Beginner's Luck
For her first time flyfishing, WPC Stewardship Coordinator Tami Campbell caught a 7 to 9 inch (there is some debate about the size) brook trout. Tami spent the day fishing on land conserved by Western Pennsylvania Conservancy called the Crawford Reserve in Venango County. Tami works with volunteer Land Stewards to help ensure that places like the Crawford Reserve are monitored and well managed. Tami stated, "I am extremely proud of the work that I do with WPC. I have seen and learned more about Western Pennsylvania streams, woods and natural areas in my four years with WPC than I had growing up just east of Pittsburgh."
The Crawford Reserve was originally purchased by Western Pennsylvania Conservancy in 1993, and sold in 1998 with retention of a conservation and recreation easement with the current owner Chagrin Land Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of Industrial Land Timber Company. Chagrin Land Limited Partnership is currently employing Pennsylvania's best management forestry practices according to the easement restrictions and under the supervision of experienced foresters.
The 11,300-acre conservation easement borders the Allegheny River between Oil City and Tionesta. This magnificent forested tract contains a 5-mile stretch of Hemlock Creek, which supports wild rainbow, brown, and brook trout, and 3½ miles of Porcupine Run, which is home to rainbow and native brook trout. The land also includes portions of Reese Run and Norway Run, two streams that the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission has recommended as Wilderness Trout Streams - the highest designation in the state. The Crawford Reserve conservation easement has a team of nine volunteer Land Stewards. The Crawford Reserve land is open to the public for hiking, hunting and fishing.
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