The Endless Mountains Resource Conservation and Development Council will lead a diverse group of stakeholders in the sound conservation and stewardship of the region’s natural resources. The Council will promote the rural quality of life and its economic stability through organizational efforts, education of communities, technical expertise and sponsorship of projects.For Pine Creek is a river: the River of Pines. Tiadaghton.
In 2007, the Endless Mountains RC&D and it’s partners completed the Pine Creek Watershed Rivers Conservation Plan funded by Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Community Conservation Partnership Program.
The Pine Creek Watershed Rivers Conservation Plan (RCP) offers a plan for protecting the very things we find attractive, absorbing, and compelling about this area. The plan presents a non-regulatory, non-prescriptive framework for addressing issues the watershed faces. The RCP offers a wealth of good ideas for community groups to pursue and carry out. 
The plan presents recommendations for helping a timeless resource withstand the pressures of time – and change.
Creating the Rivers Conservation Plan over seven years allowed for significant public input. The steering committee members, now continuing as the Pine Creek Watershed Council, heard many viewpoints and had exhaustive discussions about key issues facing the watershed’s people and municipalities. Please visit the Pine Creek Watershed Council’s website for more information on the plan at http://www.pinecreekwatershedrcp.org
The Pine Creek Watershed Rivers Conservation Plan calls for cultural conservation in the form of Oral Histories – collecting the memories, experiences, and insights of persons long resident in or acquainted with the Pine Creek watershed.
The Pine Creek Watershed Council interviewed local landowners, area business people and enthusiasts about the past in the Pine Creek Valley. These oral historians speak about encounters with bear and rattlesnake, cutting ice, one room schools, the CCC, the importance or railroads in the area, and farms and fishing.
Oral History Project – 2009 "Pine Creek Valley – Stories from the Valley"
The second round of oral history interviews was conducted in 2009. Nineteen persons were interviewed to get their perspective on life in the Pine Creek watershed. Those interviewed include:
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