Who to Call When
The steps to take and the proper authority(s) to call when you see what you believe is a problem with a stream.
You see a FISH KILL in your stream
Collect several dead fish and place them in a plastic ziploc storage bag. Place bag in refrigerator, not freezer.
Collect a water sample in sterile container and place in refrigerator.
Take temperature of water.
Call:
a) PA DEP at 570-826-2511,
b) PA Fish & Boat Commission at Northeast Regional Office 570-477-5717 or
c) BWA office at 570-839-1120.
You see STORMWATER/EROSION OF SOIL entering a stream
Photograph or video event if you can.
Call:
a) Your Township or Borough Office,
b) Monroe County Conservation District - daytime only at 570-620-3060 or Pike County Conservation District - daytime only at 570-226-8220
c) BWA office at 570-839-1120.
You see someone filling what you believe to be a WETLAND
Take a color photograph of video if you can.
Call:
a) Your Township or Borough office,
b) Monroe County Conservation District - daytime only at 570-629-3060 or Pike County Conservation District - daytime only at 570-226-8220,
c) US Fish & Wildlife Service at 570-894-1275,
d) PA DEP at 570-826-2511
e) BWA office at 570-839-1120.
You see what you believe is an ILLEGAL ACTIVITY ALONG THE STREAM?
(Cutting trees along a stream bank, machinery in stream).
Photograph or video event if you can.
Call:
a) Your Township or Borough office,
b) Monroe County Conservation District - daytime only at 570-629-3060 or Pike County Conservation District - daytime only at 570-226-8220,
c) PA Fish & Boat Commission at Northeast Regional Office 570-477-5717
d) BWA office at 570-839-1120.
You see what you think is ILLEGAL DUMPING INTO STREAM
Record license number of truck.
Call:
a) Your Township or Borough Police or State Police at Swiftwater at 570-424-3037 or at Blooming Grove at 570-775-7374,
b) PA Fish & Boat Commission at Northeast Regional Office 570-477-5717, or
c) BWA office at 570-839-1120.
You think your STREAM IS CHANGING
(unusual green algae growth, smell, color amount of foam in water)
Collect a water sample in sterile container and place in refrigerator.
Call:
a) Monroe County Conservation District - daytime only at 570-629-3060 or Pike County Conservation District - daytime only at 570-226-8220,
b) PA Fish & Boat Commission at Northeast Regional Office 570-477-5717 or
c) BWA office at 570-839-1120.