WE'VE MOVED, AGAIN! This time we're a lot easier to find as we've only moved next door in the space formerly occupied by Wild Mountain Outfitters. We are gaining a bigger and brighter space with better visibility on Cerrillos Road.
The Santa Fe Alliance and Locals-Care are encouraging you to do as much of your holiday shopping locally. The High Desert Angler is a member of the Santa Fe Alliance and is also a participating member of Locals-Care. Earn and redeem points at many local merchants while supporting a local non-profit of your choice. It's the ultimate way to "give" this holiday season. Sign up for a Locals-Care card at the High Desert Angler and start earning points today!
Closeout and discontinued merchandise sale! Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have a few left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one rod at regular price and get the next one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one wader at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688.
The 2008 New Mexico Trout Conclave will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2008 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Past efforts by the organization include Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout reintroductions, riparian rehabilitations, trout spawning studies, trout stockings, beginner's fishing clinics and kid's fishing projects. Current projects include restoration of Rio Grande Cutthroat habitat on Comanche Creek and efforts to help the endangered Gila Trout in southern New Mexico’s Black Canyon. The main function of their conclave is to raise funds for the organization to operate on a yearly basis. They do this by holding a raffle at the end of the conclave where items such as custom-built rods, reels, flies, guided trips, fishing passes, fly tying material and much more are given away. New Mexico Trout then uses the money raised for the projects mentioned above. This year, they are pleased to announce Joe Humphreys and Landon Mayer as guest speakers for the event. The conclave is being held at Sandia Prep School in Albuquerque, NM from 8:30am – 5:00pm.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well regarded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout". We are please to have Dr. Behnke at the High Desert Angler for a signing of his latest book "About Trout" on Saturday March 1st. The time will be announced as details become available.
Jack Schlotter, another signature tyer for Umpqua Feather Merchants will be coming back to teach an all day tying seminar in April. The High Desert Angler is hosting Jack once again for this class to be held on Saturday April 26, 2008. Cost of the class is $75. The High Desert Angler will provide lunch. The class is for intermediate tyers and above and runs from 9am till 4pm. Advance reistration is required.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Announcements for the Week of December 17, 2007
WE'VE MOVED, AGAIN! This time we're a lot easier to find as we've only moved next door in the space formerly occupied by Wild Mountain Outfitters. We are gaining a bigger and brighter space with better visibility on Cerrillos Road.
Jim Mosley will be teaching a fly tying class on Saturday December 22nd. This class is geared towards intermediate tyers and above. Jim will be teaching some of John Barr's patterns including the Copper John. John Barr is a signature fly tyer for Umpqua Feather Merchants and his fly, the copper john has surpassed the woolly buggger as the most bought and recognizable fly pattern in the world. Recipes of the copper john and other John Barr patterns are available in his new hardback book, "Barr Flies". The cost of the class is $25 and includes all materials. Tools provided if needed. Class runs from 10 am till noon. Advanced registration is required. Please contact the fly shop at 505-988-7688.
The Santa Fe Alliance and Locals-Care are encouraging you to do as much of your holiday shopping locally. The High Desert Angler is a member of the Santa Fe Alliance and is also a participating member of Locals-Care. Earn and redeem points at many local merchants while supporting a local non-profit of your choice. It's the ultimate way to "give" this holiday season. Sign up for a Locals-Care card at the High Desert Angler and start earning points today!
Closeout and discontinued merchandise sale! Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have a few left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one rod at regular price and get the next one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one wader at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688.
The 2008 New Mexico Trout Conclave will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2008 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Past efforts by the organization include Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout reintroductions, riparian rehabilitations, trout spawning studies, trout stockings, beginner's fishing clinics and kid's fishing projects. Current projects include restoration of Rio Grande Cutthroat habitat on Comanche Creek and efforts to help the endangered Gila Trout in southern New Mexico’s Black Canyon. The main function of their conclave is to raise funds for the organization to operate on a yearly basis. They do this by holding a raffle at the end of the conclave where items such as custom-built rods, reels, flies, guided trips, fishing passes, fly tying material and much more are given away. New Mexico Trout then uses the money raised for the projects mentioned above. This year, they are pleased to announce Joe Humphreys and Landon Mayer as guest speakers for the event. The conclave is being held at Sandia Prep School in Albuquerque, NM from 8:30am – 5:00pm.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well regarded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout". We are please to have Dr. Behnke at the High Desert Angler for a signing of his latest book "About Trout" on Saturday March 1st. The time will be announced as details become available.
Jack Schlotter, another signature tyer for Umpqua Feather Merchants will be coming back to teach an all day tying seminar in April. The High Desert Angler is hosting Jack once again for this class to be held on Saturday April 26, 2008. Cost of the class is $75. The High Desert Angler will provide lunch. The class is for intermediate tyers and above and runs from 9am till 4pm. Advance reistration is required.
Jim Mosley will be teaching a fly tying class on Saturday December 22nd. This class is geared towards intermediate tyers and above. Jim will be teaching some of John Barr's patterns including the Copper John. John Barr is a signature fly tyer for Umpqua Feather Merchants and his fly, the copper john has surpassed the woolly buggger as the most bought and recognizable fly pattern in the world. Recipes of the copper john and other John Barr patterns are available in his new hardback book, "Barr Flies". The cost of the class is $25 and includes all materials. Tools provided if needed. Class runs from 10 am till noon. Advanced registration is required. Please contact the fly shop at 505-988-7688.
The Santa Fe Alliance and Locals-Care are encouraging you to do as much of your holiday shopping locally. The High Desert Angler is a member of the Santa Fe Alliance and is also a participating member of Locals-Care. Earn and redeem points at many local merchants while supporting a local non-profit of your choice. It's the ultimate way to "give" this holiday season. Sign up for a Locals-Care card at the High Desert Angler and start earning points today!
Closeout and discontinued merchandise sale! Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have a few left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one rod at regular price and get the next one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one wader at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688.
The 2008 New Mexico Trout Conclave will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2008 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Past efforts by the organization include Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout reintroductions, riparian rehabilitations, trout spawning studies, trout stockings, beginner's fishing clinics and kid's fishing projects. Current projects include restoration of Rio Grande Cutthroat habitat on Comanche Creek and efforts to help the endangered Gila Trout in southern New Mexico’s Black Canyon. The main function of their conclave is to raise funds for the organization to operate on a yearly basis. They do this by holding a raffle at the end of the conclave where items such as custom-built rods, reels, flies, guided trips, fishing passes, fly tying material and much more are given away. New Mexico Trout then uses the money raised for the projects mentioned above. This year, they are pleased to announce Joe Humphreys and Landon Mayer as guest speakers for the event. The conclave is being held at Sandia Prep School in Albuquerque, NM from 8:30am – 5:00pm.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well regarded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout". We are please to have Dr. Behnke at the High Desert Angler for a signing of his latest book "About Trout" on Saturday March 1st. The time will be announced as details become available.
Jack Schlotter, another signature tyer for Umpqua Feather Merchants will be coming back to teach an all day tying seminar in April. The High Desert Angler is hosting Jack once again for this class to be held on Saturday April 26, 2008. Cost of the class is $75. The High Desert Angler will provide lunch. The class is for intermediate tyers and above and runs from 9am till 4pm. Advance reistration is required.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Announcements for the Week of December 10, 2007
WE'VE MOVED, AGAIN! This time we're a lot easier to find as we've only moved next door in the space formerly occupied by Wild Mountain Outfitters. We are gaining a bigger and brighter space with better visibility on Cerrillos Road.
Jim Mosley will be teaching a fly tying class on Saturday December 22nd. This class is geared towards intermediate tyers and above. Jim will be teaching some of John Barr's patterns including the Copper John. John Barr is a signature fly tyer for Umpqua Feather Merchants and his fly, the copper john has surpassed the woolly buggger as the most bought and recognizable fly pattern in the world. Recipes of the copper john and other John Barr patterns are available in his new hardback book, "Barr Flies". The cost of the class is $25 and includes all materials. Tools provided if needed. Class runs from 10 am till noon. Advanced registration is required. Please contact the fly shop at 505-988-7688.
Although last week was National Buy Local Week, The Santa Fe Alliance and Locals-Care are encouraging you to do as much of your holiday shopping locally. The High Desert Angler is a member of the Santa Fe Alliance and is also a participating member of Locals-Care. Earn and redeem points at many local merchants while supporting a local non-profit of your choice. It's the ultimate way to "give" this holiday season. Sign up for a Locals-Care card at the High Desert Angler and start earning points today!
Closeout and discontinued merchandise sale! Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have a few left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one rod at regular price and get the next one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one wader at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688.
The 2008 New Mexico Trout Conclave will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2008 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Past efforts by the organization include Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout reintroductions, riparian rehabilitations, trout spawning studies, trout stockings, beginner's fishing clinics and kid's fishing projects. Current projects include restoration of Rio Grande Cutthroat habitat on Comanche Creek and efforts to help the endangered Gila Trout in southern New Mexico’s Black Canyon. The main function of their conclave is to raise funds for the organization to operate on a yearly basis. They do this by holding a raffle at the end of the conclave where items such as custom-built rods, reels, flies, guided trips, fishing passes, fly tying material and much more are given away. New Mexico Trout then uses the money raised for the projects mentioned above. This year, they are pleased to announce Joe Humphreys and Landon Mayer as guest speakers for the event. The conclave is being held at Sandia Prep School in Albuquerque, NM from 8:30am – 5:00pm.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com. Truchas Chapter's latest newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from their website at www.truchas-tu.org.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well rearded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout".
Jack Schlotter, another signature tyer for Umpqua Feather Merchants will be coming back to teach an all day tying seminar in April. The High Desert Angler is hosting Jack once again for this class to be held on Saturday April 26, 2008. Cost of the class is $75 The High Desert Angler will provide lunch. The class is for intermediate tyers and above and runs from 9am till 4pm. Advance reistration is required.
Jim Mosley will be teaching a fly tying class on Saturday December 22nd. This class is geared towards intermediate tyers and above. Jim will be teaching some of John Barr's patterns including the Copper John. John Barr is a signature fly tyer for Umpqua Feather Merchants and his fly, the copper john has surpassed the woolly buggger as the most bought and recognizable fly pattern in the world. Recipes of the copper john and other John Barr patterns are available in his new hardback book, "Barr Flies". The cost of the class is $25 and includes all materials. Tools provided if needed. Class runs from 10 am till noon. Advanced registration is required. Please contact the fly shop at 505-988-7688.
Although last week was National Buy Local Week, The Santa Fe Alliance and Locals-Care are encouraging you to do as much of your holiday shopping locally. The High Desert Angler is a member of the Santa Fe Alliance and is also a participating member of Locals-Care. Earn and redeem points at many local merchants while supporting a local non-profit of your choice. It's the ultimate way to "give" this holiday season. Sign up for a Locals-Care card at the High Desert Angler and start earning points today!
Closeout and discontinued merchandise sale! Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have a few left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one rod at regular price and get the next one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one wader at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688.
