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Re: Once PA Wilds, Now PA Wells [by BeastBrown]

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:44:33 -0000

Conservation:: Once PA Wilds, Now PA Wells
Quote:

BradFromPotter wrote:
Quote:

BeastBrown wrote:
Faster they build the nuclear reactors in the wilds, faster it is abated. I have almost been killed twice now by water trucks.

Tell us what happen when you were almost killed 2 times?

Welp, pretty simple.. these water/flowback/fresh trucks tr...

Re: Good news or nut case? [by FarmerDave]

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:04:54 -0000

Conservation:: Good news or nut case?
Hey Mike, what's Dr. Greer's position on bigfoot, and don't say missionary.

Re: Stream bed residue--Kettle Creek tributaries [by BradFromPotter]

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:33:51 -0000

Conservation:: Stream bed residue--Kettle Creek tributaries
Quote:

sandfly wrote:
The roads were running with white stuff after a rain on Wednesday. and it wasn't salt. got some pics and movies and no one seems concerned as is the case up here..

Why don't you put them up here? Who did you contact?

Know any Waterdogs?

Chaz wrote:
But there is no effort to restore brook trout.

Should they put the cart before the horse? The stream is teribly degraded and it's been a cumulative effect for years. The first step is to remove the impediments, get the natural flow of silt and sedimentation working again to restore the stream. Just removing the dams is a major undertaking ...

Re: Yuengling [by osprey]

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:55:02 -0000

Conservation:: Yuengling
That lager is a very popular beer here in western PA , one place on the Raystown branch , The Dew Drop In , has had Yuengling Lager on tap for at least 40 years. It's ok for me though i prefer the pilsner Miller High Life.

Re: BTCC [by sarce]

Fri, 03 May 2013 04:42:43 -0000

Conservation:: Brandywine Trout Conservation Club?
Thanks for the reply. Will be going in the morning but changed plans to a different stream, either way good to know.

Re: Marcellus Well Site Spacing [by melvinp]

Thu, 02 May 2013 13:19:35 -0000

Conservation:: Marcellus Well Site Spacing
I would say a 1/2 mile hits it just about perfect.Thats as the crow flys anyway.

Re: Who runs LJRA? [by nymphingmaniac]

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:06:20 -0000

Conservation:: Who runs LJRA?
Bill is busy. the grannoms just concluded and there are other items ongoing in regards to projects with the river.
he gets many emails to activate account. Most are spam/phishing schemes. Be sure to include information in the email to give him an idea that you are legit. The best way is to join the organization this would expedite things because he can be assured you are not trying to access the site for other reasons -although not required to be part...

Re: Good bye Great Lakes steelhead and salmon [by barbless]

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:31:26 -0000

Conservation:: Good bye Great Lakes steelhead and salmon
Considering that Asian carp are presently something like 97% of the fish biomass of the Illinois River, I think it's time for an all-out commercial fishery for them. They have one already, of course, but it's mostly for pet food and export.

I'm willing to do my part to eat them into extinction in the Western hemisphere. It worked that way for the passenger pigeon, which was at one time the most common bi...

Re: Private Stocking of public lands... [by Chaz]

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:16:21 -0000

Conservation:: Private Stocking of public lands...
Furthermore, it takes years of stocking thouasands of fish before any discernable spawning population occurs, because of every generation of fish produced only 1 in a 1000 survive to reproduce.

Re: Hydro Fracking Trouble in Wyoming County [by pcray1231]

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:05:21 -0000

Conservation:: Hydro Fracking Trouble in Wyoming County
wsender,

To be fair, the article doesn't say that coal ash is more radioactive than spent nuclear fuel rods (the small proportion of waste that is stored underwater). It says that a person living near a coal plant recieves more radiation than a person living near a nuclear plant, which is true.

Yes, on the whole coal plants do produce more radiation than nuclear plants. On a per MW basis, far more. H...

Re: Frack it. [by osprey]

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:49:25 -0000

Conservation:: Frack it.
Gudge........The epicenter of the Virginia quake was in "Mineral" VA and there was horizontal drilling taking place from VA to Canada when that quake occurred.

