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Danny Hilliard of Leechburg has loved fishing since he was old enough to clutch a rod.
He recently created the Leechburg Angling Club, a new public Facebook group, with a goal of promoting angling on the Kiski River and its associated tributaries.
“When I was a kid, the Kiski was only good for curing poison ivy rashes and tie-dying white T-shirts with a rust-and-orange patina,” Hilliard said. “Now it’s got mussels, crayfish, a burgeoning bass population and it’s stocked with trout. We have an immense natural resource right in our backyards.”
Anyone with an interest in fishing is invited to join, and Hilliard requests members keep their posts civil. Hilliard serves as the group’s administrator.
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Plans are underway to convert the Kiski Junction Railroad corridor into a recreational trail connecting to other regional trails.
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With the demise of the Kiski Junction Railroad in Gilpin and surrounding communities, Armstrong Trails wants to convert the corridor into a 14-mile recreational trail.
The Kiski Junction Railroad was a 165-year-old short line used for commercial hauling and autumn leaf tours for tourists. The railroad’s owner, Rosebud Mining, ceased operations in recent years and is working through the legalities to shut down the railroad permanently.
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Wendell Haag, a research fisheries biologist from the U.S. Forest Service, places a concrete silo housing baby mussels in the Clairon River last week. The baby mussels will be collected this fall and examined for quality of health and growth that will give researchers a better understanding of the quality of the water. Haag’s national study of mussels includes twelve rivers and streams in western Pennsylvania and 13 other states.
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Fisheries biologist from the U.S. Forest Service Wendell Haag shows a cluster of baby mussels before being placed in Tionesta Creek last week. Haag’s national study of mussels includes 12 rivers and streams in Western Pennsylvania and 13 other states. The baby mussels will be collected this fall and examined for quality of health and growth that will give biologists a better understanding of the quality of the water.