Sunday May 21, 2023. A full day of comprehensive fly fishing instruction including fly casting, fly fishing techniques, entomology, knots, and fly fishing for trout with our members (PA license & trout stamp required). Continental breakfast and lunch are provided. CCWA-Paradise Farm Camps 1300 Valley Creek Road Downingtown, PA 19335 Registration is required. Click Here … Read More
The Fly Fishing Film Tour is returning once again to the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville on Thursday, May 11 starting at 7:00 pm. This event usually sells out, so get your tickets here. We are using this event as our May Membership Meeting, and we hope to see you there. The Film Tour shares revenue … Read More
Salt (sodium chloride, NaCl) used in winter de-icing is dramatically increasing the salinity of Valley Creek and many other streams in Chester County. “Salt is of concern as an emerging fresh water contaminant.” according to John Jackson, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, at the Stroud Water Research Center. Click Here for More Information
New clean water rule again safeguards habitats that are important to hunters and anglers Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a new rule that formally restores federal Clean Water Act protections for streams and wetlands that sustain fish and wildlife and hunting and fishing opportunities. The new rule will replace the previous administration’s Navigable … Read More
Sign the petition urging corporations to take responsibility for the open space preservation and clean-up of the toxic Bishop Tube site Stand with residents and urge Johnson Matthey Inc. and Whittaker Corporation to take responsibility for the toxic cleanup and protection of nature that the law and morality dictate. Set back from easy access or view, next to … Read More
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Last October, VFTU volunteers planted vibert boxes with brook trout eggs in small spring runs in the Exton and Yellow Springs areas. Although no brookies were found at the Yellow Springs sight, the Exton site had proved to be successful when it was surveyed in February.
On Friday, January 14, 2022 shortly before 8:00 a.m. there was an explosive water main break under the roadway of Route 401 in the vicinity of the rear driveway to Great Valley High School, between Route 202 and Phoenixville Pike. The repair excavation extended across both west bound lanes causing the road to be closed … Read More
The 13.7 acre Bishop Tube site (located in Chester County PA on the east side of Malin Road, south of US Route 30) has been abused by industry for over 50 years. The site, formerly used to process precious metals and fabricate tubing and pipeline products, is heavily contaminated with chlorinated solvents, acids and heavy … Read More
A Storm Water Initiative presentation with data is now available for viewing with PowerPoint here : Storm water initiative presentation with data