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Newsletter of the Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited #044 January 2020 Susquehanna Ripples Chapter Leadership Elect- ed at November 13, 2019 Annual Meeting The following individuals were elected to serve the Chapter at our annual meeting held on November 13, 2019. President: Charles Knowlden Vice President: Walt Nicholson Secretary: Kevin McJunkin Treasurer: Bob Baker Director (2 year term): Dave Craig Director (3 year term): Joe Radley and David Wonderlich The other Directors whose terms were not up are Bob Spencer and Bill Worobec (terms expire in 2020) and Isaac Bragunier whose term expires in 2021. The Chapter would like to thank the above individuals for giving their time to serve and lead our Chapter. We would like to give a big thank you to Burr Boston who has served as Director for the last 3 years. Burr has provided a great deal of knowledge and expertise over the last 3 years and we are grateful for his willingness to be- come involved in the Chapter and give of his time. He participated in all our meetings and events and we look forward to his continued input in the future. Thanks again Burr!! Susquehanna TU's Annual Watershed Summit The Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited will host its annual watershed meeting on Wednesday, January 8, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting is open to the public and state, county, and municipal offi- cials. Its purpose is to share knowledge about the volunteer ef- forts and accomplishments of our area’s many watershed groups and the work of our conservation organ- izations and agencies during 2019 and their upcoming plans for 2020. Local watershed organizations are being invited to report on their projects and activities over the past year and plans for the coming year. Additionally, we are inviting county conservation districts, academic institutions, and representatives of regional conservation organizations to discuss their programs that relate to protecting, preserving, and en- hancing our local watersheds and streams. We hope that you will plan to attend and listen to the sharing of this information to learn about the programs, successes, and challenges presented by our partnering organi- zations. Our past programs have been both enlightening and enjoya- ble. Together, we are certainly mak- ing a difference as we leverage our resources to achieve our common goals. The meeting will be held in Fel- lowship Hall at the rear of Covenant Central Presbyterian Church at 807 W. Fourth Street (enter off of Campbell St.) in Williamsport. Am- ple parking is available in the lot behind the church. Please respond at your earliest convenience by email to [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you. Eugene Boyles Brenndan Weaver
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Newsletter of the Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited #044 January 2020
Susquehanna Ripples
Chapter Leadership Elect-ed at November 13, 2019
Annual Meeting
The following individuals were elected to serve the Chapter at our annual meeting held on November 13, 2019. President: Charles Knowlden Vice President: Walt Nicholson Secretary: Kevin McJunkin Treasurer: Bob Baker Director (2 year term): Dave Craig Director (3 year term): Joe Radley and David Wonderlich The other Directors whose terms were not up are Bob Spencer and Bill Worobec (terms expire in 2020) and Isaac Bragunier whose term expires in 2021. The Chapter would like to thank the above individuals for giving their time to serve and lead our Chapter. We would like to give a big thank you to Burr Boston who has served as Director for the last 3 years. Burr has provided a great deal of knowledge and expertise over the last 3 years and we are grateful for his willingness to be-come involved in the Chapter and give of his time. He participated in all our meetings and events and we
look forward to his continued input in the future. Thanks again Burr!!
Susquehanna TU's Annual Watershed Summit
The Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited will host its annual watershed meeting on Wednesday, January 8, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting is open to the public and state, county, and municipal offi-cials. Its purpose is to share knowledge about the volunteer ef-forts and accomplishments of our area’s many watershed groups and the work of our conservation organ-izations and agencies during 2019 and their upcoming plans for 2020. Local watershed organizations are being invited to report on their projects and activities over the past year and plans for the coming year.
Additionally, we are inviting county conservation districts, academic institutions, and representatives of regional conservation organizations to discuss their programs that relate to protecting, preserving, and en-hancing our local watersheds and streams. We hope that you will plan to attend and listen to the sharing of this information to learn about the programs, successes, and challenges presented by our partnering organi-zations. Our past programs have been both enlightening and enjoya-ble. Together, we are certainly mak-ing a difference as we leverage our resources to achieve our common goals. The meeting will be held in Fel-lowship Hall at the rear of Covenant Central Presbyterian Church at 807 W. Fourth Street (enter off of Campbell St.) in Williamsport. Am-ple parking is available in the lot behind the church. Please respond at your earliest convenience by email to [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you.
