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Read more about the article July Membership Meeting to Feature Special Guest Ted Evgeniadis

July Membership Meeting to Feature Special Guest Ted Evgeniadis

  • Post author:Becca Fronk
  • Post published:June 30, 2023
  • Post category:Conservation/Events

Science continually teaches us more about how to minimize our impacts on the intricately balanced relationships within and around our waterways.Ted EvgeniadisLSRA Join us at our July 25th General Membership…

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Read more about the article Over 10 Volunteers Begin Repairs on Rausch Creek Diversion Wells

Over 10 Volunteers Begin Repairs on Rausch Creek Diversion Wells

  • Post author:Becca Fronk
  • Post published:June 28, 2023
  • Post category:Conservation/Projects/Volunteering

Reported by Dennis Coffman May 21 was a beautiful Sunday afternoon for a great team of 10 DFTU volunteers to do some serious maintenance/repairs on the square diversion well. Also,…

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Read more about the article Chesapeake Bay Day on Capitol Hill

Chesapeake Bay Day on Capitol Hill

  • Post author:Becca Fronk
  • Post published:February 27, 2023
  • Post category:Conservation

Our own past President, Russ Collins, will be joining the Choose Clean Water Coalition for Chesapeake Bay Day on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 1, 2023! A productive day of meetings are lined up…

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Read more about the article Winter Fundraising Efforts Net Over $8,800

Winter Fundraising Efforts Net Over $8,800

  • Post author:Becca Fronk
  • Post published:February 18, 2023
  • Post category:Conservation/Events/Fundraising

Once again, our online Winter Auction has proven to be a great success! With over 30 items, all donated by local angler shops, guides, other businesses, and artists, there was…

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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
Photo: Dylan Nolte on Unsplash

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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  • September Membership Meeting To Feature Special Guest Ross Purnell
  • DFTU Announces Ladies Day 2023 Registration
  • July Membership Meeting to Feature Special Guest Ted Evgeniadis
  • Chapter Summer Picnic To Be Held August 27th
  • Over 10 Volunteers Begin Repairs on Rausch Creek Diversion Wells

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