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Volunteers take a break after pulling trash from an illegal dump site along Buffalo Creek in Union County.

Groups need support before drying up!

Watershed associations provide critical boots-on-the-ground support for streams and other tributaries that feed into the Susquehanna River.

​Volunteers through these associations pick up tons of litter, restore streambanks, connect landowners to important resources, create riparian buffers, offer community education opportunities and serve as watchdogs for threats of potential pollution. 

Unfortunately, despite countless success stories from our greater watershed, many of these groups are drying up as volunteer pools age out, are impacted by health issues or lose streams of necessary funding.

Learn more about the benefits and needs of these groups via this feature story: Community watershed groups offer essential benefits to our waterways, but need fresh volunteers, support - Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper

You can get involved by using our database of active watershed groups listed below.

​We also encourage watershed associations to share their success stories with Riverkeeper John Zaktansky, and the Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association will help amplify those successes in an attempt to drum up more interest and resources.

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Active Watershed Groups By county

This list was compiled by Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association intern Peyton Curley. If you have information to help us update this list, please send an email directly to Riverkeeper John Zaktansky at midsusriver@gmail.com. We will do our best to keep this list as freshly updated as possible. 
Bradford County
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Bradford County Conservation District
Loyalsock Creek Watershed Association
Sugar Creek Watershed Association
Towanda Creek Watershed Association
Wysox Creek Watershed Association
Bentley Creek Watershed Association ____________________

Cambria County

Cambria County Conservation District
Chest Creek Watershed Alliance
  • Facebook: @ChestCreekWatershed
  • Tributaries: Rogues Harbor Run, Pine Run
  • Projects: Trout stocking, stream monitoring, creating educational signs 
  • Meetings: Last Wednesday of each month @ 7pm at the Patton Ambulance building

Clearfield Creek Watershed Association
Blacklick Creek Watershed Association
  • Contact Janis Long at 724-349-9474 or janis.long@gmail.com, email at bcwapa@gmail.com
  • Tributaries: North Branch Blacklick Creek, South Branch Blacklick Creek, Yellow Creek, Two Lick Creek
  • Projects: Assessment of Yellow Creek 
  • Meetings: 3rd Thursday of each month @ 6pm at the Homer City fire department

Mountain Laurel Trout Unlimited
  • Contact through Facebook or Website 
  • Facebook: @MountainLaurelChaperOfTroutUnlimited
  • Projects: Stream bank stabilization and AMD treatment 
  • Meetings: Aug 4, Sept 1 @ 7pm at the Richland Municipal Building

West Branch Susquehanna Rescue ____________________

Cameron County

Cameron County Conservation District
Bucktail Watershed Association ____________________

​Centre County 

Centre County Conservation District
Bald Eagle Watershed Association
  • Contact at 814-355-3583
  • Tributaries: Bald Eagle Creek, Wallace Run, Spring Creek

Penns Valley Conservation Association
  • Focused on the upper Penns Creek watershed
  • Questions about the association: adminmember@pennsvalley.net​
  • Check out the group's strategic plan for 2022 here
  • Board meets the second Thursday of each month

Spring Creek Watershed Commission
Moshannon Creek Watershed Association
Beech Creek Watershed Association
  • Contact Richard Biggans at 814-387-4248 or kflaniga@cub.kcnet.org
  • Tributaries: Jonathan Run, Contrary Run, Big Run, Wolf Run
  • Projects: Restoration of streams from AMD issues 

Sugar Valley Watershed Association
Spring Creek Trout Unlimited
  • Contact Jamie SanFilippo at president@springcreektu.org or 814-360-3702
  • Facebook: @springcreektu
  • Projects: Stream bank stabilization 
  • Meetings: 1st Thursday of the month @ 7:30 pm at the Comfort Suites Inn, 132 Village Drive, State College PA
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Clearfield County

