Beaver Run

We have a great opportunity to fish new waters that have never been available to the public since its conception in 1952. I am speaking of Beaver Run Reservoir which lies just north of Greensburg. The potential for game fish such as smallmouth and largemouth bass, northern pike, and walleye is excellent. This lake also dwarfs any other in the county at 1,300 acres and 25 miles of shoreline.
With the support of the local State Rep, sportsmen’s clubs, and businesses, the Pa Fish and Boat Commission have submitted a proposal to the Westmoreland County Municipal Authority to permit public fishing at the reservoir.
The WCMA board members, who are appointed by the County Commissioners, will vote on the proposal and have the final say.
If you would like to have access to this lake I ask that you show your support by contacting the County Commissioners office. Please bring this to the immediate attention of others at your work, church, clubs, or other organizations who may be interested. Things are moving fast and we must make our voice heard. Thank You, Mike

If you'd like to write the address is:
2 North Main St. Suite 101 Greensburg, Pa 15601
Call West. Co. Commissioners at 724-830-3106

http://www.co.westmoreland.pa.us/westmoreland/cwp/view.asp?a=1421&q=620602&westmorelandNav=|33737|

You can also call the Municipal Authority at 724-834-6500
http://www.mawc.org/contact/index.asp

Other info: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/outdoors/s_494700.html

http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/rss/s_498275.html

Ive alreadydone it.Come on guys lets put the preasure on,make the call....

Does anybody know if there is something that the sportsmen could do to watch over the lake?  I think if we had an organized group of people willing to make a commitment to watch out for littering and policing the Beav, then we could make this point to the water authority and the commissioners.  Kind of like a "neighborhood watch".  I'm not saying run people down, just stop in and pick up litter on a regular basis, get a billboard made with a name on it saying what we do.  I'd be willing to help.  By the way, I talked to my rep the other day.  They need more phone calls.   I think the sportsmen are turning the tables!   H2O Wolf, I'd love to catch a nice pike.  When we get this opened, maybe you can land it for me.
 
 

h20wolf, we need as many people as possible to call as we can get. I called the Strongland & the Westm'd Co. chambers of commerce & tomorrow I am going to try to contact the Governers office to try to get them to back us,citing the economic value of this project. We can use ideas & help.We also are trying to get as many pettitions as possible.Time is of the essence     sam  

Here's a real Wolf fish.  I caught it in Maine a couple years ago.  Ugly critter isn't it?

Great Idea Rick!
 
If someone would let me know what they want printed on it, I can get the printing at no cost. And then distribute them.
 
 

The Gander Mountain in Greensburg had a petition to open Beaver Run at their front desk today(4-2).
 
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I grew up getting chased by old man Baker and his gang when I fished Beaver Run in my younger days. That was over 20 years ago since the last time I was there. The fishing out there used to be fantastic. Largemouth, Northern, Crappie. 
 
I love to fish. I like this idea. I'm going to do as you requested Mike and contact some of those organizations you mentioned. I will also pass the word along.

ORIGINAL: H20Wolf

Welcome aboard Brad...we're keeping our fingers crossed.

Has anyone come up with ideas for a flyer?

 
i was attempting to start one last night but unfortunatly my pirated copy of photoshop **** the bed on me. im supposed to get a functioning copy of photoshop from my buddy tomorrow.
 
btw what kinda time frame are we looking at for this decision? i will honestly consider not fishing opening weekend (it maybe a godsend actually) and going around to twin lakes, northmoreland, mammoth etc and handing the things out.

This is a great start.  Nice draft Rick.  Trout season can actually work in our favor.  We can get the word out at the bait shops and small sporting goods shops all over.  Like you said, even if we get out and talk to anglers on the lakes on opening day....that's where most families fish.  Hats off to those stores who want to perpetuate our cause.  They even had a petition at a game feed at Keystone Rod and Gun Club this past weekend. 