The 2008 New Mexico Trout Conclave will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2008 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Past efforts by the organization include Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout reintroductions, riparian rehabilitations, trout spawning studies, trout stockings, beginner's fishing clinics and kid's fishing projects. Current projects include restoration of Rio Grande Cutthroat habitat on Comanche Creek and efforts to help the endangered Gila Trout in southern New Mexico’s Black Canyon. The main function of their conclave is to raise funds for the organization to operate on a yearly basis. They do this by holding a raffle at the end of the conclave where items such as custom-built rods, reels, flies, guided trips, fishing passes, fly tying material and much more are given away. New Mexico Trout then uses the money raised for the projects mentioned above. This year, they are pleased to announce Joe Humphreys and Landon Mayer as guest speakers for the event. The conclave is being held at Sandia Prep School in Albuquerque, NM from 8:30am – 5:00pm.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com. Truchas Chapter's latest newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from their website at www.truchas-tu.org.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well rearded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout".
Jack Schlotter, another signature tyer for Umpqua Feather Merchants will be coming back to teach an all day tying seminar in April. The High Desert Angler is hosting Jack once again for this class to be held on Saturday April 26, 2008. Cost of the class is $75 The High Desert Angler will provide lunch. The class is for intermediate tyers and above and runs from 9am till 4pm. Advance reistration is required.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Announcements for the Week of December 3, 2007
WE'VE MOVED, AGAIN! This time we're a lot easier to find as we've only moved next door in the space formerly occupied by Wild Mountain Outfitters. We are gaining a bigger and brighter space with better visibility on Cerrillos Road.
This week is National Buy Local Week. The Santa Fe Alliance and Locals-Care are encouraging you to do as much of your holiday shopping locally. The High Desert Angler is a member of the Santa Fe Alliance and is also a participating member of Locals-Care. Earn and redeem points at many local merchants while supporting a local non-profit of your choice. It's the ultimate way to "give" this holiday season. Sign up for a Locals-Care card at the High Desert Angler and start earning points today!
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com. Truchas Chapter's latest newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from their website at www.truchas-tu.org.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well rearded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout".
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have a few left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one rod at regular price and get the next one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one wader at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688.
This week is National Buy Local Week. The Santa Fe Alliance and Locals-Care are encouraging you to do as much of your holiday shopping locally. The High Desert Angler is a member of the Santa Fe Alliance and is also a participating member of Locals-Care. Earn and redeem points at many local merchants while supporting a local non-profit of your choice. It's the ultimate way to "give" this holiday season. Sign up for a Locals-Care card at the High Desert Angler and start earning points today!
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com. Truchas Chapter's latest newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from their website at www.truchas-tu.org.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well rearded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout".
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have a few left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one rod at regular price and get the next one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one wader at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Announcements for the Week of November 26, 2007
WE'VE MOVED, AGAIN! This time we'll be a lot easier to find as we've only moved next door in the space formerly occupied by Wild Mountain Outfitters. We are gaining a bigger and brighter space with better visibility on Cerrillos Road.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com. Truchas Chapter's latest newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from their website at www.truchas-tu.org.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is having their annual Christmas party on Monday December 3, 2007. Join them at the Cowgirl Hall of Fame at 6pm. It is open to all Trout Unlimited members as well as anyone interested in what the chapter is doing. The get together will include cocktails, dinner, and a general membership meeting. Attendees will brought up to date on chapter news and a variety of conservation projects underway. There will also be a presentation by New Mexico Trout on their petition to have the Rio Guadalupe listed as an Outstanding Natural Resource Water.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well rearded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout".
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one rod at regular price and get the next one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one wader at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com. Truchas Chapter's latest newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from their website at www.truchas-tu.org.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is having their annual Christmas party on Monday December 3, 2007. Join them at the Cowgirl Hall of Fame at 6pm. It is open to all Trout Unlimited members as well as anyone interested in what the chapter is doing. The get together will include cocktails, dinner, and a general membership meeting. Attendees will brought up to date on chapter news and a variety of conservation projects underway. There will also be a presentation by New Mexico Trout on their petition to have the Rio Guadalupe listed as an Outstanding Natural Resource Water.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well rearded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout".
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one rod at regular price and get the next one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one wader at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Announcements for the week of November 19, 2007
WE'VE MOVED, AGAIN! This time we'll be a lot easier to find as we've only moved next door in the space formerly occupied by Wild Mountain Outfitters. We are gaining a bigger and brighter space with better visibility on Cerrillos Road. Come see our new home and celebrate our move with an open house on Friday November 23rd.
The High Desert Angler's fall through spring hours is from 10:00 AM till 6:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 11:00 AM till 4:00 PM on Sundays.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com. Truchas Chapter's latest newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from their website at www.truchas-tu.org.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is having their annual Christmas party on Monday December 3, 2007. Join them at the Cowgirl Hall of Fame at 6pm. It is open to all Trout Unlimited members as well as anyone interested in what the chapter is doing. The get together will include cocktails, dinner, and a general membership meeting. Attendees will brought up to date on chapter news and a variety of conservation projects underway. There will also be a presentation by New Mexico Trout on their petition to have the Rio Guadalupe listed as an Outstanding Natural Resource Water.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well rearded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout".
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one rod at regular price and get the next one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one wader at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688.
The High Desert Angler's fall through spring hours is from 10:00 AM till 6:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 11:00 AM till 4:00 PM on Sundays.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com. Truchas Chapter's latest newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from their website at www.truchas-tu.org.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is having their annual Christmas party on Monday December 3, 2007. Join them at the Cowgirl Hall of Fame at 6pm. It is open to all Trout Unlimited members as well as anyone interested in what the chapter is doing. The get together will include cocktails, dinner, and a general membership meeting. Attendees will brought up to date on chapter news and a variety of conservation projects underway. There will also be a presentation by New Mexico Trout on their petition to have the Rio Guadalupe listed as an Outstanding Natural Resource Water.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well rearded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout".
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one rod at regular price and get the next one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one wader at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Announcements for the Week of November 12, 2007
WE'VE MOVED, AGAIN! This time we'll be a lot easier to find as we've only moved next door in the space formerly occupied by Wild Mountain Outfitters. We are gaining a bigger and brighter space with better visibility on Cerrillos Road. Come see our new home and celebrate our move on Friday November 23rd.
The High Desert Angler's fall through spring hours is from 10:00 AM till 6:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 11:00 AM till 4:00 PM on Sundays.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com. Truchas Chapter's latest newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from their website at www.truchas-tu.org.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is having their annual Christmas party on Monday December 3, 2007. It is open to all Trout Unlimited members as well as anyone interested in what the chapter is doing. The get together will include cocktails, dinner, and a general membreship meeting. Attendees will brought up to date on chapter news and a variety of conservation projects underway. There will also be a presentation by New Mexico Trout on their petition to have the Rio Guadalupe listed as an Outstanding Natural Resource Water.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well rearded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout".
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one rod at regular price and get the next one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one wader at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688.
The High Desert Angler's fall through spring hours is from 10:00 AM till 6:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 11:00 AM till 4:00 PM on Sundays.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com. Truchas Chapter's latest newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from their website at www.truchas-tu.org.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is having their annual Christmas party on Monday December 3, 2007. It is open to all Trout Unlimited members as well as anyone interested in what the chapter is doing. The get together will include cocktails, dinner, and a general membreship meeting. Attendees will brought up to date on chapter news and a variety of conservation projects underway. There will also be a presentation by New Mexico Trout on their petition to have the Rio Guadalupe listed as an Outstanding Natural Resource Water.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well rearded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout".
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one rod at regular price and get the next one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy any one wader at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Announcements for the Week of November 5, 2007
WE'VE MOVED, AGAIN! This time we'll be a lot easier to find as we've only moved next door in the space formerly occupied by Wild Mountain Outfitters. We are gaining a bigger and brighter space with better visibility on Cerrillos Road. Come see our new home and celebrate our move on Friday November 23rd.
The High Desert Angler's fall through spring hours is from 10:00 AM till 6:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 11:00 AM till 4:00 PM on Sundays.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com. Truchas Chapter's latest newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from their website at www.truchas-tu.org.
New Mexico Trout would like to invite you to attend its 4th Annual Fly Tying Symposium on Saturday, November 10, 2007; at Sandia Prep School. The symposium runs at 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Along with tying demmonstrations there will be Door Prizes. Sandia Prep School is located at 532 Osuna Rd, in Albuquerque. The cost is, Children 15 and under-FREE, NMT Members $5 and $7 for non-members.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is having their annual Christmas party on Monday December 3, 2007. It is open to all Trout Unlimited members as well as anyone interested in what the chapter is doing. The get together will include cocktails, dinner, and a general membreship meeting. Attendees will brought up to date on chapter news and a variety of conservation projects underway. There will also be a presentation by New Mexico Trout on their petition to have the Rio Guadalupe listed as an Outstanding Natural Resource Water.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well rearded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout".
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505
The High Desert Angler's fall through spring hours is from 10:00 AM till 6:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 11:00 AM till 4:00 PM on Sundays.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com. Truchas Chapter's latest newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from their website at www.truchas-tu.org.
New Mexico Trout would like to invite you to attend its 4th Annual Fly Tying Symposium on Saturday, November 10, 2007; at Sandia Prep School. The symposium runs at 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Along with tying demmonstrations there will be Door Prizes. Sandia Prep School is located at 532 Osuna Rd, in Albuquerque. The cost is, Children 15 and under-FREE, NMT Members $5 and $7 for non-members.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is having their annual Christmas party on Monday December 3, 2007. It is open to all Trout Unlimited members as well as anyone interested in what the chapter is doing. The get together will include cocktails, dinner, and a general membreship meeting. Attendees will brought up to date on chapter news and a variety of conservation projects underway. There will also be a presentation by New Mexico Trout on their petition to have the Rio Guadalupe listed as an Outstanding Natural Resource Water.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well rearded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout".
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Announcements for the Week os October 22, 2007
WE ARE MOVING, AGAIN! This time we'll be a lot easier to find as we are only moving next door in the space formerly occupied by Wild Mountain Outfitters. We are gaining a bigger and brighter space with better visibility on Cerrillos Road. To facilitate the move, we will be closing Sunday October 28th and reopening in the new space on Wednesday October 31st. Come see our new home and celebrate our move on Friday November 23rd.
The High Desert Angler's fall through spring hours is from 10:00 AM till 6:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 11:00 AM till 4:00 PM on Sundays.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com. Truchas Chapter's latest newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from their website at www.truchas-tu.org.
New Mexico Trout would like to invite you to attend its 4th Annual Fly Tying Symposium on Saturday, November 10, 2007; at Sandia Prep School. The symposium runs at 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Along with tying demmonstrations there will be Door Prizes. Sandia Prep School is located at 532 Osuna Rd, in Albuquerque. The cost is, Children 15 and under-FREE, NMT Members $5 and $7 for non-members.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is having their annual Christmas party on Monday December 3, 2007. It is open to all Trout Unlimited members as well as anyone interested in what the chapter is doing. The get together will include cocktails, dinner, and a general membreship meeting. Attendees will brought up to date on chapter news and a variety of conservation projects underway. There will also be a presentation by New Mexico Trout on their petition to have the Rio Guadalupe listed as an Outstanding Natural Resource Water.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well rearded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout".
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688.
The High Desert Angler's fall through spring hours is from 10:00 AM till 6:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 11:00 AM till 4:00 PM on Sundays.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com. Truchas Chapter's latest newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from their website at www.truchas-tu.org.
