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Bushkill Township
Bushkill Township
Bushkill Township
Bushkill Township
Bushkill Township
Bushkill Township

Bushkill Township News

Bushkill Township Planning Commission Meeting will be held on Monday, May 19, 2025 at 7:30pm. The meeting will be in the Bushkill Township Municipal Meeting Room. To view the agenda please click here

Bushkill Township Zoning Hearing Board Meeting will be held on Monday, May 12, 2025 at 6:30pm. The meeting will be in the Bushkill Township Municipal Meeting Room. To view the agenda please click here

Take a moment to see what is happening this month at the Library!! To read the May Newsletter.
https://nazarethlibrary.dm.networkforgood.com/emails/april-2025-newsletter-from-memorial-library-of-nazareth-and-vicinity

Bushkill Township Environmental Advisory Council meeting will be held on Thursday, May 08, 2025 at 6:00pm. The meeting will be in the Bushkill Township Municipal Meeting Room. To view the agenda please click here

The Bushkill Township Board of Supervisors will conduct a public meeting Thursday, May 1, 2025, at 6:00pm at the Bushkill Township Municipal Meeting Room. To view the agenda please click here

Bushkill Township Recreation Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 7:00pm. The meeting will be in the Bushkill Township Municipal Meeting Room. To view the agenda please click here

All Rain Barrels for the 2025 Spring Rain Barrel sale have been SOLD. Please keep an eye out for more to be sold in the Spring of 2026. Thank you for your interest!

Attention Residents: Bushkill Township Yard Waste Facility will reopen on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 the facility will close for the season on Wednesday, November 26, 2025. The Yard Waste Facility will be open on Wednesday 7am to 3pm, Friday 7am to 3pm, and Saturday 8am to 12pm. Please note that a FREE Permit is required and can be obtained from the Township Office, Monday thru Friday, 8am to 4pm. The Township Facility CAN accept the following items: "Branches,leaves and yard waste must remain separated." Branches (No more that 4 inches in diameter/ 5 feet long), Leaves, Pine cones, Pine needles, Christmas Trees (MUST be free of tinsel, lights and ornaments). The Township Facility CANNOT accept the following items: Grass Clippings, Sod, Bamboo, Lumber, Tree Stumps, Large woody debris, Plastic/other synthetic materials, Fruit, Vegetables, Oramental grasses, Stones/Rocks or household waste of any kind. ALL Commercial businesses and contractors must drop off at the Central FRCA Processing Center located at 6701 Weaversville Road, Northampton, PA 18067 (East Allen Township). For a complete list of what is accepted/not accepted at the FRCA Facility, please go to the FRCA Website at:
http://frcauthority.org/acceptable_unacceptable_items.pdf

This is a reminder for trail users, park goers, and open space property users: With hunting season in full swing in Pennsylvania, please remember to wear orange or other bright colors when using Bushkill Township properties/trails. Hunting may be allowed on private property that borders Bushkill Township properties/trails and it is allowed on many of the Open Space properties. In Pennsylvania hunting season typically runs from the End of September until the End of February with Spring Turkey season opening for the month of May.

Applications to hunt Bushkill Township owned properties enrolled in the PA Game Commission's Hunter Access Program for the 2024 - 2025 season will be accepted from July 1 - July 31. Completed applications can be emailed to kreider@bushkilltownship.com or dropped off in person/mailed to 1114 Bushkill Center Road, Nazareth, PA 18064. A lottery drawing for 100 permits will be done on August 2nd. Permitees will be notified shortly after the drawing. To view the Hunter Access Program documents please click here

Welcome To Bushkill Township

Bushkill Township Bushkill Township is located in northcentral Northampton County. Until formation on August 13, 1813, the land area of Bushkill Township was part of its parent municipality, Plainfield Township. Before that time, the area of Bushkill Township was often referred to as "The Plains." On the north the Township is bordered by the Blue Mountain and Monroe County, with the Appalachian Trail running all along the summit of Blue Mountain. Plainfield Township and the Borough of Wind Gap border in the northeast, with Plainfield Township extending along the east to the Borough of Stockertown at the southeastern corner. The lengthy western border is with Moore Township, and the shorter southern border is with Upper Nazareth Township, just north of the Borough of Nazareth. The Township is approximately 25 square miles and has over 55 miles of municipal roadways.

Bushkill Creek, a High Quality-Cold Water Fishery, bisects the Township from the northwest to the southeast, and was once the source of power for numerous mills found within the Township and downstream. Sobers Run, an Exceptional Value stream, is entirely within Bushkill Township and was an important source of water for farms and mills along its course to the Bushkill Creek. Both streams support native and wild reproducing trout populations, and both exhibit beautiful wooded greenways, which in recent years have become a focal point for land preservation within the Township. Many greenway areas now contain public trails and select properties have been opened for public fishing; all accomplished through the Township's Open Space Program and various funding partners. (more info)



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