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AUGUST 2015 A Monthly Publication of the Hiawatha Chapter of Trout Unlimited HIAWATHA TU BOARD • What’s Going On in HTU? PRESIDENT Phil Pankow, NTLC Liaison [email protected] 507-208-4410 VICE PRESIDENT Seth Knight [email protected] 931-434-2694 SECRETARY Frank Angelo [email protected] 507-289-1688 TREASURER Jodie Ice [email protected] EX OFFICIO Carl Berberich [email protected] 507-951-2916 WEBMASTER Vince Robichaud [email protected] MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR Frank Angelo HABITAT COORDINATOR Paul Krolak [email protected] YOUTH EDUCATION COORDINATOR Greg Goodnow fi[email protected] WOMEN’S INITIATIVE CHAIR Marlene Huston [email protected] 507-208-5013 NEWSLETTER EDITOR Phil Pankow, NTLC Liaison Deb Angelo [email protected] at Hiawatha Trout Unlimited • HI Update • UpComing Meetings/Events Our August members meeting will be held August 14th when Hiawatha TU will host a Conservation Potluck at the Mike Tomashek residence on Camp Creek near Preston. Representative Tim Walz has been invited to be our guest at this event. The potluck and opportunity for conversation with Rep Walz will take place from 11am to 1pm. Meet and exchange ideas with other environmental/con- servation groups and government agencies that have an interest in what is taking place with the current Farm Bill and new soil conservation programs that will be available. This will also be an opportunity to sample the current hot dish brought by Tim – the recipe that he enters in competition with other Minnesota legislators each year. Since this is a potluck, please plan to bring either a side dish or dessert to share. Plan to come early and enjoy the use of the Preston bike and walking trail along Camp Creek, a visit to the National Trout Center in Preston, or spend your spare time before and after the meeting to fish the recently habitat improved length of Camp Creek from Hunter Road downstream to the Root River. Whatever you choose to do – COME and ENJOY the day!!! To reach Mike’s place, take US 52 south from Preston. After you cross the Root River, go a half mile up the hill. You’ll see a white fence and large farm gate on your right – that’s the entrance to his drive. • From the President • Secretaries Report Stream restoration season is well underway in our area. Construction is wrapping up on Willow Creek, outside of Preston, and the stream side veg- etation is starting to grow in. With easy access from the County 15 bridge, this should be a popular stretch. A two-mile long section of Mill Creek has begun construction and it should continue for quite some time. The prairie seedings on the stretch upstream that was constructed two years ago are looking fantastic and stream changes we expected to develop are happening. Access will be from the snowmobile bridge upstream of MN30. We’re in need of a large number of trees, so if you have a woodlot near Chatfield that needs clearing, please let us know. Construction is in progress as well on Newburg Creek, a tributary of Wisel. Newburg used to be a fine Brook Trout stream and an important spawning site for Wisel. The landowner will eventually turn our riparian prairie restoration into a several-acre Oak Savannah. When com- plete, this should be a little jewel. Construction will start shortly on Blagsveldt Creek, a tiny Brook Trout stream in the same general area as Newburg. This year’s Lessard-Sams bill was signed by Governor Dayton, so we’re beginning the process of getting our South Branch Root River project from Preston downstream off the ground. HI Update by Paul Krolak continued on next page
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AUGUST 2015A Monthly Publication of the Hiawatha Chapter of Trout Unlimited
HIAWATHA TU BOARD
•What’sGoingOninHTU?
PRESIDENT Phil Pankow, NTLC Liaison [email protected] 507-208-4410
VICE PRESIDENT Seth Knight [email protected] 931-434-2694
SECRETARY Frank Angelotti [email protected] 507-289-1688
TREASURER Jodie Ice [email protected]
EX OFFICIO Carl Berberich [email protected] 507-951-2916
WEBMASTER Vince Robichaud [email protected]
MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR Frank Angelotti
HABITAT COORDINATOR Paul Krolak [email protected]
YOUTH EDUCATION COORDINATOR [email protected]
WOMEN’S INITIATIVE CHAIR Marlene Huston [email protected] 507-208-5013
NEWSLETTER EDITOR Phil Pankow, NTLC Liaison
Deb Angelotti [email protected]
at Hiawatha Trout Unlimited
•HIUpdate•UpComingMeetings/Events
OurAugust members meeting willbeheldAugust 14thwhenHiawathaTUwillhostaConservationPotluckattheMikeTomashek
residenceonCampCreeknearPreston.RepresentativeTimWalzhasbeeninvitedtobeourguestatthisevent.ThepotluckandopportunityforconversationwithRepWalzwilltakeplacefrom11amto1pm.Meetandexchangeideaswithotherenvironmental/con-servationgroupsandgovernmentagenciesthathaveaninterestinwhatistakingplacewiththecurrentFarmBillandnewsoilconservationprogramsthatwillbeavailable.ThiswillalsobeanopportunitytosamplethecurrenthotdishbroughtbyTim–therecipethatheentersincompetitionwithotherMinnesotalegislatorseachyear.Sincethis isapotluck,pleaseplantobringeitherasidedishordesserttoshare.PlantocomeearlyandenjoytheuseofthePrestonbikeandwalking trail alongCampCreek, a visit to theNational TroutCenter inPreston,orspendyoursparetimebeforeandafterthemeeting to fish the recently habitat improved length ofCampCreekfromHunterRoaddownstreamtotheRootRiver.Whateveryouchoosetodo–COMEandENJOYtheday!!!ToreachMike’splace,takeUS52southfromPreston. AfteryoucrosstheRootRiver,goahalfmileupthehill.You’llseeawhite fenceand large farmgateonyour right– that’s theentrancetohisdrive.