New Mexico Trout would like to invite you to attend its 4th Annual Fly Tying Symposium on Saturday, November 10, 2007; at Sandia Prep School. The symposium runs at 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Along with tying demmonstrations there will be Door Prizes. Sandia Prep School is located at 532 Osuna Rd, in Albuquerque. The cost is, Children 15 and under-FREE, NMT Members $5 and $7 for non-members.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is having their annual Christmas party on Monday December 3, 2007. It is open to all Trout Unlimited members as well as anyone interested in what the chapter is doing. The get together will include cocktails, dinner, and a general membreship meeting. Attendees will brought up to date on chapter news and a variety of conservation projects underway. There will also be a presentation by New Mexico Trout on their petition to have the Rio Guadalupe listed as an Outstanding Natural Resource Water.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well rearded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout".
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Announcements for the Week of October 15, 2007
WE ARE MOVING, AGAIN! This time we'll be a lot easier to find as we are only moving next door in the space formerly occupied by Wild Mountain Outfitters. We are gaining a bigger and brighter space with better visibility on Cerrillos Road. To facilitate the move, we will be closing Sunday October 28th and reopening in the new space on Wednesday October 31st. Come see our new home and celebrate our move on Friday November 23rd.
The High Desert Angler's fall through spring hours is from 10:00 AM till 6:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 11:00 AM till 4:00 PM on Sundays.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com. Truchas Chapter's latest newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from their website at www.truchas-tu.org.
Saturday October 20th is Dia del Rio. Pleases celebrate this day and give back to our rivers. The Upper Pecos Watershed Association, the Pecos Community Foundation, and the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited will be sponsoring another Pecos River Cleanup. Meet at the Blessed Pecos Gallery (1/4 mile north of the main Pecos intersection, across from St. Anthony's Church) at 8:30 am. Get gloves and trash bags and a cleanup assignment. Cleanup is from 9 AM till noon with a sponsored (free) lunch at 12:30 pm. There will be river blessing ceremony and entertainment to follow including door prizes, fly tying demonstrations, information booths and a draw the river contest with prizes for the kids. Amigos Bravos also sponsors the Dia del Rio event on the Rio Grande at Pilar.
New Mexico Trout would like to invite you to attend its 4th Annual Fly Tying Symposium on Saturday, November 10, 2007; at Sandia Prep School. The symposium runs at 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Along with tying demmonstrations there will be Door Prizes. Sandia Prep School is located at 532 Osuna Rd, in Albuquerque. The cost is, Children 15 and under-FREE, NMT Members $5 and $7 for non-members.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is having their annual Christmas party on Monday December 3, 2007. It is open to all Trout Unlimited members as well as anyone interested in what the chapter is doing. The get together will include cocktails, dinner, and a general membreship meeting. Attendees will brought up to date on chapter news and a variety of conservation projects underway. There will also be a presentation by New Mexico Trout on their petition to have the Rio Guadalupe listed as an Outstanding Natural Resource Water.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well rearded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout".
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-768
The High Desert Angler's fall through spring hours is from 10:00 AM till 6:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 11:00 AM till 4:00 PM on Sundays.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com. Truchas Chapter's latest newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from their website at www.truchas-tu.org.
Saturday October 20th is Dia del Rio. Pleases celebrate this day and give back to our rivers. The Upper Pecos Watershed Association, the Pecos Community Foundation, and the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited will be sponsoring another Pecos River Cleanup. Meet at the Blessed Pecos Gallery (1/4 mile north of the main Pecos intersection, across from St. Anthony's Church) at 8:30 am. Get gloves and trash bags and a cleanup assignment. Cleanup is from 9 AM till noon with a sponsored (free) lunch at 12:30 pm. There will be river blessing ceremony and entertainment to follow including door prizes, fly tying demonstrations, information booths and a draw the river contest with prizes for the kids. Amigos Bravos also sponsors the Dia del Rio event on the Rio Grande at Pilar.
New Mexico Trout would like to invite you to attend its 4th Annual Fly Tying Symposium on Saturday, November 10, 2007; at Sandia Prep School. The symposium runs at 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Along with tying demmonstrations there will be Door Prizes. Sandia Prep School is located at 532 Osuna Rd, in Albuquerque. The cost is, Children 15 and under-FREE, NMT Members $5 and $7 for non-members.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is having their annual Christmas party on Monday December 3, 2007. It is open to all Trout Unlimited members as well as anyone interested in what the chapter is doing. The get together will include cocktails, dinner, and a general membreship meeting. Attendees will brought up to date on chapter news and a variety of conservation projects underway. There will also be a presentation by New Mexico Trout on their petition to have the Rio Guadalupe listed as an Outstanding Natural Resource Water.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well rearded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout".
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-768
Friday, October 5, 2007
Announcements for the Week of October 9, 2007
The High Desert Angler will be going to our fall through spring hours starting Tuesday September 4th. We will now be open from 10:00 AM till 6:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 11:00 AM till 4:00 PM on Sundays.
October 20th is Dia del Rio. The Upper Pecos Watershed Association, the Pecos Community Foundation, and the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited will be sponsoring another Pecos River Cleanup. Meet at the Blessed Pecos Gallery (1/4 mile north of the main Pecos intersection, across from St. Anthony's Church) at 8:30 am. Get gloves, trash bags and cleanup assignments there. The cleanup is from 9 AM till noon with a sponsored (free) lunch and door prizes at 12:30 pm. There will be Pecos River blessing ceremony and entertainment to follow including fly tying demonstrations, information booths, and a draw the river contest with prizes for kids.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com. Truchas Chapter's latest newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from their website at www.truchas-tu.org.
New Mexico Trout would like to invite you to attend its 4th Annual Fly Tying Symposium on Saturday, November 10, 2007; at Sandia Prep School. The symposium runs at 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Along with tying demmonstrations there will be Door Prizes. Sandia Prep School is located at 532 Osuna Rd, in Albuquerque. The cost is, Children 15 and under-FREE, NMT Members $5 and $7 for non-members.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is having their annual Christmas party on Monday December 3, 2007. It is open to all Trout Unlimited members as wellas anyone interested in what the chapter is doing. The get together will include cocktails, dinner, and a general membreship meeting. Attendees will brought up to date on chapter news and a variety of conservation projects underway. There will also be a presentation by New Mexico Trout on their petition to have the Rio Guadalupe listed as an Outstanding Natural Resource Water.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well rearded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout".
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688
October 20th is Dia del Rio. The Upper Pecos Watershed Association, the Pecos Community Foundation, and the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited will be sponsoring another Pecos River Cleanup. Meet at the Blessed Pecos Gallery (1/4 mile north of the main Pecos intersection, across from St. Anthony's Church) at 8:30 am. Get gloves, trash bags and cleanup assignments there. The cleanup is from 9 AM till noon with a sponsored (free) lunch and door prizes at 12:30 pm. There will be Pecos River blessing ceremony and entertainment to follow including fly tying demonstrations, information booths, and a draw the river contest with prizes for kids.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is seeking individuals willing to serve on their local Board of Directors. Many of the current board members are nearing the end of their terms and some are feeling a bit stretched. The only requirement is a desire to contibute ideas, opinions, expertise, and a certain amount of time. Many current conservation projects underway and need new blood with vigor and enthusiasm. Contact Arnold Atkins, the Truchas Chapter president for more details at oldrzif@yahoo.com. Truchas Chapter's latest newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from their website at www.truchas-tu.org.
New Mexico Trout would like to invite you to attend its 4th Annual Fly Tying Symposium on Saturday, November 10, 2007; at Sandia Prep School. The symposium runs at 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Along with tying demmonstrations there will be Door Prizes. Sandia Prep School is located at 532 Osuna Rd, in Albuquerque. The cost is, Children 15 and under-FREE, NMT Members $5 and $7 for non-members.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited is having their annual Christmas party on Monday December 3, 2007. It is open to all Trout Unlimited members as wellas anyone interested in what the chapter is doing. The get together will include cocktails, dinner, and a general membreship meeting. Attendees will brought up to date on chapter news and a variety of conservation projects underway. There will also be a presentation by New Mexico Trout on their petition to have the Rio Guadalupe listed as an Outstanding Natural Resource Water.
Please save the date of March 1, 2008 for the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual banqet. It will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe. Cocktails start at 6 pm and dinner at 7 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Robert J. Behnke. He is a professor emeritus of Colorado State University and one of the world's foremost experts on trout and salmon. He provided the scientific underpinnings offor the work of last year's speaker, James Prosek, artist and author of several well rearded books. Dr. Behnke also writes the column "About Trout" in Trout Unlimited's national journal "Trout".
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Announcements for the Week of September 24, 2007
The High Desert Angler will be going to our fall through spring hours starting Tuesday September 4th. We will now be open from 10:00 AM till 6:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 11:00 AM till 4:00 PM on Sundays.
Saturday September 29th is National Hunting and Fishing Day. On Saturday, any angler regardless of residency or age can fish without a New Mexico Fishing License. All bag limits and tackle restrictions in place will apply. Anglers fishing on Indian Reservation water may still need a permit to fish. Please contact the individual Pueblo or Nation on their policies. New Mexico Game and Fish officers will be looking for anyone not abiding by tackle restrictions or bag limits, and also have road blocks collecting data on hunter harvests and game and fish violations. For more information, please contact New Mexico Game and Fish at 505-476-8000. To report a violator, call 800-423-4362.
Many thanks to those of you who could make the Upper Pecos Watershed Association's stakeholders meeting on Wednesday September 26th. It consisted of presentations on the Pecos Canyon Recreational Use Planning Initiative. William D. Graves, Planner Director, NM Department of Game and Fish, gave an Update on the Pecos Canyon Recreational Use Planning Initiative. Charlie Jankiewicz, Interagency Resource Coordinator for TEAMs Planning Enterprise, of the U.S. Forest Service, will conduct the initial phase of the Pecos Canyon recreational use planning initiative. The Pecos River is an economically important recreational resource to our area and we were glad to see the support and interest in the Upper Pecos Watershed Association.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Limited angling will be allowed for Gila trout in Black Canyon Creek from July 1 through September 30 as a Special Trout Water. Fishing will be catch-and-release only with artificial flies or lures and a single barbless hook. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688.
Saturday September 29th is National Hunting and Fishing Day. On Saturday, any angler regardless of residency or age can fish without a New Mexico Fishing License. All bag limits and tackle restrictions in place will apply. Anglers fishing on Indian Reservation water may still need a permit to fish. Please contact the individual Pueblo or Nation on their policies. New Mexico Game and Fish officers will be looking for anyone not abiding by tackle restrictions or bag limits, and also have road blocks collecting data on hunter harvests and game and fish violations. For more information, please contact New Mexico Game and Fish at 505-476-8000. To report a violator, call 800-423-4362.