Clearfield County Conservation District 
Allegheny Mountain Trout Unlimited
Anderson Creek Watershed Association
  • Contact through website
  • Facebook: @AndersonCreekWatershedAssociation
  • Tributaries: Little Anderson Creek and Kratzer Run
  • Projects: Restoring streams from AMD, stabilizing stream banks
  • Meetings: 1st Thursday of every month @ 7pm at Pike Township Building

Bennett Branch Watershed Association
Chest Creek Watershed Alliance
  • Facebook: @ChestCreekWatershed
  • Tributaries: Rogues Harbor Run, Pine Run
  • Projects: Trout stocking, stream monitoring, creating educational signs 
  • Meetings: Last Wednesday of each month @ 7pm at the Patton Ambulance building

Clearfield Creek Watershed Association
Deer Creek Watershed Alliance
Moshannon Creek Watershed Association ____________________

Clinton County

Clinton County Conservation District
Beech Creek Watershed Association
  • Contact Richard Biggans at 814-387-4248 or kflaniga@cub.kcnet.org
  • Tributaries: Jonathan Run, Contrary Run, Big Run, Wolf Run
  • Projects: Restoration of streams from AMD issues 

Kettle Creek Watershed Association
  • Contact 814-355-9798 or kcwatershed@gmail.com​
  • Facebook: @KCWatershed
  • Projects: Cleaning acid mine drainage, restoration of streams, education
  • Meetings: Sept 11 @ 2 pm at Cross Fork Fire Hall

Sugar Valley Watershed Association ____________________

Columbia County 

Columbia County Conservation District
Roaring Creek Valley Conservation Association
Fishing Creek Watershed Association
Briar Creek Association for Watershed Solutions
  • Contact Brittney Hartzell at 570-317-9491
  • Tributaries: Glen Brook
  • Projects: Installing native plants as riparian buffers
  • Meetings: 4th Wednesday of each month

Catawissa Creek Restoration Association
  • Contact Ed Wytovich at 570-875-3993
  • Projects: Treating abandoned mine drainage, watershed monitoring
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Elk County

Elk County Conservation District
Anderson Creek Watershed Association
  • Contact through website
  • Facebook: @AndersonCreekWatershedAssociation
  • Tributaries: Little Anderson Creek and Kratzer Run
  • Projects: Restoring streams from AMD, stabilizing stream banks
  • Meetings: 1st Thursday of every month @ 7pm at Pike Township Building

Bennett Branch Watershed Association ____________________

Indiana County

Indiana County Conservation District
Blacklick Creek Watershed Association
  • Contact Janis Long at 724-349-9474 or janis.long@gmail.com, email at bcwapa@gmail.com
  • Tributaries: North Branch Blacklick Creek, South Branch Blacklick Creek, Yellow Creek, Two Lick Creek
  • Projects: Assessment of Yellow Creek 
  • Meetings: 3rd Thursday of each month @ 6pm at the Homer City fire department
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Lackawanna County

Lackawanna County Conservation District Lackawanna River Conservation Association
  • Contact 570-347-6311 or lrca@lrca.org
  • Facebook: @LRCAandLVC
  • Instagram: @lrca_lvc
  • Projects: Lackawanna River Heritage trail, fundraising, river clean up, wetland assessment 

Moosic Lakes Club
  • Contact 570-489-2664 or info@moosiclakes.org
  • Projects: Water testing
  • Meetings: Sept 18 @ 11am at the community center

Tobyhanna Creek/Tunkhannock Creek Watershed Association
  • Contact 570-643-2001, 570-646-5206 or tctcwa@hotmail.com​
  • Tributaries: Tobyhanna Creek, Tunkhannock Creek
  • Projects: Stream watch, macro sampling, installing surface water sampling

Master Watershed Steward Program ____________________

Luzerne County 

Luzerne County Conservation District
Fishing Creek Watershed Association
Friends of the Nescopeck
  • Contact Nescopeckfriends@yahoo.com
  • Facebook: @FriendsoftheNescopeck
  • Tributaries: Nescopeck Creek and Black Creek
  • Projects: Water monitoring, acid mine drainage, macro surveying
  • Meetings: 1st Thursday of each month at 215 S Main St, Conyngham

