Changes for the 2010 season include stocking extensions on waters as a result of access improvements, waters restored to the stocking program, and the removal of waters from the stocking program.

A 2.2 mile section of stream extending from the confluence with the North Fork    downstream to the mouth will return to the stocking program following removal from the stocking program in 2009 due to a pollution incident.  This section of stream will be stocked with brown trout during the preseason and spring inseason stocking periods.

Crooked Creek, Erie County

A 1.3 mile extension to the stocking program will go into effect for this stream in 2010.  With this addition stocking will be conducted over a distance of 6.0 miles of stream from the Gloskey Road Bridge (T-360) downstream to the Railroad Bridge located North of SR 0005. This section of stream will be stocked with brown trout during the preseason and inseason stocking periods.

Delaware Canal, Bucks County

Following the completion of maintenance work on the canal, stocking will resume on a 1.0-mile section of the canal extending from the upstream boundary of Upper Washington Crossing State Park downstream to the canal lock at the lower park boundary.  This water will be stocked with rainbow trout during the preseason and spring inseason stocking periods.

Delaware Canal, Bucks County

Following the completion of maintenance work on the canal, stocking will also resume on an 8.6 mile section of the canal extending from the upstream boundary of Lower Washington Crossing State Park downstream to the East Maple Street Bridge in Morrisville.  This water will be stocked with rainbow trout during the preseason and spring inseason stocking periods.

Elk Creek, Erie County

Access improvements and landowner easements have provided for a 1.2 mile extension of trout stocking on a popular section of this stream.  Beginning with the 2010 season, stocking will be conducted over a 7.4 mile section of stream extending from 200 meters upstream of the I-79 Bridge downstream to 500 meters downstream of the SR 0098 Bridge.  This section will be stocked with brown trout during the preseason and spring inseason stocking periods.

Harvey’s Creek, Luzerne County

A recent land acquisition by DCNR (Lackawanna State Forest) has opened an additional portion of this stream to public access.  As a result, a 2.1 mile extension to the stocking program will go into effect on a section of this stream in 2010.  The extension will apply to the upper stocked section of Harvey’s Creek where stocking will extend over a distance of 3.4 miles of stream from the Meeker Outlet Road (T-810) downstream to the backwaters of Rice Dam. This section of stream will be stocked with rainbow trout during the preseason stocking period and brown and rainbow trout during the inseason stocking period.

Located within two urban parks on the western edge of Pottstown, PA, a 1.0 mile section of stream extending from State Route 100 downstream to the mouth will be added to the adult trout stocking program.  This section of stream will be stocked with brown and rainbow trout during the preseason and spring inseason stocking periods.

This 24 acre lake will return to the adult trout stocking program in 2010 following a period of draw down for maintenance repairs to the dam structure.  As with past practice, the lake will be stocked with rainbow trout during the preseason, spring inseason, and fall stocking periods.

Turtle Creek, Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties

A 3.9 mile section of stream extending from the Saunders Station Bridge (SR 2100) downstream to the confluence with Brush Creek will return to the stocking program following removal from the stocking program in 2009 due to a pollution incident.  This section of stream will be stocked with brown and rainbow trout during the preseason and spring inseason stocking periods.

A 1.6 mile section of stream extending from the Bridge on a lane off of SR 1025 (Valley Road) downstream to the mouth has been removed from the 2010 trout-stocking program due to access limitations for angling and stocking.  Formerly, this water had been stocked on a preseason only basis.

North Park Lake, Allegheny County

This 75-acre impoundment has been removed from the 2010 trout-stocking program due a complete draw down of the impoundment to allow for reconstruction, sediment removal, and the installation of habitat structures.

This 8.9-acre impoundment has been removed from the trout-stocking program in 2010 due to safety concerns that require a complete dewatering of the dam to allow for maintenance repairs to the dam and spillway.

West Branch Antietam Creek, Franklin County

A 4.3 mile section of stream extending from the SR 0997 Bridge downstream to the Nunnery Road (T-387) Bridge has been removed from the 2010 trout-stocking program due to poor utilization of stocked trout stemming from very low angler use.  Formerly, this water had been stocked on a preseason only basis.

West Valley Creek, Chester County

A 2.8 mile section of stream extending from 385 meters downstream of the Railroad Tunnel downstream to the mouth has been removed from the 2010 trout-stocking program due to landowner posting.  In 2009 this water was stocked on a preseason only basis.

Delayed-Harvest Area Removal

Fishing Creek, Columbia County

A 0.7 mile section of stream extending from the upstream Kriebel Property line downstream to 180 yards upstream from the Benton Borough line has been removed from the 2010 trout-stocking program and the Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only program due to access limitations stemming from landowner posting.