•FromthePresident•SecretariesReport
Streamrestorationseasoniswellunderwayinourarea.ConstructioniswrappinguponWillowCreek,outsideofPreston,andthestreamsideveg-etationisstartingtogrowin.WitheasyaccessfromtheCounty15bridge,thisshouldbeapopularstretch.Atwo-milelongsectionofMillCreekhasbegunconstructionanditshouldcontinueforquitesometime.Theprairieseedingsonthestretchupstreamthatwasconstructedtwoyearsagoarelookingfantasticandstreamchangesweexpectedtodeveloparehappening.AccesswillbefromthesnowmobilebridgeupstreamofMN30.We’reinneedofalargenumberoftrees,soifyouhaveawoodlotnearChatfieldthatneedsclearing,pleaseletusknow.ConstructionisinprogressaswellonNewburgCreek,atributaryofWisel.NewburgusedtobeafineBrookTroutstreamandanimportantspawningsiteforWisel.Thelandownerwilleventuallyturnourriparianprairierestorationintoaseveral-acreOakSavannah.Whencom-plete,thisshouldbealittlejewel.Constructionwill startshortlyonBlagsveldtCreek,a tinyBrookTroutstream in thesamegeneralareaasNewburg.Thisyear’sLessard-SamsbillwassignedbyGovernorDayton,sowe’rebeginningtheprocessofgettingourSouthBranchRootRiverprojectfromPrestondownstreamofftheground.
HI Update by Paul Krolak
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UP COMING EVENTS/MEETINGS
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UP COMING MEETINGSPLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN DATE! August 14th, 2015, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm HTU CHAPTER MEETING Meeting held at Conservation Potluck Picnic, at Tomashek residence.
UP COMING EVENTS August 14th, 2015, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Conservation Potluck Picnic Potluck at the Mike Tomashek residence with Representative Tim Walz. See article on page 1 for more information.
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MEMBER MEETING
Picnic with Tim Walz
at Tomashek Residence
InearlyJuly,DougDeitermanandVaughnSnookoftheDNRinvitedmetoparticipateinarapidhabitatassessmentonaLong-TermMonitoringstationofTroutRun. I’vefishedthissectionprettyregularlyovertheyears.DNRSummerInternGarretPalmeralsoparticipated.Thehabitatassessments,whicharerepeatedregularlytotrackchangesovertime,trytore-cordvariousphysicalfeaturesthatcorrelatestronglywithtroutsizeandpopulationfigures.Populationassessmentsaredoneinthespringandfall.Wemadetwopassesthruthestation.Onthefirst,wemeasuredpool lengths,widthanddepthatmid-point,andsameforriffles.Alongtapemeasureandmarkedoffpolesareusedtogetthemeasurements.Onthesecondpasswemeasuredvegetationareaonthestreambottom,rockcoverarea,overhangingvegetation,depthofoverhangingbanks,andareasdeeperthan2’andareasdeeperthan3’.Myownobservationfromthedaywasthewayoverheadcanopycoverreducestheamountofin-streamvegetation,evenforthesamebottomcompositionandsimilarflow.Asweworkedthruthestream,DougandVaughndescribedhowsomehabitatfeaturesarestronglycorrelatedwithoverallpopulation,whileotherscorrelatetopresenceorabsenceoflargertrout.Theyalsorelatedtheirexperiencesinshockingthisexactstretchofwater;theyknowwherethebigfishareusuallyfound.Intheend,giventherawmeasurementsandDougandVaughn’sdescriptionofthehabitattofishrelationships,myfishingresultsandwhattheassessmentwillsayareinprettycloseagreement.
