The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is seeking public comment on natural resource management plans for White Clay Creek Preserve, a 1,255-acre Chester County tract bordering the Delaware state line.

DCNR staff will be available to discuss the park's natural resources management plans 6:30 - 8 p.m., February 3, at London Britain Township Building, Landenberg. The public is invited to attend.

Park staff will discuss the proposals, answer questions and take comments. The draft resource management plans for the preserve discuss how its natural resources will be managed. Future management objectives are based on scientific and technical data.

Persons unable to attend the February 3 meeting may submit written comments up to 30 days after the meeting. Comments will be accepted through March 7, and should be directed to Jeff Johns, Resources Management Section, Bureau of State Parks, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market St., P.O. Box 8551, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8551; (717) 772-0242.

Pennsylvanians with disabilities who would like to attend the resource management meeting and require an auxiliary aid, service or accommodation, should also call this number.

Copies of the preserve's draft management plan are available for public review at the following locations:

Landenberg Post Office, 645 Penn Green Road, Landenberg

The Landenberg Store, Landenberg and Penn Green roads

Kemblesville Post Office, 1 Municipal Lane, Kemblesville

Bayard Taylor Library, East State St., Kennett Square

London Britain Township Building, 81 Good Hope Road, Landenberg

In 1984, the DuPont Company donated land to Pennsylvania and Delaware for the purpose of preserving the area's diverse and unique plant and animal species, and rich cultural heritage. Today, these lands form the bi-state White Clay Creek Preserve, the only land designated as a preserve in Pennsylvania's Bureau of State Parks.

For more information on White Clay and Pennsylvania's other 116 state parks, telephone 1-888-PA-PARKS from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; or visit the White Clay Creek Preserve webpage.

1/7/2005