Lackawanna River Conservation Association
  • Contact 570-347-6311 or lrca@lrca.org
  • Facebook: @LRCAandLVC
  • Instagram: @lrca_lvc
  • Projects: Lackawanna River Heritage trail, fundraising, river clean up, wetland assessment 

Stanley Cooper Sr. Chapter Trout Unlimited
  • Contact J. Scott Brady at 570-479-6016 or JSBrady@jscottbradylaw.com  
  • Projects: Project Healing Waters
  • Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of the month (Sept - May) @ 7:30pm atVFW Anthracite Post 283,                                                 757 Wyoming Ave. Kingston, PA 

Master Watershed Steward Program ____________________

Lycoming County

Lycoming County Conservation District
  • Contact Watershed Specialist Carey Entz-Rine at 570-433-3003 or centz@lyco.org

Loyalsock Creek Watershed Association
Lycoming College Clean Water Institute
  • Contact at 570-998-2779 
  • Facebook: @LycoCWI
  • Tributaries: Pine, Loyalsock, Lycoming, and Muncy creeks
  • Projects: Acadian Program, Restoration of Big Bear Creek, Hellbender research

Pine Creek Preservation Association
  • Contact Dr. Lou Anne Gasperine at 570-753-8316 or Pinecreekpcpa@gmail.com
  • Projects: Opposition to DCNR’s ATV trail system
  • Meetings: July 18, Sept 19, Oct 17 @7 pm at DCNR Building - Rte 44

Pine Creek Watershed Council
  • Contact at 570-723-8251 or through website
  • Tributaries: Wilson Creek
  • Projects: installation of riparian buffers, livestock fencing, in-stream habitat structures, Headwater Hemlock Project

Lycoming Creek Watershed Association
  • Contact at 570-998-2779
  • Facebook: @LycomingCreek
  • Projects: Flooding in Lycoming Creek

Sugar Valley Watershed Association ____________________

Montour County

Montour County Conservation District 
Chillisquaque Creek Limestone Run Watershed Association
  • Contact Todd Deroba at tderoba@ptd.net
  • Tributaries: Chillisquaque Creek and Limestone Run
  • Meetings: 2nd Wednesday of each month @ 6pm at the Montour Preserve
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Northumberland County

Northumberland County Conservation District
Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance
  • Contact Heather Makal at 570-286-7114 or Shamokincreek@gmail.com​
  • Facebook: @ShamokinCreek
  • Tributaries: Quaker Run, Buck Run
  • Projects: Abandoned mine drainage in Carbon Run, Restoration of Quaker Run
  • Meetings: Aug 9, Sept 13, Oct 11 @ 6:30 pm at 6th & Oak St Kulpmont, PA

Little Shamokin Creek Watershed Association
  • Contact 570 495-4665 or lscwa@ptd.net
  • Projects: Restore and protect stream banks, Encourage creek bank “no mow” zones

Roaring Creek Valley Conservation Association
  • Contact 570-356-7346 or info@rcvca.org
  • Facebook: @RoaringCreekValleyConservationAssociation
  • Tributaries: Lick Run, Mill Creek, Mugser Run, North Branch Roaring Creek, and South Branch Roaring Creek 
  • Projects: Monitor streams and groundwater
  • Meetings: 3rd Thursday of each month

Tri-Valley Watershed Association
  • Contact Pam Ulicny at  pulicny@comcast.net
  • Tributaries: Deep Creek, Pine Creek, and Mahantango Creek
  • Projects: Improving water quality, preventing soil erosion and sediment pollution

Mahanoy Creek Watershed Association
  • Contact Roseann Weinrich at mcwa1@ptdprolog.net
  • Tributaries: Schwaben Creek, Zerbe Run, Little Mahanoy Creek, Shenandoah Creek, and North Mahanoy Creek
  • Projects: Stream cleanups, Lens on Litter Program, restoring wetlands to treat AMD
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Potter County