Many thanks to those of you who could make the Upper Pecos Watershed Association's stakeholders meeting on Wednesday September 26th. It consisted of presentations on the Pecos Canyon Recreational Use Planning Initiative. William D. Graves, Planner Director, NM Department of Game and Fish, gave an Update on the Pecos Canyon Recreational Use Planning Initiative. Charlie Jankiewicz, Interagency Resource Coordinator for TEAMs Planning Enterprise, of the U.S. Forest Service, will conduct the initial phase of the Pecos Canyon recreational use planning initiative. The Pecos River is an economically important recreational resource to our area and we were glad to see the support and interest in the Upper Pecos Watershed Association.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Limited angling will be allowed for Gila trout in Black Canyon Creek from July 1 through September 30 as a Special Trout Water. Fishing will be catch-and-release only with artificial flies or lures and a single barbless hook. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 30% off of 2007 retail prices or buy one at regular price and get one free. Please call the shop for details at 505-988-7688.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Announcements for the Week of September 17, 2007
The High Desert Angler will be going to our fall through spring hours starting Tuesday September 4th. We will now be open from 10:00 AM till 6:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 11:00 AM till 4:00 PM on Sundays.
The Upper Pecos Watershed Association will be having an open house from 1:00 pm till 4:00 pm on Sunday September 23rd. They are located in the "old" Frankies space at 46 South Main Street. The regular office hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday only. Stop in and meet the new administrator, Alexis St. James or call them at 505-757-3600. Have a look at their new office and see what projects they have in store for the Pecos. In what seems like the worst year on the Pecos in terms or trash and degradation to the riparian areas, the UPWA is leading the charge on making a lasting change for the better. Please come support them and their efforts.
The Upper Pecos Watershed Association will be having their stakeholders meeting on Wednesday September 26th. It will be held at the Village of Pecos Meeting Hall from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. There will be a presentation on the Pecos Canyon Recreational Use Planning Initiative. San Miguel County Commissioner Huey Ley will be giving the introduction. William D. Graves, Planner Director, NM Department of Game and Fish, will give the presentation, "An Update on the Pecos Canyon Recreational Use Planning Initiative." Mr. Graves will also introduce Charlie Jankiewicz, Interagency Resource Coordinator for TEAMs Planning Enterprise, USDA Forest Service, which will conduct the initial phase of the Pecos Canyon recreational use planning initiative.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Limited angling will be allowed for Gila trout in Black Canyon Creek from July 1 through September 30 as a Special Trout Water. Fishing will be catch-and-release only with artificial flies or lures and a single barbless hook. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 25% off of 2007 retail prices. Please call the shop for details.
The Upper Pecos Watershed Association will be having an open house from 1:00 pm till 4:00 pm on Sunday September 23rd. They are located in the "old" Frankies space at 46 South Main Street. The regular office hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday only. Stop in and meet the new administrator, Alexis St. James or call them at 505-757-3600. Have a look at their new office and see what projects they have in store for the Pecos. In what seems like the worst year on the Pecos in terms or trash and degradation to the riparian areas, the UPWA is leading the charge on making a lasting change for the better. Please come support them and their efforts.
The Upper Pecos Watershed Association will be having their stakeholders meeting on Wednesday September 26th. It will be held at the Village of Pecos Meeting Hall from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. There will be a presentation on the Pecos Canyon Recreational Use Planning Initiative. San Miguel County Commissioner Huey Ley will be giving the introduction. William D. Graves, Planner Director, NM Department of Game and Fish, will give the presentation, "An Update on the Pecos Canyon Recreational Use Planning Initiative." Mr. Graves will also introduce Charlie Jankiewicz, Interagency Resource Coordinator for TEAMs Planning Enterprise, USDA Forest Service, which will conduct the initial phase of the Pecos Canyon recreational use planning initiative.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Limited angling will be allowed for Gila trout in Black Canyon Creek from July 1 through September 30 as a Special Trout Water. Fishing will be catch-and-release only with artificial flies or lures and a single barbless hook. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 and S3s lines respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 25% off of 2007 retail prices. Please call the shop for details.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Announcements for the Week of August 10, 2007
The High Desert Angler will be going to our fall through spring hours starting Tuesday September 4th. We will now be open from 10:00 AM till 6:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 11:00 AM till 4:00 PM on Sundays.
Melinda Kassen, director of Trout Unlimited's Western Water Project, will discuss How Water Policies Can Restore Western Rivers, based on her experiences in promoting environmentally-friendly water policies in the West. The talk will be on Wednesday, Sept 19 from 7 to 9pm at the Unitarian Church, 107 West Barcelona Rd in Santa Fe.
The Upper Pecos Watershed Association will be having an open house from 1:00 pm till 4:00 pm on Sunday September 23rd. Please come meet their new administrator, Alexis St. James, and see what projects they have in store for the Pecos. In what seems like the worst year on the Pecos in terms or trash and degradation to the riparian areas, the UPWA is leading the charge on making a lasting change for the better. Please come support them and their efforts.
The Upper Pecos Watershed Association will be having their stakeholders meeting on Wednesday September 26th. It will be held at the Village of Pecos Meeting Hall from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. There will be a presentation on the Pecos Canyon Recreational Use Planning Initiative. San Miguel County Commissioner Huey Ley will be giving the introduction. William D. Graves, Planner Director, NM Department of Game and Fish, will give the presentation, "An Update on the Pecos Canyon Recreational Use Planning Initiative." Mr. Graves will also introduce Charlie Jankiewicz, Interagency Resource Coordinator for TEAMs Planning Enterprise, USDA Forest Service, which will conduct the initial phase of the Pecos Canyon recreational use planning initiative
The Upper Pecos Watershed Association now has an office open in the village of Pecos. They are located in the "old" Frankies space at 46 South Main Street. The office hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday only. Stop in and meet the new administrator, Alexis St. James or call them at 505-757-3600.
The Quivira Coalition is sponsoring one more event on Comanche Creek this year. This is an invitation only event. This workshop is a vital part of our effort to complete the Comanche Creek 319 EPA Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout Habitat Restoration Project. It is critical that we complete this project this fall as the 404/401 permit is due to expire early next year, and just as importantly, to have the structures in place to take full advantage of next spring and summer's high water events. To ensure the successful completion of this project, we need you (and your strong back!) to help with the installation of the remaining 33 vanes. Five teams of six people will trim, stage, and install posts for the vanes. These teams will rotate between two tasks: four team members will "pound posts" for vanes while two members collect rocks for additional bank support and assist where needed. The workshop will run from Wednesday, September 19th through noon on Sunday, September 23, 2007. Partial and day-only attendance is fine if you cannot join us for the entire workshop. Workdays will proceed as follows:
Wednesday, September 19: arrival and camp setup starts at noon. Post trimming will begin as participants finish setting up their camp.
Thursday, September 20: Trim posts and deliver to vane installation sites.
Friday, September 21: Teams install 13 vanes
Saturday, September 22: Teams install 13 vanes
Sunday, September 23: Teams install 7 vanes and decamp
All participants will receive a Quivira tee shirt and are invited to the "Pot Luck" dinner Saturday night. In addition to working with other dedicated conservationists on a very worthwhile restoration project, you will also have ample opportunity to observe bugling bull elk as they form their fall herds in the golden aspens of the Valle Vidal. To save your spot for this workshop, please RSVP Mike Bain, project coordinator, by the end of business on Friday, September 14. He can be reached at The Quivira Coalition, 1413 Second Street, Suite 1, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505, Office:(505)820-2544, Cell:(505)795-1597.
The Valles Caldera Trust is seeking the public's help in developing a new long-term visitor access and use management plan. The Trust wants the public's ideas about visitor capacity of the Preserve, recreation and education programs offered to the public, and the types of facilities and infrastructure—such as roads, trails and buildings—needed to support public visitation and visitor programs. Truchas TU and TU National would like to develop a possible collaboration with the Valles Caldera to reintroduce native Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (RGCT) into two select drainages in the VCNP without the use of piscicides. More detailed information, including the materials presented at previous meetings, will be continually updated on the Trust's website at www.vallescaldera.gov . The public can submit comments through the Trust's website (www.vallescaldera.gov ), by email to Marie Rodriguez (mrodriguez@vallescaldera.gov), or by letter to Valles Caldera Trust, P.O. Box 359, Jemez Springs, NM 87025. All comments should be received at Trust offices by September 21, 2007.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Limited angling will be allowed for Gila trout in Black Canyon Creek from July 1 through September 30 as a Special Trout Water. Fishing will be catch-and-release only with artificial flies or lures and a single barbless hook. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 line respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 25% off of 2007 retail prices. Please call the shop for details.
Melinda Kassen, director of Trout Unlimited's Western Water Project, will discuss How Water Policies Can Restore Western Rivers, based on her experiences in promoting environmentally-friendly water policies in the West. The talk will be on Wednesday, Sept 19 from 7 to 9pm at the Unitarian Church, 107 West Barcelona Rd in Santa Fe.
The Upper Pecos Watershed Association will be having an open house from 1:00 pm till 4:00 pm on Sunday September 23rd. Please come meet their new administrator, Alexis St. James, and see what projects they have in store for the Pecos. In what seems like the worst year on the Pecos in terms or trash and degradation to the riparian areas, the UPWA is leading the charge on making a lasting change for the better. Please come support them and their efforts.
The Upper Pecos Watershed Association will be having their stakeholders meeting on Wednesday September 26th. It will be held at the Village of Pecos Meeting Hall from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. There will be a presentation on the Pecos Canyon Recreational Use Planning Initiative. San Miguel County Commissioner Huey Ley will be giving the introduction. William D. Graves, Planner Director, NM Department of Game and Fish, will give the presentation, "An Update on the Pecos Canyon Recreational Use Planning Initiative." Mr. Graves will also introduce Charlie Jankiewicz, Interagency Resource Coordinator for TEAMs Planning Enterprise, USDA Forest Service, which will conduct the initial phase of the Pecos Canyon recreational use planning initiative
The Upper Pecos Watershed Association now has an office open in the village of Pecos. They are located in the "old" Frankies space at 46 South Main Street. The office hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday only. Stop in and meet the new administrator, Alexis St. James or call them at 505-757-3600.
The Quivira Coalition is sponsoring one more event on Comanche Creek this year. This is an invitation only event. This workshop is a vital part of our effort to complete the Comanche Creek 319 EPA Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout Habitat Restoration Project. It is critical that we complete this project this fall as the 404/401 permit is due to expire early next year, and just as importantly, to have the structures in place to take full advantage of next spring and summer's high water events. To ensure the successful completion of this project, we need you (and your strong back!) to help with the installation of the remaining 33 vanes. Five teams of six people will trim, stage, and install posts for the vanes. These teams will rotate between two tasks: four team members will "pound posts" for vanes while two members collect rocks for additional bank support and assist where needed. The workshop will run from Wednesday, September 19th through noon on Sunday, September 23, 2007. Partial and day-only attendance is fine if you cannot join us for the entire workshop. Workdays will proceed as follows:
Wednesday, September 19: arrival and camp setup starts at noon. Post trimming will begin as participants finish setting up their camp.
Thursday, September 20: Trim posts and deliver to vane installation sites.
Friday, September 21: Teams install 13 vanes
Saturday, September 22: Teams install 13 vanes
Sunday, September 23: Teams install 7 vanes and decamp
All participants will receive a Quivira tee shirt and are invited to the "Pot Luck" dinner Saturday night. In addition to working with other dedicated conservationists on a very worthwhile restoration project, you will also have ample opportunity to observe bugling bull elk as they form their fall herds in the golden aspens of the Valle Vidal. To save your spot for this workshop, please RSVP Mike Bain, project coordinator, by the end of business on Friday, September 14. He can be reached at The Quivira Coalition, 1413 Second Street, Suite 1, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505, Office:(505)820-2544, Cell:(505)795-1597.
