THE SPRING CREEK WATERSHED ATLAS

Julie Brooks, Bellefonte Borough Public Works The Bellefonte Borough wastewater treatment plant serves the residents and businesses of...

ClearWater Conservancy is a locally formed, nationally accredited land trust organization that has been protecting and restoring natural...

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS chemical compounds, were detected in surface waters across...

Robert Carline member of the Spring Creek Watershed Atlas Work Group The information in the following article was taken largely from an...

Betsie Blumberg, Member of the Atlas Workgroup and CCPaSEC Every month members of the local chapter of the Pennsylvania Senior...

Authors: Frank Zettle, Robert Vierck, Art Kempf, Robert Carline The Early Years The Spring Creek Chapter of Trout Unlimited (SCCTU) was...

The Spring Creek Water Resources Monitoring Project (WRMP) is conducted in partnership with the Keystone Water Resources Center, a...

Stormwater runoff can transport a large list of pollutants to surface waters and groundwater. In Spring Creek the effects of runoff from...

Some 70 years ago, Thompson Run was a classic limestone trout stream. It began at Thompson Spring, located about 200 yards southwest of...

Introduction The temperature of spring and stream water within the Spring Creek watershed in central Pennsylvania is important for many...

Beginning in 1999 monitoring of stream and spring water quality was initiated by the Spring Creek Watershed Association to provide data...

Pennsylvania is facing increasing problems with incursions of aquatic invasive species (AIS). One of the most recent invaders is New...

Stormwater is excess rain or snowmelt that floods the land surface. On an open undisturbed landscape most rainwater soaks into the...

Centre County continues to grow with each U.S. Census. This growth is reflected in a 12% population increase from the 2000 Census which...

From the standpoint of water, this is an unlikely place for a city of 100,000 people. Water is the resource that limits local population...

The following article has been condensed from the publication “The Fishery of Spring Creek – A Watershed Under Siege” by Robert F....

The natural beauty of the Spring Creek Watershed's landscape is increasingly transfigured by development. Its rural character, reflecting...

The Pennsylvania State Water Plan defined a Critical Water Planning Area (CWPA) as: “Any significant hydrologic unit where existing or...

The Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC), in its 2005 Groundwater Management Plan, showed Potentially Stressed Areas on this map on...