Links of Interest
PA State Council of Trout Unlimited
Canaan Valley Institute
Canaan Valley Institute is a nonprofit, non-advocacy organization committed to helping communities in the Mid-Atlantic region build their capacity to address environmental or economic problems by implementing locally determined solutions.
Center for Watershed Protection
Founded in 1992, the Center for Watershed Protection is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation that provides local governments, activists, and watershed organizations around the country with the technical tools for protecting some of the nation’s most precious natural resources: our streams, lakes and rivers.
Chester County Conservation District
An organization dedicated to addressing natural resource conservation in the sustainable use of those resources by the citizens of Chester County through education and technical assistance.
Chester County Water Resources Authority
The Water Resource Authority provides the water resource science, engineering and planning necessary to protect public safety, preserve the integrity of Chester County’s natural water resources and watershed systems, and balance the needs of all water users in support of landscapes, watersheds, and planned growth for Chester County.
Delaware Riverkeeper
The Delaware Riverkeeper and the Delaware Riverkeeper Network stand as vigilant protectors and defenders of the River, its tributaries and its watershed committed to restoring the natural balance where it has been lost and ensuring its preservation where it still exists.
Natural Lands Trust
Natural Lands Trust protects the forests, fields, wetlands, and streams that are essential to the sustainability and quality of life in eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
This agency web site offers links to all state programs and provides status reports on on-going environmental projects.
Stroud Water Research Center
The Stroud Water Research Center seeks to advance the knowledge of freshwater ecosystems through interdisciplinary research into all aspects of streams, rivers and their watersheds.
Trout in the Classroom
Trout in the Classroom (TIC) is an environmental education program in which students in grades k-12 engage in stream habitat study, learn to appreciate water resources, begin to foster a conservation ethic, and grow to understand ecosystems.
Valley Creek Restoration Plan
(PDF Document) The Restoration Plan presents restoration strategies and projects that can be implemented in the Valley Creek fishery and restore the natural resources in the watershed, with the ultimate goal of renewed uses such as angling of the water resources that were once provided by Valley Creek.
Valley Creek Watershed Stormwater Management Plan
The Valley Creek Watershed Stormwater Management Plan addresses the impacts of stormwater quality and quantity on groundwater and surface water resources,geomorphology, and aquatic habitat of the Valley Creek watershed.
Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership
Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership advances the evolving comprehensive stormwater management field and to foster the development of public and private Partnerships through research on innovative SWM best management practices, directed studies, technology transfer and education.
