Delaware-Canal-State Park

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The Natural Areas Inventory of Bucks County (Rhoads & Block, 1999) contains a listing of natural resources with state-wide and local significance and each site is ranked and prioritized. The inventory does not yet contain information about reptiles and amphibians. There are 115 sites prioritized at four levels of importance. Priority 1 sites are the highest ranked areas as they contain very unique natural features and are of exceptionally high quality. There are thirty priority inventory sites within or proximate to the Delaware Canal State Park. They are listed by municipality (north to
south) below:

• . Durham Township- Cooks Creek, Durham Mine
• . Riegelsville Borough- Monroe Border Fault, Kintnersville/Gallows Run Floodplain
• . Nockamixon Township- Lynn Island, Nockamixon Cliffs
• . Bridgeton Township- Indian Rock Ravine, Ringing Rocks
• . Tinicum Township- Braided Channel Islands, Tinicum Creek Confluence with the Lower Delaware, Lower Tohickon Creek
• . Plumstead Township- Braided Channel Islands, Tohickon Creek, Fieldstone Farms
• . Solebury Township- Paunacussing Creek, Cuttalossa Creek Valley, Hendricks Island
• . New Hope Borough- David R. Johnson Natural Area, Hal Clark Park, Bowman's Hill
• . Upper Makefield Township- Ellisia Site, Timber Knolls Wetlands, Washington Crossing Park, Scudder's Falls Islands
• . Lower Makefield Township- Falls of the Delaware, Gray Stones
• . Falls Township- Van Skiver Lake
• . Morrisville Borough- Franklin Cove
• . Tullytown Borough- Edgely Village Mill Woods and Riverbank
• . Bristol Township- Region between Railway Spur and Canal, Bristol Marsh
• . Bristol Borough- Maple Beach Dredge Spoil Area

The National Park Service and Natural Areas Inventory studies may be obtained from the Delaware Canal State Park (land and water loan box) or directly from the National Park Service and the Bucks County Planning Commission (see references). There are exercises and reference materials in this curriculum for you and your students (Lesson 12 & Associated
Appendices) as obtaining significant resource information is an important facet of the land use and environmental management planning processes.