Updated: 7/2/2009------Photo Gallery-------Aerial of Trail ------ SRTA Yahoo Group

Next Business meeting: Thursday, July 23: dinner - 6:30pm / meeting - 7:00pm Please note that unless otherwise announced, regular monthly SRTA business meetings will be held on the 4th Thursday of each month at the Ranch House Restaurant.. (MAP and DIRECTIONS TO THE RANCH HOUSE - SRTA's regular monthly meeting venue)

Budget bulletin... Funding for PA State Parks / Forests Endangered ...MORE

REMINDER :  2009 membership dues for you and your family are payable now.  Copy a membership form from a recent newsletter (no T shirt premium for 2009) or from the web site: www.susquehannarivertrail.org   If you're not sure if you've already signed up, contact our message line: 717-948-6780 or email: bbishoff@paonline.com

Thank you for Supporting The 2009 Great River Adventure

 

SRTA is formally recognized by the following organizations:

Get Your Copy of the Susquehanna River Water Trail (Middle Section) Map and Trail Guide Today at the Following Locations...

Other Susquehanna Basin Trail Maps:

  • Susquehanna River - Lower Section INFO
  • Susquehanna River - North Branch INFO
  • Susquehanna River - West Branch INFO
  • Conodoguinet Creek INFO
  • Juniata River - Lower Section INFO

2009 SRTA Officers and Contacts:

Keith Smalley 1st Co-President ksmalley@dejazzd.com

Jim McNulty

2nd Co-President

jamcnulty@state.pa.us

Cliff Dillmann

Vice-President

egretpa@gmail.com

John Meister

Treasurer

dmdjdm@comcast.net

Bruce Bishoff

Corresponding Secretary

bbishoff@paonline.com

Keith Danner

Recording Secretary

kddid57@netzero.net

Brook Lenker

Technical Advisor

blenker@state.pa.us

RIVER LEVELS - WEATHER - NAVIGATION

ISLAND STEWARDS

Sunbury >> Gauge and Forecast 

Harrisburg >> Gauge and Forecast

Other Gauges >> Index Map

Harrisburg  RADAR   Selinsgrove

DCNR-PAMAP Imagery of Trail on Google

Island Navigation and GPS Info

Tricking Out Your Boat

When things slide around the bottom of your boat they become a nuisance, get in the way and often get wet. A short piece of 3/16" or ¼" bungee cord can fix all of that. Simply drill a couple of holes (not much larger than the bungee) in your thwarts and thread the bungee up and down through them. Put a little stretch in the bungee before placing the knots at each end. The small spaces at each end are very convenient for keeping paddles in place, especially when portaging. The larger space in the middle is great for holding that jacket or sweater you took off when things started to warm up and you were looking for a place to keep it off the wet floor of your canoe. Bungee cording can sometimes be found at local hardware stores and is always available at our local outfitters. Wildware Outfitters and Blue Mountain Outfitters both carry it. - By Dirk Dixon

Fish Passages and Dam Removals

Pennsylvania is applying to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for stimulus funds to build fish passages at three locations on the Susquehanna River and remove 10 dams on its tributaries. Since anglers are among the river trail’s greatest users, the addition of 471 miles of restored fish passageway in the watershed will be welcome news. Of local interest will be the proposed construction of the passage at the inflatable dam at Sunbury and removal of four dams on tributaries that feed into the middle section of the river

Project Support

SRTA has penned letters in support of two non-profit groups that are applying for grants that will provide amenities for users of our section of the river trail. The rapidly developing Lykens Valley Rail Trail will have a terminus at the waterfront in Millersburg’s Riverfront Park where there is a river trail access site. Local citizens are proposing visitor facilities that will be useful to both paddlers and hikers. The Susquehanna Greenway Partnership (SGP) received support for a grant that would develop and install kiosks at the same launch area in Millersburg and one at a proposed launch site near the Sled Works in Duncannon. The project would also include 6 to 8 interpretive panels at various sites between Sunbury and West Fairview. A new feature would be a driving guide, accessible by web site, for a loop trail along both sides of the river.

All SRTA field volunteers must fill out and submit a medical information form before going out onto the river on a SRTA sponsored activity. A copy of the medical form can be downloaded by CLICKING HERE.

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