Marc Montpetit put together the presentation below for his daughter’s school. It was such a a good overview of the chapter, we wanted to share it.
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Upcoming winter seminars
January 17, 2013 at Watermark Country Club 5:30 pm until 7:30 pm Ann Miller, author of Hatch Guide for Upper Midwest Streams Join us on the 17th to bring your fly selection skills to the next level. Would you like to be catching more fish? Start with the right fly…. February 15, 2013 at Watermark Country Club 5:30 pm until 7:30 pm Join us for Brad Petske’s presentation on “Fishing in the Upper Peninsula” – Where to go and stay, what fly to use, and what you can expect.
River Stewards program introduces new watershed data collection mapping
(Michigan TU Press Release) – The River Stewards program lead by Kristin Thomas has developed an exciting new website consolidating the data collection sites and specific type of information collected onto maps for individual water shed areas. Please check out the introduction to this exciting and useful site below: You can now see where MITU volunteers are working hard to collect data around the state through the River Stewards Program. MITU recently added interactive maps to our website that show all of our data collection sites around the state. You can get to the maps from the MITU home page...
New leadership team begins at MITU
(MITU Press Release) – Michigan Trout Unlimited has completed another successful year and the transition to the 2012/2013 leadership team is taking place: The new executive committee team is composed of the following members: Executive Director – Dr. Bryan Burroughs Robb Smith – Chairman Dave Smith – Past Chairman John Walters – Vice Chairman Mike Lagowski – Treasurer Tom Quail – Secretary Pat Kochanny – NLC Chairman Committee Chairs include: John McCarthy – Conservation Dan Kiefer – Finance and Operations Ron Peckens – Communications Jason Davis – Chapter Development and Education Kristin Thomas – Aquatic Biologist Please feel free to...
Fly Tying Expo coming soon
The Great Lakes Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers will host the 13th Annual Fly Tying Exposition at Holt High School in Holt, Michigan (5885 West Holt Road, Holt MI 48842) on Saturday, December 1, 2012. The expo will be open to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Over 80 tiers will be on hand this year to demonstrate their fly tying skills. Returning talents include Jeff “Bear” Andrews , Dennis Potter, Ray Schmidt, Julie Nielsen, Chris Soule, Tim Scott, Jim Reed, Gerry Worden and many others. There is a modest admission fee for the event: $10.00...
Fall in-stream work projects – volunteers needed
Three great projects need your help to protect the cold water streams in West Michigan.
SWMTU funds MSU scholarship
Schrems West Michigan Trout Unlimited honors its founding member by establishing a fellowship for students interested in coldwater fisheries
Accessible nature trail proposed for White River
Timberland RCD has recently submitted a proposal for funding to develop a rustic, (ADA) accessible hiking and fishing trail on the White River in Newaygo County.
TU Youth Camp
By Noah Lindhout (age 13) The Trout Unlimited summer camp can be summed up in one word, and that word is opportunity. It is an opportunity to learn about the wonders of God’s amazing creation including the fish of the rivers and the insects of the air (and river bottom). I realized in this past week that when you are fly fishing in a beautiful river (in my case, the Au Sable) catching fish is not the only cool thing. You shouldn’t be discouraged just because you didn’t catch anything. The wildlife is amazing too! Birds (two blue herons), bugs,...
Angler input desired for DNR guidance
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources – Fisheries Division is asking for your opinions on future management activities for our fisheries resources. Please take 10 minutes to provide your views on what you believe are the most critical activities Fisheries Division employees work on to make Michigan the place to fish. To access this survey, just visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Strategic_Planning_Public_Survey2012. This opinion survey will close at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, August 13, 2012.
Extreme heat and drought causing fish kills
There have been numerous fish kills recently reported from around the state, and staff from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Fisheries Division is tracking and monitoring these events. “We appreciate the public letting us know where they are seeing unusual fish kill events,” said Jim Dexter, Fisheries Division chief. “This can be done by emailing reports to [email protected].” The combination of very high water temperatures and drought flow conditions have made conditions very stressful for fish and, in many cases, these conditions are beyond lethal temperatures for fish. Additionally, high water temperatures also often result in low oxygen values,...
A 1st
This year’s Wa Wa Sum annual membership meeting/board elections was a big success! It marked Schrems 30th anniversary of this annual four-day event and we had a capacity attendance. Incidentally, learned from Kevin (fifth generation Wa Wa Sum caretaker) that we can thank Dennis Potter for getting ‘Hex” week-end when it became available several years ago. As always, the Hex continued their challenge. The “A 1st’: We were pleased to welcome our first lady to stay at Wa Wa Sum; Dr. Mary Yurko joined husband Mark Gurney. Thanks for ‘opening that door’ Mary and Mark.
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