Eugene Boyles Brenndan Weaver
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Officer and Directors
President Charles Knowlden
[email protected] (570)971-1296
Vice President Walt Nicholson
Secretary Kevin McJunkin
Treasurer Bob Baker
Director Emeritus and Advisor Bill O’Connor
Board of Directors
Bob Spencer (2020) Bill Worobec (2020)
Isaac Bragunier (2021) Dave Craig (2021)
Dave Wonderlich (2022) Joe Radley (2022)
Media Liaison
Kevin McJunkin
Program Director Joe Radley
Veteran’s Services Coordinator
Charles Knowlden (570)971-1296
Youth and Women’s Coordinator
Trout in the Classroom Coordinator
Newsletter Editor/Webmaster Bob Baker
susquehannatu.com [email protected]
The brook trout at the top of page 1 was caught on Boulder Mountain in Southern Utah. The picture was taken by Jason Morrison and was featured in the 2014 Trout Unlimited Calendar for the month of April. The picture is used with
his permission and we thank Jason for allowing us to use it.
WikiWatershed WikiWatershed is a web toolkit to support citizens, conservation part-ners, municipal decision-makers, researchers, educators, and students to collaboratively advance knowledge and stewardship of fresh water. WikiWatershed is an initiated of Stroud Water Research Center
There are 78 major river basins, or watershed, in the lower 48 states. As water moves from the sky to the land to the ocean it travels overland and through the ground in bounded basins called watersheds. Explore your watershed using Model my Watershed at https://modelmywatershed.org/ For more information, please go to the Stroud Water Research Center Website at https://stroudcenter.org/education/
Recipe of the Month
Rum Glazed Steelhead Ingredients: The marinade
3 Tbs of coconut sugar 3 Tbs of dark rum 2 Tbs of coconut aminos or or-
ganic soy sauce 1 Tbs of grated fresh ginger
(peels on) The zest and juice of one lime 3 cloves of garlic, pressed
Splash of your favorite hot sauce (I used Sriracha)
¼ tsp of black pepper 4 (6 oz) steelhead fillets or
steaks Instructions: 1. Combine the all the ingredients
for the marinade in a medium bowl and whisk till well com-bined. Nestle the fillets in the marinade and then cover, and put in the fridge for a 1/2 - 1 hour Turn a few times during the marinating.
2. You have two ways to cook the fish, grill it or fry it. Here are instructions for the two ways to do it;
3. Grilling; Spray your clean grill racks with high heat oil then turn on the grill to high to get things nice and hot. Put the steelhead steak on the grill (discard the marinade) and then turn it down to med-high heat and grill for 6-8 minutes on each side till you cut into one steak and see it still lightly pink in the center. (Don’t be bashful about cutting into one steak to check where your cook-ing time is) Take it off the grill at this point, it will cook the rest of the way.
4. Frying; heat a large iron or stain-less steel skillet over medium high heat with 1 tabls of high heat cooking oil in it, like coco-nut or avocado, and add the fish and marinade to the pan. Cook fish 4-5 minutes on each side or until the fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Place one fil-let or steak on each plate, drizzle each serving with the pan juices, sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve with salad and veggies.