The Valles Caldera Trust is seeking the public's help in developing a new long-term visitor access and use management plan. The Trust wants the public's ideas about visitor capacity of the Preserve, recreation and education programs offered to the public, and the types of facilities and infrastructure—such as roads, trails and buildings—needed to support public visitation and visitor programs. Truchas TU and TU National would like to develop a possible collaboration with the Valles Caldera to reintroduce native Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (RGCT) into two select drainages in the VCNP without the use of piscicides. More detailed information, including the materials presented at previous meetings, will be continually updated on the Trust's website at www.vallescaldera.gov . The public can submit comments through the Trust's website (www.vallescaldera.gov ), by email to Marie Rodriguez (mrodriguez@vallescaldera.gov), or by letter to Valles Caldera Trust, P.O. Box 359, Jemez Springs, NM 87025. All comments should be received at Trust offices by September 21, 2007.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Limited angling will be allowed for Gila trout in Black Canyon Creek from July 1 through September 30 as a Special Trout Water. Fishing will be catch-and-release only with artificial flies or lures and a single barbless hook. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
Lastly, a commercial announcement. Sage Manufacturing and Scott Fly Rods have both announced discontinuations of their SLT line and S3 line respectively. We have some left and are offering them at 30% off of 2007 retail prices. Simms and Cloudveil have also announced discontinuations in their Gore-Tex wader lines and will be discounted at 25% off of 2007 retail prices. Please call the shop for details.
Monday, September 3, 2007
Announcements for the Week of September 3, 2007
The High Desert Angler will be going to our fall through spring hours starting next week. Beginning Tuesday September 4th, we will be open from 10am till 6pm Monday through Saturday and 11am till 4pm on Sundays.
The Upper Pecos Watershed Association now has an office open in the village of Pecos. They are located in the "old" Frankies space at 46 South Main Street. The office hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday only. Stop in and meet the new administrator, Alexis St. James or call them at 505-757-3600.
Upper Pecos Watershed Association
46 South Main Street (the old Frankies)
Pecos, New Mexico
505-757-3600
Mailing Address:
UPWA
P. O.Box 339
Pecos, NM 87552
The Quivira Coalition is sponsoring one more event on Comanche Creek this year. This is an invitation only event. This workshop is a vital part of our effort to complete the Comanche Creek 319 EPA Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout Habitat Restoration Project. It is critical that we complete this project this fall as the 404/401 permit is due to expire early next year, and just as importantly, to have the structures in place to take full advantage of next spring and summer's high water events. To ensure the successful completion of this project, we need you (and your strong back!) to help with the installation of the remaining 33 vanes. Five teams of six people will trim, stage, and install posts for the vanes. These teams will rotate between two tasks: four team members will "pound posts" for vanes while two members collect rocks for additional bank support and assist where needed. The workshop will run from Wednesday, September 19th through noon on Sunday, September 23, 2007. Partial and day-only attendance is fine if you cannot join us for the entire workshop. Workdays will proceed as follows:
Wednesday, September 19: arrival and camp setup starts at noon. Post trimming will begin as participants finish setting up their camp.
Thursday, September 20: Trim posts and deliver to vane installation sites.
Friday, September 21: Teams install 13 vanes
Saturday, September 22: Teams install 13 vanes
Sunday, September 23: Teams install 7 vanes and decamp
All participants will receive a Quivira tee shirt and are invited to the "Pot Luck" dinner Saturday night. In addition to working with other dedicated conservationists on a very worthwhile restoration project, you will also have ample opportunity to observe bugling bull elk as they form their fall herds in the golden aspens of the Valle Vidal. To save your spot for this workshop, please RSVP Mike Bain, project coordinator, by the end of business on Friday, September 14. He can be reached at The Quivira Coalition, 1413 Second Street, Suite 1, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505, Office:(505)820-2544, Cell:(505)795-1597.
Bob Gerding's Outdoor Adventures, along with other well known NM fishing experts and authors, will conduct full day fly fishing clinics for adults on Saturday September 8th and Sunday September 9th. These clinics consist of a half day of instruction which takes place at the lodge and includes tackle, equipment, stream insect sampling and identification, and casting techniques. Participants perfect their casting techniques on the Valle Grande, lunch is served, and the class heads out to the San Antonio River for an afternoon of putting new skills to the test. Having a fishing guide along makes for a special learning experience as well as a successful day of catching fish. The cost of the clinic is $150. Rental equipment is available for the day of the clinc for $30. The clinic runs from 8am till 4pm and includes a catered lunch. To reserve your space or for more information, please visit their website at http://www.vallescaldera.gov
The Valles Caldera Trust is seeking the public's help in developing a new long-term visitor access and use management plan. The Trust wants the public's ideas about visitor capacity of the Preserve, recreation and education programs offered to the public, and the types of facilities and infrastructure—such as roads, trails and buildings—needed to support public visitation and visitor programs. Truchas TU and TU National would like to develop a possible collaboration with the Valles Caldera to reintroduce native Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (RGCT) into two select drainages in the VCNP without the use of piscicides. More detailed information, including the materials presented at previous meetings, will be continually updated on the Trust's website at www.vallescaldera.gov . The public can submit comments through the Trust's website (www.vallescaldera.gov ), by email to Marie Rodriguez (mrodriguez@vallescaldera.gov), or by letter to Valles Caldera Trust, P.O. Box 359, Jemez Springs, NM 87025. All comments should be received at Trust offices by September 21, 2007.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Limited angling will be allowed for Gila trout in Black Canyon Creek from July 1 through September 30 as a Special Trout Water. Fishing will be catch-and-release only with artificial flies or lures and a single barbless hook. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
The Upper Pecos Watershed Association now has an office open in the village of Pecos. They are located in the "old" Frankies space at 46 South Main Street. The office hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday only. Stop in and meet the new administrator, Alexis St. James or call them at 505-757-3600.
Upper Pecos Watershed Association
46 South Main Street (the old Frankies)
Pecos, New Mexico
505-757-3600
Mailing Address:
UPWA
P. O.Box 339
Pecos, NM 87552
The Quivira Coalition is sponsoring one more event on Comanche Creek this year. This is an invitation only event. This workshop is a vital part of our effort to complete the Comanche Creek 319 EPA Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout Habitat Restoration Project. It is critical that we complete this project this fall as the 404/401 permit is due to expire early next year, and just as importantly, to have the structures in place to take full advantage of next spring and summer's high water events. To ensure the successful completion of this project, we need you (and your strong back!) to help with the installation of the remaining 33 vanes. Five teams of six people will trim, stage, and install posts for the vanes. These teams will rotate between two tasks: four team members will "pound posts" for vanes while two members collect rocks for additional bank support and assist where needed. The workshop will run from Wednesday, September 19th through noon on Sunday, September 23, 2007. Partial and day-only attendance is fine if you cannot join us for the entire workshop. Workdays will proceed as follows:
Wednesday, September 19: arrival and camp setup starts at noon. Post trimming will begin as participants finish setting up their camp.
Thursday, September 20: Trim posts and deliver to vane installation sites.
Friday, September 21: Teams install 13 vanes
Saturday, September 22: Teams install 13 vanes
Sunday, September 23: Teams install 7 vanes and decamp
All participants will receive a Quivira tee shirt and are invited to the "Pot Luck" dinner Saturday night. In addition to working with other dedicated conservationists on a very worthwhile restoration project, you will also have ample opportunity to observe bugling bull elk as they form their fall herds in the golden aspens of the Valle Vidal. To save your spot for this workshop, please RSVP Mike Bain, project coordinator, by the end of business on Friday, September 14. He can be reached at The Quivira Coalition, 1413 Second Street, Suite 1, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505, Office:(505)820-2544, Cell:(505)795-1597.
Bob Gerding's Outdoor Adventures, along with other well known NM fishing experts and authors, will conduct full day fly fishing clinics for adults on Saturday September 8th and Sunday September 9th. These clinics consist of a half day of instruction which takes place at the lodge and includes tackle, equipment, stream insect sampling and identification, and casting techniques. Participants perfect their casting techniques on the Valle Grande, lunch is served, and the class heads out to the San Antonio River for an afternoon of putting new skills to the test. Having a fishing guide along makes for a special learning experience as well as a successful day of catching fish. The cost of the clinic is $150. Rental equipment is available for the day of the clinc for $30. The clinic runs from 8am till 4pm and includes a catered lunch. To reserve your space or for more information, please visit their website at http://www.vallescaldera.gov
The Valles Caldera Trust is seeking the public's help in developing a new long-term visitor access and use management plan. The Trust wants the public's ideas about visitor capacity of the Preserve, recreation and education programs offered to the public, and the types of facilities and infrastructure—such as roads, trails and buildings—needed to support public visitation and visitor programs. Truchas TU and TU National would like to develop a possible collaboration with the Valles Caldera to reintroduce native Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (RGCT) into two select drainages in the VCNP without the use of piscicides. More detailed information, including the materials presented at previous meetings, will be continually updated on the Trust's website at www.vallescaldera.gov . The public can submit comments through the Trust's website (www.vallescaldera.gov ), by email to Marie Rodriguez (mrodriguez@vallescaldera.gov), or by letter to Valles Caldera Trust, P.O. Box 359, Jemez Springs, NM 87025. All comments should be received at Trust offices by September 21, 2007.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Limited angling will be allowed for Gila trout in Black Canyon Creek from July 1 through September 30 as a Special Trout Water. Fishing will be catch-and-release only with artificial flies or lures and a single barbless hook. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Announcements for the Week of August 27, 2007
The High Desert Angler will be going to our fall through spring hours starting next week. Beginning Tuesday September 4th, we will be open from 10am till 6pm Monday through Saturday and noon till 5pm on Sundays.
The Upper Pecos Watershed Association now has an office open in the village of Pecos. They are located in the "old" Frankies space at 46 South Main Street. The office hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday only. Stop in and meet the new administrator, Alexis St. James or call them at 505-757-3600.
Upper Pecos Watershed Association
46 South Main Street (the old Frankies)
Pecos, New Mexico
505-757-3600
Mailing Address:
UPWA
P. O.Box 339
Pecos, NM 87552
The Quivira Coalition is sponsoring one more event on Comanche Creek this year. This is an invitation only event. This workshop is a vital part of our effort to complete the Comanche Creek 319 EPA Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout Habitat Restoration Project. It is critical that we complete this project this fall as the 404/401 permit is due to expire early next year, and just as importantly, to have the structures in place to take full advantage of next spring and summer's high water events. To ensure the successful completion of this project, we need you (and your strong back!) to help with the installation of the remaining 33 vanes. Five teams of six people will trim, stage, and install posts for the vanes. These teams will rotate between two tasks: four team members will "pound posts" for vanes while two members collect rocks for additional bank support and assist where needed. The workshop will run from Wednesday, September 19th through noon on Sunday, September 23, 2007. Partial and day-only attendance is fine if you cannot join us for the entire workshop. Workdays will proceed as follows:
Wednesday, September 19: arrival and camp setup starts at noon. Post trimming will begin as participants finish setting up their camp.
