Sweet Arrow Lake County Park Happenings

2009-05-08T19:36:00.000-04:00

"Conveyor Belt" diversions were installed on the service road as a demonstration of a technique to prevent erosion of access roads. The application is best used on farm lanes, driveways, logging and mining roads.

2009-05-02T20:53:00.000-04:00

The Schuylkill Leadership Class of 2009 constructed an amphitheater and planted trees for their class project. This project greatly enhanced the "point" area near the Clubhouse.

2009-04-11T20:49:00.000-04:00

The first annual "Lunker" stocking created quite a lot of excitement. 68 trout lunkers larger than 20 inches were stocked.

2009-03-30T20:46:00.000-04:00

The art of psanky eggs was demonstrated to an interested crowd.

2009-03-22T20:40:00.000-04:00

Both Celtic music and Redtailed Hawks filled the air at the Clubhouse. This was a benefit for Red Creek rehabilitation.

2009-03-07T20:38:00.000-05:00

The annual Maple syrup pancake breakfast. Jon Flynn and Brad Kurtz demonstrate the art of Maple Syruping.

2009-02-26T20:36:00.000-05:00

Happy ice Fisherman

2009-02-02T17:17:00.000-05:00

Grover the Groundhog predicted 6 more weeks of winter on February 2nd, 2009 at the Sweet Arrow lake Clubhouse.
A crowd of about 100 witnessed. Shadows are obvious in the top photo.

2009-02-02T16:58:00.000-05:00

Ice Fishing on Sweet Arrow Lake on Feb. 2nd.

2009-01-31T15:46:00.000-05:00

Ice Fishing at Sweet Arrow seems real popular this year. The ice is good and the fish are biting.

2008-11-21T14:22:00.000-05:00

View of the Falls and the first snow of the year.

2008-10-01T09:31:00.000-04:00

Boy Scout C J Freguson built a wildlfe blind in the wetlands as his Eagle Scout project.

Below, the boardwalk gets a point of interest.

2008-09-14T09:21:00.000-04:00

A couple finds a beautiful spot to get married at the Park.

Boardwalk construction is continued with much anticipation.

Water rescue is taught to the Norm Thornberg camp.

2008-06-20T09:15:00.000-04:00

A program on bats is presented at the Clubhouse.

John Keesey builds and donates a Pergola to the Park.

2008-05-30T09:07:00.000-04:00

The Falls in Spring, the flock of nuisance geese grows.

The Schuylkill Stampede 4-H Club plants new trees the Clubhouse.

The winner of the annual fishing derby is announced.

2008-04-20T08:58:00.000-04:00

As the weather warmed, the playground was discovered.
A fly fishing seminar was held, and the new grass started to green up on the beautiful newly renovated park.

2008-04-01T08:37:00.000-04:00

The Swatara Cooperative Trout Nursery and the PA Fish and Boat Commission combined stocked nearly 5,000 trout in Sweet Arrow Lake.

2008-03-29T08:51:00.000-04:00

Fishermen gathered on both sides of the Lake for the first day of trout season. It was a very cold day the the best place to get a bite was the Clubhouse where the Sweet Arrow lake Conservation Association served breakfast.

The evening before, Peggy Hentz of Red Creek Wildlife Center presented a program on owl rehabilitaion to a standing room only crowd. A release of rehabilitated owls followed.

2008-03-05T08:34:00.000-05:00

On March 5th, 2008 a high water event tested the stream improvement work done below the falls. It appears that the work solved the problems.

2008-02-02T23:00:00.000-05:00

On February 2nd, 2008, a large crowd gathered to celebrate Groundhog day at the Clubhouse. The featured prognosticator was Grover from the Pine Grove Grundsow Lodge. The event was sponsored by the Sweet Arrow Lake Conservation Association. Music and fellowship followed the ceremony and pot pie lunch.

2007-12-07T08:08:00.000-05:00

The paving was completed and a new playground installed just in time for the first significant snowfall of 2007.

2007-12-05T08:03:00.000-05:00

In October and November of 2007, the falls were "turned off" to allow re-construction of the streambanks below the falls. The flood of 1973 (hurricane Agnes) began the erosion process and it has continued ever since washing hundreds of tons of soil downstream. The rock lined channel, "root wad" deflectors and other steam improvements assure that the stream will remain within the channel and provide fish habitat as well.

2007-11-12T14:08:00.000-05:00

Over 100 post were used to create underwater fish habitat. This occured during a scheduled drawdown of the lake.

2007-11-10T15:28:00.000-05:00

The PCC Crew continued it's work on the boardwalk. A jackhammer was the solution to suborn rock that needed to be removed to widen the trail.

2007-11-07T09:51:00.000-05:00

Several rain gardens were added to absorb storm water runoff and return it to the water table.