October Meeting
The next meeting will be Thursday October 11th at 7PM. We will meet at the Edgewater Inn in Alexandria. All are welcome. Come early for dinner or stay afterwards for drinks and discussions.
Print of the J
Limited prints of the Little J available
Jesse Hyde, a member and accomplished artist, painted this scene of the J looking upstream towards the Spruce Creek Bridge. Spruce Creek church can be seen in the background. Jesse generously allowed the LJRA to produce limited edition prints (100) of his painting. The 16 x 24 prints are signed by the artist. The LJRA is selling the mounted and wrapped prints to members for 150.00. For more information email: bjuniata@verizon.net
September Meeting
September Meeting
The September meeting will be held Thursday Sept 13th at 7PM at the Edgewater Inn. Topics include update on access to closed sections, progress on the Tipton ramp project and Dennis Johnson will give presentation on the trout telemetry study. The directors will present the Association’s goals for 2019.Hope to see you there. All meetings are open to the public.
August Meeting
August Meeting
The August meeting will be held Thursday Aug 9th at 7PM at the Edgewater Inn. Topics include a recap of the clean up that was held Saturday July 21st, update on access to closed sections, the future Tipton ramp project and updates on the trout telemetry study. Hope to see you there. All meetings are open to the public.
Re-scheduled clean up
2018 River Bank Clean-up
Saturday, July 21st, 9:00 am to noon
This is a make-up date for the April 7th clean up that was cancelled due to snow.
Meet at the Spruce Creek United Methodist Church parking lot at 8:30AM. Groups (church, office, clubs, etc.) are welcome. We will clean-up river banks and parking areas from Altoona to Barree. All bags, gloves and vests furnished. More people with waders are needed.
July Meeting
July Meeting
The July meeting will be held Thursday July 12th at 7PM at the Edgewater Inn. Topics include a recap of the Kelso Run project and the re-scheduled river bank clean up to be held Saturday July 21st. Denny Johnson will update us on Juniata College’s projects in the watershed. Hope to see you there. All meetings are open to the public.
Kelso run project
Kelso run project restoration project
The LJRA will be participating in a stream bank restoration project on Kelso Run, a wild brook trout tributary to Bells Gap Run from wednesday June 27th thru Saturday June 30th. Volunteers are needed. Please email bjuniata@verizon.netfor more information.
June meeting
June Meeting
The June meeting will be held Thursday June 14th at 7PM at the Edgewater Inn. Topics include the upcoming brook trout habitat project on Kelso run June 27-30th (volunteers needed!) and the re-scheduled river bank clean up to be held Saturday July 21st. Denny Johnson will update us on Juniata College’s projects in the watershed. Hope to see you there.
President Bill Anderson on the Open Air Project Podcast
President Bill Anderson was interviewed on the Open Air Project Podcast
President Bill Anderson was interviewed on the Open Air Podcast. Bill’s interview starts at 17 minutes into the podcast. If the clip does not load in your browser visit: http://theopenairproject.com.
LJRA May meeting
May Meeting
The May meeting was held May 10th at 7PM at the Edgewater Inn near Alexandria. Meeting minutes can be downloaded by clicking May 2018 minutes