Thursday, September 20: Trim posts and deliver to vane installation sites.
Friday, September 21: Teams install 13 vanes
Saturday, September 22: Teams install 13 vanes
Sunday, September 23: Teams install 7 vanes and decamp
All participants will receive a Quivira tee shirt and are invited to the "Pot Luck" dinner Saturday night. In addition to working with other dedicated conservationists on a very worthwhile restoration project, you will also have ample opportunity to observe bugling bull elk as they form their fall herds in the golden aspens of the Valle Vidal. To save your spot for this workshop, please RSVP Mike Bain, project coordinator, by the end of business on Friday, September 14. He can be reached at The Quivira Coalition, 1413 Second Street, Suite 1, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505, Office:(505)820-2544, Cell:(505)795-1597.
Bob Gerding's Outdoor Adventures, along with other well known NM fishing experts and authors, will conduct full day fly fishing clinics for adults on Saturday September 8th and Sunday September 9th. These clinics consist of a half day of instruction which takes place at the lodge and includes tackle, equipment, stream insect sampling and identification, and casting techniques. Participants perfect their casting techniques on the Valle Grande, lunch is served, and the class heads out to the San Antonio River for an afternoon of putting new skills to the test. Having a fishing guide along makes for a special learning experience as well as a successful day of catching fish. The cost of the clinic is $150. Rental equipment is available for the day of the clinc for $30. The clinic runs from 8am till 4pm and includes a catered lunch. To reserve your space or for more information, please visit their website at http://www.vallescaldera.gov
The Valles Caldera Trust is seeking the public's help in developing a new long-term visitor access and use management plan. The Trust wants the public's ideas about visitor capacity of the Preserve, recreation and education programs offered to the public, and the types of facilities and infrastructure—such as roads, trails and buildings—needed to support public visitation and visitor programs. Truchas TU and TU National would like to develop a possible collaboration with the Valles Caldera to reintroduce native Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (RGCT) into two select drainages in the VCNP without the use of piscicides. More detailed information, including the materials presented at previous meetings, will be continually updated on the Trust's website at www.vallescaldera.gov . The public can submit comments through the Trust's website (www.vallescaldera.gov ), by email to Marie Rodriguez (mrodriguez@vallescaldera.gov), or by letter to Valles Caldera Trust, P.O. Box 359, Jemez Springs, NM 87025. All comments should be received at Trust offices by September 21, 2007.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Limited angling will be allowed for Gila trout in Black Canyon Creek from July 1 through September 30 as a Special Trout Water. Fishing will be catch-and-release only with artificial flies or lures and a single barbless hook. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
The Upper Pecos Watershed Association now has an office open in the village of Pecos. They are located in the "old" Frankies space at 46 South Main Street. The office hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday only. Stop in and meet the new administrator, Alexis St. James or call them at 505-757-3600.
Upper Pecos Watershed Association
46 South Main Street (the old Frankies)
Pecos, New Mexico
505-757-3600
Mailing Address:
UPWA
P. O.Box 339
Pecos, NM 87552
The Quivira Coalition is sponsoring one more event on Comanche Creek this year. This is an invitation only event. This workshop is a vital part of our effort to complete the Comanche Creek 319 EPA Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout Habitat Restoration Project. It is critical that we complete this project this fall as the 404/401 permit is due to expire early next year, and just as importantly, to have the structures in place to take full advantage of next spring and summer's high water events. To ensure the successful completion of this project, we need you (and your strong back!) to help with the installation of the remaining 33 vanes. Five teams of six people will trim, stage, and install posts for the vanes. These teams will rotate between two tasks: four team members will "pound posts" for vanes while two members collect rocks for additional bank support and assist where needed. The workshop will run from Wednesday, September 19th through noon on Sunday, September 23, 2007. Partial and day-only attendance is fine if you cannot join us for the entire workshop. Workdays will proceed as follows:
Wednesday, September 19: arrival and camp setup starts at noon. Post trimming will begin as participants finish setting up their camp.
Thursday, September 20: Trim posts and deliver to vane installation sites.
Friday, September 21: Teams install 13 vanes
Saturday, September 22: Teams install 13 vanes
Sunday, September 23: Teams install 7 vanes and decamp
All participants will receive a Quivira tee shirt and are invited to the "Pot Luck" dinner Saturday night. In addition to working with other dedicated conservationists on a very worthwhile restoration project, you will also have ample opportunity to observe bugling bull elk as they form their fall herds in the golden aspens of the Valle Vidal. To save your spot for this workshop, please RSVP Mike Bain, project coordinator, by the end of business on Friday, September 14. He can be reached at The Quivira Coalition, 1413 Second Street, Suite 1, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505, Office:(505)820-2544, Cell:(505)795-1597.
Bob Gerding's Outdoor Adventures, along with other well known NM fishing experts and authors, will conduct full day fly fishing clinics for adults on Saturday September 8th and Sunday September 9th. These clinics consist of a half day of instruction which takes place at the lodge and includes tackle, equipment, stream insect sampling and identification, and casting techniques. Participants perfect their casting techniques on the Valle Grande, lunch is served, and the class heads out to the San Antonio River for an afternoon of putting new skills to the test. Having a fishing guide along makes for a special learning experience as well as a successful day of catching fish. The cost of the clinic is $150. Rental equipment is available for the day of the clinc for $30. The clinic runs from 8am till 4pm and includes a catered lunch. To reserve your space or for more information, please visit their website at http://www.vallescaldera.gov
The Valles Caldera Trust is seeking the public's help in developing a new long-term visitor access and use management plan. The Trust wants the public's ideas about visitor capacity of the Preserve, recreation and education programs offered to the public, and the types of facilities and infrastructure—such as roads, trails and buildings—needed to support public visitation and visitor programs. Truchas TU and TU National would like to develop a possible collaboration with the Valles Caldera to reintroduce native Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (RGCT) into two select drainages in the VCNP without the use of piscicides. More detailed information, including the materials presented at previous meetings, will be continually updated on the Trust's website at www.vallescaldera.gov . The public can submit comments through the Trust's website (www.vallescaldera.gov ), by email to Marie Rodriguez (mrodriguez@vallescaldera.gov), or by letter to Valles Caldera Trust, P.O. Box 359, Jemez Springs, NM 87025. All comments should be received at Trust offices by September 21, 2007.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Limited angling will be allowed for Gila trout in Black Canyon Creek from July 1 through September 30 as a Special Trout Water. Fishing will be catch-and-release only with artificial flies or lures and a single barbless hook. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Announcements for the Week of August 20, 2007
The Valles Caldera Trust is holding a youth fly fishing clinic this Saturday, August 25th. The VCT staff, along with knowledgeable volunteers, conducts the fly fishing clinics for youths, allowing up to 20 youths the opportunity to fish the headwaters of the East Fork on the Preserve. Youths(8-16yrs old) spend a half day learning about tackle, knots and insects. They will have time to practice their casting in the morning and then head for the fishing hole in the afternoon. Bring a lunch to enjoy along the stream and be prepared for weather. This activity is extremely popular, so sign up early. Parents are asked to drop youths off and come back at the end of the day. The clinic runs from 8am till 4pm and the cost is $15. For more information please visit the VCT website at http://www.vallescaldera.gov or e-mail the Recreation Coordinatorat info@vallescaldera.gov
Bob Gerding's Outdoor Adventures, along with other well known NM fishing experts and authors, will conduct full day fly fishing clinics for adults on Saturday September 8th and Sunday September 9th. These clinics consist of a half day of instruction which takes place at the lodge and includes tackle, equipment, stream insect sampling and identification, and casting techniques. Participants perfect their casting techniques on the Valle Grande, lunch is served, and the class heads out to the San Antonio River for an afternoon of putting new skills to the test. Having a fishing guide along makes for a special learning experience as well as a successful day of catching fish. The cost of the clinic is $150. Rental equipment is available for the day of the clinc for $30. The clinic runs from 8am till 4pm and includes a catered lunch. To reserve your space or for more information, please visit their website at http://www.vallescaldera.gov
The Valles Caldera Trust is seeking the public's help in developing a new long-term visitor access and use management plan. The Trust wants the public's ideas about visitor capacity of the Preserve, recreation and education programs offered to the public, and the types of facilities and infrastructure—such as roads, trails and buildings—needed to support public visitation and visitor programs. Truchas TU and TU National would like to develop a possible collaboration with the Valles Caldera to reintroduce native Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (RGCT) into two select drainages in the VCNP without the use of piscicides. More detailed information, including the materials presented at previous meetings, will be continually updated on the Trust's website at www.vallescaldera.gov . The public can submit comments through the Trust's website (www.vallescaldera.gov ), by email to Marie Rodriguez (mrodriguez@vallescaldera.gov), or by letter to Valles Caldera Trust, P.O. Box 359, Jemez Springs, NM 87025. All comments should be received at Trust offices by September 21, 2007.
The Navajo Ministries is holding their annual Bi-Fly Adult Fishing Competition fundraiser on August 24th and 25th. Competition starts at 7 am both mornings. This year's competition is full, but I'll post more info for those wanting to participate next year. For more information please call Bob Fitz at 505-324-5220.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
Bob Gerding's Outdoor Adventures, along with other well known NM fishing experts and authors, will conduct full day fly fishing clinics for adults on Saturday September 8th and Sunday September 9th. These clinics consist of a half day of instruction which takes place at the lodge and includes tackle, equipment, stream insect sampling and identification, and casting techniques. Participants perfect their casting techniques on the Valle Grande, lunch is served, and the class heads out to the San Antonio River for an afternoon of putting new skills to the test. Having a fishing guide along makes for a special learning experience as well as a successful day of catching fish. The cost of the clinic is $150. Rental equipment is available for the day of the clinc for $30. The clinic runs from 8am till 4pm and includes a catered lunch. To reserve your space or for more information, please visit their website at http://www.vallescaldera.gov
The Valles Caldera Trust is seeking the public's help in developing a new long-term visitor access and use management plan. The Trust wants the public's ideas about visitor capacity of the Preserve, recreation and education programs offered to the public, and the types of facilities and infrastructure—such as roads, trails and buildings—needed to support public visitation and visitor programs. Truchas TU and TU National would like to develop a possible collaboration with the Valles Caldera to reintroduce native Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (RGCT) into two select drainages in the VCNP without the use of piscicides. More detailed information, including the materials presented at previous meetings, will be continually updated on the Trust's website at www.vallescaldera.gov . The public can submit comments through the Trust's website (www.vallescaldera.gov ), by email to Marie Rodriguez (mrodriguez@vallescaldera.gov), or by letter to Valles Caldera Trust, P.O. Box 359, Jemez Springs, NM 87025. All comments should be received at Trust offices by September 21, 2007.
