"Spring was a major stopping point. Around hunting camps have come here to fill their water jugs, and it was a way to meet guys from other camps, "said Tony Zaffuto, a member of the Hunting Club Sykesville native of this city Jefferson County and now lives in DuBois, Clearfield County. "It was not uncommon for people to be aligned to the water with their plastic jugs."

Contamination of spring highlights the concerns of many owners of hunting camp, rural residents and environmentalists about the potential for groundwater contamination through the development of the Marcellus shale gassy.