Cochranton Boat Launch

Cochranton Boat Launch. . Flowing 117 miles from its headwaters in New York, French Creek is a beautiful waterway, treasured for its incredible biodiversity. Biodiversity means there are a lot of different types of plants and animals found within the creek. , , What lives in French Creek? , The watershed hosts 27 species of Freshwater Mussels. , Over 80 species of fish-including 15 species of Darters. , And a healthy population of Eastern Hellbender Salamanders-Pennsylvania's State Amphibian. , , Little Sugar Creek Sub-basin , French Creek is fed by 10 major tributaries that have their own drainage areas (or watersheds) and flow into French Creek. These tributary watersheds or sub-basins are very important to the water quality and health of French Creek, because what happens on the land around French Creek affects the water quality. The closest sub-basin to this location is Little Sugar Creek, which flows 12 miles south from the Guys Mills area and enters French Creek at Cochranton. The entire Little Sugar Creek sub-basin is classified as a cold water fishery supporting 15 species of fish and six species of freshwater mussels. Mud Run, a tributary of Little Sugar Creek, is one of two streams that were dammed to form Tamarack Lake. , , The French Creek Valley Conservancy sign project was financed in part by a grant from the Community Conservation Partnerships Program Environmental Stewardship fund under the administration of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation administered through the Pennsylvania Environmental Council's Pennsylvania Water Trails Partnership Mini Grant program.