Above recipe taken from http://
cavewomancafe.com/fish/steelhead-trout-our-nw-winter-bounty/
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Annual Report to the Membership
2019 was a very good year for our chapter as we continued to work to accomplish our mission of pro-tecting, preserving and restoring the cold water fisheries and water quali-ty in our north-central Pennsylvania area. Our ability to successfully partner with like-minded watershed associations, conservation organiza-tions, academic institutions, and governmental agencies to affect good work consistent with our mis-sion is the hallmark of our chapter. The year began with our annual "Watershed Summit" on January 9th. It was attended by over 50 people, including Lycoming County Commissioners, local state legisla-tive representatives and their staff, Tim Schaefer, newly named Exec. Dir. Of the FB&BC, and representa-tives of PADEP and PADCNR. 14 presentations were made including those from Dr. Jon Niles of Susque-hanna U. and Dr. Mel Zimmerman of Lycoming College CWI, Ly-coming and Sullivan County Con-servations Districts, NCP Conserv-ancy, Pine Creek Preservation As-soc., Loyalsock District of the Bu-reau of Forestry, Loyalsock Creek and Lycoming Creek Watershed Associations, Middle Susquehanna River Keeper, Susquehanna Green-way Partnership, Trout Unlimited Eastern Brook Program, and Harvey Katz on Climate Change. This year's "Summit" continued our ob-jective of promoting and leveraging the synergies of volunteer efforts to work with academic, conservation and governmental entities to protect and conserve our area streams and watersheds. Monthly meeting programs fo-cused on public education including a presentation on upcoming PF&BC issues by Chad Lauer, Emmitt Kyler and Eric Hussar in February; Post-flooding Stream Restoration and FGM Primer by Dr. Larry Brannaka in March; Aquatic Insect Full Life Cycle Research by Dr. Bob Smith of Lycoming College CWI in April;
Atlantic Shad discussion and The Founding Fish book review with Carol Parenzan, Middle Susquehan-na River Keeper, and Josh Tryn-inewski of the PF&BC in Septem-ber; Important Current Legislative and Regulatory Issues with Rob Shane, TU Mid-Atlantic Organizer in October, and finally in Novem-ber, the Brown Trout Club Catch and Release project, "The Stretch," on Big Pine Creek near Slate Run by Izzack Albright. We continued our annual fly ty-ing lessons during February and March with 15-20 participants at each weekly session. New introduc-tory memberships were awarded to the regular participants. In March, we participated in a "Bugs and Brews" public program at the New Trail Brewery with demonstrations of fly tying and conversations about local streams and fly fishing experi-ences. We reclaimed a large number of fishing books donated to the "Anglers Alcove" at J. V. Brown Library which were being discard-ed. We hope to find a way to make the best available to our members to borrow and to potentially sell the remainder. In May, several of our members worked with the Lycoming County Conservation District at "Trout in the Classroom" release days for Montgomery, St. John Neumann and Tunkhannock schools, the K.C. Larson kids fishing day, and Rose Valley Cane Pole Derby, as well as programs throughout the year at the Waterdale Environmental Education Center for classes from Hughesville, Jersey Shore, Loy-alsock, Muncy, South Williamsport, St. John Neumann, and West Branch Schools, and Leadership Lycoming participants. Director Charlie Knowlden orga-nized and carried out a number of Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing programs with veterans including rod building, fly tying and fishing outings, with about 7-8 veterans participating. In October, our chap-ter discontinued its affiliation with Project Healing Waters and began to explore new programs with Trout
Unlimited's Veteran Service Part-nership in order to extend our out-reach to a wider group of veterans and their families. In addition to his chapter treasur-er duties, Bob Baker continues his remarkable work as editor of our website and newsletter, "The Sus-quehanna Ripples," which is instru-mental in providing information about our programs and current top-ics effecting our local and national cold water fisheries and watersheds. In addition to Bob, I am apprecia-tive and gratefully thankful for the faithful support from our Vice Pres-ident, David Craig; Secretary, Kev-in McJunkin; outgoing Director, Burr Boston, and all of our dedicat-ed officers, directors, members and partners which help us carry out and sustain our important work. Submitted by Walter Nicholson President November 13, 2019
Fly of the Month
White Death
White Death is one of the most ef-fective patterns created for steel-head fishing and is tied to imitate a dead Emerald Shiner. This is a great Lake Erie steelhead fly. Hook: Daiichi 2220 or MFC 9008 size 8 Thread: black and orange 6/0 Body: small silver tubing - 1/8th in. diameter Wing: white zonker strips - 1/16th in. thick (approx. half the thickness of a regular 1/8th in. strip) Step by step instructions can be found at https://
