Abandoned Mine Drainage (AMD) Mitigation to be Featured at Trout Unlimited Susquehanna Chapter October Meeting

The public is invited to a meeting of the Trout Unlimited Susquehanna Chapter featuring Brian Cooper, Project Manager for Trout Unlimited’s PA AMD Program, as well as Tom Clark, Project Manager for the AMD Program at Kleinfelder Engineering in State College.  AMD is one of the two leading causes of stream impairment in PA, with over 5,500 miles of AMD-impaired waterways in the State.  Mr. Cooper will discuss TU managed passive treatment systems in Two-Mile Creek (Kettle Creek Watershed), Potts Run (Clearfield Creek Watershed), as well as work being done to restore Beech Creek, a large, cold-water watershed in Centre and Clinton counties.  He will also touch on recovery of the West Branch Susquehanna River, as well as TU’s AMD Technical Assistance Program that provides free biological, chemical, and engineering support to conservation districts, nonprofits and government entities to address AMD impairment.  Mr. Clark will discuss the re-design of two passive treatment systems currently treating AMD discharges into the headwaters of Loyalsock Creek and how these new systems will treat a much higher percentage of each discharge, as well as limit thermal pollution of the treated water that flows into Loyalsock Creek.

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 8th at 7:00 pm at the Covenant Central Presbyterian Church, 807 W. 4th Street, in Williamsport.  Parking and entrance to the Church is at the rear of the building with access off of Campbell Street.

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Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited

Welcome to the Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited. Founded in 1964, we are one of Pennsylvania’s oldest chapters, and help protect many miles of central Pennsylvania’s finest streams. Some of our waters include Muncy Creek, Loyalsock Creek, Black Hole Creek, Pine Creek, Slate Run and Lycoming Creek

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