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MEMBER MEETING
moved to August 14th
respectfully submitted by Frank Angelotti, HTU secretary
July, 2015 HTU Board Meeting Minutes
In attendance: Frank Angelotti, Phil Pankow, Carl Berberich, Ray Ricketts and Paul Krolak.
• Secretary minutes from June BOD meeting were approved.
• We used 40 small HTU fly boxes for TUNE camp attendees. We have ordered more HTU fly boxes from the supplier we purchased them from last year.
• Our Think Bank merchant account has been closed
• We believe a separate TIC meeting is needed in the near future. Phil and our youth program coordinator will set that up.
• Summer HI update
- RFPs are under work for Lynch creek and East Indian creek
- Willow creek is nearing completion
- Mill creek is underway
- Newberg creek is underway
- Prairie grass is up on Mill creek project from 2 years ago
- Blagsveldt creek project starts soon
- Trout Run brushing is completed, wrecked trailer is removed
- South Branch Root lessard funding has been approved
• A doctoral candidate, Jessica Fulgoni, from Southern Illinois University is go-ing to carry out a benthic invertebrate survey on streams we have improved in SE MN.
• TUNE camp is finished, senior fishing day in Lanesboro is finished. We fed 135 people at that event.
• Our 2016 Banquet is booked for 04/09 so keep that date open!
Thank You From The President
Iwanttotakeamomenttothanktheorganizations,volunteers,andparticipantsthathelpedputtogetherandsuccessfullypulloffthreeseparateevents.
DebGroebneroftheDepartmentofNaturalResources(DNR)MinnAquaprogramofSouthernMinnesotaorganizedanotherwonderfuladult/youthpairingweekend.Shecreatedaprogramfortwentypairswhichincludedobtainingrods,reels, lineandstarterequipment for theparticipants tokeepandtheplace tohold it.Thisisherjob,butIthinkshewouldagreethatitisalsoherpassiontosetupandruntheseprograms.VolunteersfromHiawathaTroutUnlimited(HTU),theDNRFisher-iesstaff,othersfromTUorganizations,andsingleindividualsgavetheirtimeandtalentstoteachalltheadult/youthpairsthebasicsofflyfishing.
BruceGockowski, event organizer of T.U.N.E. (TheUltimateNature Experience)Campputtogetheranotherfantasticeventforkidsages13to17.T.U.N.E.Campisaweekendthatteachesmultipleoutdoorskillsanddisciplinesincludingflyfishingandflytying,shootingtrapandrifles,archery,waterecology,ropescourses,plantidentification,astrology,andmoretogivekidsarichexperienceintheoutdoors,abouttheoutdoors.T.U.N.ECamphadahostofcharacterslikeVicwhotaughtsur-vivalskillsandcompasswork;Hiawatha,MNMTU,andTCTUChapters;andmanyotherTUorganizationsand individualswhohelpedwithflycastingandflytying.DeanfromLaughingTrout,aTwinCitiesorganizationthatgivestheirtimeandfliesinspades,wasalsoonhandtoteachthekidsthebeautifulartofflytying.Thekidswentawaywithanamazingnewsetofoutdoorskillsthatwillgivethemafullerlifeandmaybeanewcareergoal.
Chester(Chet)DanielsandafewotherindividualsalongwiththeLanesboroFisher-iesandHatcherystaffstartedSeniorFishingDayoverthirtyyearsago.Alongwithmanyofhisownfamilymembers,includinghislovelywifeBetty,heorganizedandsetupthiseventbycallingseveralseniorcentersinSoutheastMinnesotaandcoor-dinatedwiththeDNRFisheriestodepositfishintheSylvanParkspondsinLanes-boro,Minnesota.Chetwasthereagainthisyear tokeepthingsontrackandan-otherveteranofmanyyears,AlBierley,returnedwithhisbrotherandfathertohelptheseniorsfish,baithooks,andbringasmiletotheirfacestalkingaboutoldtimes.MybeautifulwifeShellycookedforallthevolunteersandmadenewfriendsaswell.Agreattimewashadbyall.
Iwantyoutotaketwothingsawayfromthispiece;one,ifyoueverquestionwhyyougiveyourmoneyandtimetoTU,thisiswhy.IamproudtobeassociatedwitheachandeverymemberofHTUandTUingeneral,theirfamiliesthatsupportthem,andthecommunitytheylivein.Iamproudtobeassociatedwitheachandeveryoneofyouinthegreatestcountryonearth.Secondly,be-lieve inyourpassionsnomatterwhattheyareandsupportothers intheirs.Without instillingthatpas-sioninouryouth,thefuturewillbeverybleakforourstreams,riversandtheGREAToutdoors.GodBless.
Mark Twain said; “Dowhat you love, and youwillneverworkanotherdayinyourlife.”
YoursTruly,
PhilPankow,HTU President and Newsletter Editor
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