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Visit the Office: Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds Association at the Willistown Township’s Okehocking Preserve 5316 West Chester Pike Newtown Square, PA 19073 Send Us a Message Your name Please enter your name. Your email Please enter a valid email. Your message Please enter a message. Send Message failed. Please try again. on Facebook Mail: Chester…

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Rain Gardens

Rain gardens are a natural and beautiful way to help your streams. These gardens in slight depressions in the ground trap rainfall from a roof or driveway and prevent it from adding to the polluted runoff that damages streams. Trapped rain water is allowed to slowly sink into the ground while supporting beautiful plants that…

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Tree Planting Program

Tree Planting Program Over the past 13 years, CRC and our volunteers have planted more than 10,000 native shrubs and trees throughout the three watersheds, reforesting riparian buffers, adding habitat for creatures near the streams, benefitting water quality, and providing shade to cool the water in the creeks. We continue to be supported generously by…

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Crum Creek Watershed

Crum Creek Watershed CHESTER CREEK WATERSHED RIDLEY CREEK WATERSHED CRUM CREEK WATERSHED Crum Creek, which means “crooked creek” in Dutch, is a Special Protection stream, with the largest Cold Water Fishery and native trout population of our three creeks. It is the largest drinking water source for Delaware County residents. However, this important resource is…

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News

News Spring 2021 Newsletter Read all about our Spring happenings at CRC HERE. 1st Quarter 2021 Letter from CRC Executive Director Meghan Lockman. HERE. March 2020 Listen to Board President Ted Leisenring as he was interviewed on Comcast Newsmakers. HERE. February 2019 Apple Leisure Group has announced it will work with the Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds…

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