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Summer 2013
In This Issue
The WBSRC and You
Member Spotlight: Clinton County Conservation District
Member Spotlight: Clinton County Conservation District
Technical Corner: Braving the Ice and Snow
Upcoming Events
WBSRC Meeting - 
June 11th
Grants 
Trout Unlimited FREE AMD Technical Assistance - OPEN

ARIPPA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Grants - June 30 
 
Commonwealth Financing Authority Act 13 Funding -July 31 
 More Information 
 
Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds LOI due - August 9 

DEP Growing Greener Grants- Should Open soon

Please contact Rachel Kester at 

(814) 577-7611 if you have a project idea and need assistance identifying the best source of funding and/or developing a grant proposal.

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Greetings!    

 

Well it seems like spring is finally here, which can mean only one thing FIELD SEASON! The next few months are sure to be filled with sampling, construction projects, and if you are lucky a few days spent with a fishing rod along a stream. 

 

We hope that everyone will take a few hours out of their busy schedules to come to the next WBSRC meeting on June 11th. Prior to the meeting there will a tour of the Tangascootack Muddy Run passive treatment facilities that are currently under construction. If you are interested in participating, please meet at the Beech Creek Borough building at 4:00 p.m. Visit the WBSRC website for more information about this meeting and so much more. 

Tangascootack AMD Remediation Project Update

by Scott Koser Clinton County Conservation District

 

The Tangascootack Creek watershed encompasses approximately 23,100 acres or 36.5 square miles in Clinton County with its entire drainage entering the West Branch of the Susquehanna just north of Lock Haven.  It sits at the edge of the Appalachian Plateau and the Ridge and Valley geologic formations.  Read More...

 

Welcome Three New Interns

 

Trout Unlimited will be hosting three interns this summer. Brendan Donaghy, Kathleen LaForce, and Lauren McGarvey will be working with TU staff on various technical assistance projects, as well as completing fishery surveys as a part of the Fish and Boat Commission's Unassessed Waters Initiative. They have a busy summer ahead of them, and you are likely to see them out in the watershed. Please take a few minutes to read more about these young conservationists by visiting the intern page of the WBSRC website.  

Partnerships Make for Great Education Event 

 

For the past four years TU, Beech Creek Watershed Association (BCWA), Three-Points Sportsman's Club, Centre County Conservation District and the Spring Creek Chapter of TU have partnered with Mount Nittany Middle School to provide a unique educational opportunity to seventh grade students. Each year BCWA members, Mount Nittany teachers and TU staff work to plan a field trip that allows students to see first-hand the impacts of AMD to our streams. The goal of the field trip is to show the value and beauty of the Beech Creek watershed, and what is lost to AMD impacts. Read More...

Technical Corner: Fishing with Electricity: A Brief Overview of Electrofishing Surveys

by Shawn Rummel, Trout Unlimited

 

One of the most common ways for biologists to determine what types of fish are in a stream is by using electrofishing gear.  Electrofishing is simply the use of electricity to capture fish.  The type of gear used depends on the type of water being sampled and ranges from backpack units for small streams to larger electrofishing boats in lakes and large rivers. Read More...