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.

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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:

  1. PA DEP at 570-826-2511,
  2. PA Fish & Boat Commission at Northeast Regional Office 570-477-5717 or
  3. BWA office at 570-839-1120.

You see STORMWATER/EROSION OF SOIL entering a stream

Photograph or video event if you can.
Call:

  1. Your Township or Borough Office,
  2. Monroe County Conservation District – daytime only at 570-629-3060 or Pike County Conservation District – daytime only at 570-226-8220
  3. 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:

  1. Your Township or Borough office,
  2. Monroe County Conservation District – daytime only at 570-629-3060 or Pike County Conservation District – daytime only at 570-226-8220,
  3. PA DEP at 570-826-2511,
  4. 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:

  1. Your Township or Borough office,
  2. Monroe County Conservation District – daytime only at 570-629-3060 or Pike County Conservation District – daytime only at 570-226-8220,
  3. PA Fish & Boat Commission at Northeast Regional Office 570-477-5717
  4. BWA office at 570-839-1120.

You see what you think is ILLEGAL DUMPING INTO STREAM

Record license number of truck.
Call:

  1. Your Township or Borough Police or State Police at Swiftwater at 570-424-3037 or at Blooming Grove at 570-775-7374,
  2. PA Fish & Boat Commission at Northeast Regional Office 570-477-5717, or
  3. 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:

  1. Monroe County Conservation District – daytime only at 570-629-3060 or Pike County Conservation District – daytime only at 570-226-8220,
  2. PA Fish & Boat Commission at Northeast Regional Office 570-477-5717 or
  3. BWA office at 570-839-1120.