Re: Wild Fires danger is high [by Chaz]

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:10:46 -0000

Conservation:: Wild Fires danger is high
Fire on Hay Creek Last Friday.

Fracking Study/Research [by buckspa]

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:56:29 -0000

Conservation:: Fracking Study/Research
Hi everyone...I hope you all are preparing for another spring on the water. One of my past students is doing research at Juniata College related to fracking and small stream ecosystems. Specifically, the research team is looking at how fracking affects the most beautiful fish on the face of the planet, the brook trout. This student was exemplary in every way and he was a leader in our student sportsman's club. The least I could do was make a donati...

Lecture and Discussion on Fracking at Pitt Greensburg, Wed Apr 10 7PM [by albatross]

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:44:35 -0000

Conservation:: Lecture and Discussion on Fracking at Pitt Greensburg, Wed Apr 10 7PM
Natural Gas Fracking Topic of 2013 Cobetto Lecture

This year’s Dr. Bernard Cobetto Lecture Series on Contemporary Ethical Issues at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg will feature environmental philosopher Wendy Lynne Lee, PhD, a professor of Philosophy at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.

Her talk, entitled “When the Earth Moves Under Our Feet: The Pennsylvania Ma...

Re: Progress Continues in Waterless and Low-Water Use Fracking Techniques [by FarmerDave]

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:40:15 -0000

Conservation:: Progress Continues in Waterless and Low-Water Use Fracking Techniques
Very interesting article. Thanks barbless.

Re: The Gas Maps-WOW [by barbless]

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:07:55 -0000

Conservation:: The Gas Maps-WOW
Fukushima was the most avoidable sort of planning error. A basic siting mistake. That disaster was completely unnecessary.

Coal ash would be considered low-level nuclear waste if it were produced by nuclear power plants instead of coal-fired plants. This country produces 130 million tons of it per year.

Re: EPA report: More than half nation’s rivers in poor shape [by barbless]

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:36:19 -0000

Conservation:: EPA report: More than half nation’s rivers in poor shape
Yes, I do realism. It beats crawling up into a ball, sticking my head in the sand, or making excuses for apathy.

Realism emphasizes the importance of the present, rather than getting hung up on predictions- especially predictions that buy into the opposing narrative, like "better get used to it". Realism isn't about prematurely resigning from the struggle.

Re: Delaware River Keepers Calling for 'Urgent Help' to Stop Pipeline [by jdaddy]

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:15:49 -0000

Conservation:: Delaware River Keepers Calling for 'Urgent Help' to Stop Pipeline
Quote:

Chaz wrote:
They should be spending resources developing ways to make use of Nat. gas locally instead of fighting a pipeline that IS going to be build.

Exactly!

Re: Commonwealth Pipeline [by Chaz]

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:15:41 -0000

Conservation:: Commonwealth Pipeline
I think in most cases they liquify Nat. Gas to tranport it long distances, but with the glut of Nat. gas it will be exported.

Re: Good news or bad news? [by vcregular]

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:06:44 -0000

Conservation:: Good news or bad news?
And the endless revolving door of regulators to the private sector and vice versa continues...

Re: Alert: Possible threat to Lackawanna River [by greenlander]

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:49:48 -0000

Conservation:: Alert: Possible threat to Lackawanna River
Thanks for posting this. It'd be nice to know a bit more about the nature and volume of the discharge. "Intermittent" doesn't really tell you much.

Regardless, it's hard to believe it wouldn't degrade water quality in the stream.

Send those comments in, people.

New threat to the Lackawanna River [by trout_stalker]

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:00:35 -0000

Conservation:: New threat to the Lackawanna River
This may or may not be anything of concern, but a rock salt company recently purchased property along the Lackawanna River and they have applied to the DEP for a permit to allow stormwater discharges from their retention ponds into the river. This water is not protected as Class A, but should be. There are a lot of big healthy fish in that water. LVTU chapter is concerned about both the salinity and thermal issues arising from the discha...

