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The French Creek watershed has a drainage area of 70.2 square miles of primarily open space, farms and small villages. It has over 20,000 acres of land preserved in national, state and county parks, state game lands and conservation easements. It also contains many environmentally sensitive areas as inventoried by the Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Index. There are 30 historic structures along the creek listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The waters are stocked annually with over 40,000 trout.
This creek was designated a Pennsylvania Scenic River in 1982. In 1997 it was upgraded from High Quality to Exceptional Value and in 1998 was placed on the Conservation River Registry. French Creek is the common thread through a valley that served as a focus for planning and protection by the Federation of Northern Chester County Communities, which Green Valleys Association helped to form in 1971. GVA and the Federation plan to present an Integrated Water Resources Plan to the Delaware River Basin Commission to guide the future management of the water supply, wastewater recycling and storm water in the northern Chester County communities. |
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