Lawmakers, residents call on DCNR to make Big Elk a ‘preserve’ as fight to save watershed from state development heats up

Lawmakers, residents call on DCNR to make Big Elk a ‘preserve’ as fight to save watershed from state development heats up

PENN — Southern Chester County residents who’ve lived in the area for more than a decade can recall a longtime plan, or dream, to connect the wilderness of the White Clay, Big Elk, and Fair Hill lands into a truly united regional preserve. And that dream was cited on Tuesday when more than 160 people filled the auditorium of Avon Grove High School for a public hearing, hosted by the Republican Policy Committee of the Pennsylvania House of Repres…