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Read more about the article Volunteers Needed for DeHart Dam Day on October 1

Volunteers Needed for DeHart Dam Day on October 1

  • Post author:Bob Pennell
  • Post published:September 10, 2022
  • Post category:Conservation

Capital Region Water (CRW), operator of the DeHart Dam on Clarks Creek, has scheduled a trash pickup along a section of Clarks Valley Road (S.R. 325) followed by a tour…

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Read more about the article Diversion Well Workday Help Needed
Photo: Andy Link

Diversion Well Workday Help Needed

  • Post author:Andy Link
  • Post published:August 16, 2022
  • Post category:Conservation/Events/Projects

The Diversion Well Crew is beginning to organize for its annual maintenance work project. Planned work will include moving creek rocks and shoveling out silt in the dam. Volunteers should…

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Read more about the article Keeping the Snitz Creek Intact

Keeping the Snitz Creek Intact

  • Post author:Bob Pennell
  • Post published:July 5, 2022
  • Post category:Conservation/Projects

The rain stayed at bay so that fifteen volunteers from the Doc Fritchey Chapter of Trout Unlimited (DFTU) could plant more than thirty tree saplings along the east bank of…

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The 2022 Dr. Frank Viozzi Memorial Scholarship for Environmental Studies

  • Post author:Bob Pennell
  • Post published:June 9, 2022
  • Post category:Conservation/Education/Youth

This year’s Dr. Frank Viozzi Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to Brock Troutman, a senior at Upper Dauphin High School who lives in Lykens and plans to attend Mansfield University…

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Read more about the article Field Meeting with Senator Gebhard
From left: Senator Gebhard, Russ Collins, Attorney Horace Ehrgood, and Ed Stefanides.

Field Meeting with Senator Gebhard

  • Post author:Russ Collins
  • Post published:May 13, 2022
  • Post category:Conservation/Projects

On May 11th, I had the opportunity to meet at a site on Snitz Creek with two property owners who would like to have a stream restoration project done on their stream…

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Read more about the article Annual Clarks Valley Highway Cleanup
Fran Barilar, Stephan Vegoe, Joe Notarangelo, Bob Bauer, Rick Frazier, and Dennis Coffman.

Annual Clarks Valley Highway Cleanup

  • Post author:Bob Pennell
  • Post published:April 30, 2022
  • Post category:Conservation/Events

On what can only be described as “a perfect spring morning,” six volunteers from the Doc Fritchey Chapter conducted our annual highway cleanup on Clarks Valley Road – along the…

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Read more about the article 2021-22 Outstanding Volunteer Award Winner – Becca Fronk
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2021-22 Outstanding Volunteer Award Winner – Becca Fronk

  • Post author:Bob Pennell
  • Post published:April 26, 2022
  • Post category:Conservation

The 2021-22 Gerald L. Miller Outstanding Volunteer Award has been presented to chapter member Becca Fronk. Becca has always been an advocate for the conservation of natural resources and clean water. She became…

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Read more about the article Day of Caring on Quittie Creek

Day of Caring on Quittie Creek

  • Post author:Bob Pennell
  • Post published:April 23, 2022
  • Post category:Conservation

As part of the annual Lebanon County United Way’s Day of Caring, seven Doc Fritchey members showed up to clean up an impressive “mess of downed trees” on the Quittapahilla…

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Read more about the article Brook Trout 103: For Their Future

Brook Trout 103: For Their Future

  • Post author:Jim Suleski
  • Post published:April 18, 2022
  • Post category:Conservation

Celebrating National Volunteer Week with another Brook Trout educational post! This one explains one of DFTU's conservation efforts - the Rausch Creek Diversion Wells (Rausch Creek is an abandoned coal…

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Read more about the article Data Collection on Hammer Creek Begins

Data Collection on Hammer Creek Begins

  • Post author:Russ Collins
  • Post published:March 27, 2022
  • Post category:Conservation/Projects

Following on the heels of a previous blog post featuring Hammer Creek, our chapter received word from several folks interested in helping with our stream restoration efforts. We received six offers…

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Read more about the article Brook Trout 103: For Their Future

Brook Trout 103: For Their Future

  • Post author:Jim Suleski
  • Post published:March 8, 2022
  • Post category:Conservation

We are moving on to Class 103 in our Brook Trout series! This "class" is all about what can, and is, being done to keep the populations of our State…

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Read more about the article Brook Trout 102: Brookies Prefer

Brook Trout 102: Brookies Prefer

  • Post author:Jim Suleski
  • Post published:February 26, 2022
  • Post category:Conservation

We continue to look into the "must-haves" checklist for an ideal brook trout habitat. As with most aquatic wildlife, increased pollution and decreased habitat range affect how well a brookie…

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