Located in southwestern Pennsylvania and the panhandle of West Virginia, the Buffalo Creek
watershed is highly rural, containing a mixture of agricultural, residential, and forested land uses. Within
the Pennsylvania portion, Buffalo Creek is designated a High Quality watershed by Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Though many of its habitats have been altered from
natural, pristine conditions, the watershed still contains remnants of natural communities that were once
abundant in Washington County, PA. The Buffalo valley was recently named the 80th Important Bird
Area in Pennsylvania and, during a Natural Heritage Inventory of Washington County in 1994, Western
Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) identified two exceptionally ranked Biodiversity Areas within the
watershed’s boundaries.
https://www.wcwalliance.org/buffalocreek
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