Hard to
believe summer is winding down already. Talk of Walleye's will shift to
Steelhead, trout will be looking to spawn, and the leaves will be falling.
At this months meeting, we will have an election for the
new slate of
officers:
President: Bill Eckert
Vice President: Jim Head
Treasurer: Erik Cronk
Secretary: Bill Glecos
Directors: Jack Bock, Ric Gilson, Matt Kerr
Here's
a report from Luke Bobnar from the Western PA Conservancy: On September
9th, WPC and the PA Fish and Boat Commission will begin construction of a fish
habitat improvement project on Caldwell Creek in Southwest Township, Warren
County, PA. Our goal is to reduce erosion and sedimentation in the watershed,
as well as improve angling opportunities. Thirty fish habitat structures are
planned to be installed, including multi-log vanes, modified mudsills, rootwad
deflectors, log-framed stone deflectors, and random boulders. Jobs volunteers
would excel at include moving tools and materials, assisting with log, stone,
and rebar placement, as well as seeding and mulching at the end of the project.
We plan to come back in the fall for live-staking, and re-plant riparian trees
in the heavy equipment disturbance areas in spring, 2020.
We will be meeting
at the red gate on Flat Road, approximately 0.34 miles southwest of the
intersection of Flat and Selkirk roads, and
1.25 miles northeast of the intersection of Flat and
Dotyville Hill roads near the town of Grand Valley, at 8:00 am on Septmber 9th.
Latitude and Longitude for the meeting location is:
41.683756,-79.585161
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?9PAPennsylvania/42fffca228/TEST/190991f7a5.
We will proceed to the project site on Caldwell Creek via
the private access road at the red gate.
If you are
interested in coming out to volunteer for us, please let me know. Bring a
lunch, water, PPE (if you have it), any medications you might need, and
anything else you need for a day streamside in moderate proximity to your
vehicle.
Luke will also be present at our September 17th meeting
to give a talk and more detail on this project.
See you on the 17th!
Erik
