Author: 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

Chapter Election

The Board of Directors of the Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited have released the proposed Slate of Officers and Board of Directors for the Upcoming Election.

The election will be held at our annual meeting on January 14, 2026. Nominations will be accepted from now until the election on January 14.

All individuals nominated must be a member in good standing of Trout Unlimited. Please consider nominating someone or consider yourself for any of these positions. If you have any questions, please let us know at susquehannatu@gmail.com

President (1 year term)
Stephen Martin

Vice President (1 year term)
Jim Latini

Secretary (1 year term)
Kevin McJunkin

Treasurer (1 year term)
Dave Walters

Board of Directors
Mike Di Domenico (fill unfilled term from last election – 2 years)
Mike Ditchfield (3 year term)
Dennis Dusza (3 year term)

PA Trout Unlimited, Keystone Trails Assn., Responsible Drilling Alliance Request DEP To Hold Hearing On Permit For PA General Energy 3.9 Mile Shale Gas Access Road/Staging Area In Loyalsock State Forest, Lycoming County

The PA Council of Trout Unlimited, the Keystone Trails Association and the Responsible Drilling Alliance have requested DEP to hold a hearing on the Chapter 105 permit for a 3.9 mile shale gas access road and staging area proposed by PA General Energy in Gamble and Cascade Townships, Lycoming County.  

The access road will be used to develop multiple shale gas drilling well pads and other natural gas infrastructure in the Loyalsock State Forest where the project is located.

The groups say the project will have a significant impact on some of the most ecologically diverse forest lands in the Loyalsock State Forest, has the potential to degrade several Exceptional Value streams and will cut off public access to the use of popular upland hunting and primitive forest hiking areas.

The Chapter 105 permit is being reviewed by DEP’s Oil and Gas Management Program in Williamsport. Read more here.

To see the complete article, please click the link below. The article was published on the PA Environment Digest Blog on December 3, 2025

https://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2025/12/pa-trout-unlimited-keystone-trails-assn.html?m=1

West Branch Susquehanna Fisheries Topics to be Featured at Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited November Meeting

The public is invited to a meeting of the Trout Unlimited Susquehanna Chapter featuring PA Fish & Boat Commission Warm Water Unit Leader Geoff Smith, Area 3 Fisheries Manager Jason Detar, and Susquehanna River Biologist Garret Kratina.  Discussion will include West Branch Susquehanna Catfish surveys, an upcoming Smallmouth Bass telemetry project, an update on Muskellunge management, local Trout related survey information around the region, and an update on the Rose Valley Lake draw-down and dam renovations.

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 12th at 7:00 pm at the Lycoming College Heim Biology & Chemistry building, Room G11.  The building is located near the corner of Mulberry Street and Washington Blvd in Williamsport.

For more information, please see our website at https://susquehannatu.com.

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.

Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited Picnic and Meeting at Trout Run Parkon September 10, 2025


Want to learn about our TU chapter activities and conservation project updates, perhaps try out fly casting as a firsttimer or sharpen your skills under the instruction of experienced fly fishers? How about just talk fishing and the
outdoors with a bunch of like-minded individuals? The public is invited to a picnic and outdoor meeting of the Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited to be held at Trout Run Park on Wednesday, September 10th. Several fly rod and reel outfits will be available for those to try out who do not have one. You may also want to check out the fishing platform adjacent to the park on Lycoming Creek constructed by our members, as well as some of the habitat structures placed along the stream to create fish habitat and control bank erosion.
Meet, greet and picnic will begin at 5:30 PM at the Trout Run Park Pavilion, with hotdogs, corn-on-the-cob and drinks provided, followed by the demos. Participants are encouraged to bring a dessert or side dish to share, but if you can’t, please come anyway. Trout Run Park is located just south of the village of Trout Run and can be accessed from the old Rt 15 highway. A map and directions on how to get there from Williamsport can be found on the link to Google Maps at https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3815903,-77.0550486,15z?entry=ttu, or Trout Run
Park – Google Maps

July Issue of the Susquehanna Ripples

We hope your are enjoying the summer months and staying cool at the same time. We have had some weird weather but hopefully that is behind us. As always, we hope that you and your family / friends are able to get outside and enjoy everything that Mother Nature has to offer. Whether a vacation, picnic, fishing, boating or just sitting in your yard, enjoy this time because cold weather will be upon us before you know it.

