Pennsylvania River of the Year: What’s your choice? PennLive.com 12/23/2020 Marcus Schneck, pennlive.com
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has opened voting for the 2021 Pennsylvania River of the Year.
The five nominated waterways are Buffalo Creek in Allegheny, Armstrong and Butler counties; Lehigh River in Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton and Wayne counties; Loyalhanna Creek in Westmoreland County; Shenango River in Crawford, Lawrence and Mercer counties; and Tunkhannock Creek in Susquehanna and Wyoming counties.
Nominations were based on each waterway’s conservation needs and successes, as well as celebration plans if the nominee is voted 2021 River of the Year. In cooperation with DCNR, selection of public voting choices is overseen by the Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers.
Valley News Dispatch
Loyalhanna, Buffalo creeks in the running for Pa. s 2021 River of the Year, chosen by public vote
Patrick Varine And Mary Ann Thomas
Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 12:42 p.m.
| Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 12:42 p.m.
Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Loyalhanna Creek is seen snaking its way through downtown Latrobe in September from a helicopter at about 1,000 feet.
Courtesy of Dave Brooke/Audubon Society
Buffalo Creek in Armstrong and Butler counties is a nominee for Pennsylvania River of the Year.
About the creeks
Loyalhanna Creek is a 50-mile tributary of the Kiskiminetas River, originating from Laurel Ridge just north of Donegal.
It flows north-by-northeast along the southeastern side of Chestnut Ridge before passing through Latrobe and Loyalhanna Lake before joining with the Conemaugh River to form the Kiskiminetas River at Saltsburg.
Valley News Dispatch
Loyalhanna, Buffalo creeks in the running for Pa. s 2021 River of the Year, chosen by public vote
Patrick Varine And Mary Ann Thomas
Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 12:42 p.m.
| Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 12:42 p.m.
Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Loyalhanna Creek is seen snaking its way through downtown Latrobe in September from a helicopter at about 1,000 feet.
Courtesy of Dave Brooke/Audubon Society
Buffalo Creek in Armstrong and Butler counties is a nominee for Pennsylvania River of the Year.
About the creeks
Loyalhanna Creek is a 50-mile tributary of the Kiskiminetas River, originating from Laurel Ridge just north of Donegal.
It flows north-by-northeast along the southeastern side of Chestnut Ridge before passing through Latrobe and Loyalhanna Lake before joining with the Conemaugh River to form the Kiskiminetas River at Saltsburg.