By Randy Scholfield
Back in the 1970s, the 15-mile stretch below Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River known as Lees Ferry was renowned as one of the finest tailwater fisheries in the world. Anglers flocked there to catch monster rainbows in the 10- to 20-pound range amid cold, clear river flows and spectacular desert canyon scenery.===>Read More
April 21, 2016
9:00a.m. – 4:30p.m.
Arizona Game and Fish Department Headquarters
5000 W. Carefree Highway, Phoenix, AZ
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The Arizona Council and Chapters of Trout Unlimited have just expanded the Trout in the Classroom (TIC) program throughout the state. The expansion program success is reported in the Winter 2015 edition of the Arizona Wildlife Federation Magazine “Arizona Wildlife News”. The TIC expansion was the result of a collaboration between the Council and Chapters, the Arizona Game and Fish Department, and the Arizona Sportsmen for Wildlife Conservation, utilizing funds from the Arizona Conservation License Plate Fund.
The Arizona Wildlife News article is here:
AWF Article on AZ TIC Program Dec 2015
And the Arizona Council Trout Unlimited TIC website is here:
The Arizona Council of Trout Unlimited, Inc is proud to be a lead sponsor of the broad group of anglers, guides, businesses, organizations and agencies that have developed a comprehensive set of recommendations and rationale for a balanced management of the wild, self-sustaining Rainbow trout fishery at Lees Ferry on the Colorado River. Individuals from AZ-TU’s member chapters have guided this effort, served on the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group (AMG) and the Technical Work Group (TWG) for the Department of the Interior, and continue to represent recreational angling as the Long Term Experimental and Management EIS for Glen Canyon Dam is developed by the Bureau of Reclamation and the National Park Service.
So TU is happy to welcome the release of the full recommendations report. The complete report can be read and printed here:
Lees Ferry Recommendations -final- 8-2015
And a 2 page summary with links and contacts suitable for printing as a handout is here:
AZ-TU Website Headlines August 2015
AZ-TU, with the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, the International Federation of Fly Fishers, and other conservation organizations, will introduce the Lees Ferry Recreational Fishery Management Recommendations on August 26 at the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Plan Meeting in Tempe, AZ.
AZ-TU will launch an expanded State-wide Trout in the Classroom (TIC) initiative in September. Watch for more news coming soon.
The Arizona Council of Trout Unlimited has named Steve LaFalce of The Grand Canyon Chapter, Flagstaff as its new Council Chairman, and thanks Bob Youtz of The Gila Trout Chapter for his 5 years of Leadership as the previous Council Chair
Sixth Annual Native and Wild Trout Conference hosted by AZGFD and AZ-TU, April, 2015 (See “Conferences” on Home Page)
Arizona State Council Presents Certificate of Achievement to John Jordan, American Fisheries Societies AZ / NM Conservationist of the Year
AZ-TU Releases 2014 Annual Activities and Accomplishments Report
Arizona State Council Presents Certificate of Achievement to Tom Mackin, Arizona’s “Conservationist of the Year”
Arizona State Council Joins Arizona Sportsmen For Wildlife Conservation (AZSFWC)
Desert Fly Casters Provides Grant to AZ-TU for Support on White Mountain Lakes Foundation’s Project Planning for Little Colorado River
Arizona State Council Holds Planning Meeting and Releases Directions for 2015 (November 2014 Meeting, Directions for 2015)
Trout Unlimited has welcomed the newly announced EPA Clean Power Rule, and has provided supporting comments and information on its website. To view those comments and information, click on this link:
http://www.tu.org/press-releases/tu-welcomes-new-epa-clean-power-rule
This recent fly fishing themed film focuses on the impacts of climate change on trout, watersheds, our children, and our ways of life. Developed by Conservation Hawks, it offers comments from many leading members of the fly fishing community, and was supported by TU and a number of well known angling oriented enterprises.
To see the video, and an excellent commentary about it, and with supporting information on a TU webpage, go here:
http://www.tu.org/blog-posts/co2ld-water-a-wake-up-call
On the TU web page, scroll down to the “Co2ld” window to start the video.
The Arizona Trout Unlimited Council would also like to announce the 2015 recipients of the Apache Trout Award, which is awarded to an agency/organization for it’s work on conservation of native and wild trout, and the Gila Trout Award, which is awarded to an individual for their work on conservation of native and wild trout. In 2014 the Apache Trout Award recipient was the White Mountain Apache Game and Fish Department, and the Gila Trout Award was given to Dr. Bob Behnke.
Arizona Council of Trout Unlimited, Inc,
Directions for 2015
From November 22, 2014 Planning Meeting
The Arizona Council of Trout Unlimited, Inc. exists to support and coordinate the efforts, projects and communications of the Trout Unlimited Chapters within the state. These directions have been established as the result of a full day planning session with many of the cooperating and collaborating organizations those chapters and the full council have worked with over the last several years. The direction statements here are deliberately simple, and do not address the plans and actions that will be necessary to fully achieve success.
The Arizona State Council (AZ-TU) hosted a very successful November Annual Planning Meeting: Many State and Federal Agencies and other Conservation and Fishing Organizations from throughout the state participated in the day-long Meeting at the Bass Pro Shop in Mesa, AZ.
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