Just a reminder that the Westm'd Co. Sportsmans League will be discussing this issue at it's meeting tomorrow eve. 7pm at the westm'd Co. court house.WCO Evancho will be there &may be able to answer your Questions. If you are handing out petitions please advise people not to sign thier name on more than 1 petition because that could do us more harm than good. The first thing that I tell people when asking them to sign is that the PFC will be enforcing litter laws,and also stress that the water is purified before being sent on its way to consumers. these are the 2 biggest concerns.also I stress that this is not private property since we the consumers have paid for it. Also that drinking resevoirs are open all over the U.S. for fishing. any ? you may contact me at: suesam6276@peoplepc.com   sam

H2Owolf, usualy 1hr or so. It is in the Comm. room the guard will show you when you sign in. There is free parking at the lots.you are required to go through a x-ray scanner when you enter the Court House,so don't bring any metal objects with you.  sam 

ok im gonna kill the whole layout and come up with something new. actually its a pretty lame layout and now that its not 2:30 in the morning and i have my wits about myself im gonna do something different. i have all day to work on this so im gonna head out to beaver run in about 30 minutes and take some pictures (from the current legal areas). my goal is to provide a structured layout with larger fonts for easier reading as well as a little more information. if someone could get as much contact info as they can for me it would be great. ex.. local, county, state reps names and numbers or any number thats applicable.
 
btw please excuse the lake of professionalism with my layouts, im an electrician, not a graphic designer. it just so happens my buddy is for a living and i have a slight understanding of how to do this stuff. hopefully i should be able to come up with something half way decent for the meeting. it would be great to hand out some proofs there and get some of those guys to distribute these things also.
 
also addressing places to hand them out... trout opener would be great because it gives you one on one time with people and you might be able to answer questions they have but the bait shop idea is a great one. im sure the local gander mountains, dicks and sportsmens warehouse would also let us leave some there. also dont forget about the notice boards at the local lakes. i know most people dont read them but for some reason when i walk by one of those boards i always look at what they have posted on them. might also want to try the boathouses at twin lakes, northmoreland, and north park. hell even the fishing sections at kmart and wal mart.

ok new flyer layout. here it goes.
http://www.superhonda.com/photopost/data/2/beaverflyer.jpg
 
the following is a letter i drafted that i will be sending all of the local and state reps with the aforementioned flyer.
 
To: Pennsylvania State Senetor Sean Logan, Pennsylvania State Reperesentative Joeseph A. Petrarca, Pennsylvania State Reperesentative Thomas A. Tangretti, and all Westmoreland Couny Commissioners
 
The Following Document you are about to recieve is a flyer that will begin its distribution
throughout wesern Pennsylvania by hundreds of sportsmen in a grass roots campaign to open
the Beaver Run Resovoir to public fishing. This body of water as you allready know is an immense compound that has been to date untapped for any of its resources other then water supply. The ability for this area to provide a means of recreation and activity for residents in your districts as well as people throughout pennsylvania is astounding.
We commonly think of our elected officials as those who would make laws to restrict our freedoms or infringe on our personal liberties for the comfort of safety and security. But there are many of us who realize that our representation while providing us with that safety and security are also obligated by civil duty to enhance and elevate our lives by any justifiable means. Benjamin Franklin once said; " Those who give up some of their liberty in order to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty, nor safety.". So we would ask that you, our elected officials, in the coming days support our efforts as groups and individuals to establish another outlet of recreation for the betterment of the populace. We would also ask you, as our voice, to help us fight for our cause despite the fear that others may envoke.
We are all aware of the uphill battle that we face, we have assumed this burden willingly. We would only hope that you, to, will stay the course and put forth the full effort of yourselves and the offices that you serve to assist us in this matter. So as of this time please be forewarned that your names have been listed on our flyers as persons of contact and advocates of our cause. during the following weeks you may recieve phone calls, fax's, and letters from many people. We would hope they are not dismissed but are taken as proof thereof our ambition to see this through to no end.
 
Thank you for your time
Ricci J. Vigno
Constituent

btw i checked kinkos to see how much it would be to run off about 1000 copies and it was like 138$. so i'll be printing these things out on my home printer untill the ink runs dry. unfortunatly ive been out of work for a little while and the money is running dry so its the best im gonna be able to do for now. if anyone has any hookups with copying machines or a print shop now would be the time to come forward. to bad i wasnt in school still, the computer lab would be getting molested. oh welp, anyway if anyone else is going to hand these things out just save that image and use windows print and fax viewer to print them, if you try to print them from internet explorer they wont print full page.
 
also if anyone has any constructive criticism i'd be more then happy to change something or add some or delete something. like i said before im no graphic artist but im givin it a shot.