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Sara Rigelman Wins State Council Award (and other updates from State TU)

If you trout fish locally, you’ve enjoyed the results of her work Sara Rigelman, a land acquisition specialist and park planner for the Dane County Land and Water Resources Department (LWRD), received the Robert Hunt Award honoring a… Read More

Trout, bass, and bonefish: health and disease in sport fish and what we can do about it

Our Thursday, December 13 meeting — Somebody will win $100!!! Fish get sick too! What can we as anglers do about it? This talk describes emerging health issues in highly prized sport fish from Wisconsin and beyond. Fish… Read More

Mark Your Calendar for Apple Pruning – Sunday, March 10, 2019

This was a super fun event last year and we’ll do it again in 2019 at the Neperud orchard. We’ll get instructions, then get together with others and do the small trimming and shaping that will help the… Read More

Icebreaker: Donate to the Bucket Raffle

We would be pleased to accept anything from a handcrafted birdhouse to a guided fishing trip for the Icebreaker. Or consider donating new rods, reels, accessories, camping equipment, overnight lodging and especially sets of flies. Our vast array… Read More

Icebreaker Speaker: Rich Osthoff

Learn about our largest annual fundraiser: January 26, 2019.

Workday on Sarbacher Easement – Oct 2018

It was a great workday, with much accomplished and the rain was kind enough to wait until the end. Check out the pictures, courtesy Jim Beecher. 

Help out: Donate flies for State Council spring banquet

Our State Council of TU does a great deal of good and one of the ways they do so is through their spring banquet. Each banquet features a silent auction with f fly boxes filled with a variety… Read More

Congratulations to Topf Wells!

Topf Wells receives award

Honored with River Champion Award by River Alliance of Wisconsin SWTU Board member Topf Wells was presented with a River Champion Award by the River Alliance of Wisconsin at the group’s 25th anniversary meeting on September 27.

Board Update – FY19 Budget Adoped

On the recommendation of the SWTU Finance Committee, the SWTU Board of Directors unanimously approved the FY19 Operating Budget at its September 25 meeting. This budget reserves funds for several conservation projects, including: – $4,000 for a DNR-led… Read More

Flooding in the Driftless – too early to tell stream impact

Black Earth Creek - behind the Shoebox

For the most part, as of this writing, we have too many roads closed and streams completely submerged to give a very extensive report on how the recent flooding affected trout streams, their banks and structures. We’ll hope… Read More