The Greenbacker

 

Alpine Anglers Chapter

Estes Park, Colorado

 

May 25, 2008

 

Photo courtesy Rocky Mountain National Park

 

Dr. Behnke to present at RMNP this Saturday.

Dr. Robert J. Behnke, professor emeritus of Fisheries And Conservation at Colorado State University will present on “Native Trout of Rocky Mountain National Park—Past, Present an Future” on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 7:00 P.M. at the Rocky Mountain National Park Beaver Meadows Visitor Center.

Dr. Behnke is widely recognized as one of the foremost authorities in the world on trout and salmon, and he has played a pivotal role in the recovery of greenback cutthroat trout. His new book, About Trout, is drawn from his “About Trout” columns that have appeared in Trout magazine for 25 years.

This program is co-sponsored by Alpine Anglers and RMNP and is a great opportunity to hear Dr. Behnke talk about the history of greenback cutthroat trout. Special thanks to Bob Trout and Dallas Maurer for setting up this special program!

 

 

 

 

 

Alpine Anglers 2008 Calendar

This summer will be one of our busiest ever. In addition to Dr. Behnke’s special program, we have planned a full slate of chapter meetings designed to provide local anglers information needed for success on our local streams and also an awareness of conservations activities that affect the future of our fisheries. Come out and meet your fellow “TUers” and find out where they’re biting!

Date        Time                        Location                                                  Program                                            

May 31    7:00 P.M.               Beaver Meadows Visitor Center         Dr. Robert Behnke, “Native Trout of Rocky Moun-                                                                                                                tain National Park—Past, Present and Future”

 

June 7     8:00-12:00             Lake Estes Marina                               Estes Park Fishing Derby—Come by the Alpine                                                                                                                 Anglers booth.

 

June 11   7:00 P.M.               Mary’s Lake Lodge                               Chapter meeting: Chris Kennedy, Greenback                                                                                                                 Recovery 2008 Field program kickoff

 

July 17    7:00 P.M.               EP Library, Hondius Room                  Chapter Meeting: The Estes Angler will present

                                                                                                                “Successful Fishing in RMNP.”

 

Aug 21    4:00 P.M.               Lily Lake (tentative)                              Alpine Anglers annual picnic—Come for burgers                                                                                                                 and brats and to hear who has been catching                                                                                                                 what. (This location is pending. Check our web                                                                                                                 site at alpineanglers.org for an updated calendar                                                                                                                 before the picnic.)

 

Sep 18    7:00 P.M.               EP Library, Hondius Room                  Chapter Meeting: Greg Sheets, well-known Love                                                                                                                land guide will present “Fishing the Big Thompson                                                                                                                 and Sylvan Dale Ranch.”

 

Oct 16     7:00 P.M.               EP Library, Hondius Room                  Chapter Meeting: The Nature Conservancy

 

 

All are welcome—bring a friend!

 

 

Chris Kennedy to announce 2008 fieldwork schedule.

Chris will discuss the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 2008 fieldwork at the Alpine Anglers June meeting (details at right). As always, Chris needs our help with electro-fishing surveys and “hook and line” sampling. There is no better way to see and fish some of the best waters of RMNP than with Chris.

Pack horses haul volunteers’ gear to Lawn Lake in 2007 project.

 

Pack horse program continues in 2008.

Thanks to special funding from Colorado Trout Unlimited, Alpine Anglers will continue providing pack horses to transport the personal gear of volunteers to remote work locations of the Greenback Trout Recovery Program. Starting last year, this program has taken much of the pain out of greenback volunteer efforts. This year Alpine Anglers program managers Dallas Maurer and Les Beery plan to expand the scope of the program and offer pack horse support for most back country projects.

 

Alpine Anglers also provides camping equipment to be used by volunteers who do not have their own. Watch the volunteer program announcements from Austin Condon for information about pack horse support.

 

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Thursday, June 11

7:00 P.M.

Mary’s Lake Lodge

Program:

Chris Kennedy: U.S. Fish and Wildlife, 2008 Greenback Cutthroat Trout Recovery Program.

Refreshments served--Be there!

 

June meeting details

 

Other news

Successful River Cleanup completed.

How many bags of trash accumulate along the Big Thompson River from one year to the next? We don’t know, but there are at least two dozen fewer after the efforts of Alpine Anglers members and friends on National River Cleanup Day, Saturday May 17. Participants spent approximately two hours scouring the river along Highway 34 (no transmissions were found this year) and then met at the Lake Estes Marina for a lunch of grilled burgers and hot dogs. Thanks to Les and Kimball Berry for coordinating this event.

Austin Condon on conservation radio program.

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