Welcome to the Guidelines for Natural Stream Channel Design for Pennsylvania Waterways document download page. The guidelines were developed through a partnership with the Keystone Stream Team and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. The Alliance received funding through PA DEP from EPA's 319 Program.
If you have any questions or comments about the Guidelines, please contact Mel Zimmerman with Lycoming College at 570-321-4185.
Please check back often as chapter revisions are posted as they are made.
Please utilize the links below to download all (or portions) of the document in pdf format.
Full Document(2 MB's) (revised May 2005)
Front Cover and Table of Contents
Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2: ASSESSMENT - "READING THE RIVER"
Chapter 3: MEETING WITH THE WATERSHED COMMUNITY
Chapter 4: DATA COLLECTION & ANALYSIS
Chapter 5: PERMITTING
Chapter 6: CREATING THE FINAL DESIGN
Chapter 7: SELECTING A QUALIFIED CONSULTANT
Chapter 8: CONSTRUCTION CONSIDERATIONS
Chapter 9: MONITORING: PRE- and POST- CONSTRUCTION
APPENDIX I: HELPFUL TOOLS AND DATA FORMS (1 MB)
APPENDIX II: RESOURCE INFORMATION
APPENDIX III: KEYSTONE STREAM TEAM (Revised May 2005)
APPENDIX IV: PERMIT GUIDELINES FOR PHASED PROJECTS
APPENDIX V: GLOSSARY
