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Stonycreek Watershed Clean Up – Saturday, April 19, 2008. Volunteers are needed to clean up Greenhouse Park,
Carpenter’s Park, Foustwell, and the
Quemahoning Dam area. Meet at Carpenters Park at 10:00am. Or meet at Greenhouse Park at 9:00am on the way. Large Dumpster donated by Waste
Management.
Stonycreek Rendezvous – April 25, 26 & 27 2008.
Potential release this year! Click here for 2008 info.
Stonycreek Whitewater Raft Trip
– Saturday and Sunday, April 26 &
27 2008. $40.00
per trip, $30.00 for AmeriCorps and Students. Click here for 2007
info.
Casselman River
Cruise. CRWA
cruise Sunday May
2008. Meet at Rockwood
Trail Head 9:30. Trip will be from
Rockwood to Fort Hill. Class 2/3
depending on choice of trip. Contact
Roger Latuch at 814-443-3237 or
latuchbrosfms@hotmail.com
Pine Creek Trip – Little Grand
Canyon of PA May 3 and 4, 2008. Trip Coordinator: Greg Gdula. Class I-II canoe camping trip. May be a one day float trip of 11
miles. Weather and water
pending. Great trip!!!! Fishing,
bald eagles, bike path thru the canyon.
Check website and hotline for up to the minute details.
Canoe ‘d’ Que
–. Quemahoning Family
Recreation area and Boat Launch.
Swimming beach now available.
Try canoes / kayaks. Food on
hand. For more info, call Benscreek
Canoe Club at 814-266-4276.
Canoe Club Paddle, Camping, Picnic and Meeting.
May 17 to 19th weekend. Canoe camping trip on the Raystown Branch
of the Juniata River
stating from Juniata Crossing, Route 30 to Bruce Penrod’s
place, a total of 22 miles. We'll
have the traditional BCC picnic at Penrod’s
on Sunday afternoon as usual. More
details to follow.
West Branch of the Susquehanna
River Paddle Memorial Day Weekend. The club will be paddling the West Branch
on Memorial Day weekend. Plans are
incomplete at this time but please contact
Mike Burk { maplesprings@adelphia.net } or
Bruce Penrod { bapenrod29@msn.com } for further
details preferably by email.
Canoe Sojourn - Kiski-Conemaugh Rivers. June 5-8 2008. Includes a raft
trip on the Stonycreek Canyon June 8 with a potential whitewater release
from Cambria-Somerset Authority. Call Conemaugh Valley Conservancy at 814-442-8858 for information / registration
packet. Click
here for 2008 details.
Quemahoning Moonlight Paddle – June 20, 2008. Details to Follow. Meet at Que dam public use area at 6 pm. BCC will access
the fire ring on the beach and cook burgers and dogs on grill. No fee for event. MUST have boats registered (sticker) by
state. Everyone should bring their
own food, beverage and lawn chair.
Joint cruise on the Que with all participants around 7:30 PM. Moon rises at 9:29 that night.
Overnight camping may be an option that will be set up with Ken.
Quemahoning Classic Fishing
Tournament
Saturday,
June 28, 2008. The event is being promoted by the
Stonycreek Conemaugh Rivers Improvement Project (SCRIP) with assistance
from the Greater Johnstown Watershed Association. Prizes will be awarded to the winners in
each fish species category (catch and release).
Location: Quemahoning Reservoir
Launch Site: Quemahoning Public
Recreation Area
Dates: TBA
Time: 7:00am to 12:pm (Check-in begins at 6am)
Cost: $25 for SCRIP members until June 15th, 2007
$35 for Non-members(+ 1yr membership
to SCRIP) until June 18th, 2008
$45 after June18th, 2008 $10 per youth (15yrs or younger)
Registration: Call (814) 532-5049
(ALL Participants must be pre-registered!)
