4th Annual Creek Fest! May 5th 12-4pm
Come to Carpenter Recreation Area in the White Clay Creek State Park for an afternoon of fun for everyone! Enjoy live classic American Roots music by the Whirled Peas, be engaged by professional storyteller Bill Wood who's stories have educated more than a half-million children, be amazed at the soaring power yet precision control displayed during the Free-Flight Bird Encounter , munch on pizza from Peace A Pizza or savor ice cream by UDairy Creamery (cow to cone!), try your hand at casting a fly rod or fly-tying, or get an up-close view of wildlife. Craft activities will engage the younger set, colonial re-enactors will make history come alive, a professional landscape designer will provide tips on native gardening. You can also learn about dam removal to restore the shad fishery, what is being done and you could do to protect the tap water drawn from the White Clay Creek -- and MORE!
Give-a-ways and prizes ($3-$25 value)
More information about White Clay Creek State Park is available by calling the Chambers House Nature Center at (302) 368-6560, the White Clay Creek Park Office at (302) 368-6900, or by visiting www.destateparks.com.
White Clay Creek Watershed: Wild & Scenic
Ours to Enjoy - Ours to Protect
(photo by T. Gardner)
The wonderful resources that attract us to the White Clay Watershed have also led to its status as Wild & Scenic.
A watershed is all the area of land that drains into a body of water, and we all live in a watershed. The White Clay watershed is 107 square miles and includes parts of Chester County, PA and New Castle County, DE. Nearly 100,000 people call the White Clay Creek watershed home.
In 2000 federal legislation designated White Clay Creek and its tributaries in Delaware and Pennsylvania part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. That marked the first time an entire watershed - rather than just a section of river - had been designated into the system. This "beyond-the-riverbank" approach takes into consideration the variety of influences outside the river corridor that affect river habitat and water quality.
As residents of the White Clay Watershed we enjoy its unique benefits but we also share responsibility for maintaining the characteristics that make the watershed special. How we maintain and manage our properties - our personal piece of the watershed - reaches beyond our property line.
For more information on other White Clay Creek Organizations, click here.