Conowingo Creek

The Conowingo Creek Watershed is located in the most Southeast corner of the county and actually flows into Maryland.   This is a 39 square mile watershed.  Today there are about 63 miles of streams in the Conowingo Creek Watershed.  The mainstem starts around the village of Buck.  The stream then flows south to Maryland before its confluences with the Susquehanna River around the Conowingo Dam.  According to the USGS Stream Stats website about 21% of the watershed is forested and less than 1% of the watershed has urban development on it.  The watershed starts around the village of Buck but does not really go through any other larger towns or cities.  There is not an active watershed association doing work within the watershed, but the Donegal Chapter of Trout Unlimited (DTU) has been doing some work in the watershed over the last 15 years.  DTU does mostly outreach and educational work within the watershed but also works with landowners and others on stream improvement projects.  There have been several studies completed by various groups within the watershed and outside the watershed as well.  The watershed also has a Watershed Implementation Plan for it which provides guidance to stakeholders on ways to improve the watershed as a whole.