The April monthly chapter meeting will be this Tuesday April 23rd. The
meeting for this month will be very informal and feature:
1. A
brief discussion by Jim Wilson of he Northampton County Conservation
District regarding the renovation of Illick's Mill Park. Jim will give
an overview of the planned changes and discuss some educational outreach
opportunities.
2. A very informal fly tying "round table" - bring your vise and share that secret killer pattern with the group!
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Sunday, April 21, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Programming Reminder
Just a few reminders/ updates about up coming programs and events:
Wednesday 4/17 6:30pm Chapter Member Bob Signorello will be at the Hokendaqua Chapter Meeting giving his Great Lakes Fishery Presentation.
INFO:
Saturday 4/20 and Sunday 4/21
Earth Day on the Green Way:
Check out www.earthdaysonthegreenway.blogspot.com/ for more information.
Wednesday 4/17 6:30pm Chapter Member Bob Signorello will be at the Hokendaqua Chapter Meeting giving his Great Lakes Fishery Presentation.
INFO:
Great Lakes Fishery Presentation by Bob Signorello, Monocacy TU Chapter
Bob's program consists of 3 distinct parts. He will first give an overview of the Fisheries of the 5 Great Lakes.
Then, his presentation will zero-in on the rivers & fisheries along the United States side of Lake Ontario.
Bob will discuss in detail his view of, what he calls, "the 7 seasons of the Salmon RIver" in Pulaski, NY.
Lastly, Bob will also review the many fishing opportunities on the major natural and tailwater streams
along the Lake Ontario coast from Watertown to Buffalo, NY. Bob's experiences come from having lived
in Upstate NY for over 20 years. He has fished the Lake Ontario tributaries since the mid-1970s.
Hokey meeting at Catasaqua HS....2500 W.Bullshead Rd, 2nd floor, West Wing, last room on left (C219).
Saturday 4/20
Hokey meeting at Catasaqua HS....2500 W.Bullshead Rd, 2nd floor, West Wing, last room on left (C219).
Saturday 4/20
Annual Earth Day Event:
Monocacy Creek Stream Clean Up for Earth Day
Meet at 8:30 a.m. for coffee and
donuts at the main parking lot of Monocacy Park, Illicks Mill Road,
Bethlehem. Cleanup starts at 9:00 a.m. after cleanup teams are
formed and assigned stream sections. Please bring gloves and hip
boots or waders.
Saturday 4/20 and Sunday 4/21
Earth Day on the Green Way:
Don’t miss this family friendly festival taking place Saturday
April 20th and Sunday April 21st on Bethlehem’s Southside Greenway between 3rd
and 4th Streets. This free event is open
to the public and will be from 11am to 5pm on Saturday and 12pm to 5pm on
Sunday. The goal of the event is to educate and inspire people to
join together in taking positive, hands-on actions to address the challenges of
climate change and to celebrate the many earth-friendly initiatives and
organizations within our community.
Check out www.earthdaysonthegreenway.blogspot.com/ for more information.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Pa. Fish and Boat Commission mulls charging industry for water
April 13, 2013
By John Hayes / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
To some 850,000 trout anglers expected to hit Pennsylvania's
lakes and streams for today's statewide opening of trout season, that's
like asking the value of a day out fishing with your
dad.
But for industries that extract Pennsylvania's most abundant natural resource
from 83,000 miles of streams and rivers, nearly 4,000 lakes and an estimated 80
trillion gallons hidden underground, water is free. Billions of gallons per day
are taken at no cost, much of it never to be returned to the citizens who own
it.
With a $9 million budget shortfall threatening to hit the state Fish and
Boat Commission in 2017, executive director John Arway said he's "searching high
and low" for alternative funding to hold afloat an agency financed mostly by
anglers and boaters. One idea with possible legal precedent and tentative=0
bipartisan support in Harrisburg is imposing a new fee for the
"consumptive use" of water, with revenues going to Fish and Boat and the state
Department of Environmental Protection.
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