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Designation Origin Stories | White Clay Creek

Designated October 24, 2000 - 20th Anniversary!

Designation Origin Stories: White Clay Creek

Snapshot of the White Clay Creek Designation


Name

State

Date Study was Enacted

Public Law

Congressional Sponsors

Date Designated

Public Law

White Clay Creek

DE / PA

December 11 1991

PL 102-215

Congressmen Michael Castle (DE) and Joseph Pitts (PA); and by Senators Joseph Biden (DE), William Roth (DE), Rick Santorum (PA), and Arlen Specter (PA)

October 24 2000

PL 106-357

Miles Designated

Congressional Sponsors

Designated ORVs

Website

Outstanding Resources

190; 9 = 199 total

Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-DE) and Arlen Spector (R- PA)

Fish, Geologic, Wildlife, Botany

White Clay Creek National Wild and Scenic River

Scenic, recreational, historical, geological, and biological resources including the federally listed endangered Bog Turtle and Delaware’s most extensive remaining Piedmont Forest



An additional 9 miles were designated in 2014 through the White Clay Wild & Scenic Expansion Act that was reintroduced in 2014 and sponsored by Delaware Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) with bipartisan bistate support. The Expansion Act was co-sponsored by Delaware Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), and Pennsylvania Representative Joseph Pitts (R-PA) and co-sponsored by Delaware Representative John Carney (D-DE) and Pennsylvania Senator Robert Casey (D-PA).


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