The LJRA held its last meeting on September 8th. The next meeting is scheduled for Oct 13th. Watch your email and check back for more information about the agenda.
Minutes of the meeting can be found here
Links
John Pascavage, Co-founder of the LJRA passes away at 69.
We regret to announce that John Pascavage, a former director of the LJRA, passed away at 69 years on July 15th. John was an avid fly fisher and tyer. In 1998, he co-founded the Little Juniata River Association when he became concerned about the macroinvertebrate health on the river following a chemical spill. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Little Juniata River Association (see donate to the LJRA ). His obituary can be found here: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/centredaily/name/john-pascavage-obituary?id=35854119
Angie Spagnoli elected as the new director of the LJRA
Angie Spagnoli has joined the board of the directors of the LJRA. She has a background in Environmental Science and Ecology and brings her expertise to these areas to the organization. Welcome Angie! Read more about Angie on the meet the directors page. Angie replaces outgoing Director Bill Bressler. Thank you Bill for your years of service to the LJRA.
June Meeting
The June LJRA Meeting was held Thursday, June 16th at 7 pm. The meeting minutes can be downloaded here.
17th Annual Riverbank Clean up
2022 River Bank Clean-up will be held Saturday April 9th. Meet at the Spruce Creek Methodist Church by 8:45AM. All bags, gloves, vests and bottled water furnished. Dress for the weather. We need a few people with waders to clean a few areas, conditions permitting. The event is on rain, snow or shine. Refreshments served before and afterwards.
Contact: Bill Anderson 814-569 8843, [email protected]
A flier can be downloaded from this link.
March Meeting
The next LJRA Meeting will be Thursday, Mar. 24th. 7 pm. at Marzoni’s Restaurant, Pleasant Valley Blvd. Altoona or by Zoom (To be determined). Come early for the excellent Marzoni food and beer! Agenda items include:
Public Fishing Easements status.
Spring Riverbank Clean-up planned for Saturday, April 9th. We need volunteer group leaders.
Update on Rutters development on the upper J
LJRA Directors’ info now on website.
Meet our New WCO
Election of officers for 2022.
Upcoming Events
LJRA Meetings: February 9th and March 16th. Meetings are held at 7PM at Marzoni’s in Altoona.
Annual LJRA Riverbank Cleanup: April 15th, starting at 9AM. Check the website and Facebook for more information closer to the date.
The LJRA Banquet is coming back! April 29th at the Rivers Edge Fishing Lodge, Spruce Creek PA (across from the USGS monitoring site)
Keystone Cold Water Conference
The Little Juniata River Association will be presenting at the Keystone Cold Water Conference on February 25-26th.” There will be a number of interesting presentations, including several regarding managing our streams for wild trout. We encourage everyone to attend. Visit the website link shown below for more info. Note: If you are a Little Juniata River Association life member, your registration for the 2 day conference ($100) will be paid for by the LJRA.Link to the KCWC website:: https://www.coldwaterconference.org/
October Meeting
A meeting was held Thursday, October 14th, 7 pm at Marzoni’s Restaurant Pleasant Valley Blvd. Altoona.
A summary of the discussion can be found here
Clean up of trash along the J
Bill and a couple of LJRA members, Jill and Jason Sutt, met a Penn dot crew cleaned up a load of trash left by squatters” near the banks of the river along rt 453 just east of Tyrone. They brought an awesome big front loader and 4 strong guys with shovels. Now the area is spotless!. Kudos to Penndot Maintenance and Jacob Decker for responding to our need!