Letter from our President
Petition Filed to Protect an Exceptional StreamOn May 4, 2020, Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services filed a Petition to Redesignate Toms Creek on behalf of Friends of Toms Creek, a group dedicated to protecting, preserving, enhancing and restoring the natural, scenic, historic and aesthetic resources within the Toms Creek watershed, an important resource located in Southwest Adams County, Pennsylvania. The Petition requests the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board amend regulation and revise the upper Toms Creek basin designation from High Quality to Exceptional Value, affording the stream the protections that the actual existing use for aquatic life requires.
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Petition Accepted for Study!
The petition to re-designate Upper Toms Creek from High Quality to Exceptional Value has been accepted for study by the Environmental Quality Board.
FOTC Receives $5000 Mini-grant from South Mountain Partnership$5,000 was awarded to the Friends of Toms Creek, to conduct field stream assessments of Toms Run Creek near Fairfield; accepted today by Sue deVeer, on behalf of Friends of Toms Creek and project partners at Upper Potomac River Keeper and Sierra Club.
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Tom's Creek is a vital part of the culture and natural history of the surrounding region.
About Tom's CreekTom's Creek is a pristine trout stream that is located in the headwaters of the Potomac River Watershed. It originates along South Mountain in south central Pennsylvania within Michaux State Forest and flows southward through Adams County to join the Monocacy River in Frederick County, Maryland.
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