www.sparsegreymatter.com/viewtopic.php?t=6011
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Books for Winter Reading
Multispecies and Watershed Ap-proaches to Fresh-water Fish Conser-vation Daniel C. Dauwalter, Timothy W. Bird-
song, and Gary P. Garrett, editors Published September 2019 This book is a valuable resource for those involved in conservation of freshwater fishes that seek proac-tive, integrated, holistic approaches to conservation of freshwater, ripar-ian, and upland habitats. Many case studies from freshwater systems throughout the United States are profiled and they include the imple-mentation of multispecies assess-ments, conservation area prioritiza-tions, partnership-based conserva-tion planning, and watershed-scale conservation delivery. Freshwater systems in the United States continue to suffer substantial alterations that threaten freshwater fish diversity, habitat quality, and watershed function. Analytical ap-proaches that integrate conservation biology, aquatic connectivity, and spatial prioritization principles to provide rigorous, science-based, and spatially explicit information to inform conservation planning and delivery can be used to reverse these trends. In addition, innovative planning approaches can yield di-verse, multi-agency partnerships and large-scale funding programs that focus on initiating conservation plans and supporting meaningful and transformative conservation delivery for freshwater fishes and enhance habitat resiliency at water-shed scales. Throughout the book you will find examples of innovative conser-vation approaches that focus on en-tire aquatic communities at water-shed scales while incorporating spe-cies life history needs and compati-ble human uses. In addition, many chapters detail the importance of
conservation planning principles and predictive modeling for effi-cient conservation delivery that ben-efits the greatest number of species. Implementation of these concepts will not only help to restore and preserve native fishes and their hab-itats but can also increase awareness and capacity of local landowners, communities, and recreational users to act as advocates and stewards of these aquatic systems. Above taken from https://fisheries.org/bookstore/
all-titles/afs-symposia/54091c/
Troubled Water: What’s Wrong with the What We Drink
By Seth M. Siegel
Published October 1, 2019
New York Times bestselling author Seth M. Siegel shows how our drinking water got contaminated, what it may be doing to us, and what we must do to make it safe. If you thought America’s drink-ing water problems started and end-ed in Flint, Michigan, think again. From big cities and suburbs to the rural heartland, chemicals linked to cancer, heart disease, obesity, birth defects, and lowered IQ routinely spill from our taps. Many are to blame: the EPA, Congress, a bipartisan coalition of powerful governors and mayors, chemical companies, and drinking water utilities―even NASA and the Pentagon. Meanwhile, the bottled water industry has been fanning our fears about tap water, but bottled water is often no safer. The tragedy is that existing tech-nologies could launch a new age of clean, healthy, and safe tap water for only a few dollars a week per person. Scrupulously researched, Trou-bled Water is full of shocking sto-ries about contaminated water found throughout the country and about the everyday heroes who have suc-
cessfully forced changes in the quality and safety of our drinking water. And it concludes with what America must do to reverse decades of neglect and play-it-safe inaction by government at all levels in order to keep our most precious resource safe. Taken from https://www.amazon.com/Troubled-
Water-Whats-Wrong-Drink/dp/1250132541
The Future of Con-servation in America A Chart for Rough
Water
By Gary E. Machlis & Jonathan B. Jarvis
Published in 2018, this is a tur-bulent time for the conservation of America’s natural and cultural herit-age. From the current assaults on environmental protection to the threats of climate change, biodiver-sity loss, and disparity of environ-mental justice, the challenges facing the conservation movement are both immediate and long term. In this time of uncertainty, we need a clear and compelling guide for the future of conservation in America, a decla-ration to inspire the next generation of conservation leaders. This is that guide—what the authors describe as “a chart for rough water.” Written by the first scientist ap-pointed as science advisor to the director of the National Park Ser-vice and the eighteenth director of the National Park Service, this is a candid, passionate, and ultimately hopeful book. The authors describe a unified vision of conservation that binds nature protection, historical preservation, sustainability, public health, civil rights and social jus-tice, and science into common cause—and offer real-world strate-gies for progress. To be read, pon-dered, debated, and often revisited, The Future of Conservation in America is destined to be a touch-stone for the conservation move-ment in the decades ahead. https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/