The Navajo Ministries is holding their annual Bi-Fly Adult Fishing Competition fundraiser on August 24th and 25th. Competition starts at 7 am both mornings. This year's competition is full, but I'll post more info for those wanting to participate next year. For more information please call Bob Fitz at 505-324-5220.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Announcements for the Week of August 13, 2007
The Valles Caldera Trust is holding a youth fly fishing clinic this Saturday, August 25th. The VCT staff, along with knowledgeable volunteers, conducts the fly fishing clinics for youths, allowing up to 20 youths the opportunity to fish the headwaters of the East Fork on the Preserve. Youths(8-16yrs old) spend a half day learning about tackle, knots and insects. They will have time to practice their casting in the morning and then head for the fishing hole in the afternoon. Bring a lunch to enjoy along the stream and be prepared for weather. This activity is extremely popular, so sign up early. Parents are asked to drop youths off and come back at the end of the day. The clinic runs from 8am till 4pm and the cost id $15. For more information please visit the VCT website at http://www.vallescaldera.gov or e-mail the Recreation Coordinatorat info@vallescaldera.gov
The western portion of the Valle Vidal area in the Carson National Forest will be mostly closed from August 6th through August 20th. Travelers can drive through on Forest Road 1950, but are not allowed to stop anywhere west of the boundary between Taos and Colfax counties. Shuree Ponds, a popular fishing spot located near Cimarron Campground, will remain open. The closure will only affect anglers on Commanche Creek upstream of Commanche Point to it's headwaters. Commanche Point is at Commanche Creek's confluence with the Rio Costilla. The Rio Costilla will remain open to fishing. The closure is to allow the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish to apply a chemical to Comanche Creek and its tributaries to kill non-native fish and to re-establish the native Rio Grande cutthroat trout to its home waters. The chemical, called a piscicide, affects the gills on fish and their ability to take in oxygen. Although the chemical is reportedly not dangerous when used correctly, forest officials want to limit public exposure. The eastern portion of the Valle Vidal remains open. For more information, go to www.fs.fed.us/r3/carson, or call 505-758-6200.
The Valles Caldera Trust is seeking the public's help in developing a new long-term visitor access and use management plan. The Trust wants the public's ideas about visitor capacity of the Preserve, recreation and education programs offered to the public, and the types of facilities and infrastructure—such as roads, trails and buildings—needed to support public visitation and visitor programs. Truchas TU and TU National would like to develop a possible collaboration with the Valles Caldera to reintroduce native Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (RGCT) into two select drainages in the VCNP without the use of piscicides. More detailed information, including the materials presented at previous meetings, will be continually updated on the Trust's website at www.vallescaldera.gov . The public can submit comments through the Trust's website (www.vallescaldera.gov ), by email to Marie Rodriguez (mrodriguez@vallescaldera.gov), or by letter to Valles Caldera Trust, P.O. Box 359, Jemez Springs, NM 87025. All comments should be received at Trust offices by September 21, 2007.
The Navajo Ministries is holding their annual Bi-Fly Adult Fishing Competition fundraiser on August 24th and 25th. Competition starts at 7 am both mornings. This year's competition is full, but I'll post more info for those wanting to participate next year. For more information please call Bob Fitz at 505-324-5220.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
The western portion of the Valle Vidal area in the Carson National Forest will be mostly closed from August 6th through August 20th. Travelers can drive through on Forest Road 1950, but are not allowed to stop anywhere west of the boundary between Taos and Colfax counties. Shuree Ponds, a popular fishing spot located near Cimarron Campground, will remain open. The closure will only affect anglers on Commanche Creek upstream of Commanche Point to it's headwaters. Commanche Point is at Commanche Creek's confluence with the Rio Costilla. The Rio Costilla will remain open to fishing. The closure is to allow the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish to apply a chemical to Comanche Creek and its tributaries to kill non-native fish and to re-establish the native Rio Grande cutthroat trout to its home waters. The chemical, called a piscicide, affects the gills on fish and their ability to take in oxygen. Although the chemical is reportedly not dangerous when used correctly, forest officials want to limit public exposure. The eastern portion of the Valle Vidal remains open. For more information, go to www.fs.fed.us/r3/carson, or call 505-758-6200.
The Valles Caldera Trust is seeking the public's help in developing a new long-term visitor access and use management plan. The Trust wants the public's ideas about visitor capacity of the Preserve, recreation and education programs offered to the public, and the types of facilities and infrastructure—such as roads, trails and buildings—needed to support public visitation and visitor programs. Truchas TU and TU National would like to develop a possible collaboration with the Valles Caldera to reintroduce native Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (RGCT) into two select drainages in the VCNP without the use of piscicides. More detailed information, including the materials presented at previous meetings, will be continually updated on the Trust's website at www.vallescaldera.gov . The public can submit comments through the Trust's website (www.vallescaldera.gov ), by email to Marie Rodriguez (mrodriguez@vallescaldera.gov), or by letter to Valles Caldera Trust, P.O. Box 359, Jemez Springs, NM 87025. All comments should be received at Trust offices by September 21, 2007.
The Navajo Ministries is holding their annual Bi-Fly Adult Fishing Competition fundraiser on August 24th and 25th. Competition starts at 7 am both mornings. This year's competition is full, but I'll post more info for those wanting to participate next year. For more information please call Bob Fitz at 505-324-5220.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Announcements for the Week of August 6, 2007
The western portion of the Valle Vidal area in the Carson National Forest will be mostly closed from today through August 20th. Travelers can drive through on Forest Road 1950, but are not allowed to stop anywhere west of the boundary between Taos and Colfax counties. Shuree Ponds, a popular fishing spot located near Cimarron Campground, will remain open. The closure will only affect anglers on Commanche Creek upstream of Commanche Point to it's headwaters. Commanche Point is at Commanche Creek's confluence with the Rio Costilla. The Rio Costilla will remain open to fishing. The closure is to allow the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish to apply a chemical to Comanche Creek and its tributaries to kill non-native fish and to re-establish the native Rio Grande cutthroat trout to its home waters. The chemical, called a piscicide, affects the gills on fish and their ability to take in oxygen. Although the chemical is reportedly not dangerous when used correctly, forest officials want to limit public exposure. The eastern portion of the Valle Vidal remains open. For more information, go to www.fs.fed.us/r3/carson, or call 505-758-6200.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited would like to invite all TU members and friends to a series of public meeting on the Valles Caldera. The Valles Caldera Trust is seeking the public's help in developing a new long-term visitor access and use management plan. The Trust wants the public's ideas about visitor capacity of the Preserve, recreation and education programs offered to the public, and the types of facilities and infrastructure—such as roads, trails and buildings—needed to support public visitation and visitor programs. Truchas TU and TU National would like to develop a possible collaboration with the Valles Caldera to reintroduce native Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (RGCT) into two select drainages in the VCNP without the use of piscicides. The Truchas Chapter invites you to attend one or more of these meetings and to discuss TUs perspective on Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout introduction. The Valles Caldera Public Meetings are:
1. August 14, 2007 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Student Center of the
University of New Mexico-Los Alamos in Los Alamos, New Mexico (4000
University Drive)
2. August 16, 2007 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Hilton Garden Inn in Rio
Rancho, New Mexico (1771 Rio Rancho Blvd.)
The public is invited to come to the meetings anytime between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM. The workshop discussions will take place at 5:00 PM and 6:30 PM. More detailed information, including the materials presented at the meetings, will be continually updated on the Trust's website at www.vallescaldera.gov . The public can submit comments directly during the meetings, through the Trust's website (www.vallescaldera.gov ), by email to Marie Rodriguez (mrodriguez@vallescaldera.gov), or by letter to Valles Caldera Trust, P.O. Box 359, Jemez Springs, NM 87025. All comments should be received at Trust offices by September 21, 2007. Please also contact Bob O'Connor ( Roboconnor@aol.com) or Truchas TU is you would like to participate in the meetings to discuss TU's perspective on RGCT reintroduction.
The Farmington Chamber of Commerce is holding their annual Bi-Fly Adult Fishing Competition on August 24th and 25th. Competition starts at 7 am both mornings. This is a fundraiser for local charites. For more information please call 505-324-5220. I will post more information as it becomes available.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited would like to invite all TU members and friends to a series of public meeting on the Valles Caldera. The Valles Caldera Trust is seeking the public's help in developing a new long-term visitor access and use management plan. The Trust wants the public's ideas about visitor capacity of the Preserve, recreation and education programs offered to the public, and the types of facilities and infrastructure—such as roads, trails and buildings—needed to support public visitation and visitor programs. Truchas TU and TU National would like to develop a possible collaboration with the Valles Caldera to reintroduce native Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (RGCT) into two select drainages in the VCNP without the use of piscicides. The Truchas Chapter invites you to attend one or more of these meetings and to discuss TUs perspective on Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout introduction. The Valles Caldera Public Meetings are:
1. August 14, 2007 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Student Center of the
University of New Mexico-Los Alamos in Los Alamos, New Mexico (4000
University Drive)
2. August 16, 2007 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Hilton Garden Inn in Rio
Rancho, New Mexico (1771 Rio Rancho Blvd.)
The public is invited to come to the meetings anytime between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM. The workshop discussions will take place at 5:00 PM and 6:30 PM. More detailed information, including the materials presented at the meetings, will be continually updated on the Trust's website at www.vallescaldera.gov . The public can submit comments directly during the meetings, through the Trust's website (www.vallescaldera.gov ), by email to Marie Rodriguez (mrodriguez@vallescaldera.gov), or by letter to Valles Caldera Trust, P.O. Box 359, Jemez Springs, NM 87025. All comments should be received at Trust offices by September 21, 2007. Please also contact Bob O'Connor ( Roboconnor@aol.com) or Truchas TU is you would like to participate in the meetings to discuss TU's perspective on RGCT reintroduction.
The Farmington Chamber of Commerce is holding their annual Bi-Fly Adult Fishing Competition on August 24th and 25th. Competition starts at 7 am both mornings. This is a fundraiser for local charites. For more information please call 505-324-5220. I will post more information as it becomes available.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Announcements for the Week of July 23, 2007
Mason Dowling will be teaching another fly tying class this Saturday July 28th from 10am till noon. Cost of the class is $15 and advanced registration is required. Please call the fly shop at 505-988-7688 to sign up.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited would like to invite all TU members and friends to a series of public meeting on the Valles Caldera. The Valles Caldera Trust is seeking the public's help in developing a new long-term visitor access and use management plan. The Trust wants the public's ideas about visitor capacity of the Preserve, recreation and education programs offered to the public, and the types of facilities and infrastructure—such as roads, trails and buildings—needed to support public visitation and visitor programs. Truchas TU and TU National would like to develop a possible collaboration with the Valles Caldera to reintroduce native Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (RGCT) into two select drainages in the VCNP without the use of piscicides. The Truchas Chapter invites you to attend one or more of these meetings and to discuss TUs perspective on Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout introduction. The Valles Caldera Public Meetings are:
1. July 31, 2007 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Trust offices in Jemez
Springs, New Mexico (18161 State Highway 4)
2. August 2, 2007 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Cities of Gold Hotel
Conference Center in the Pojoaque Valley, New Mexico (10-A Cities of Gold
Rd., 15 miles north of Santa Fe)
3. August 14, 2007 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Student Center of the
University of New Mexico-Los Alamos in Los Alamos, New Mexico (4000
University Drive)
4. August 16, 2007 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Hilton Garden Inn in Rio
Rancho, New Mexico (1771 Rio Rancho Blvd.)
