Little Juniata River Association -a 501 c3 non-profit organization – Our mission is to: “Monitor, Preserve and Improve the Little Juniata River and its tributaries as cold water resources”.

18th Annual Riverbank Clean Up

Saturday, April 15th, 9:00 am to noon

Meet at the Spruce Creek United Methodist Church parking lot by 8:45 Groups (church, office, clubs, etc.) are welcome.

We will clean-up the river-banks and parking areas from Altoona to Barree. All bags, gloves, vests and bottled water furnished. Dress for the weather
(We go rain/snow)

Conditions permitting, we can use a few people with waders to clean around the middle river.

A hot lunch will be provided at the Spruce Creek church after the clean up.

Contact: Bill Anderson 814-569 8843, [email protected]

A printable flyer can be downloaded here

Yearly LJRA Board Meeting

The LJRA Board of Directors met Feb 13th for a business meeting. Meeting minutes can be downloaded here.

Upcoming Events

Monthly Meetings: March 16th. 7pm at Marzoni’s in Altoona PA

Annual Riverbank Clean up. April 15th, starting at 9AM. Check the website and Facebook for more information closer to the date.

The Annual Member’s Banquet is back! June 3rd at the Rivers Edge Lodge, Spruce Creek PA (across from the USGS site).

Welcome our New Corporate Sponsor

We are pleased to announce that Martin Oil and General Store is a new corporate sponsor of the LJRA.

Bill on Keystone Chronicles podcast

LJRA President Bill Anderson was a guest on the Keystone Chronicles podcast recently. You can listen here.

November meeting

The minutes from the November 10th meeting can be downloaded here.

October Meeting

The October meeting was held Oct 13th. Meeting minutes can be downloaded here.

September LJRA meeting

The LJRA held its last meeting on September 8th. The next meeting is scheduled for Oct 13th. Watch your email and check back for more information about the agenda.

Minutes of the meeting can be found here

John Pascavage, Co-founder of the LJRA passes away at 69.

We regret to announce that John Pascavage, a former director of the LJRA, passed away at 69 years on July 15^th. John was an avid fly fisher and tyer. In 1998, he co-founded the Little Juniata River Association when he became concerned about the macroinvertebrate health on the river following a chemical spill. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Little Juniata River Association (see donate to the LJRA ). His obituary can be found here: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/centredaily/name/john-pascavage-obituary?id=35854119

Angie Spagnoli elected as the new director of the LJRA

Angie Spagnoli has joined the board of the directors of the LJRA. She has a background in Environmental Science and Ecology and brings her expertise to these areas to the organization. Welcome Angie! Read more about Angie on the meet the directors page. Angie replaces outgoing Director Bill Bressler. Thank you Bill for your years of service to the LJRA.