Upper Crooked Creek Watershed River Conservation Plan [31 Pa.B. 6552] The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Bureau of Recreation and Conservation has approved the Upper Crooked Creek Watershed River Conservation Plan (Plan) and is placing the Upper Crooked and Plum Creeks, the watershed and all tributaries covered in the Plan, in Armstrong and Indiana Counties, on the Pennsylvania Rivers Conservation Registry (Registry).
The Indiana County Office of Planning and Development submitted the Plan and other required information to gain Registry status.
After review of the Plan and other information, the DCNR has determined that the Keystone Rivers Conservation Program requirements have been satisfied and places the following on the Registry:
1. The watershed area of Upper Crooked and Plum Creek Creeks Watershed from their headwaters in Indiana County to their confluence in Armstrong County--195 square miles.
2. All tributary streams within the Upper Crooked Creek and Plum Creek Watersheds.
This action becomes effective, December 1, 2001. Projects identified in the Plan become eligible for additional planning, development or acquisition grant funding through the Keystone Rivers Conservation Program.
A copy of the final Plan is available for review at Indiana County Office of Planning and Development, Indiana County Courthouse Annex, 801 Water Street, Indiana, PA 15701-3977, (724) 465-3870 and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, 6th floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101, (717) 787-2316.
Maps and supporting data are on file at the Indiana County Office of Planning and Development.
JOHN C. OLIVER, III,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-2135. Filed for public inspection November 30, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]
