Volume 15 Issue 3 March 2020

bull In this Issue bull Youth Camp Guide Licensing

bull No Nukes Cormorants F4bull River App

bull Cedars for the Cedar DNR Surveys

Banquet March 42020

Banquet March 4 2020

Still time to get your banquet ticket Contact George Killat 989-430-1179 - tugeorgekcharternet

Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting March 3 2020 at Scientific Anglers 600

PM Election of 3 BOD Members and review of 2019

activities

Youth Trout Camp

The Michigan TU Trout Camp will be held on June 21 to 25 at the Ralph A MacMulian Conference Center Higgins Lake Roscommon MI Our Chapter sends 2 Campers If interested contact Erick Johnson 989shy430-5011 johnsonerickscientificanglerscom

ICYMI Newapp helps the public help local rivers watersheds

On a brisk October day Trout Unlimited volunteer Parker VandenBerg and DNR forester Mike Smalligan paddled a canoe down the White River in Newaygo County testing out Trout Limiteds new mobile application RIVERS The acronym stands for River Inventory by Volunteers for Efficient Restoration Strategies

The long name is part of a big goal - to help Trout Unlimited and local White River Watershed Partnership managers plan restoration projects by recording degraded habitat locations To do this the organizations developed a downloadable app to enlist the help of anglers and citizen scientists shy

volunteers who share scientific insights about places they love

In case you missed it we recently shared a story about how the app makes it easy for people paddling fishing or just spending time on their favorite rivers to take note of unusual or potentially problematic things like too much sediment shoreline erosion trash or poor water visibility and then share what they see and where they are

Read the full RIVERS stOry and learn more about how this simple app can help people serve as citizen scientists

Fly Fishing Film Festival

Go to the Fly Fish ing Fi lm Festival at Oscars Downtown Midland on March 11 2020 Get your tickets at Little Forks Outfitters Enjoy the company of fly fisher men and women and view some terrific fly-fish ing videos

Plan to bury radioactive waste near Lake

Huron is dead

Flint MI - A Canadian company is searching for a new location to build a nuclear waste site After years of resistance from lawmakers and decision-makers on both sides of the border plans to build the underground facility near Canadian shores of Lake Huron have dried up

The news brought satisfaction to US Rep Dan Kildee (D-5th District) who took up the issue after assuming office in 2013 The environment won The land won The Great Lakes won he said

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced on Jan 31 that it would not move forward with plans for a permanent disposal site in Kincardine Ontario The underground development would have been 2200 feet below the surface and less than three-quarters of a mile from Lake Huron

It made no sense to us then that nuclear waste that will be active for thousands and thousands of years should be stored so close to the greatest source of freshwater on the planet he said

OPG owns two nuclear reactors northeast of Toronto and the Bruce Nuclear plant in Kincardine which would have been home to the underground development

Low-level and intermediate-level waste from the three reactors--such filters and tools--would have buried in dry rock that is isolated from the lake according to the company

Kildee and many others were not convinced We do know that in the past when the nuclear industry has given assurances that nothing bad could happen something bad happens he said

Fox 66

Cedars for the Cedar

The Chapter in cooperation with the DNR Gladwin High

School Gladwin Soil Conservation District is planting

cedar trees on the banks of the Cedar River On Friday

May 12020

If you would like to help with this project contact Bill

Holler at fwhol lercharterminet

Connorants

The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is seeking input from the public on management efforts for cormorants The proposed rule would establish a permit for state wildlife agencies to authorize management techniques that were previously prohibited States would have the delegated authority to determine whether when where and for what purposes to control cormorants within limits set by the USFWS The public comment period will expire on March 9 To submit a comment click here

Commercial Guiding (HB 4442)

Currently there is minimal regulation on becoming a hunting or fishing guide in Michigan The aim of this legislation is to have a low barrier to entry for guides with a highshypenalty system for bad actors Individuals with game violations would be unable to operate and profit from the resource for a period of time or indefinitely Guides would need to apply for a license to operate be CPR and basic first aid certified and would be required to report certain data

Articles Needed for Newsletter

We are looking for articles for our newsletter Please submit via email as an attachment to t8montoaolcom Any questions let me know

Learn Fly Fishing

Heres a great way to learn fly fishing Whether you want to brush-up on your skills getyourbuddyinvo~edoryourdaughteror

son the Michigan Trout Unlimited Fly-Fishing School will provide the level of instruction for any skill level

This 3-day school is June 12- 14 2020 It is held at Ranch Rudolph near Traverse City This will be the 50th year of this excellent school Its a winwin as Mich TU gets the money and you get to have a great weekend of fly fishing

