Darkness gripped the Red River Gorge. The sandstone rock was slick. And what Dave Scheller thought he was holding on to was not a sturdy tree limb but a weak bush. “It kind of bent over,” he said. “I lost my footing and I kept going.”

The experienced camper from the Cincinnati area had warned his younger brother and a friend to stay away from cliff edges during their trip to the gorge in May 2004. Read the entire article…

The USGS announced they will be removing several stream gages from rivers in Pennsylvania, New York and Maryland. This action is due to the lack of funding. The rivers being affected in Pennsylvania seem to be located on the upper Susquehanna River, the West Branch of the Susquehanna and its tributaries such as the Sinnemahoning, Clearfield Creek, and several others. 

This action makes me wonder if these gages really ever provided any relevant data to the USGS at all. Do these gages really provide any relevant data other than waterflow measurements for the paddlers and fisherman? For more info go to the Moshannon Blog USGS Gages being removed.