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The New Mexico Council of Trout Unlimited has joined with several other sportsmen’s groups to form the San Juan Quality Waters Coalition. The purpose of this group is to address the issues that have resulted in a general decline in the trout fisheries on the San Juan since the Bureau of Reclaimation changed the flow regime out of Navajo Dam in 2002.
Though the stated purpose of the flow change was to improve habitat for the Colorado Pikeminnow, it was fairly obvious to anyone who read through the EIS, that the real, covert reason was to suck as much water out of the river without violating the Endangered Species Act restrictions as they pertain to the pikeminnow.
On February 25th, the coalition sent this letter to the San Juan Recovery Imlementation – Coordination Committee asking them to address the numerous problems on the San Juan river that have impacted the fishery. The San Juan remains New Mexico’s premier destination trout fishery, and the actions of the BoR have had serious negative impacts on the economy surrounding the fishery.
The Upper Pecos Watershed Association is holding their first annual fundraising banquet, the Pecos River Romp on June 6th at Frankies at the Casanova in Pecos, NM. Tickets are $25.
Details and a request for donations can be found here.
The UPWA is dedicated to protecting, maintaining and improving the health of the Pecos River watershed as well as the local economies and culture.
Mark your calendar for Friday evening May 8, at the historic Sagebrush Inn in Taos New Mexico.
Social hour will begin at 6:00PM with dinner to follow. Our chapter board is busy putting together a gala never to be forgotten evening. The Enchanted Circle Chapter of Trout Unlimited has grown from our humble beginning crowd of thirty- three members to well over one-hundred!
One of our original goals was to host a chapter fundraising banquet during our second year of operation. Great News!!
There will be wonderful raffle and auction prizes including guided fishing trips, guided elk hunts and lots of very cool merchandise. Our “Grand Raffle” first prize will Read the rest of this entry »
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