For more information go to wwwTUFFSorg

230+ inland fisheries surveys in 2019 yield key data insights

Did walleye stocking on an inland lake help grow its yellow perch population Do changing water levels alter fish movement Are more salmon returning to home waters Finding answers to questions like these is a big part of why the DNR does fisheries surveys - and in

fact conducted more than 230 such surveys last year alone

In 2019 staff from eight DNR fisheries management units completed 132 surveys of inland lakes and 101 stream surveys Anyone fishing those waters might have seen crews collecting key data on state fisheries So just what are crews looking for

According to Randy Claramunt Lake Huron Basin coordinator surveys fall into three categories

bull Evaluating management actions

bull Understanding status and trends

bull Finding answers to new questions or concerns

Each management unit is responsible for determining if actions like fish stocking or habitat improvement projects had the desired effect Claramunt said For example last year the DNR stocked more than 21 million fish across Michigan Surveys help us evaluate whether stocking resulted in better recreational fishing in certa in areas or improved a lakes overall health

Other annual surveys help managers track the status and trends of fish communities and important aquatic habitat on different lakes providing a picture of these lakes geographically and over time

Claramunt said streams throughout the state are handled a little differently through two types of status and trends surveys fixed sites and random sites

At fixed sites we annually estimate fish population abundance - usually trout in cold shywater streams and smallmouth bass in warmer

waters - on a three-year rotation while random site surveys are intended to give a species snapshot and show relative abundance he said We collect in-stream habitat data at all our status and trends sites

Fisheries managers use that third category discretionary surveys to answer questions or address current concerns perhaps something raised by a local biologist an angling group or a lake association Such surveys might be conducted to assess habitat suitability for a threatened and endangered fish species

No matter the type of survey DNR fisheries managers use the resulting information to strategize their actions detect early indicators of invasive species recogn ize developing threats to fish and habitat health and much more If youd like to learn about the DNRs lake and stream surveys especially in your part of the state contact the fisheries management unit in your area

Adams Fly Print

We have some prints of the Adams Fly by Beth 50thWard Donahue that celebrate TUs

Anniversary Costs are $12000 and $16000 (remarked) Check out our website

State Council wwwmichigantuorg

Executive Director Bryan Burroughs bryanburroughsmichigantuorg

Aquatic Biologist - Kristin Thomas kthomasmichigantuorg

Chairman - Greg Walz

Vice Chairman shy

Past Chairman Tom Quail tquailmichigantuorg

Secretary - Mike Lagowski

Treasurer - Rob Smith - rsmithmichigantuorg

National Council Rep Rob Smith rsmithmichigantuorg

L P Martuch BOD Meetings

March 3 2020 at Scientific Anglers 530 PM

2019-2020 Chapter OfIicers

Josh Jenkins - President

Steve Wilkowski - Vice President

Brad Befus - Secretary

John Winchester - Treasurer

George Killat - Membership Secretary

LP Martuch - Board of Directors

Brad Befus (2021) 866-587-6747shy

befusbscientificanglerscom - Secretary

Ava Befus (2021) 651-955-5549 shyavafus4iciiudcom

Micah Baumgartner (2022) micahbaumgartneryahoocom

Will Halphen (2022) 989-708-1749 - whalphengmailcom

Josh Jenkins (2020) 989-495-7151 jenkinsjscientificanglerscom - President

Erick Johnson (2019) 989-430-5011 johnsonerickscientificanglerscom

George Killat (2021) 989-430-1179 shytugeorgekcharternet - Membership

Thomas Manto (2020) 989-430-8327 shyt8montoaolcom

Mark Rapanos (2020) 989-20-0198 shymarkrapanosgmailcom - BOD

John Van Dalen (2022) 989-631-6873 jvdfishgmaitcomshyBOD

John Winchester (2020) 989-631 -0122 jgwinchattnet shyTreasurerHatch Book

Steve Wilkowski (2022) 989-495-7151 stevewilkowskisictechcom - Vice-President SIC

Committee Chainnen

Bill Holler 989-284-6566 h h Uercllt1Xtenninel shyProjects Property

John Van Dalen 989-631-6873 jvdfi hgmailcom - Special Events

Interesting web sites

httpwwwmartuchtuorgPagesdefaultasQx Leon P Martuch Website

httph20usgsgov Hydrology data for all rivers in

the US

httpwwwtotalflyfishingcom Fly Fishing Website

wwwflyanglersonlinecom Fly patterns articles

and general information

httpinfoabrfcnoaagovrfc-wfohtml National

Weather Service river forecasts

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wwwlssuedu Lake Superior State University Fish

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wwwtrailstotroutcom Website for trout fishing

On Line Fishing Log mydailyfishinglogcom

Guide to fly fishing waters of the US shywwwkyndoutdoorscom

American Museum of Fly Fishing wwwamffcom

Anglers of the AuSable wwwAuSableAnglersorg

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membership This would make a great gift for your

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