Schuylkill. And
•> rivers program, the entire property owners along that
- legislature must approve a stream have reported no
Sf bill designating it as a scenic problems as a result of the
' ri'gr, and the governor must scemc rivers designation,
; sieP the bill into law. Fogg said.
) 1° trying to meet Grange one concrete aspect of a
objections to the French scemc rivers designation is a
Creek proposal, Fogg said, prohibition on building dams
, they had stayed away from m the stream, Fogg said,
any provisions which might One farmer asked if he
threaten individual property would be allowed to put a
J rights, while at the same bridge across one of the
■ time protecting the unique tributaries m order to reach
historical and scenic a n otherwise inaccessible
qualities of the stream. f ie ld. There would be nothing
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intent, to stop him, he was
told.
State agencies like Penn-
DOT are mandated to take
special care when they are
dealing with a scenic nver,
and are prohibited from
doing anything which would
change the character of the
stream. This would not
preclude, however, crossing
the steam bed with sewer or
water lines, or necessary
roadwork.
Perhaps the biggest im
pact of the scenic nvers
label, Fogg said, would be
the attention it would focus
on the stream. It would be
mostly local attention, he
pointed out, and it would
result m mostly local action
to guide any efforts at
preserving the stream.
“We certainly don’t have
the manpower or the funds to
police every mile of every
scenic river ” he said “ w e
can draft the legislation and'
help to get it passed, but only
you people will be able to
protect French Creek. ’ ’
The meeting closed after
an hour-and-a-half with a
supportive note from State
Grange Master Charles
Wismer, who had chaired
the meeting.
“George Fogg and DER
have worked closely with us
on scenic rivers legislation,”
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do is to keep dams out of
French Creek and to focus
more attention on - the
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Fabruary 9,1980—A23
Equipment Expo
HARRISBURG - Penn
sylvania Agriculture
Secretary Penrose Hallowell
today announced that the
theme for the Second Annual
Farm Equipment Exposition
is energy conservation.
The expo will feature new
and innovative machinery
that is designed to save
energy.
“With today’s prices for
energy, whether it be
gasoline, diesel fuel or
electricity, every farmer is
forced to be concerned with
energy conservation.” said
Hallowell. “Only those
farmers who succeed in
cutting their power needs
will survive the 1980’s.
This year the Second
Annual Farm Equipment
Exposition will be held
February 28,29 and March 1.
There will be over 170
commercial exhibitors at the
show from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
daily.
Some of the exhibitors will
be showing the latest in
redesigned energy efficient
machinery and systems
using alternative sources of
energy.
Some of the energy saving
devices include: air cooled
diesel engines, long
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to start
February 28
recognized as far more fuel
efficient than their water
cooled counterparts;
machines that make one
pass spraying, plowing and
planting possible; heat
exchangers for dairy farms,
and redesigned manure
spreaders.
Alternative energy
sources such as gasohol,
methane, wood systems and
solar heating panels will also
be on display.
Hallowed urged all those
attending not to miss the
exciting stock tractor pull
competitions on Thursday,
February 28 and Saturday,
March 1. Over 140 tractors
have entered the com
petition.
Those wishing to enter can
do so by contacting Les
Houck at the Pennsylvania
Tractor Pullers’
Association, Box 157, New
Holland, PA 17557 or by
calling 717-354-8600.
Other exciting events at
the expo include the first
Pennsylvania swine show
and sale, a Young Farmers
Volleyball Tournament, a
draft hose and mule show
and sale, horse pulling
competitions and a goat
exhibit.