Allegheny Mountain Chapter of Trout Unlimited

The officers and directors met on August 20, 2020 at the pavilion at Tannery Dam in DuBois to discuss chapter activities and projects. As everyone knows, this has been a crazy year, and many events were canceled. For the first time since 1966, we did not have our Annual Banquet. We were still able to conduct our annual raffle – thank you all who purchased or sold your raffle tickets. The winners of the raffle were: 1st prize Rich Ferrera; 2nd prize Fred Griffith; and 3rd prize Dave Lazorchak. We netted $2459 from the raffle.

We are hoping to get more back to normal in 2021, and we have the Falls Creek Eagles reserved for the Annual Banquet on April 10, 2021. We also are discussing ways to hold the fly-tying round-table.

We still need to hold an annual meeting and election of officers. We have tried to find the best way to do this. After a lot of thought it was decided that we will hold the election outside at the pavilion at the Tannery Dam. We feel that this would be the best as we were going to do a call in, but the logistics just did not seem to fit for an election. Please join us at 6 pm on October 15, 2020 to vote for the officers and directors for the next year.

Nominations for officers are:
President: Codey Schlemmer
Vice President: Matt Marusiak
Secretary-Treasurer: George Kutskel

Please join the meeting if you can. If you have interest in any officer or director position or in making other nominations, please contact George Kutskel. Nominations also can be taken from the floor prior to the election.

We hope everyone stays sane and healthy through this crazy time and hope to see you all soon.

If you need more information, please contact George Kutskel at 814-371-9290 or maksak@comcast.net.

Check the website amctu.org or AMCTU facebook page for latest details on programs and events.

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Officers and Directors Report

The officers and directors met on August 13, 2019 to discuss chapter activities and projects. The fall chapter picnic will be September 3, 2019 at the Tannery Dam. Please bring a covered dish. We will start to eat at 6 pm. The annual chapter meeting and election of officers will be October 15, 2019. See below for more details. The 2020 Flyting Roundtable will start on January 2, 2020 at Penn State DuBois – Mary Smeal Building and will run each Thursday for six weeks.

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Officers and Directors Report

The officers and directors met on May 21, 2019 to discuss chapter activities and projects.  Updates were given to the many projects we had in May and final numbers were given for the annual fundraiser (see below).  Also the chapter wants to thank everyone who helped is some way in making this years event a great one.

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Officers and Directors Report

The officers and directors met on August 7, 2018 to discuss chapter activities and projects. No actions were taken.

Reports on the fishing programs for youth were received. All programs were successful; over 50 youth were helped to catch fish. Also the Environmental Day at Camp Mountain Run was a great success and a big THANK YOU to those who were able to help out.

Projects and Updates

Montgomery Run Riparian Planting
Tubes were placed on the trees other than the white pine. We still have some pine and elderberry to be planted when the weather cools down. We had two planting days. Thanks to chapter members, Penn State students, DCNR personal and volunteers who helped make this project a success. We will go to the splash dam in the fall to see how well the trees fared this summer.

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Officers and Directors Report

The officers and directors met on May 1, 2018 to discuss chapter activities and projects. The only action was to approve a $100 donation to North Fork Watershed Association.

Note that the Spring chapter picnic with Iron Furnace chapter will be Wednesday May 16, 2018 at Walter Dick Park in Brookville. Hotdogs and hamburgers will be provided. Please bring a dish to share and a good appetite. Eating starts at 6 pm.

Arrangements are being finalized for the Summer chapter picnic with Jim Zwald Chapter to be held on Sunday July 22, 2018 at Bendigo State Park near Johnsonburg. This picnic will start at 1 pm. The chapters will provide the food and drink, and there may be a euro-nymphing demonstration. There is no cost, but please RSVP by July 10 to George Kutskel at 814-371-9290 or maksak@comcast.net so we can be sure to have enough food.

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Officers and Directors Report

The officers and directors met on August 1, 2017 to discuss chapter activities and projects. No actions were taken at the August meeting.

The next AMCTU board meeting is the board reorganization meeting at 6 pm on November 7, 2017 at the Hoss’s in DuBois.

New Meeting Location
Beginning with our October meeting we will be meeting at the Penn State DuBois Campus in the Mary Smeal Building.  Please use parking lot 006 just off of College Place. 

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Officers and Directors Report

The officers and directors met on February 1, 2017 and took the following actions:

• Provided support letter to PFBC for approval of wild trout and Class A wild trout waters. You can find the list of waters being considered for designation at this web link: Wild Trout Streams Being Considered.
• Started planning a family fishing event to be held at the Tannery Dam sometime in later April or early May.
• Noted that PFBC is proposing to hold a Wild Trout Summit in the summer. PFBC also added six more streams to their Keystone Select Stocked Trout Program, including Chest Creek, Kinzua Creek, and Oil Creek.
• Appointed Doug Wolfe as the chapter’s Financial Reviewer. This is a new requirement from national TU that each chapter has an officer (who is not authorized to write checks, otherwise withdraw or transfer money from accounts, or use chapter or council credit cards) review the bank and/or credit-card statements every month. Thanks Doug!
• Appointed Rich Ferrara to fill a director position vacancy. Thanks Rich!
• Approved donations to the following organizations: $500 donation to PA Council of TU, $500 donation to the Western PA Conservancy, $100 donation to the Headwaters RC&D Council, $100 donation to the Toby Creek Watershed Association, $100 donation to the Bennett Branch Watershed Association, and $100 donation to the Kettle Creek Watershed Association.

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2017 AMCTU Officers and Directors

AMCTU membership elects officers and directors annually in October. Below are the officers and board of directors for 2017.

President: George Kutskel; Vice President: Matt Marusiak; Secretary-Treasurer: Joe Buterbaugh

Directors: Marty Hrin, Edwin London, Codey Schlemmer, Sam Sleigh, Ken Undercoffer, Kelly Williams, Eric Wilson, and Doug Wolfe

Big congratulations and thank you to these members willing to serve as AMCTU leaders – it can be a lot of work, but it is a lot of fun too! We are always looking for people interested in being an officer or director. Feel free to reach out to anyone on the board if you are interested in learning more.

Important Dates for 2017

2017 is right around the corner. We try to find dates and times for meetings that work best for most everyone (it is challenging) and this year we are moving all meetings to Tuesday evenings. The officers and directors will meet quarterly on first Tuesdays starting in February. Membership meeting and programs will be held on the third Tuesdays, except during the summer. Please mark your calendar for the meeting dates listed below.

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Where did it go?

Summer that is. Hard to believe that we are into fall and that bad 4 letter word is back on the news. I’m sorry that it has taken so long to get this newsletter out, and I could sure use some help. By the time you read this we will have completed out October membership meeting. (more…)

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I would like to start off with wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Hard to believe that 2008 is gone! It’s been a busy year for our chapter and 2009 looks even busier. We start the year off with a full complement of officers and directors.  Matt Marusiak is our new vice president and Dave Henniger and Eric Wilson are new directors. We also made some changes to our meetings with the hope more people will come out and get involved.

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