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“Often when you think you’re at the end of something,

you’re at the beginning of something else.”
– Fred Rogers –

14th Keystone Coldwater Heritage Partnership Conference

February 28-29, 2020 | Ramada Inn Conference Center, State College

The Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited will host the 14th Keystone Coldwater Conference, February 28-29, 2020 at the Ramada Inn Conference Center in State College, Pennsylvania. The conference is an opportunity for grassroots conservation organizations, environmental professionals, college faculty, staff, and students to share ideas, concepts, and network in order to protect, conserve and restore Pennsylvania's coldwater resources.  

PVCA will be sponsoring at the "Brown Trout" level as well as staffing an exhibit on the "Muddy Creek Stream Restoration Project 2012-2020" in partnership with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Pennsylvania Field Office. PVCA has submitted a Coldwater Heritage grant application matching PVCA' s allocation of Annenberg Foundation 2019 grant supporting stream restoration this summer at Muddy Creek. The 2020 grants will also be announced at the conference.

You can learn more about the conference by clicking this link.

Boy Scout Troop 20 (Art Gover, Scoutmaster - Centre Hall);

Outdoors Club - Penns Valley High School (Kim Forsythe, Administrator) partner with PVCA member volunteers for stake plantings along Sinking Creek (Myers Farm)

Volunteers Needed!

Live Stake Collection & Planting

Live Stake Collection - March 22nd

Live Stake Planting - March 29th

Muddy Creek & Pine Creek

In cooperation with the Chesapeake Conservancy Live Stake Cooperative, PVCA's Watershed Committee is holding a live stake collection (March 22nd) at Sinking Creek (Myers Farm) followed by planting (March 29th) at Muddy Creek and Pine Creek watershed riparian and wildlife habitat projects. Last year over 4,000 live stakes were planted through this collaborative program. PLEASE MARK THE DATES!

Volunteers are needed. If you are interested, please contact Lysle Sherwin at lyslesherwin@gmail.com. Thank you!

New PVCA Membership System 

Now Available On Website

The new PVCA membership system is now live on the PVCA website (http://www.pennsvalley.net)! It will make registering and donating for members easier, processing for staff more efficient, and give PVCA much better tools for understanding and communicating with its membership.

Now you can become a new member, renew your membership, make a donation, and signup for a free subscription to our electronic communications all online. You can also browse and learn about our sponsors for past events, such as Crickfest and RiverSongs. (If you would like to sponsor an upcoming event, you will find contact information to talk with us about doing so.)

To Get Started

Go to pennsvalley.net, click on the Support PVCA menu, and then select Ways to Support PVCA for an overview. 

There, you’ll see your various options. Select the one most appropriate for you (for example, Individual Membership) and fill out the top part of the form that will appear. 

Below, you’ll see several ways to pay—

1. By credit card (pvcaPayPalProcessor)
2. By your own PayPal account
3. By check (which you will need to send to PVCA off-line)

Choose your preferred payment method, fill in the requested financial information, click on Confirm Contribution to review your information. After you have reviewed and made any necessary changes, click on Continue to complete the transaction. 

Watch your email inbox for confirmation and a receipt, which may entitle you to a tax deduction.

The process will be like most all-inclusive transactions on the Internet - a process you are probably familiar with!

Questions?  Contact our Webmaster (webmaster@pennsvalley.net)

Featured Business Members

Dennison Press & Design

Martinec Farms

PVCA would like to thank these Business Members

for their continued support of our mission and vision.

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, February 12 | 6:30 - 8:30pm

Watershed Committee Monthly Meeting

PVCA Office - Green Drake Gallery - Millheim, PA

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Thursday, February 13 | 6:30 - 8:30pm

PVCA Board Meeting

Penns Valley YMCA Program Center - Spring Mills

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Sunday, March 22 | 9:30 - 11:00am

Live Stake Collection

Sinking Creek (Myers Farm)

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Sunday, March 29 | 9:30 - 11:00am

Live Stake Planting

Pine Creek Tributary (Cemetary Road)

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Sunday, March 29 | 3:00 - 6:00pm

Riversongs

Elk Creek Café & Aleworks - Millheim

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Thursday, April 16 | 6:30 - 8:00pm

Spring Member Meeting

Aaronsburg Community Building (Aaronsburg Civic Club)

More details to follow regarding this annual event.

Important Bylaw changes will be presented by the Governance Committee and all members will be asked to vote on suggested revisions

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Saturday, April 25 | 8:30am - 12:00pm

Annual Streambank Clean Up

Meet at Coburn Park

More details to follow regarding this annual event

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Tuesday, May 12 @ 8:00am - Wednesday, May 13 @ 8:00pm

Centre Gives

More details to follow regarding this annual event in which PVCA participates