The City of Grand Rapids – Environmental Services Department announced it has been selected as a Fan Favorite nominee in the “See the BIG picture” contest sponsored by Hach Company, the industry leader in nutrient monitoring. The City of Grand Rapids – Environmental Services Department will compete against nine other municipal wastewater treatment facilities across...
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Summer Work Schedule – Volunteers Needed!
Schrems West Michigan Trout Unlimited Summer 2010 Conservation Project Schedule Coldwater River The Schrems chapter has been blessed with two large grants for river restoration and habitat improvement on the Coldwater River. We have received a $20,000 grant from the US Fish and Wildlife Service and another grant for $40,000 from the National Fish and...
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Rogue River Clean-up May 15th
Kudos to Schrems TU member Ryan Burke and the Central Rockford Neighborhood Association for coordinating a Rogue River Clean Up! The clean-up is scheduled for May 15, (May 22nd if it’s raining). Everyone is to meet at 9:00AM in the parking lot behind Chase Bank in downtown Rockford. There will be a picnic BBQ lunch...
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Vote online for the Quaker Brook Project!
Our friend and conservation partner Josh Zuiderveen of Streamworks LLC has been working on a restoration project for the Quaker Brook. Quaker Brook is a degraded trout stream that feeds the Thornapple River. Here is a write up by Josh; Quaker Brook is a coldwater trout stream in the Thornapple River watershed. DNR fisheries agent Scott...
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Rogue River Home Rivers Initiative
What is a Home Rivers Initiative? Well, it is a collaborative multi-year major watershed restoration effort. What does that mean? It means that Trout Unlimited National, (the folks you send your $35 to every year) plan to hire a full time project manager/coordinator to indentify, prioritize, and implement restoration efforts on our Rogue River for...
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2008 Banquet
All members should have received their invitation in the mail. That invitation should have come with a return envelope, but I am hearing that a few members did not recieve one. If you did not receive a return envelope and are wondering where to mail your RSVP, here is the address: SWMTU, PO Box 230094, Grand Rapids,...
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2007 SWMTU Holiday Social
Please join us for an informal holiday social gathering. This is a great opportunity to meet other chapter members, recall fish tales, learn what the chapter is working on, quiz board members, and maybe get some holiday shopping done. We will be drawing winners for a couple of fly rod packages, so bring a few extra...
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SWMTU Blog goes live!
Welcome to the new SWMTU blog! We are excited to offer this new communication medium for our membership. Did you know that our chapter has traditionally spent $2,500-$5,000 annually for newsletters? While I do not argue the validity and quality (Trout Unlimited National award winner) of our newsletter Trout Talk, I can argue that the...