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Hatches Spring 2022 Edition Now Online
The Spring 2022 edition of our newsletter – Hatches – has been mailed out to members. Visit our Hatches Newsletter page to view the current digital edition, as well as find back issues…
Fran Barilar, Stephan Vegoe, Joe Notarangelo, Bob Bauer, Rick Frazier, and Dennis Coffman.
Annual Clarks Valley Highway Cleanup
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 two miles of…
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2021-22 Outstanding Volunteer Award Winner – Becca Fronk
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 involved in our…
2022 Wildwood Wetlands Festival
At the same time some of our members were helping clean up Quittie Creek Nature Park on April 23rd, another group of volunteers from Doc Fritchey (Chuck Swanderski, Steve Long, Rebecca Fronk, George…
Day of Caring on Quittie Creek
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 Creek in Quittie…
Brook Trout 103: For Their Future
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 mine site) and…
Brook Trout 103: For Their Future
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 Fish thriving. We…
Brook Trout 102: Brookies Prefer
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 can survive and…
Brook Trout 102: Brookies Prefer
And we move on to class 102 of our Brook Trout Conservation Educational Series! What makes a Brookie happy? We look into the "must-haves" checklist for an ideal Brook Trout habitat, and also…