Foster Joseph Sayers Dam, Pennsylvania

This 100-foot high and 1.3 mile long dam forms Foster Joseph Sayers Reservoir. Completed in 1969, the reservoir is named in honor of Foster Joseph Sayers, a Private 1st Class in World War II. The 1,730-acre lake is the focal point for water-based recreation at Bald Eagle State Park.

Recreation facilities are operated and maintained by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). DCNR leases 5,900 acres with the following facilities: beach, marina, picnic areas, boat launches and camping. Howard Borough also leases, operates, and maintains a five-acre community park. Sanitary facilities were constructed under a tri-party agreement among the Commonwealth, the Howard Borough Authority and the federal government.

Facilities:

• Operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as Bald Eagle State Park.  For more information on Bald Eagle State Park, visit the DCNR's State Parks web site at http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/baldeagle.aspx
  
• 5,900 acre park with beach, marina, picnic area, boat launches, camping

Operation:

• Recreation: Year round
  
• Marina: Closes Oct 31.
  
• Boat Launch: Open until mid-February, weather permitting
  
• Campgrounds: Open through hunting season (mid-December)
  
• Winter sports available.

Phone:  (814) 625-2775

Project Location:  Foster Joseph Sayers Dam is located on Route 150 in Centre County, Pa., on Bald Eagle Creek about 1 mile upstream from Blanchard and 14 miles above the mouth at Lock Haven. See location map here.

Authorization:  The project is a unit of the comprehensive flood control plan for the protection of communities in the West Branch Susquehanna River Basin and was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved Sept. 3, 1954. It is described in House Document No. 29, 84th Congress, first session.

Cost: The original federal cost for the project was $30,890,000. Construction costs in constant dollars are estimated at $137,083,000.

District Project Manager:   George Bielen, (570) 275-9505