Re: Illegal wastewater dumping [by sandfly]

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:00:29 -0000

Conservation:: Illegal wastewater dumping
shell wants to do deep well injection on the old wells, all the dirty stuff they can't get rid of, so beware !

Re: Senate Bill 411 [by jbomb]

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:38:36 -0000

Conservation:: Senate Bill 411
I honestly don't understand the benefit to the commonwealth, but it looks like a SWEET loophole for the frickin' frackers. <- see what I did there?

Re: Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013 [by jbomb]

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:31:45 -0000

Conservation:: Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013
TUHQ, thank you for taking the time to create an account and respond to my post, and welcome to the board!

Re: Fishing Creek at Tylersville Hatchery [by geebee]

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:45:09 -0000

Conservation:: Fishing Creek at Tylersville Hatchery
I'd email the local Papers. They get a story with no effort .

Any kind of water industry shouldn't be near a spring creek.

Re: Brook Trout Management Study in Western Maryland [by Mike]

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:35:31 -0000

Conservation:: Brook Trout Management Study in Western Maryland
NJ Angler said: "Mike I"m wondering why biologists thought angler harvest was a 'perceived' problem. The remoteness of the streams I'm familiar with should tell anybody that angler usage is low and that angler harvest even lower."

I think you misinterpreted my comment regarding the perception of a widespread angler harvest problem in wild trout populations. It wasn't biologists who "perceived" that there was a h...

Re: NO!!!! Ya think? [by troutbert]

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:14:47 -0000

Conservation:: NO!!!! Ya think?
You can buy a Honda Civic that runs on natural gas.

Re: good article on brookie restoration (w/ image of WVA brookie, big as a largemouth) [by troutbert]

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:17:24 -0000

Conservation:: good article on brookie restoration (w/ image of WVA brookie, big as a largemouth)
Do you remember from the old newspaper articles how large the brookies were in the limestone streams in the Cumberland Valley?

Re: Is this Didymo? [by redietz]

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:32:27 -0000

Conservation:: Is this Didymo?
Quote:

Me too! If sure looks like rock snot to me? Even if you call it by another name, it's algae and it wrecks the fishing? Probably polluted water with high nitrates?

No. The lousy thing about didymo is that it only grows in the best quality water, where there aren't enough nutrients for any other algae to grow. It means it's nuisance in the very places you least want it.

Re: Support for Temperature gauge on Little Juniata [by Chaz]

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:33:51 -0000

Conservation:: Support for Temperature gauge on Little Juniata
You place a thermograph in the stream a guy goes out to check it a couple times a week. The cost of the instrument and software is about $1000. The onlymaintenance after place it in the stream is to replace the batteries when they die.

Re: New Pipes around lower Trindle Spring Run [by IdratherbePhishing]

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:41:46 -0000

Conservation:: New Pipes around lower Trindle Spring Run
nice observation.

Plans go forward for Speedweel Forge [by The_Sasquatch]

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:25:52 -0000

Conservation:: Plans go forward for Speedweel Forge
http://lancasteronline.com/article/lo ... 430-000-state-grant-.html

They talk about making the lake deeper and removing sediment from the...

Re: Requesting advice/help from the TU guys on the site [by GreenWeenie]

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:15:00 -0000

Conservation:: Requesting advice/help from the TU guys on the site
I did not mean source as source of stream but rather source of the problem irrespective of where it is physically located.

Anti Anxiety Perch [by iceyguides]

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:47:15 -0000

Conservation:: Anti Anxiety Perch
http://science.time.com/2013/02/15/ti ... et-into-rivers/?hpt=hp_t3

It's very interesting to think of the implications this brings up. Hopefully more studies of the like are performed.

Re: New road stuff. [by osprey]

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:09:01 -0000

Conservation:: New road stuff.
tig..........why do i have the idea that you might be a welder? All kidding aside , almost everyone i know who makes a living either working on cars , trucks , anything metal that comes into contact with this "New" road mix , that is sprayed on as a liquid before an approaching snowstorm , they all say that corrosion has gotten worse since they started using it.

