Designation Origin Stories | White Clay Creek

Designated October 24, 2000 - 20^th 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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