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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 |
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 |
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 |
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).