The Schrems West Michigan Trout Unlimited chapter was founded in 1962 because of the concerns for the health of our local streams and the wild trout that live in them. Our chapter, since its beginning, has been involved with many activities from river clean-up, stream monitoring, bank erosion and its reconstruction, fish shocking, invertebrate studies...
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Intro to Fly Fishing
Bring a friend: Intro to Fly Fishing is scheduled for: January 22, 2010(6-9 P.M.) at East Grand Rapids Middle School Gym. Activaties will include: Fly Tying, Fly Casting, Knot Tying, Fish Stories, etc. Please plan to attend and bring a friend or two. Map to EGR Middle School.
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Fly Fishing Film Tour – April 2
Thursday, April 2 at 7pm Wealthy Theatre 1130 Wealthy St. SE, Grand Rapids 2009 Films Lineup Here is the list of films from the 2009 Fly Fishing Film Tour. For more info visit: www.FlyFishingFilmTour.com Confluence Films: “Drift” A stunning visual journey, DRIFT takes you on a cinematic adventure across the flats of Belize and the...
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Holiday Get Together
Please join with other members and friends of our chapter for an informal get together for the holidays. Bring your stories, fish photos, information to share and any questions you have that we might be able to answer. We will also have information on upcoming events. We will be providing salad, bread sticks, pizza and...
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Action Alert – Public Input Sought for Agricultural Procedures Impacting Michigan Streams
Action Alert: Public Input Sought for Agricultural Procedures Impacting Michigan Streams Background: The Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) is seeking public input on three GAAMPS by August 18, 2008. GAAMPS are Generally Accepted Agriculture Management Practices and these are the guidelines that farms and agribusinesses must follow in order to keep the protections provided by...
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Cancelled — Annual Tee Off for Trout Golf Scramble
The golf scramble scheduled for Friday, July 25 has been cancelled.
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Wa Wa Sum annual meeting recap
Congratulations to our newly elected board members and officers for SWMTU! Elected to the board for the first time are: Jim Flamming Jason Cook Reelected were: Andy Milnes Dave DeJonge Rob Fox JR Hartman Jim Scott Officer Elections were: President – Andy Milnes Vice-President – Jason Cook Secretary – Rich Steketee Treasurer – Marc Montpetit...
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Rogue River a Trout Unlimited Home River?
A full-time TU staff person may be hired in the next year for the Rogue River as part of Trout Unlimited’s Home Rivers program. Laura Hewitt, the Watershed Programs Director from TU is putting together a draft plan which she will share with the SWMTU chapter sometime in June. After the plan is approved, TU...
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Salmon in the Classroom Photos Posted!
The 2007 and 2008 Salmon in the Classroom photos from the SWMTU sponsored program at Calvin Christian High School have been posted to the photo blog. Check out the photos of Mike Hoekwater’s Biology class and their salmon at https://swmtu.org/gallery/v/Dave+Smith/
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Action Alert – Water Withdrawal Legislation!
First, the good news. As you probably know, the Michigan House and Senate each approved the Great Lakes Compact. This demonstrates that Michigan will join the ranks of the states approving the Compact as protection against water withdrawals outside of the Great Lakes basin. Unfortunately, however, negotiations ended between the House and Senate for the...