The DNR Trout Stream Easement Improvement Team recently took to the field. Two UW Platteville natural resource students will spend the summer on a variety of trout stream easements in our general area performing a variety of maintenance. Their aim is to help the streams and make access safer and more convenient for anglers. This will be hot, sweaty, buggy but most welcome and needed work.
SWTU contributed $2,500 to this effort and were joined by the DNR and several southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois/Chicago Chapters. Jerry Saap of TU and TU DARE worked very hard to put this team to work. Besides being a great and much needed idea in and of itself, it is a very substantial and innovative example of cooperation among all these chapters. So if you see a young man and a young woman toiling away to clear brush or wild parsnip along a stream you’re fishing, please introduce yourself and thank them.
Sulphur Dun
Last Updated: June 13, 2019 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
by Rusty Dunn
Spring creeks offer some of the world’s most challenging trout fishing. They are often slowly moving, glassy smooth, crystal clear, and thick with weeds by mid-summer. Spring creek trout can be surprisingly large, because the slightly alkaline waters support immense populations of insects, crustaceans, and other trout fare. Read More
Posted: June 12, 2019 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
Help keep the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund going
Please take a bit of time and contact your state senator and state assembly person to ask that he or she support a proposed 10 year extension of the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund. Read More
Posted: June 12, 2019 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
Vets on the River – Free Women Veteran’s Fishing Trip
There are a few openings for a FREE trip for female veterans Sept 17-20 up by Hayward, Wis. Meals, lodging, fishing gear and even guide tips are included. Learn more at these links:
https://www.nps.gov/sacn/planyourvisit/vets-on-the-river-programs.htm
https://www.nps.gov/articles/vets-on-the-river.htm
Another tremendous year for “PGT”
Posted: June 12, 2019 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
Project Green Teen (PGT) is SWTU’s youth education program. Partnered with Shabazz these students spend a semester learning about ecology and the environment. This year Students spent the week learning about conservation issues working with the WI DNR and TU Driftless. Read More
Last Updated: June 12, 2019 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
June update on the Westfork Sports Club – Restoring flood damage
By Tina Murray
The club continues to rebuild after the flood of 2018. From the Portage Shelter north is open and functional. Please don’t drive in low lying areas or in sandy areas. You will get stuck. There is a grounds repair plan and a new stream plan is being developed. Read More
Posted: June 12, 2019 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
Applauding the DNR Trout Stream Easement Improvement Team
The DNR Trout Stream Easement Improvement Team recently took to the field. Two UW Platteville natural resource students will spend the summer on a variety of trout stream easements in our general area performing a variety of maintenance. Their aim is to help the streams and make access safer and more convenient for anglers. This will be hot, sweaty, buggy but most welcome and needed work.
SWTU contributed $2,500 to this effort and were joined by the DNR and several southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois/Chicago Chapters. Jerry Saap of TU and TU DARE worked very hard to put this team to work. Besides being a great and much needed idea in and of itself, it is a very substantial and innovative example of cooperation among all these chapters. So if you see a young man and a young woman toiling away to clear brush or wild parsnip along a stream you’re fishing, please introduce yourself and thank them.
Last Updated: July 9, 2019 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
New Members – June 2019
Welcome New Members
We’re pleased to announce the addition of the following new members to our ranks! Read More
Don’t miss our last Stream Team Workday ‘til Fall
Last Updated: June 16, 2019 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
June 15 2019 – Sugar River (Davidson Wildlife Unit)
We’d love for you to join us. It’s rewarding work that makes a difference. Plus we’ll hit the town for lunch after! Read More
Newscasts – May 2019
Last Updated: June 13, 2019 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
This issue has lots of great information, including:
Talking foundations and fishing
Posted: May 2, 2019 by Drew Kasel Leave a Comment
Please join us for our Thursday, May 9 Chapter meeting.
We’re excited to have three speakers. Read More
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