Spring Creek Watershed Community.       2001.     Become a part of the Spring Creek Watershed Community.      Pamphlet.       [WBI-65].

Pamphlet contains information about what a watershed is and in particular has data on Spring Creek Watershed, which is located within the Bald Eagle watershed. A map shows the location of the watershed and highlights various headwaters found there. Pressures that are exerted on the watershed are mentioned, as are future projects to offset the pressures. The groups' missions, goals and information on becoming involved in the Watershed Community are provided.


Spring Creek Watershed Commission.      2000.      Spring Creek Watershed Commission.      Fact-sheet.      4 p.      [WBI-66].

Contains information on the Spring Creek Watershed and members of the commission. Accomplishments and awards of the commission are mentioned as is a chronology of the commission from October 1996-Fall 2000.A map of the watershed is included.


The Water Resources Monitoring Community.      1999.     1999 Annual Report. Spring Creek Watershed Community.     Published report.      28 p.     [WBI-67].

Report contains facts about The Water Resources Monitoring Project background and funding and their accomplishments to date. Twelve monitoring stations were built in 1999 and data is collected from them on either a continuous or monthly basis. Four sites are located on Spring Creek, Buffalo Run Logan Branch and Slab Cabin Run each have two sites and Thompson Run and Cedar Run each have one site. All sites are listed by municipality and installation date. Each site is sampled for the following quality parameters: a) temperature; b) chlorides; c) copper, lead and zinc; d) nitrates; e). orthophosphate; f) total petroleum hydrocarbons; g) total organic carbon; h) suspended solids; i) turbidity; j) pH; and k) dissolved oxygen. Examples of data comparisons and combinations are covered, as are observations of constituent loading, stream flows and precipitation observations. Figures and maps support the data. Members of the Water Resources Monitoring Committee oversee the project and follow the Department of Environmental Protection's procedures and testing follows the Environmental Protection Agencies procedures.


English 202C.06      Fall 1999.      Spring Creek Watershed Water Sampling Protocol: Spring Creek Watershed Community Centre County, Pennsylvania.      Published manual.      42 p.       [WBI-68].

Contains step-by-step sampling instructions for volunteers. The manual is broken down into 9 sections which are as follows: 1) preparing for a two-day sampling event; 2) collection; 3) filtration; 4) chemical fixing; 5) temperature data collection; 6) temperature and dissolved oxygen measurement; 7) calibrating and measuring pH/reading the staff gauge; 8) packaging; and 9) shipping the samples. Appendix A contains information about making blanks and duplicates and Appendix B contains detailed site directions to the twelve different sampling stations. Pictures of the equipment and possible screen displays accompany the written instructions.


Seman, Michele E. and Carline, Robert F. .      June 1999.      Spring Creek Watershed Community Searchable Bibliographical Database.         Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.      71 p.     [WBI-69].

Contains a comprehensive database of historical data and reports that contain information concerning water quality in the Spring Creek Watershed. There are 274 entries in the database reference listed in alphabetical order beginning with the authors name. A listing of keywords is included which will aid in locating information through the Procite database that is to be made available to the public.


Susquehanna River Basin Commission.       1997.     Water Budget for the Spring Creek Basin.     Published report.       19 p.     [WBI-70].

Report contains information concerning the Spring Creek Basin water-level map and a water budget analysis from 1941 through 1994. The budget analysis tables give data for precipitation rates, total runoff, base runoff and evapotranspiration. Total flow and base flows for different sites are also listed. A topographical groundwater map is included.


The Department of Landscape Architecture, Penn State University.     ?????      The Spring Creek Corridor Study.     Published report.      ?????     43 p.      [WBI-71].

The study encompasses Spring Creek from Boalsburg to Milesburg. Cedar Run, Slab Cabin Run and Roaring Run tributaries are mentioned as well. The study inventories the following attributes: natural, historic, cultural and scenic areas of interest. Digitized aerial photos map each section of the corridor. Information from field surveys, government agencies and historical records are included with the maps. The corridor was broken down into fourteen sections, each of which has four inventory and one conclusions map, which is an analysis and recommendation map. The corridor inventory maps contain ecology maps, history maps, property ownership maps and land use and zoning maps. MOST OF THESE MAPS ARE MISSING. See pg 12. The analysis and recommendation sections contain recommendations describing actions that could be addressed by the community and advantageous opportunities available to the community.


Clearwater Conservancy.      Projects in the Spring Creek Watershed.       October 2000.      Published listing.     6 p.      [WBI-72]

The document contains a list of all the proposed projects planned and already underway located within the Spring Creek Watershed. Examples of the projects include but are not limited to the following: The "Springs and Sinks" Newsletter, Riparian Restoration at the PA Military Museum, and the Storm Water Management Plan for Centre County.

Become a Part of the Spring Creek Watershed Community.  Pamphlet.  Spring Creek Watershed Community.  [WIB-158].