The Sawkill and Vandermark Creek Watersheds: A Rivers Conservation Plan [36 Pa.B. 2026] The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (Department), Bureau of Recreation and Conservation has approved The Sawkill and Vandermark Creek Watersheds Rivers Conservation Plan (Plan) and is placing the Sawkill Creek and Vandermark Creek Watersheds and all tributaries covered in the Plan in Pike County, on the Pennsylvania Rivers Conservation Registry (Registry).
The Pike County Office of Community Planning, on behalf of Pike County and the municipal planning partners of Shohola Township, Westfall Township, Milford Township, Dingman Township and Milford Borough submitted the Plan and other required information to gain Registry status.
After review of the Plan and other information, the Department has determined that the Program requirements have been satisfied and places the following on the Registry:
1. The watershed area of Sawkill Creek (Pike County) from the headwaters to its confluence with the Delaware River--24.7 square miles.
2. All tributary streams within the Sawkill Creek Watershed.
3. The watershed area of Vandermark Creek (Pike County) from the headwaters to its confluence with the Delaware River--5.22 square miles.
4. All tributary streams within the Vandermark Creek Watershed.
This action becomes effective April 29, 2006. Projects identified in the Plan become eligible for implementation, development or acquisition grant funding through the Program.
A copy of the Final Plan is available for review at the Pike County Office of Community Planning, HC8 Box 6772, Route 402, Blooming Grove, Hawley, PA 18428, (570) 226-6293, www.pikepa.org; and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, 6th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101, (717) 787-7672.
Maps and supporting data are available by contacting the Pike County Office of Community Planning.
MICHAEL F. DIBERARDINIS,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-709. Filed for public inspection April 28, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]
