Category: Conservation

By Dave Keane As fall approaches and you are out on your local stream, you may wonder what is that tropical looking tree with all the fruit hanging on it.…

By Dave Keane What is more rewarding than tying your own fly and catching a fish? I’ll tell you, watching one of your son’s tie their first Dry Fly, an…

By Dave Keane 2019 PVFF “Project Clean Stream” Clean-up On Saturday, April 6th, fifteen members from the PVFF gathered along the banks of the Catoctin Creek to participate in the…

By Dave Keane Last Call!! 2019 “Project Clean Stream” Event What: PVFF “Home Waters” Clean Up When: Saturday, April 6, 2019 Time: 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM Where: Catoctin Creek…

By Dave Keane 2019 “Project Clean Stream” Event What: PVFF “Home Waters” Clean Up When: Saturday, April 6, 2019 Time: TBD Where: Catoctin Creek Nature Center – Middletown, MD Stream:…

By Dave Keane Monofilament Fishing Line Recycling Fishing line that is left along waterways is hazardous to fish, birds, turtles and other wildlife. There are three fishing line recycling containers…

By Dave Keane It’s time to start thinking about plans for this coming Summer. Below are some opportunities for youth that offer instruction in fishing and Conservation Education. Rivers Conservation…

By Dave Keane What do you do when it snows? You plant trees! On Saturday, November 17th the PVFF joined StreamLink Education, www.streamlinkeducation.org along with other volunteers to plant 610…

By Dave Keane Fall Tree Planting On Saturday, November 17th, the PVFF will be participating in a Tree Planting event with Stream-Link Education. The tree planting will take place in…

By Dave Keane Blode Dam Removal Project On Tuesday, September 11, 2018, the Maryland DNR partially breached the Blode Dam located on the Patapsco River, beginning a project to remove…

By Dave Keane The Natural Resources Careers Camp (NRCC), was held on July 22nd to 28th at the Hickory Environmental Education Center in Garrett County, MD. Forty-two students attended, representing…

Maryland Conservation Corps By Dave Keane This month I would like to highlight a group that has been performing conservation work throughout Maryland for approximately 34 years. The Maryland Conservation…

Invasive Species By Dave Keane Fly fisherman are always trying to “match the hatch”. This month you may want to try using a beetle pattern that looks like the Emerald…

By Dave Keane PVFF “Home Waters” Clean Up On Saturday, April 14th, members from the PVFF gathered along the banks of the Catoctin Creek to participate in the annual “Project…

by Dave Keane Below are several opportunities to let your voices be heard & dates to put in your calendars for 2018: 2018 Frank Burt Smoot Commemorative Stream Cleanup Project…