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This is a starting point for getting informed, getting involved and passing along information. If you see a subject that interests you, follow the links to learn more. If you have some news or a link that you would like to share, click here and submit it via e-mail. Please note, Greater Boston TU reserves the right to edit both format and content as necessary.
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PETA Campaign Pitches Fish as Smart - click for article
Current Issue (11/24/04):
Animal-rights activists have launched a novel campaign arguing that fish — contrary to stereotype — are intelligent, sensitive animals no more deserving of being eaten than a pet dog or cat.
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Riverways News Notes - click for archives
Current Issue (11/19/04):
All the Riverways Programs are based on the belief that local action and partnerships are key to river protection and restoration.
Click to read the current issue.
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Council
Council Banquet Report - click for article
Reference Item (11/16/04):
The Massachusetts/Rhode Island Council of Trout Unlimited held its second annual dinner last weekend, raising $2,600 for conservation projects. This is only the second council dinner in the past twenty years.
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Penobscot River Salmon Count - click for article
Current Issue (11/15/04):
As of October 4, 2004, 1,322 salmon went through the trap at the Veazie Dam on the Penobscot River, just above Bangor.
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Merrimack
River Watershed Studies
- click for article
Current Issue (11/14/04):
One phase of an ongoing study of the Merrimack River watershed being undertaken by the Army Corps of Engineers will be completed in 2005. Water quality sampling and analysis and computer simulations of the river's pollution levels will be finished by the end of the year.
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Red Brook Family Day Sunday, September 19 - click for article
Event (9/14/04):
Red Brook Family Day will be held Sunday, September 19, 2004 on Head of the Bay Road in Wareham. It is a fundraiser to help support the stream and its management.
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Quashnet River Workday Sunday, September 19 - click for article
Event (9/14/04):
The Cape Cod Chapter of Trout Unlimited is sponsoring a workday on Sunday, September 19, 2004 on the Quashnet River, a sea run brook trout stream flowing into Waquoit Bay on the south side of Cape Cod.
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Red Brook Grand Opening Sunday, September 26 - click for article
Event (9/14/04):
The Grand Opening of the Lyman Reserve, site of Red Brook, the Sea Run Brook Trout stream in Wareham, will be at 1 PM on Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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Update on the Penobscot River Salmon Run - click for article
Current Issue (9/14/04):
The run on the Penobscot is even better than last year's, with more than 1,300 fish going through the trap on the Veazie Dam as of three weeks ago.
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Green River Restoration Study - click for article
Current Issue (9/14/04):
The Army Corps of Engineers is currently doing a study to work on fish habitat restoration on the Green River in Greenfield, MA.
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Good News on the Penobscot - click for article
Current Issue (8/16/04):
There is another year of good news to report on the Penobscot River in Maine . As of mid-July, over 1,000 fish had passed the fish ladder at the Veazie Dam, the first major obstruction on the main stem of the river.
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Red Brook Open to Fishing - click for article
Current Issue (8/15/04):
This spring, Red Brook for the first time was opened to fishing to the public. It is an artificial lures only stream, not fly fishing only. It is all catch and release.
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National Park Service to Assist on Quashnet River - click for article
Current Issue (8/14/04):
This spring, one of the partners involved in the ongoing restoration of the Quashnet River on Cape Cod learned that the National Park Service agreed to participate in the work along this sea run brook trout stream running into Waquoit Bay.
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Understanding the Organization of Mass/RI TU - click for article
Reference Item (8/13/04):
It is a safe bet that when most local chapter members pick up their newsletters or attend a meeting each month, that they have an understanding of how Trout Unlimited in general is organized in Massachusetts . Here is a quick primer as background, along with some current issues facing the broader statewide organization.
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Policy Threatens Roadless Areas - click for article
Hot Item (7/12/04 through 9/14/04):
TU urges you to Write the Forest Service before September 14, 2004 in opposition to a proposal to overturn existing protections for roadless areas.
TU urges you to file comments as soon as possible in opposition to the proposal.
Click to read more on this topic and to send an email the Forest Service before
September 14, 2004
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Merrimack River Atlantic Salmon Restoration - click for article
Current Issue (2/27/04):
The Merrimack River Anadromous Fish Restoration Program Policy Committee at a recent meeting painted a bleak future for the restoration of Atlantic salmon, shad and herring to the watershed.
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Fly fishing News, by Jack Gartside - click for archives
Current Issue (4/19/04):
April is here once again and soon the trout will be rising,
the shad spawning, the bonefish tailing, the stripers chasing bait up
and down the coast, or whatever the fish will be doing wherever you may
be fishing. It's a good time to remember that "Carpe Diem" does NOT
mean "Fish of the Day" but that we should put aside the cares of
the world and make the most of the time allotted to us, which means
to me that we should fish more and fret less.
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Riverways News Notes - click for archives
Current Issue (3/24/04):
All the Riverways Programs are based on the belief that local action and partnerships are key to river protection and restoration. As part of our planning for the upcoming year, we reviewed our work in 2003 and once again realized the intrinsic nature of our partnerships with all of you. This version of News Notes provides a brief narrative synopsis of Riverways work in 2003 and indicates where our programs are heading in the current year. The full Executive Summary (2003) of our programs Adopt-A-Stream, RIFLS, River Restore, Urban Rivers, Small Grants, and the Technical Assistance Team, with photos and quotes can be found in .pdf format on our web page at http://www.state.ma.us/dfwele/river/pdf/riverways2003summary.pdf.
I do hope you get a chance to look at the Summary on-line to see Riverways staff describe their work. Amy Singler of our staff did an excellent job of formatting it into a highly attractive and colorful document. For those of you that are short on time and/or are not able to read .pdf files, we have provided a stripped-down version of the summary below...
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