Prizes: Prizes will be awarded to the
top finishers in each category. The grand prize winner will be the
fisherman that catches the most species. The species categories are:
Largemouth Bass, Small mouth Bass, Trout (All species), Carp, Walleye, Pike
and Muskellunge. All winners will be determined by total inches in each
species. The grand prize winner will
be determined by total species caught and released, any tie-breakers
decided by total inches.
Lower Youghiogheny Whitewater Trip – Details to Follow.
Johnstown Riverfest – Summer, 2008.
Details to Follow. 10AM to 8PM at Johnstown Festival Park. Includes an
“Anything That Floats Regatta” through Johnstown and a running race / walk up the Inclined Plane
trail. CSA will be providing a
minimal release from the Que. Food, environmental exhibits, fly casting, etc. More information: 814-532-5049 or
www.scrip.pa-conservation.org
The Third Annual Johnstown Inclined Plane Trail Run and Nature Walk for Charcot-Marie-Tooth
Disease. Summer, 2008. Details to
follow. 10AM start. Part of Johnstown Riverfest. For more information and registration:
www.cmtfoundation.org/incline/incline-race.html
BCC Annual Christmas Party –
Details to follow.
Kayak Roll Classes sponsored by
Benscreek Canoe Club and Rocky Mountain Kayak
– Winter, 2009 at the
Johnstown YMCA from 7pm
– 8:30pm. Free
for club members. Nominal boat
rental may apply. Please make sure
boats are clean before entering pool.
Details to follow. Click here for 2007 roll class
video clip (2 megs - Quicktime.mov).
Loyalhanna Creek Beginner Whitewater Trip
with Jeff Prycl of Rocky Mountain Kayak. Spring 2009 meeting at the Kingston Dam
along route 30 just west of Ligonier.
March 29 is a Class II canoe/kayak trip designed for instructional
based paddle for 1st time boaters.
March 30 is not for very first time in a boat. If you are a true beginner, then you must
do March 29 in order to do March 30.
This is an excellent trip for those just getting involved in
boating. Jeff Prycl from TRPC leads
the trip. Bring plenty of water and
pack a lunch as this is a long eight hour day on the water. Lengthy time will be spent on first aid,
safety boating, reading rivers, basic paddling
skills. Anyone needing info or
equipment should contact the hotline and leave message. The BCC will try to supply any and all
equipment that a beginner may need including a boat. Jeff will have an additional day on the
Loyalhanna on Sunday March 25 as well.
Middle Stonycreek Beginner Trip Spring,
2009.
Water and weather pending, we will try to organize a
Class I-II trip on the Stonycreek beginning at Kantnor
and finishing at the Blough Bridge on
state route 403. The Ferndale
gauge needs to read 4.6 feet and be over 1000 cfs to be runnable. This is a beautiful section of the
Stonycreek that is great for beginner boaters. Check the hotline for info to be posted
on Thursday, March 22 and also check the Forum on the webpage for up to
date info. Tentatively meet at the Blough Bridge
(bridge on Stony between Hooversville and
Hollsopple) at 11
AM.
Icebreaker Paddling Trip on the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River Spring,
2009 from the Richey Bridge in Tatesville to Bruce Penrod’s place. We are meeting at noon at Bruce Penrod’s place (map quest
461 Penrods Beach Road, Hopewell, PA 16650) to set up a shuttle. After the paddle we'll be warming up with
some homemade soups. Bruce Penrod 814 241 6177 for info.
Heatheners/Sinners Trip
– Easter Sunday, 2009.
This is headed by Dave Greenwald from Pittsburgh. For the past 15
years he has come to Johnstown to paddle the Stony on Easter Sunday. If high water, they will paddle Shade
Creek. Meet at Carpenter’s
Park at 10
AM. This is a class III trip.
Red Moshannon Downriver Race – Spring,
2009.
7.1
miles. Contact Ed Bowman (tmo110@netzero.net) at Tussey Mountain
Outfitters: (814) 355-5690 in Bellefonte,
PA. The race for
canoes and kayaks is at the Peale
Bridge (near Grassflat, PA) on Moshannon Creek (aka
"The Red Mo.")
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