Outdoor Club Activities

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Outdoor Club Activities
In addition to working on the infrastructure of
the trout nursery, students participated in a
variety of activities. Some of those were after
school, some on weekends, and some during the
daily activity period.
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Tying Demonstration
Jeff Buchheit, local Orvis shop owner, does a
tying demonstration.
During the winter months the club was divided
into two groups. One group did feeding,
monitoring and routine maintenance. The other
group took fly tying lessons.
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Stocking
3-25-05 Club members and sponsors assisted PA
Fish Boat Commission stocking First Fork of
Sinnemahoning.
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Float Stocking
3-25-05 Members assist Mr. Fordoski and Mr.
Neeper in attaching baskets for float stocking
First Fork.
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Stevenson Dam
Two members of the club and sponsors floating the
Forty Maples section of First Fork on their way
to Stevenson Dam.
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Stocking the Tank Truck
Other members of the club assist Officer Bill
Crisp stocking with the tank truck and other
vehicles 3-25-05.
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Float Stocking in Driftwood
Members of club participate in float stocking of
Driftwood 4-29-05
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Fall Stocking 2005
11-05-05 Kayla Yetzer and Rebecca Aul check the
rigging on float baskets. Club members float
stocked 3,000 fingerling trout on the West Branch
of the Susquehanna.
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Fall Stocking
11-05-05 The West Branch stocking included
Outdoor Club members, Jim Zwald Trout Unlimited
members and the Old Town Sportsmans Association
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Fall Stocking
11-05-05 Club members and Mr. Neeper, club
co-sponsor enjoy a beautiful day on the
Susquehanna.
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Weyerhaeuser Cooperative Nursery Tour
Mr. Ron King, Weyerhaeuser, gives Mr. Fordoski
and Outdoor Club students an orientation to the
paper mill operation prior to entering the
Cooperative Nursery 11-21-05
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Weyerhaeuser Cooperative Nursery Tour
Students examine the raceways, aerators,
automatic feeders, and clean out system.
11-21-05
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Weyerhaeuser Cooperative Nursery Tour
11-21-05 The nursery monitors pH and temperature
automatically. The water temperature was 39 F.
Fish fed aggressively.
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Weyerhaeuser Cooperative Nursery Tour
11-21-05 Mr. King explains the function of the
fish ladder which enables fish to move up stream
to spawn or to seek cool water on the East Branch
of the Clarion.
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Projected Outdoor Club Activities 2005-06

• Tour of Weyerhaeuser Cooperative Nursery
• First Casts Program with Trout Unlimited
• Blue Bird boxes and Bat Boxes
• Quail call back pen and hatchlings
• Developing elementary lessons
• Conducting tours for Rotary Club, Trout
  Unlimited, School Board
• Landscaping and environmental plantings

• Stocking Brynes Run
• Stocking Sawmill Run
• Stocking East Branch Clarion River
• Stocking First Fork
• Stocking Driftwood
• Fly tying
• Rod building

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