Potter County Conservation District 
Kettle Creek Watershed Association
  • Contact 814-355-9798 or kcwatershed@gmail.com​
  • Facebook: @KCWatershed
  • Projects: Cleaning acid mine drainage, restoration of streams, education
  • Meetings: Sept 11 @ 2 pm at Cross Fork Fire Hall

Pine Creek Watershed Council
  • Contact at 570-723-8251 or through website
  • Tributaries: Wilson Creek
  • Projects: installation of riparian buffers, livestock fencing, in-stream habitat structures, Headwater Hemlock Project

The Genesee Headwaters Watershed Association
  • Contact Stephen Richard at 585-610-0166
  • Facebook: @TheGeneseeHeadwatersAssociation
  • Projects: Collecting macroinvertebrates
  • Meetings: 3rd Tuesday every other month @ 7pm in First Citizen’s Community Bank

Upper Allegheny Watershed Association
​​First Fork Watershed Association
  • Contact Kathy Mitchell at 570-274-3333
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Schuylkill County

Schuylkill County Conservation District
Catawissa Creek Restoration Association
  • Contact Ed Wytovich at 570-875-3993
  • Projects: Treating abandoned mine drainage, watershed monitoring

Mahanoy Creek Watershed Association
  • Contact Roseann Weinrich at mcwa1@ptdprolog.net
  • Tributaries: Schwaben Creek, Zerbe Run, Little Mahanoy Creek, Shenandoah Creek, and North Mahanoy Creek
  • Projects: Stream cleanups, Lens on Litter Program, restoring wetlands to treat AMD

Northern Swatara Creek Watershed Association
Tri-Valley Watershed Association
  • Contact Pam Ulicny at  pulicny@comcast.net
  • Tributaries: Deep Creek, Pine Creek, and Mahantango Creek
  • Projects: Improving water quality, preventing soil erosion and sediment pollution

Master Watershed Steward Program ____________________

Snyder County

Snyder County Conservation District ____________________

Sullivan County

Sullivan County Conservation District
Loyalsock Creek Watershed Association
Fishing Creek Watershed Association
Lycoming Creek Watershed Association
  • Contact at 570-998-2779
  • Facebook: @LycomingCreek
  • Projects: Flooding in Lycoming Creek
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​Susquehanna County

Susquehanna County Conservation District 
Martin’s Creek Watershed Association
  • Contact Janice Webster at 570-289-4792

Friends of Starrucca Creek
Master Watershed Steward Program ____________________

Tioga County

Tioga County Conservation District
Pine Creek Watershed Council
  • Contact at 570-723-8251 or through website
  • Tributaries: Wilson Creek
  • Projects: installation of riparian buffers, livestock fencing, in-stream habitat structures, Headwater Hemlock Project

Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group
Lycoming Creek Watershed Association
  • Contact at 570-998-2779
  • Facebook: @LycomingCreek
  • Projects: Flooding in Lycoming Creek

Kettle Creek Watershed Association
  • Contact 814-355-9798 or kcwatershed@gmail.com​
  • Facebook: @KCWatershed
  • Projects: Cleaning acid mine drainage, restoration of streams, education
  • Meetings: Sept 11 @ 2 pm at Cross Fork Fire Hall

Babb Creek Watershed Association
  • Contact at 570-322-0749

Tioga County Concerned Citizens Committee
  • Contact through website
  • Tributaries: Morris Run, Coal Creek, Fall Brook, Bear Creek
  • Projects: Cleaning up AMD, “Save the river” project for donations, restoration of tributaries

Tiadaghton Trout Unlimited ____________________

Union County

Union County Conservation District
Sugar Valley Watershed Association
Buffalo Creek Watershed Alliance 
Merrill W. Linn Conservancy
  • Contact 570-524-8666 or linn@ptd.net
  • Tributaries: Buffalo Creek, Penns Creek, Muncy Creek, Middle Creek, Chillisquaque Creek
  • Projects: Preservation and conservation
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Wyoming County

Wyoming County Conservation District