Our Mission:
To Promote the Health of the Fishing Creek Watershed

****UPCOMING EVENTS****

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FCWA General Membership Meeting
March 10, 2025, 7PM
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****All events will be held in the Lower Level Conference Room in the Ag Services Building
at 702 Sawmill Road, Bloomsburg PA 17815 unless noted otherwise****


​General Membership Meeting : Fishing Creek Watershed Association

We appreciated having Bill Williams (PA Game Commission, retired) as our February guest speaker, and we hope you enjoyed his fascinating program on the Boys of Camp Morton, a Civilian Conservation Corps camp located in State Game Lands 13.
But maybe the history of the watershed is not your thing, and we’d like to know what is.  It’s been a while since we got input from our community. We’d love to hear from you and get your help shaping programs, activities, and projects for the upcoming year. What interests you?  What concerns do you have about Fishing Creek?  What would you like to learn about?  
Please share your perspective with us at a General Membership Meeting on Monday, March 10 at 7:00 pm in the Large Meeting Room at 702 Sawmill Rd.  Not a member?  Please come anyway and join the conversation; your opinions and insights will be appreciated!


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  •                               Fishing Creek Watershed Association ---- 2024, another good year
  • The Fishing Creek Watershed Association is an organization made up of volunteers working together to improve the quality of the watershed. 2024 was another very good year of educational programs and activities.
    Applause and many thanks to the generous and gifted people who presented educational programs this year:
    • Dr. Jen Whisner led a workshop on winter seed sowing, preparing us for growing season.
    • Joshua Greene presented a program on Agriforestry, which integrates trees, crops, and livestock. 
    • Van Wagner took us on his adventure of climbing the highest tree in every county in PA. 
    • We went streamside for two programs: Larry Brannaka and Maddy Ferner explained and showed us the new Kocher Park streambank restoration project. Drs.Jen and Chris Whisner demonstrated water quality testing streamside at Kocher Park (and no one fell in!) 
    • Master Gardener Mari Jo Gibson presented a program on identification and control of invasive plants. 
    • Edie Gair from PADEP spoke about drinking water quality and safety, and her agency’s work. 
    • Archaeologist DeeAnne Wymer took us back in time to life along the Susquehanna in 1100 AD. 
    • Nicole Hall amazed us with her program on eels and her “Eels in the Classroom” project.
     
    FCWA members participated in the annual Fish N Fun event at Kocher Park in June, and joined others in several Kocher Park work days. Along with other Columbia County Watershed groups, FCWA was part of the third Susquehanna Watershed Festival in July. 
    The FCWA was one of the groups partnering with the CCCD in providing funding for two streambank stabilization projects this year. The Diana project stabilized approximately 670 feet of streambank along the main branch of Fishing Creek and included a riparian buffer. The Kocher Park streambank stabilization project was highlighted in one of our programs. 
    In our Container Garden Contest at ArtFest---our annual fundraiser to support Kocher Park---Nancy Beyer’s container won the popular vote.
    And here’s something else we hope will be popular: FCWA T-shirts! They will be available for purchase or order at our meetings, or you can contact us by email. 
    As we look forward to another exciting year in 2025, we welcome your participation in planning and attending our events and programs. We greatly appreciate your support for our watershed and invite you to become a member of FCWA! 
    You can join or renew your membership using the attached membership form. We look forward to seeing you in the new year-- wishing you a safe and healthy 2024!

    Yours sincerely, 
    Linda Dietrichson, Dr. Jennifer Whisner, and Susan Webster
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