Stormwater run off not just an issue in the Valley.

Storm runoff coats Southern California beaches with trash

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© The Associated Press In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2019 photo, trash is strewn along the sand south of the San Gabriel River in Seal Beach, Calif. The storms that have been blanketing California's mountains with much-needed snow and filling reservoirs have also been flushing all sorts of urban trash down rivers and drains, making a mess of beaches. Bottles, diapers, syringes and more have washed ashore along Southern California, giving some sandy stretches the appearance of trash dumps. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP)

© The Associated Press In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2019
SEAL BEACH, Calif. — The storms that have been blanketing California's mountains with much-needed snow and filling reservoirs have also been flushing all sorts of urban trash down rivers and drains, making a mess of beaches.

Stories from Our Streams: Back to Our Roots

Stories From the Streams: Our Salty Streams

Fly Fishing Show 2019, Edison NJ

 

A great show to help beat cabin fever. TONS of great presentations, fly tying/ casting demos etc. 

If you missed our last Chapter Meeting featuring Tim Flagler of Tightlines Productions, you can catch his presentation What Trout Like to Eat and Flies to Feed Them, or one of his other seminars at the show:

Friday, Jan 25th

10:00: Adventure Theater, Room B - Patagonia: A Fly Fisher’s Bucket List

Saturday, Jan 26th

10:00: Destination Theater, Room G - Patagonia: A Fly Fisher’s Bucket List

4:30: Seminar, Catch Room - What Trout Like to Eat and Flies to Feed Them

Sunday, Jan 27th

11:15: Featured Fly Tier - Tips, Techniques & Tools to Make Fly Tying Easier

3:00: Adventure Theater, Room B - Patagonia: A Fly Fisher’s Bucket List

Effort to fix flooding problem in Bethlehem Township

Effort to fix flooding problem in Bethlehem Township just got a boost

Updated Jan 20; Posted Jan 20

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By Sara K. Satullo | For lehighvalleylive.com

Bethlehem Township is hopeful that a state grant helps put a stop to frequent flooding in Municipal Park that renders the township-owned recreational area a soggy mess for days after rain.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection awarded the township a $57,600 grant this week to kick off the Nancy Run tributary restoration project. The township is providing matching funds and applying for another grant to complete the work, said Kate Ebel, senior environmental scientist for the Wildlands Conservancy, which is partnering with the township on the restoration.

Steamlines Spring/ Summer 2019 Edition

Monthly Meeting Reminder January 22nd

Join the Monocacy Chapter at 7pm, Tuesday January 22nd as we welcome Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions.  If you have ever searched for fly tying videos, you have almost certainly come across Tim's videos.  Tim will be presenting, "Getting Ready For Spring”. Tim has been featured as a presenter and tier at many venues around the country. He is a regular guest tier and presenter at the International Fly Fishing Symposim, as well as the numerous locations of the Fly Fishing Show.  Tim's fly tying video productions featured on the Orvis and Midcurrent web pages, among

others.  Here is a sample of one of these outstanding videos:

Landon Mayer's Mini-Leech from Tightline Productions~T. Flagler on Vimeo.

Drones will track one of the largest dam removals on the East Coast

Drones will track one of the largest dam removals on the East Coast @ConversationUS

Drones to track one of the largest dam removals on the Eastern Seaboard

Bloede Dam (ca. 2016) near Ilchester, Maryland. Matthew Baker/UMBC, CC BY-SA

Matthew E. Baker, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
This month, the Bloede Dam will be removed from the Lower Patapsco River near Ilchester, Maryland.
The restoration is a one-of-a-kind natural experiment that will help test how relatively inexpensive drones can help scientists like me understand the integrity of streams and rivers.
My collaborators include students and researchers from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Maryland Geological Survey, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Geological Survey.
If our approach works, it will allow us to track sediment movement more completely and accurately than ever before, at a fraction of the expense.

Monocacy TU and Arts Quest present: 2019 Fly Fishing Film Tour

2019 Fly Fishing Film Tour Stoke Reel from The Fly Fishing Film Tour on Vimeo.

March 26 – March 27, 2019 · view days & times
Price: $15 in Advance | $20 at the Door
Venue: Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas

Tuesday, March 26 | 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 27 | 7:30 p.m.

Get your discounted, advanced sale tickets click HERE

Gear up for trout season and transport yourself to some of the most exotic angling destinations on Earth as the preeminent exhibition of fly fishing cinema, the acclaimed Fly Fishing Film Tour (F3T), returns to the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks for the 5th year.

At the Fly Fishing Film Tour, guests enjoy a variety of breathtakingly beautiful short films focused on dynamic angling destinations around the globe, as well as efforts to protect and enhance habitat for trout and other fish. The Fly Fishing Film Tour showings at the ArtsQuest Center are the only screenings of the tour in region.

Happy Hour:
Guests are invited to arrive early each evening to enjoy the Anglers’ Happy Hour at 6 p.m., with music provided by Woodsmoke as well as beverages from the ArtsQuest Center’s Mike&Ike Bistro (not included with ticket price). Plus, check out the raffle featuring fishing trips, gear and more.
Proceeds from the Fly Fishing Film Tour benefit the Monocacy Chapter of Trout Unlimited’s habitat improvement work and coldwater conservation efforts on streams throughout the Lehigh Valley, as well as the ArtsQuest Arts Education Fund, which helps to support ArtsQuest’s free music, arts and education programming for the community.

Schedule

• Tuesday, March 26, 2019 @ 7:30 PM 
• Wednesday, March 27, 2019 @ 7:30 PM

Venue Information

Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas
ArtsQuest Center
101 Founders Way
Bethlehem, PA 18015
610-297-7100
map & directions

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• Event Rules

Monthly meeting reminder

Just a reminder that tonight, Tuesday Dec 18th is our Holiday Gathering, which will take the place of our regular monthly meeting.

We will be meeting at 6pm at the  313 Southside Pub, which is located @ 313 3rd St, Bethlehem PA.