Hammer Creek Watershed Project Update
One of the largest conservation projects in the history of the Doc Fritchey Chapter is slowly coming to fruition in southeast Lebanon County. Hammer Creek, part of the Hammer Creek…
2022 Winter Raffle with Grand Prize Guided Trip on the Delaware River
Due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, the Doc Fritchey Chapter has cancelled plans for an Annual Banquet in the spring of 2022. However, in its place we are offering the opportunity…
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Action Alert: Freeman Run, Potter County
Action Alert! The Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited (PATU) is asking for your assistance in communicating support for Council’s position against the stocking of Freeman Run in Potter County. This…
Russ Collins (right) receives his PATU award from current chapter president, Rich DiStanislao.
Russ Collins Awarded Outstanding Coldwater Conservationist by PATU
Former chapter president Russell Collins was recently honored by the PA Council of Trout Unlimited with the annual Doc Fritchey Award for Outstanding Coldwater Conservationist. This award recognizes a TU…
2021 Ladies Day a Success
On Saturday October 2, 2021 our Chapter sponsored an educational program to introduce women to flyfishing as a sport and fun family recreational activity.
DFTU Wins Two Awards at PATU Annual Awards
At PA Council's Annual Meeting today, our chapter received the 2021 Award for Best Chapter Website, and Russ Collins received the Dr. John A. Fritchey, Jr. Outstanding Conservationist of the…
Update to Chapter Bylaws
Our chapter bylaws were modified and adopted on February 23, 2021. Visit the Bylaws page to view and download the most up-to-date version.
Old Men and Redbuds
Thanks to the generous help of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the chapter planted additional trees along the east bank of our streambank restoration project on Snitz Creek in North Cornwall…
Quittapahilla Water Monitoring Program
Our monitoring program for the Quittapahilla Watershed is off to a slow start, partly because of restrictions related to the COVID 19 pandemic. But, lately, we have picked up the…
Rep. Tom Mehaffie Recognized by PA Fish & Boat on Passage of HB 808
Many thanks to PA State Rep. Tom Mehaffie for his work pushing through House Bill 808 allowing the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to set their own fees. Chapter President…
2020 Fundraiser Moves to Online
Traditionally, the Doc Fritchey Chapter raises almost all the money we need to carry out our conservation and stewardship mission on one evening in late winter, at our annual conservation…
The Quittapahilla Watershed Association
Written by Michael Schroeder The masthead on the website of the Quittapahilla Watershed Association reads as thus ... “Dedicated to cleaner water flowing from the Quittie to the Swatara to…