chicago/F/bo27803330.html
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Black Hole Creek Watershed Association 35 South Main Street Montgomery, PA 17752-0125 [email protected] Consolidated Sportsmen Of Muncy Creeks 660 Clarkstown Rd Muncy, PA 17756 [email protected] Lycoming College Clean Water Institute 700 College Place Williamsport, PA 17701 [email protected] Loyalsock Creek Watershed Association PO Box 216 Montoursville, PA 17754-0216 [email protected] Lycoming Audubon Society PO Box 4053 Williamsport, PA 17701 [email protected] Lycoming County Conservation District 542 County Farm Road, Suite 202 Montoursville, PA 17754 [email protected] Lycoming County Planning Commission 48 W. 3rd Street Williamsport, PA 17701 [email protected] Lycoming Creek Anglers Club 2079 Blair Street Williamsport, PA 17701-2871 Lycoming Creek Watershed Association PO Box 127 Trout Run, PA 17728 [email protected] Middle Susquehanna Riverkeepers Association 112 Market Street Sunbury, PA 17801 [email protected]
Muncy Creek Watershed Assoc PO Box 47 Muncy, PA 17756-0047 [email protected] Dr. Jonathan Niles Assistant Professor, Biology Dept Susquehanna University 514 University Avenue Selinsgrove, PA 17870 [email protected] North Central Pennsylvania Conservancy PO Box 2083 Williamsport, PA 17701 [email protected] PA Bureau of Forestry 6735 Route 220 Highway Dushore, PA 18614 [email protected] Mbeaver/@pa.gov PA Bureau of Forestry 10 Lower Pine Bottom Road Waterville, PA 17776 [email protected] PA Council of Trout Unlimited PO Box 5148 Bellefonte, PA 16823 PA Department of Environmental Protection 208 W. 3rd Street Suite 101 Williamsport, PA 17701 [email protected] Pine Creek Preservation Associa-tion PO Box 11 Waterville, PA 17776 [email protected] Pine Creek Watershed Council 118 Main Street Wellsboro, PA 16901 [email protected] Sullivan County Conservation District 9219 Route 487 Suite B Dushore, PA 18614 [email protected]
Susquehanna Greenway Partner-ship 301 Market Street, Suite 649 Lewisburg, PA 17837 [email protected] Tioga County Planning Commission 118 Main Street Wellsboro, PA 16901 [email protected] Trout Unlimited Eastern Brook Trout Initiative 643 Mills Hill Road Wellsboro, PA 16901 [email protected] US Geological Survey 439 Hepburn Street Williamsport, PA 17701 [email protected] Waterdale Environmental Educa-tion Center c/o Williamsport Municipal Water Authority 253 W. 4th Street Williamsport, PA 17701 West Branch Regional Authority 127 Girton Drive Muncy, PA 17756 [email protected]
Thank you to our Watershed and Conservation Groups
The Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited would like to thank all the Watershed Organizations and Outdoor Conservation Groups that work so hard to protect our re-sources. We know the amount of work that you do and that this work is done with limited resources (financially and manpower). We applaud you for everything that you have done and look forward to con-tinuing our relationship and working with you in the future. North Cen-tral Pennsylvania is a much better place because of your efforts and we can not thank you enough. If you do not belong to any of these groups, please contact them to see how you can help them.
Upcoming Events
November 1 - April 30, 2020 Mandatory Cold Weather Life
Jacket Wear
January 8, 2020 Chapter Meeting
Annual Watershed Summit
January 23 - 26, 2020 Early Bird Sports Expo at Bloomsburg Fairgrounds
January 24 - 26, 2020
The Fly Fishing Show in Edison, NJ
January 25, 2020
Keystone Creekwalker’s Outdoor Expo at Keystone College
February 1 - 9, 2020
The Great American Outdoor Show at PA Farm Show complex
February 12, 2020 Chapter Meeting
February 15 - 16, 2020
21st annual Valley Outdoors Cab-in Fever Expo in Mifflinburg
March 7 - 8, 2020
The Fly Fishing Show/Lancaster
March 11, 2020 Chapter Meeting
April 8, 2020
Chapter Meeting
The Mission of the Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited is to work to conserve, protect and restore Central Pennsylvania’s Coldwater fisheries and their watersheds
Susquehanna Ripples Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited PO Box 1132 Williamsport, PA 17703 - 1132
The Susquehanna Ripples is the offi-cial newsletter of the Susquehanna Chap-ter of Trout Unlimited. It is published 8 times a year: January, February, March, April, June/July, September, October, and November. Please consider submit-ting something of interest to our readers; a story, stream report, recipe, photo-graph, gear review, etc. Submissions received will be placed in the next avail-able issue. All submissions can be sent to [email protected] or [email protected].
Chapter meetings held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month and are open to the public and begin at 7:00 pm (unless otherwise noted). Meetings are held at the Covenant Central Presby-terian Church, 807 W 4th St, Wil-liamsport, PA 17701, in the Fellowship Hall (unless otherwise noted). Parking is at the rear of the Church and enter off of Campbell Street.
No meetings are held in May, June, July, August or December
