Pennsylvania DCNR Plans Whitewater Release Into Bucks County's Tohickon Creek

Feb 05, 02:21 PM

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Contact: Terry Brady, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, +1-717-772-9101

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources today announced it again will conduct a spring whitewater release from Lake Nockamixon into the Tohickon Creek in Bucks County.

Annually scheduled for the third weekend in March and the first weekend in November, the release will take place Saturday and Sunday, March 17-18. Water will be released from the Nockamixon State Park dam on a schedule that will provide boating water at Ralph Stover State Park from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.

Water releases are eagerly awaited by whitewater enthusiasts and draw kayakers and canoeists from throughout the Northeastern U.S. Most people launch their craft at Ralph Stover State Park, near Pipersville, Bucks County, and travel some four miles along the Tohickon Creek to its junction with the Delaware River at Point Pleasant.

DCNR officials remind boaters this is technical whitewater with Class 3 and 4 rapids requiring boating skills. Boaters should be aware of and abide by the safety code of the American Whitewater Affiliation and wear appropriate personal flotation devices.

Boaters should use only craft designed for this type of water. Because of cold water, boaters also must take appropriate precautions to prevent hypothermia.

For more information, contact Nockamixon State Park at (215) 529- 7300, or Delaware Canal State Park at (610) 982-5560. For more information about Pennsylvania State Parks, call 1-888-PA-PARKS between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; or visit http:// www.dcnr.state.pa.us.

CONTACT: Terry Brady

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

(717) 772-9101

SOURCE Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

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