2025-07 Susquehanna RipplesDownload

Matthew Wilson, Director of the Freshwater Research Institute at Susquehanna University to be Featured at Trout Unlimited Susquehanna Chapter Meeting

The public is invited to a meeting of the Trout Unlimited Susquehanna Chapter featuring Matthew Wilson, Director of the Freshwater Institute at Susquehanna University.  Prior to modern settlement, the Appalachian lowlands of the Susquehanna watershed were wet and swampy.  Beavers were very abundant, creating a complex network of ponds and braided channels, keeping cool groundwater at the surface and stream temperatures low.  This was the perfect habitat for the equally abundant Brook Trout.  As the land was settled, unregulated fur trapping virtually eliminated the beavers and clearcut logging created simplified, straightened streams with a reduced capacity to hold water during storms and supplement stream flows during droughts.  Using 15 years of data from Loyalsock, Pine and Kettle Creeks, Mr. Wilson will discuss ways that we can identify conservation priorities for native Brook Trout and how beavers can potentially be part of the solution to enhance watershed connectivity and mitigate the challenges of warming streams, acidic rainfall, more frequent flooding events and periods of drought.

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 9th 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. For more information, please see our website at https://susquehannatu.com.

Temporary Change to Fishing Regulations; Rose Valley Lake, Lycoming County

NOTICES
FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION
Temporary Change to Fishing Regulations; Rose Valley Lake, Lycoming County
[55 Pa.B. 2404]
[Saturday, March 22, 2025]
The Executive Director of the Fish and Boat Commission (Commission), acting under the authority of 58 Pa. Code § 65.25 (relating to temporary changes to fishing regulations), has taken immediate action to temporarily modify fishing regulations at Rose Valley Lake, Lycoming County, in anticipation of a complete drawdown at the lake. The Executive Director is lifting all seasons, sizes and daily limits for all species. The Executive Director has found that this action is necessary and appropriate for the management of the fishery at this lake.
The Executive Director will cause these temporary modifications to fishing regulations to be posted in the vicinity of the lake and the modified regulations will be fully effective and enforceable when so posted. These temporary modifications will remain in effect until January 1, 2026, unless the Commission shall by then, by appropriate action, have approved the designation or redesignation of waters or shall have approved the revision of the regulation in question.
TIMOTHY D. SCHAEFFER,
Executive Director
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 25-404. Filed for public inspection March 21, 2025, 9:00 a.m.]

Fishing Flea Market

We just received a very large donation from Mrs. Deirdre Unger of Rockville, MD of quality surf casting and saltwater rods, reels, surf plugs, bass crank and spinner baits, hooks, a Boga Grip, and other tackle.  Her late husband was an avid fisherman. 

Jerry Walls, former Lycoming County Planning Director, donated some quality fly rods, reels, flies and hunting gear. Also, several tackle boxes full of bass baits.   All of these items will be included in the fundraiser sale.

The Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited will be holding a sale of donated fishing tackle on Saturday, March 22nd from 9 AM to 1 PM at the Covenant Central Presbyterian Church, 807 W 4th St, Williamsport, PA.  Parking and entrance is at the rear of the Church.  Overflow parking is in the lot to the south of the church.  Enter off of Campbell Street.  Items include:

Quality fly rods and fly rod blanks (Diamondback, Sage, etc.), including spey rods and fly lines; a very large quantity of fly tying materials including quality necks, fur and feathers, hooks, beadheads, dubbing, tools, etc.; many useable and collectible spinning and bait casting rods, fly reels, spinning reels, and casting reels; boxes of trout flies and bass poppers, bass lures, jerkbaits, soft lures, spinners, jigs, hooks, lure building materials/supplies, lines, tackle boxes, nets, creels, vests, waders, decorator items, bumper mount surf rod holder, framed PA Trout Stamp Prints, Brown Trout mount, angling and hunting sporting art prints, many fishing books, and other items not mentioned. 

All items are priced to sell!  Raffle tickets will also be on sale with a drawing at the conclusion of the sale.  Proceeds will go towards our Service Partnership Program for Veterans and First Responders and the conservation and restoration of cold-water resources in our region.