Little Juniata River Association -a 501 c3 non-profit organization – Our mission is to: “Monitor, Preserve and Improve the Little Juniata River and its tributaries as cold water resources”.

20th Annual Riverbank clean-up

Saturday, April 12th. 9:00 am to noon

Meet at the Spruce Creek United Methodist Church parking lot by 8:45AM. Groups (church, office, clubs, etc.) are welcome. Alternate meeting place for the upper river clean-up crew at New Pig in Tipton

We will clean-up the river-banks and parking areas from Altoona to Barree

All bags, gloves and vests furnished.

Dress for the weather (We go rain/snow)

We need a few people willing to wade side channels (conditions permitting)

Refreshments served before and hot lunch afterwards

Contact: Bill Anderson 814-569 8843, bjuniata@verizon.net

Clean-up flyer can be downloaded here

March Meeting

The March meeting is scheduled for Thursday March 13th at 7PM at Marzoni’s in Altoona. The tentative agenda is:

Spring Riverbank Clean-up scheduled for Saturday, April 12th. We will be asking for Group Leaders for the clean-up. Anyone interested in volunteering should attend this meeting.
Summer Banquet date set for June 7th at Rivers Edge at Spruce Creek
report on the yearly Director’s meeting held Feb 20th

February Director’s meeting

Minutes from the 2025 Directors meeting can be found here.

Save the date: Annual Riverbank Cleanup April 12th

The LJRA annual riverbank clean up has been scheduled for Saturday April 12th, starting at 9 AM. More information forthcoming.

January Meeting- minutes

The minutes for the January meeting can be downloaded here

New Platinum members

The LJRA welcomes are recognized new platinum members.

Tom Roberson

George Fallon

Heather Seidenberg

Mike Wethorn

Matt Newlin

Penny Willgerodt

Evan Krugar

Geoff Grier

Bert Altmans

No December Meeting

Due to a speaker’s cancellation, there will be no December Meeting.

November Meeting Minutes

Minutes for the Thursday Nov 14^th meeting can be found here: LJRA Meeting November 14, 2024

September minutes

The minutes from the Sept 12th 2024 meeting can be downloaded here.

Riparian buffer restoration project

The LJRA replaced vegetation on Sept 7th that was destroyed when a sewer pipe was repaired across Sandy Run, an important tributary of the J. Trees were planted by 18 volunteers. Thank you to Angie for organizing and arranging for the delivery of trees.