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SWTU Receives STIHL Grant

Watch for word of a workday this fall (most likely) featuring work by 8-10 professional sawyers using STIHL chainsaws to quickly cut down and buck up invasive trees for our crews to haul and stack. We’ll need plenty… Read More

2025 Tentative Spring Workday Sites – March update

Lowery Creek May 2024

By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair Still working on locking in all dates and sites, but here is an update as of 2.23.25 April 5 – Duerst Property on the Sugar River (7309 Riverside Rd). The county recently purchased… Read More

Attend the Nohr TU Chapter Banquet: May 2, 2025 in Muscoda

SWTU frequently partners with the Nohr Chapter on Workdays and most all of us enjoy the streams they’ve improved over the years. Visit https://nohrtu.com/events/ for info on the banquet and how to get your tickets.

2025 Wild & Scenic Film Festival

Presented by The River Alliance of Wisconsin and Barrymore Theater March 20, 2025 We suspect that many of our members will have an interest in this slate of films … learn more and get tickets here.

A Winter Remedy

Mat Wagner heads a fishy, friendly and warm chapter gathering on February 11, 2025 Tired of winter? Contemplating a new adventure? Eager for reports and photos of a spectacular freshwater gamefish? SWTU is at your service! Mat Wagner… Read More

2025 Tentative Spring Workday Sites

By Jim Hess, Conservation Chair Still working on dates and sites, but here is an update as of 2.02.25 The first workday will be April 5 and the last one on June 7. April 26 will be at… Read More

Registration Open for the 2025 Women’s Fly Fishing Clinics

Women's Clinics 2024

Also note an opportunity on Feb 1 at Wisconsin State Council Please register now or share this with someone who may be interested. These fill up and we want our members to have an opportunity to take part… Read More

Updates for Wisconsin’s Inland Trout Management

Join us for important and informative updates at our chapter meeting on January 14, 2025 Our 2025 meetings start with an important and timely topic, the future of Wisconsin’s early inland trout season– that’s the one many of… Read More

Spring Fundraiser Volunteers Needed

SWTU’s Spring Fairs were very well received and successful fundraisers, and important for SWTU’s solid financial status, but we are without a team to organize the 2025 event – can you step forward and help? Experienced members of… Read More

A Great End to a Great Season

By Topf Wells Jim Hess and Ted Swenson called for a big turnout of sawyers and haulers for our last ’24 work day. We needed everyone for the clumps of box elder lining Conley Lewis Creek upstream of… Read More