Re: Tub Mill Creek [by midgeman]

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:27:41 -0000

Conservation:: Tub Mill Creek
The landowner still owns the property, however it is protected from future development. A conservancy will not approve surface disruption to the lands, such as right-of-ways. Eminent domain may be treated different and would be disputed in front of a judge. The land can be drilled under or mined; with the exception of no surface damage. Essentially, a landowner forfeits their surface rights for the goodwill of conserving the land for agricultural use.

Re: TAKE ACTION-SAVE BRISTOL BAY [by Fishidiot]

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:32:55 -0000

Conservation:: TAKE ACTION-SAVE BRISTOL BAY
This is the old Pebble Mine controversy that has been around for years.

If you're not familiar with the Pebble Mine issue.... the short version is that there's been a proposal for some years to open a very large mining project - I believe foreign owned and mining for precious metals - that threatens Bristol Bay, an enormous salmon fishery and delicate ecosystem in Alaska. The link above will allow you to send an email to the feds ...

Re: No Water Management Plan? [by iceyguides]

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:50:22 -0000

Conservation:: No Water Management Plan?
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Re: Saw Creek Kriss Pines Situation [by LongWader]

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:58:22 -0000

Conservation:: Saw Creek Kriss Pines Situation
I don't know the cost, but the freshwater institute has systems designed for recycling aquaculture and hatchery waters for re-use.
This fish waste thing may or may not be as big an issue as some environmentalists make it out to be. They have blocked striper aquaculture programs in Chesapeake for years and it is a huge body of water with a lot of turnover and flow. Fish go in the water and it does not seem to be a problem for massi...

PennFuture Facts on Picking Winners [by Upstream]

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:44:55 -0000

Conservation:: PennFuture Facts on Picking Winners
Latest news from PennFuture...
http://my.pennfuture.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=55583.0

Re: Valley Creek Tree cutting [by AndyP]

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:22:52 -0000

Conservation:: Valley Creek Tree cutting
Update - members of VFTU have met with the Township and had a meeting to discuss the clearing of the sewer right-of-way and shared any concerns that exist. Bottom line...gotta keep an eye on things.

Re: Marcellus gone boom? [by marcusmtch]

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:07:43 -0000

Conservation:: Marcellus gone boom?
yea its probable coming out of the compressor/pump station instead of the pipe. this is very common

Re: Duck Stamp Drama in Washington DC [by BlkLgbEaDheAd09]

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:38:32 -0000

Conservation:: Duck Stamp Drama in Washington DC
Chaz Wrote:
Quote:

Isn't the stamp for all migratory birds?

its called a federal DUCK stamp for hunting only waterfowl. you need to spend an extra $3.50 and purchase a migratory game bird license in order to hunt all additional migratory birds in pa.

Re: Trout Habitat Restoration Position, Kettle Creek Watershed [by foureyedgeek]

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 05:55:55 -0000

Conservation:: Trout Habitat Restoration Position, Kettle Creek Watershed
This a brand new position.

Re: Message from John Arway about the Susky [by springer1]

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:47:50 -0000

Conservation:: Message from John Arway about the Susky
Quote:

The fingerling stocking idea may have been sarcastic. I agree it probably won't work since the problem is the environment.

Yes, I was being sarcastic and at the same time cause some critical thinking about the Fall stocking/limit policy.

Obviously the Susq problem is the environment, and therefore requires a solution much broader than any given locali...

Re: Lower Susquehanna [by Maurice]

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:43:38 -0000

Conservation:: Lower Susquehanna
This is the same article Afish posted in this thread with a bunch of others as well....Letter to Arway thread.

Re: Wild Golden Trout? [by WildTigerTrout]

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:59:38 -0000

Conservation:: Wild Golden Trout?
I have seen those fish. They look like plain old golden rainbows to me. They are colored up nice but IMO that's because of the time they have spent in limestone water not because they are wild.