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Stream Cleanups Scheduled
The following stream cleanups are currently scheduled for this year. Give something back to the resource and plan to participate!
3/20 Fishkill Creek: Will meet at 9:00 at the Hopewell Recreation Center.
3/27 Lower Wappingers: Will split up into two groups. One will meet at Greenvale Park and the other at the Park behind the Pleasant Valley Town Hall. Both will kick off at 9:00 and plan to converge.
4/10 Upper Wappingers and the Rojan: Will split up into two groups. One will meet at Jamison Hill Rd. on the upper Wappingers off of Rt. 82. The other will meet on the Rojan at Mt. Ross. Both will kick off at 9:00 and plan to converge.
Trout Unlimited's Philosophy
We believe that trout and salmon fishing isn't just about fishing for trout and salmon. It's fishing for sport rather than food, where true enjoyment of the sport lies in the challenge, the lore, the battle of wits, and not necessarily the full creel. It's the feeling of satisfaction that comes from limiting your kill instead of killing your limit. It's communing with nature where the chief reward is a refreshed body and a contented soul, where a license is a permit to use and not abuse, to enjoy and not destroy our cold water fishery. It's subscribing to the proposition that what's good for trout and salmon is good for the fisherman, and that managing trout and salmon for themselves rather than the fisherman is fundamental to the solution of our trout and salmon problems. It's appreciating our fishery resource, respecting fellow anglers, and giving serious thought to tomorrow.
Trout Unlimited History
July 2009 will mark the 50th anniversary of TU's founding on the banks of the Au Sable River near Grayling, Michigan. The 16 fishermen who gathered at the home of George Griffith were united by their love of trout fishing, and by their growing discontent with the state's practice of stocking its waters with "cookie cutter trout"—catchable-sized hatchery fish. Convinced that Michigan's trout streams could turn out a far superior fish if left to their own devices, the anglers formed a new organization: Trout, Unlimited (the comma was dropped a few years later) dedicated to ensuring that wild and native trout populations were allowed to thrive, as nature intended. From the beginning, TU was guided by the principle thatifwe "take care of the fish, then the fishing will take care of itself." And that principle was grounded in science. "One of our most important objectives is to develop programs and recommendations based on the very best information and thinking available," said TU's first president, Dr. Casey E. Westell Jr. "In all matters of trout management, we want to know that we are substantially correct, both morally and biologically." In 1962-63, TU prepared its first policy statement on wild trout, and persuaded the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to curtail "put-and-take" trout stocking and start managing for wild trout and healthy habitat. On the heels of that success, anglers quickly founded TU chapters in Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, and Pennsylvania. From its hundreds of local stream restoration projects, to helping lead the way to remove the Edwards Dam on the Kennebec River in Maine, to compelling Congress to strengthen the Clean Water Act, TU has a strong 50 year track record of conservation achievements. Perhaps TU's greatest strength is that it works at multiple levels of society and government to achieve its mission. From the landowner on the stream bank, to the state fisheries agency, to the Halls of Congress, TU is working to achieve its vision.
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Mid-Hudson Trout Unlimited's chapter number is 293. Enter this number in your application.
Use this form for non-members or minors when they participate in various work projects related to chapter functions. Print it out and bring it to the event!
