The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources this week gave notice that it has approved three new River Conservation Plans and added these segments to the Pennsylvania Rivers Registry—

Lehigh River: the watershed and all tributaries covered in the Plan in Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Schuylkill and Wayne counties

Lower Neshaminy Creek: the portion of the Neshaminy Creek Watershed studied in the Plan in Bucks County

Wiconisco Creek: the watershed and all tributaries covered in the Plan in Schuylkill and Dauphin counties

For more information, visit the DCNR Rivers Conservation webpage or call 717-787-7672.

2/4/2005