The public is invited to come to the meetings anytime between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM. The workshop discussions will take place at 5:00 PM and 6:30 PM. More detailed information, including the materials presented at the meetings, will be continually updated on the Trust's website at www.vallescaldera.gov . The public can submit comments directly during the meetings, through the Trust's website (www.vallescaldera.gov ), by email to Marie Rodriguez (mrodriguez@vallescaldera.gov), or by letter to Valles Caldera Trust, P.O. Box 359, Jemez Springs, NM 87025. All comments should be received at Trust offices by September 21, 2007. Please also contact Bob O'Connor ( Roboconnor@aol.com) or Truchas TU is you would like to participate in the meetings to discuss TU's perspective on RGCT reintroduction.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
The Farmington Chamber of Commerce is holding their annual Bi-Fly Adult Fishing Competition on August 24th and 25th. Competition starts at 7 am both mornings. This is a fundraiser for local charites. For more information please call 505-324-5220. I will post more information as it becomes available.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
The Department of Game and Fish will conduct roadblocks statewide through March 31, 2008, in an effort to collect harvest data and to apprehend violators of fish and wildlife laws. Hunters and anglers may encounter minor delays at the roadblocks. To report a violation, contact your local conservation officer or call the toll-free Operation Game Thief hotline at 1-800-432-GAME (4263). Callers can remain anonymous and earn rewards for information leading to the apprehension of wildlife law violators.
The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited would like to invite all TU members and friends to a series of public meeting on the Valles Caldera. The Valles Caldera Trust is seeking the public's help in developing a new long-term visitor access and use management plan. The Trust wants the public's ideas about visitor capacity of the Preserve, recreation and education programs offered to the public, and the types of facilities and infrastructure—such as roads, trails and buildings—needed to support public visitation and visitor programs. Truchas TU and TU National would like to develop a possible collaboration with the Valles Caldera to reintroduce native Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout (RGCT) into two select drainages in the VCNP without the use of piscicides. The Truchas Chapter invites you to attend one or more of these meetings and to discuss TUs perspective on Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout introduction. The Valles Caldera Public Meetings are:
1. July 31, 2007 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Trust offices in Jemez
Springs, New Mexico (18161 State Highway 4)
2. August 2, 2007 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Cities of Gold Hotel
Conference Center in the Pojoaque Valley, New Mexico (10-A Cities of Gold
Rd., 15 miles north of Santa Fe)
3. August 14, 2007 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Student Center of the
University of New Mexico-Los Alamos in Los Alamos, New Mexico (4000
University Drive)
4. August 16, 2007 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Hilton Garden Inn in Rio
Rancho, New Mexico (1771 Rio Rancho Blvd.)
The public is invited to come to the meetings anytime between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM. The workshop discussions will take place at 5:00 PM and 6:30 PM. More detailed information, including the materials presented at the meetings, will be continually updated on the Trust's website at www.vallescaldera.gov . The public can submit comments directly during the meetings, through the Trust's website (www.vallescaldera.gov ), by email to Marie Rodriguez (mrodriguez@vallescaldera.gov), or by letter to Valles Caldera Trust, P.O. Box 359, Jemez Springs, NM 87025. All comments should be received at Trust offices by September 21, 2007. Please also contact Bob O'Connor ( Roboconnor@aol.com) or Truchas TU is you would like to participate in the meetings to discuss TU's perspective on RGCT reintroduction.
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
The Farmington Chamber of Commerce is holding their annual Bi-Fly Adult Fishing Competition on August 24th and 25th. Competition starts at 7 am both mornings. This is a fundraiser for local charites. For more information please call 505-324-5220. I will post more information as it becomes available.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
The Department of Game and Fish will conduct roadblocks statewide through March 31, 2008, in an effort to collect harvest data and to apprehend violators of fish and wildlife laws. Hunters and anglers may encounter minor delays at the roadblocks. To report a violation, contact your local conservation officer or call the toll-free Operation Game Thief hotline at 1-800-432-GAME (4263). Callers can remain anonymous and earn rewards for information leading to the apprehension of wildlife law violators.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Announcements for the Week of July 16, 2007
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
The Farmington Chamber of Commerce is holding their annual Bi-Fly Adult Fishing Competition on August 24th and 25th. Competition starts at 7 am both mornings. This is a fundraiser for local charites. For more information please call 505-324-5220. I will post more information as it becomes available.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
The Department of Game and Fish will conduct roadblocks statewide through March 31, 2008, in an effort to collect harvest data and to apprehend violators of fish and wildlife laws. Hunters and anglers may encounter minor delays at the roadblocks. To report a violation, contact your local conservation officer or call the toll-free Operation Game Thief hotline at 1-800-432-GAME (4263). Callers can remain anonymous and earn rewards for information leading to the apprehension of wildlife law violators.
The Farmington Chamber of Commerce is holding their annual Bi-Fly Adult Fishing Competition on August 24th and 25th. Competition starts at 7 am both mornings. This is a fundraiser for local charites. For more information please call 505-324-5220. I will post more information as it becomes available.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
The Department of Game and Fish will conduct roadblocks statewide through March 31, 2008, in an effort to collect harvest data and to apprehend violators of fish and wildlife laws. Hunters and anglers may encounter minor delays at the roadblocks. To report a violation, contact your local conservation officer or call the toll-free Operation Game Thief hotline at 1-800-432-GAME (4263). Callers can remain anonymous and earn rewards for information leading to the apprehension of wildlife law violators.
Monday, July 9, 2007
Announcements for the Week of July 9, 2007
Sunday July 15th is the last day to apply for a chance to fish the fall season on the Valles Caldera. To take part in the fishing program, you must enter a lottery conducted by the Valles Caldera Trust. The Trust holds three lotteries; one per season (spring, summer and fall). Lottery tickets are $5.00 each and may be purchased for any available fishing date. You may purchase as many tickets as you wish. Season Dates:
Spring - May 24th- July 2nd
Summer - July 5th- August 13th
Fall - August 16th- September 30th
Each individual lottery winner will only be permitted to win one fishing day per season. This allows each individual a maximum of three opportunities to win a day of fishing on the Preserve. To aplly please visit the Valles Caldera's website at http://www.vallescaldera.gov
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
The Farmington Chamber of Commerce is holding their annual Bi-Fly Adult Fishing Competition on August 24th and 25th. Competition starts at 7 am both mornings. This is a fundraiser for local charites. For more information please call 505-324-5220. I will post more information as it becomes available.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
The Department of Game and Fish will conduct roadblocks statewide through March 31, 2008, in an effort to collect harvest data and to apprehend violators of fish and wildlife laws. Hunters and anglers may encounter minor delays at the roadblocks. To report a violation, contact your local conservation officer or call the toll-free Operation Game Thief hotline at 1-800-432-GAME (4263). Callers can remain anonymous and earn rewards for information leading to the apprehension of wildlife law violators.
Spring - May 24th- July 2nd
Summer - July 5th- August 13th
Fall - August 16th- September 30th
Each individual lottery winner will only be permitted to win one fishing day per season. This allows each individual a maximum of three opportunities to win a day of fishing on the Preserve. To aplly please visit the Valles Caldera's website at http://www.vallescaldera.gov
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
The Farmington Chamber of Commerce is holding their annual Bi-Fly Adult Fishing Competition on August 24th and 25th. Competition starts at 7 am both mornings. This is a fundraiser for local charites. For more information please call 505-324-5220. I will post more information as it becomes available.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
The Department of Game and Fish will conduct roadblocks statewide through March 31, 2008, in an effort to collect harvest data and to apprehend violators of fish and wildlife laws. Hunters and anglers may encounter minor delays at the roadblocks. To report a violation, contact your local conservation officer or call the toll-free Operation Game Thief hotline at 1-800-432-GAME (4263). Callers can remain anonymous and earn rewards for information leading to the apprehension of wildlife law violators.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Announcements for the Week of July 2, 2007
The fire danger on the Santa Fe National Forest is currently EXTREME. During times of extreme fire danger, fires start quickly, spread furiously, and burn intensely. All fires are potentially serious. Campers and hikers are advised to make sure that their campfires are out before leaving their campsite. No fire restrictions are in place at this time but that may change. For the latest in advisories and fire restrictions please visit the Santa Fe National Forest's website at http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/sfe/conditions/index.html.
The Valle Vidal opened on Sunday July 1st. The Rio Costilla is currently flowing high with releases out of Costilla Reservoir at 100 cfs. Most reports earlier in the week were quite good before the releases went up. The Costilla is one of the few places an angler can reliably catch a Rio Grande Cutthroat. Shuree Ponds are also open and fishing very good. New Mexico Game and Fish as well as New Mexico Trout and the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited have some ongoing habitat improvement projects within the Valle Vidal (see the following announcements for contact info).
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
The Department of Game and Fish will conduct roadblocks statewide through March 31, 2008, in an effort to collect harvest data and to apprehend violators of fish and wildlife laws. Hunters and anglers may encounter minor delays at the roadblocks. To report a violation, contact your local conservation officer or call the toll-free Operation Game Thief hotline at 1-800-432-GAME (4263). Callers can remain anonymous and earn rewards for information leading to the apprehension of wildlife law violators.
The Valle Vidal opened on Sunday July 1st. The Rio Costilla is currently flowing high with releases out of Costilla Reservoir at 100 cfs. Most reports earlier in the week were quite good before the releases went up. The Costilla is one of the few places an angler can reliably catch a Rio Grande Cutthroat. Shuree Ponds are also open and fishing very good. New Mexico Game and Fish as well as New Mexico Trout and the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited have some ongoing habitat improvement projects within the Valle Vidal (see the following announcements for contact info).
Limited angling opportunities for Gila trout began July 1, 2007, in select streams in southwestern New Mexico that have been closed to fishing since 1966, when the Gila trout was first listed as a federal endangered species. The State Game Commission approved the changes at its March 2007 meeting in Las Cruces, based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to downlist the Gila trout from endangered to threatened. The new regulations allow the Department of Game and Fish to open angling opportunities for Gila trout and open select streams that previously have been closed to all fishing. Everyone who fishes in Black Canyon and Iron Creek must have a Gila Trout Permit along with a valid New Mexico fishing license. Permits are free and will be available June 1 on the "Buy licenses online" feature of the Department website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Local conservation groups need volunteers! The Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, New Mexico Trout, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Quivira Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service have an extensive list of projects to improve the health of our rivers and streams. These projects include fencing, trail maintenance, cattle exclosures and lake inventories. Again these projects are to improve the riparian health of our fisheries. Almost all of these projects are located near good fishing. Please, give some time to the cause of better fishing not only for you, but for your children as well. The following people are the contacts for these projects. Truchas Chapter; Art Vollmer 505-476-6004 or Dave Gratson 505-662-0707 x29, Jemez Ranger District; Derek Padilla, Amanda Webb, Chuck Dentino, Sean Ferrell, Mike Dechter, or Phyllis Martinez 505-829-3535.
The Department of Game and Fish will conduct roadblocks statewide through March 31, 2008, in an effort to collect harvest data and to apprehend violators of fish and wildlife laws. Hunters and anglers may encounter minor delays at the roadblocks. To report a violation, contact your local conservation officer or call the toll-free Operation Game Thief hotline at 1-800-432-GAME (4263). Callers can remain anonymous and earn rewards for information leading to the apprehension of wildlife law violators.
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