White Clay Creek Fest

10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Pennsylvania White Clay Creek Preserve

405 Sharpless Road, Landenberg, PA

Trout-related Activities:

Activities are in conjunction with the Avon Grove Charter School and their 'Trout in the Classroom Program'. This year the school is raising Brook Trout which are native to the region. 

Tentative schedule includes:

Stream Study - Water testing,  Introduction to Macroinvertebrates
Fly Fishing Demo’s and Clinics (clinic signups first come basis) & Fly Tying Demo’s

Stream Clean-up,  Trout Release,  Picnic Lunch
No entrance fee.

1:00-4:00 p.m.

White Clay Creek State Park, Carpenter Recreational Area

Rt. 896, 2 miles northwest of Newark, DE

Celebration Ceremony, Sin City Band, Children’s Nature Table, Creek and Watershed Displays*, Hikes*, Fly Fishing Demo’s, 100 FREE Reusable Water Bottles, and Valuable Door Prizes (including a rainbarrel worth up to $65). Debut of the NEW White Clay Creek Watershed Visitor Guide and Trail Map. Philly Pretzel concession will be available and attendees are encouraged to bring a picnic!  

DE State Park entrance fee in effect (entrance pass or $3 per DE vehicle , $6 per Out-of-State vehicle).

* Displays/Activities include:

Reliving 1960-70’s “Save the White Clay Creek - Don’t Dam It” -  Bi-State Preserve Council

Almost Underwater – an up-close and personal look at what we would lost - White Clay Watershed Association  - also selling watershed maps and T-Shirts

Stream critters and the story they tell -  Stroud Water Research –

Where in the watershed? (locate the site of watershed photos – free rainbarrel to the first person to identify all the sites or the most sites for the day) & information on watershed stewardship – White Clay Wild & Scenic Program

Fly fishing & Fly tying- watch or try yourself - White Clay Outfitters and White Clay Fly Fishers

The Nature Table – live animals and activities featuring creek habitat - White Clay Creek State Park and Friends of White Clay Creek

White Clay Creek – Our Drinking Water -  Suez Environment & United Water Delaware

More than Mud: Soil & Water Stewardship New Castle County Conservation District –

What’s in the Pennsylvania Preserve? - PA White Clay Creek Preserve

Are You Water Wise? – Ways you pollute or protect our water - University of Delaware Water Resource Agency

What is the National Wild & Scenic River System? - National Park Service

Hiking the Mason-Dixon in White Clay Creek Watershed - Mason-Dixon Trail Club

**Hikes: Park Ruins Hike, Native/Invasive Plant Walks, and Family Hikes to the White Clay Creek Tributary.