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This month on the Lackawanna River Are you or your organization having an upcoming River or Trail event or activity? Give us a phone call: (570) 207-7608, FAX: (570) 207-7590, email: lrca@epix.net, or stop by: 2006 N. Main Ave., Scranton PA and let us know about it. Also contact us for more info on any of the below listed events and programs. |
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ONGOING VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS
RIVER KEEPERS
and TRAIL TENDERS are needed to adopt a reach of the Lackawanna River
and Heritage Trail. We need you,
your family, your co-workers and or business employees to
ADOPT a reach of the River in your neighborhood or
community. We have been working to develop a TRAIL along the entire 40
mile length of the Lackawanna River from Forest City, Carbondale, The
Mid Valley, Scranton, The Down Valley to Pittston.
We don't have the trail completed yet but we do have nearly 20 miles of Trail and River bank in Public Ownership. Each one of these sites needs someone to adopt and care for it. This can include something as simple as walking along a given reach of River / Trail once a week or so and picking up any litter you see. Get a few friends together on a Saturday in the spring and summer to cut grass and cut back weeds from a section of trail .
Work
with LRCA and adopt a planting bed or install and help maintain native
flowers and shrubs at a new planting area that you can help design and
manage. Then go on and enjoy your adopted Trail reach or River bank.
Have a picnic, go fishing or just pass the time of day watching the
river flow. CALL US NOW and we'll set you up with a nearby reach of the
Beautiful Lackawanna !
Are you
interested in monitoring water quality of the Lackawanna River and its
tributaries? Are you interested in a particular stretch of the
River or a tributary? Join our
River Watch program and become a volunteer water quality
monitor. We provide the equipment and you provide the time and
interest. Testing is generally conducted three times between
April and October and involves taking simple measurements of water
quality, collecting water samples for lab analysis and looking at the
macroinvertebrate community. This program was established in
1991 and is still running strong.
P.O. Box 368 Last Update:08/14/2007 |
UPCOMING EVENTS The LRCA hosts spontaneous activities such as interpretive hikes, bike rides and kayak runs. If you're on our e-mail list you'll get notified a few days in advance of these weather dependent activities. Send us an e-mail to request inclusion. Porch Painting We need some help scraping and painting the porch at the Silkman House. Please join us on Wednesday, August 22nd and lend a helping hand! Little Sisters of the Poor Centennial Celebration Bike Ride and Walk Sunday September 30, 2007 9 AM Registration 10 AM Ride and Walk "Rails to Trails" Forest City to Union Dale Non-competitive bike ride for riders of every age! Walk as far as you like! Prizes and Refreshments! Join us for a fun day in helping the Little Sisters! Register by calling Jo Ann at (570) 343-4065 All proceeds benefit the Little Sisters of the Poor Gravity Railroad Moosic Mountain Fall Foliage Hike Join us on at Noon on Sunday, October 21, 2007 across from the Holiday Inn on Tigue Street, and experience the mountain in glorious fall colors! Exploring the Lackawanna River can be a rewarding adventure in any season. In the hot sultry days of summer you can walk or ride a bike along the Lackawanna on many official and unofficial trails. If you would like information on access to the River and Trails visit the Lackawanna River Guide Book and/or The River and Trail Access Guide.
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