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Fall 2010
In This Issue
Success! Brook Trout Found Below Middle Branch Passive Treatment
Update on MCWC
An Update on the Progress of Tangascootack Creek
WBSRC Members Travel to West Virginia for Training
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Dear WBSRC Member, 
 
Well, it's nearly fall soon to be winter again. Field seasons are wrapping up, and everyone is getting ready for snow. This summer was a busy few months for WBSRC members. Read on to find out about some of the projects and events that WBSRC members took part in. Be sure to come to the Fall WBSRC meeting Sept 14th. Also visit the WBSRC website at www.wbsrc.org to check out all the new West Branch Susquehanna updates there!
Success! Brook Trout Found Below Middle Branch Passive Treatment 
 
   After more than decade of work by Trout Unlimited to repair damage from highly acidic, abandoned coal mine drainage in the lower Kettle Creek watershed, native brook trout have returned to a once-dead section of Middle Branch, a tributary to Twomile Run in northwestern Clinton County. Read on.
Update on Moshannon Creek Watershed Coalition
 By Michelle Merrow

  MCWC held its 4th annual Watershed Festival on Sunday, August 22, 2010, at the Osceola Mills Recreation Park.  The event focused on watershed education with MCWC, Clearfield and Centre County Watershed Specialists, Trout Unlimited, Clearfield County Solid Waste Authority, PA Game Commission, and the PA Hardwood Council Woodmobile on hand to spread the word about environmental issues.  Other activities included bluegrass music by Revised Edition, and children's activities such as face painting, T-shirt painting, and making foam fish and water cycle bracelets.  Local vendors provided great food.  A fun day was had by all. Read On.
An Update on the Progress of Tangascootack Creek
By Scott Koser 
  The Tangascootack Creek in Clinton County was once rich with mining activity.  Much of what existed as mining towns for coal production is now gone. Several old foundations and a watershed in need of restoration are all that remain from a legacy of mining.   
 
  The Tangascootack Creek Watershed (or Scootack) drains into the West Branch Susquehanna River seven miles upstream of the City of Lock Haven and has undergone several phases of mining from 1844-1990.  Virtually all of the mining that occurred in the watershed resulted in the formation of varying degrees of AMD. Read On.
WBSRC Members Travel to West Virginia for Training
 
   On July 29th WBSRC members traveled to Concord University in Athens, West Virginia for the Eastern Coal Regional Roundtable (ECRR) Summer Practicum. Representatives from Anderson Creek Watershed Association, Deer Creek Watershed Association, and TU took part in this 4 day educational event. Read On.