General Site Information

The Webbers Falls area attracts many visitors during the early spring when the many flowering trees and shrubs such as redbud and dogwood are in bloom and again in the fall when the many hardwood trees are changing their colors. An observation platform and visitors facilities have been provided at Webbers Falls Lock and Dam so that visitors may watch the lockage of barges and pleasure craft. On a bluff above the powerhouse is a scenic overlook where visitors may view the lock and dam and a large area of the lake.

Sportspeople find recreation opportunities at Webbers Falls Lake year around. For the fisherman, the predominate species of fish in the lake are catfish, white bass, black bass, crappie, bream, walleye, sauger, buffalo, carp and a rapidly growing population of striped bass. Many have predicted that the striped bass will reach weights in excess of forty pounds in Oklahoma waters.

Opportunities are equally as good for the hunting enthusiast. Principal game species present at the project include whitetail deer, fox squirrel, gray squirrel, cottontail rabbit, swamp rabbit, raccoon, mink, opossum, bobwhite quail, mourning dove, and several species of waterfowl.

There are three recreation areas on the lake that offer many opportunities for water oriented activities. The facilities at these areas include designated campsites, picnic areas, boat launching ramps, drinking water, swimming beaches, and sanitary facilities.

SCA Trail Town Outreach Corps Mission: To foster economic revitalization and sustainable redevelopment in the Great Allegheny Passage Trail Towns through minds-on and hands-on community service.

SCA TTOC Goals:
• To be an integrated resource and asset to the Trail Town communities
• To communicate sustainable economic development opportunities
• To coordinate and increase reliance on local and regional economies
• To promote appreciate of rich cultural heritage of Southwest Pennsylvania

The SCA Trail Town Outreach Corps (TTOC) is an SCA Sustainability Corps composed of college graduates hailing from the southwest Pennsylvania region and from across the United States. This multi-year partnership blends the missions of the SCA and the Trail Town Program (a project of the Allegheny Trail Alliance and The Progress Fund), while engaging community members, businesses, non-profits, municipalities, and civic clubs in their local economies and communities.

Corps members spend 10 months of service spurring sustainable economic and community development in the Trail Towns along the Great Allegheny Passage bike trail. These towns, once quite prosperous during the peak of the coke, coal, and steel industries, are now in the process of economic recovery. SCA TTOC and our various partners see this internationally recognized trail as one source of sustainable re-development for the Trail Towns. The corps builds upon the region’s strong cultural heritage and regional recreational assets in pursuit of rural sustainability.

Each corps member is the point person for one or two Trail Towns. They attend meetings, sharing with each community our work and the work of the Trail Town Program. They then share town specific happenings with the rest of the region through our partner organizations and social media efforts. In addition, corps members take the lead on regional, local, ongoing, and short term projects. Due to the nature of our work, many projects require the entire team to participate, thus they take turns leading and being led.

Follow our progress in the Trail Towns this year to learn more about our corps and the innovative projects they work on.

For more information:
Trail Town Program - www.trailtowns.org
The Great Allegheny Passage - www.atatrail.org

Check us out on facebook!
TTOC - http://www.facebook.com/TrailTownOutreachCorps
Trail Town Program - http://www.facebook.com/TrailTownProgram
Great Allegheny Passage Sustainable Business Network - http://www.facebook.com/gapsbn

Project Lead: Sophie Louis
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Atlanta Georgia
(208) 608 6325
slouis@thesca.org

Stephanie Deckman-Project Leader
US Army Corps of Engineers
Nashville, Tennessee
sdeckman@thesca.org
(208)-608-6320

Joseph Kolar - Project Leader
Memphis Tennessee/Oxford Mississippi
jkolar@thesca.org
Work # : 208-608-6318
Cell#: 301-452-0547

Hello everyone, I'm Joe Kolar and I am leading the SCA's Army Corps of Engineers Team 4 in Northern Mississippi for the 2012 season. We will be conducting visitor use surveys to help the ACE better manage their lands.

This is the second summer I have worked with the SCA. In 2011, I managed a high school crew in carrying out trail maintenance and repair along the Potomac Heritage Trail in Washington DC.

I am originally from the DC area. I graduated from Loyola University in Baltimore, and have worked with a variety of non-profit organizations both in the DC area and elsewhere. I’m very excited to lead this crew, and I hope we can make it a great summer.