NW CT Chapter of Trout Unlimited

Minutes of Meeting

May 7, 2013

 

The May meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM at the Torrington Elks Club by President Jim Fedorich.  There were fifteen attendees.

 

The Secretary’s report for April was read by Secretary Bob Hart and was accepted as read. 

 

There was no Treasurer’s Report tonight.

 

Jim Fedorich reported the Regional TU meeting is to be held July 19th, 20th, and 21st at Windham Mountain in the Catskills.  TU will help fund this meeting by $125 per person.  So far, Ron Leoni, Evan Williams, Jim Fedorich and Rob Redman have signed up.  Anyone else who may be interested in attending, please contact Jim.

 

The Annual Naugatuck River Cleanup will be held in conjunction with the Torrington Conservation Commission on Saturday, June 1st at the Sullivan Senior Center from 9:00 AM to noon.

 

Mike Beauchene, CT DEEP, is organizing a Free Kid’s Fishing Day on May 11th, 2013 from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM at Kent Falls.  He is requesting assistance from our chapter regarding fly casting demonstrations and fly tying demonstrations.  Anyone interested should contact Jim Fedorich.

 

A motion was made and accepted to donate $250 to the Housatonic River Outfitters to help support their stocking of rainbows in the river.  They need $5000 and are within $1000 of that goal.  The stocking is planned in the next couple of weeks.

 

Our program for the evening was a slide presentation by Ed Machowski, Connecticut DEEP, on “Inventorying Culverts in Connecticut”.  This program looks at the effect of culverts on potential barriers to fish migration.  The process involves documenting, measurements and pictures of every culvert in Connecticut , and eventually looking at grants, etc to see about remedies for those culverts that pose problems.  Ed was looking to our chapter in regards to this project, and has given us responsibility for documenting the culverts on the Naugatuck River.  He will set up a time where he will instruct us on how to document the culverts properly.

 

The meeting ended at 9:00 PM.

 

Our final meeting of the season will be held on Tuesday, June , 2013 at 7:30 PM at the Torrington Elks Club in Torrington, CT.  Looking forward to seeing you there.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Bob Hart

Secretary, NW CT Chapter of Trout Unlimited