Natural Resources Links
Natural Resources Plan presentation, January 15, 2007 (PDF, 15.4 MB)
Because natural resources are the foundation for land use and agriculture in Chester County, Natural Resources was identified as one of the topics to be addressed by the Landscapes2 Steering Committee.
Geology and Soils
- Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey
- US Geological Survey
- Penn State Geological Maps
- Chester County Conservation District
- National Cooperative Soil Survey
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
Greenways and Vegetation
- PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR)
- PA TreeVitalize
- US Forest Service
- US Forest Service Urban Forest Research
- Penn State School of Forestry
- Penn State Cooperative Extension
- PA Horticultural Society
- Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania
- PA DCNR Community Forests Program
- PA DCNR Greenways Program
- PA Greenways Action Plan
- Penn State Cooperative Wetland Center
- Hopewell Big Woods
- The Highlands Coalition
- PA-DE International Society of Arboriculture
- PA DEP Growing Greener II Program
Wildlife Habitat
- PA Natural Heritage Program
- PA Game Commission
- PA Fish and Boat Commission
- PA Biological Survey
- Ducks Unlimited
- Trout Unlimited
- PA DCNR Pennsylvania State Endangered Species Web Page
- PA DCNR's Bog Turtle Web Page
- PA West Nile Virus Surveillance Program
- PA Department of Health - Lyme Disease
Surface Water/Water Quality
- Chester County Water Resources Authority
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region III
- Delaware River Basin Commission
- Susquehanna River Basin Commission
- Christina Basin Clean Water Partnership
- Current Stream Flow Conditions in PA
- Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center
- White Clay Creek National Wild and Scenic River
- PA Organization for Watersheds and Rivers
- Chesapeake Bay Program
- US ACOE Chesapeake Bay Program
- PA DEP Chesapeake Bay Program
Ground Water
- USGS Water Resources of Pennsylvania
- PA Groundwater Association
- EPA Groundwater and Drinking Water
- Groundwater Protection Council
- The Groundwater Foundation
- National Groundwater Association
Flooding and Stormwater Runoff
- FEMA Flood Map Service Center
- FEMA National Flood Insurance Program
- PA Emergency Management Agency
- Mid-Atlantic Region Council for Safe Dams
- Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership
- PA DEP Southeast Regional Stormwater Management
- PA DEP Stormwater Management Program
- American Water Resources Association