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blog BY paula_piatt ON August 14 - 2 COMMENTS
One tough little Pennsylvanian
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Those of us who live here, who grew up here, who have spent any time here, know. Pennsylvania is a special place.  I’m sure many states would lay claim to that sentence. And many states would be right. I guess I’m a bit biased. As I’m learning more and more about our woods and waters, that bias [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY paula_piatt ON July 24 - 0 COMMENTS
"That was fun."
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Sometimes you have to sneak up on those Pennsylvania native brookies. Bradford County, Pa. Photo by Paula Piatt   By Paula Piatt We all have our special places. Whether it’s a farm pond where you caught frogs as a kid, a favorite tree stand for deer season, or a trickle of a trout stream where you [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY paula_piatt ON July 7 - 0 COMMENTS
Name it. Claim it.
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Satterlee Creek, an intermittent stream in Bradford County, Pa., is one that has been named and claimed by the community.   “Oh, that must be Fishing Creek.” If you’re crossing a bridge somewhere in Pennsylvania, it’s a pretty safe answer if someone asks you, “What stream is that?” I’ve never done [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY EBaird ON July 2 - 0 COMMENTS
Fly Fishing Workshop
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On Sunday June 28, 2015 volunteers from the Brodhead Chapter Unlimited presented a Fly Fishing Workshop on the banks of the Brodhead Creek at the ForEvergreen Preserve in Stroudsburg, PA.  Nearly 20 participants were exposed to fly tying and equipment.  Regionally reknowned biologist Don Baylor [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY Katy_Dunlap ON June 18 - 1 COMMENTS
Partnering to protect and enhance Pennsylvania’s best trout habitat on lands leased for shale drilling
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By Katy Dunlap Much of Pennsylvania’s shale gas boom has taken place around the streams that support the state’s best native and wild trout habitat. Picture a place of unspoiled wilderness where small headwater streams send cold, clean water trickling down steep mountain terrain, where wildlife is [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY churem ON June 16 - 1 COMMENTS
Hokendauqua Chapter 'Atlas Dam Reconnection Project'
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               Atlas Cement Co. built a dam located in the Borough of Northampton in Northampton County.  The dam backed up the Hokendauqua Creek, a cold water fishery, for over 4000 feet.  The dam originally built in about 1898 was over 600 feet long and ranged in height from 8 feet to its highest [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY EBaird ON June 6 - 0 COMMENTS
Kids Fishing Clinic and Casting Contest
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On Sunday May 24, 2015 members of the Brodhead Chapter of Trout Unlimited assisted the staff of the National Park Service in providing a Kids Fishing Clinic and Casting Contest at Hidden Lake in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.  The children attending learned how to identify common [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY EBaird ON May 23 - 0 COMMENTS
Brodhead Chapter May General Meeting
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On May 13, 2015 at 7:00 PM at the Kettle Creek Environmental Education Center the Brodhead Chapter of Trout Unlimited hosted Scott Cesari presentation "History of Fly Fishing in America As Seen Through the Eye of the Hook".  Scott took the Chapter members and guest through a tour of the history of [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY EBaird ON May 16 - 0 COMMENTS
Brodhead Chapter Trout in the Classroom Update
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The Brodhead Chapter continues to support a Trout in the Classroom program at Swiftwater In-termediate School in Swiftwater, PA. Approximately 60 brook trout have hatched and reached 3 inches in length. The students learned about the need for cold, clean waters to support wild trout and their [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY EBaird ON May 4 - 0 COMMENTS
Earth Day Celebration at ForEvergreen Preserve
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On April 26, 2015 a 5KRun/walk/dash and Earth Day Festival was held at ForEvergreen Preserve along the banks of a historic stretch of the Brodhead Creek. ForEvergreen Preserve, a 43 acre stream side property, was acquired as permanently protected Monroe County Open Space by Stroud Township in 2013 [ READ MORE... ]
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