Yellow Breeches Creek | Get involved in your community!
Do you live in the Yellow Breeches Watershed? Learn about your local watershed, your community's water protection efforts, and WHAT YOU CAN DO to protect your local creeks, rivers, and streams...
Learn More and Explore the Yellow Breeches
Yellow Breeches Water Trail
Yellow Breeches Watershed Association
Want to know more about fishing the Yellow Breeches Creek?
Cumberland Valley Trout Unlimited
Hatches Magazine Article about the Breeches
Orvis Fly Fishing Reports
Other Water-Friendly Tips
- Plant trees
Tree canopy intercepts rain, reducing the amount that gets to sidewalks and driveways. They also absorb water from the soil. - Reduce the area of hard or impervious surfaces, like driveways, roofs, and patios on property
Use pervious materials to build patios and driveways so that rain can sink in. - Plant rain gardens and using rain barrels
Rain gardens and rain barrels collect rain water instead of allowing it to run off. - Reduce the Amount of Lawn on Your Property
Lawn doesn’t absorb rain waters as well as larger plants and trees. From years of use, lawn can become nearly impervious through compaction of soil. Also, grass lawns have a shorter root system that doesn’t take in as much water. Avoid use of fertilizers or pesticides.
Municipalities in the Yellow Breeches Watershed:
Camp Hill, Lemoyne, Mechanicsburg, Mt. Holly Springs, New Cumberland, and Shiremanstown Boroughs; Cooke, Dickinson, Hampden, Lower Allen, Monroe, Penn, Southampton, South Middletown, and Upper Allen Townships.
Watershed Facts
Unique Feature
The Yellow Breeches is designated as a High-Quality Cold Water Fishery. In 1992, it also was designated as a Scenic River by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. While Pennsylvania has over 83,000 miles of streams, only 25% are considered high-quality coldwater fisheries. Of that, less than 2% are designated as highly productive waters that contain naturally reproducing wild trout. With its high-quality fishery, there’s no surprise that the Yellow Breeches is a popular spot for fly fishers from all over the world, many of whom frequent the mile-long catch-and-release spot near Boiling Springs.
Drinking Water
Water from the Yellow Breeches, as well as from nearby Conodoguinet Creek, flows through the homes of 180,000 PA American Company customers. United Water Company supplies drinking water to an additional 27,000 customers from the Yellow Breeches sources.
