Mid-MO TU Newsletter November 2024

President’s Message:

Dear Mid-Missouri Trout Unlimited Members,

Our next chapter meeting will be Tuesday December 3 from 6:00 PM to 9 PM.  The meeting will be held at the Rock Quarry House (https://www.como.gov/contacts/rock-quarry-house-2/) in Rock Quarry Park at 2002 Grindstone Parkway in Columbia.

This month will be the annual holiday party and the annual photo contest. Spouses and significant others are invited. Please bring a dish to share. Soft drinks will be provided.  Folks may also bring beverages.  

There will be an entrance fee for the photo contest.  Please bring five dollars cash per photo entered to the event.  We will give the money collected to the contest winner.  You may send your photo’s to my email (prefered) or bring a USB Flash Drive (a.k.a. thumb drive).  Please do a virus scan on the drive before you come to the event.

Please save the dates for the 2025 Fly Fishing Film Festival and the 2025 Annual Conservation Banquet. The Film Festival will be January 18, 2025, 10 AM at the Ragtag Cinema, 10 Hitt Street, Columbia, MO.  The 2025 Conservation Banquet will be February 28, 2025 starting at 5:30 PM at the Stoney Creek Inn, 2601 S Providence Rd, Columbia, MO.  Tickets will go on sale December 5 on our website.  Tickets for the both events will also be available at the events.  Tickets for the film festival may be sold out so we recommend you get them online.  Tickets acquired at the banquet will be at a higher cost.  

Hope to see you at the holiday party and photo contest.

Doug Grove

douggrove@yahoo.com

November Meeting:

We do not have the official minutes, but we approved allocating funds to publicize the film festival and the banquet. We also authorized funding to help publish Bill’s children’s book on the an Iowa Driftless brook trout.  After we discussed business, Curt showed pictures from the Iowa trip. We discussed where to fish next spring, possibly the Minnesota Driftless. 

John and Ken Foster are at the mouth of Coldwater Spring during our Iowa Driftless trip.

Editor’s notes: 

I contacted the Trout Youth Education Team and they would like to see a full copy of Bill’s book. I sent screen the shots Travis forwarded. 

I emailed the Twin Cities TU Chapter about climate change coordinators and mentioned Driftless fishing. He invited us to come and fish the MN Driftless. I plan to attend the TU national meeting in St Paul September  24-28 and stay a longer to fish. Doug and I attended the regional meeting in Taos last May. It was enjoyable and an opportunity to see all the great things TU is doing. If we are voting on where to fish in the spring, I recommend MN and will connect us with the locals. 

Jeff

Conservation Notes from TU:

After massive damage from the hurricanes TU looks at “Floods And Building Reconnected Rivers”

https://www.tu.org/magazine/science/climate-change/floods-and-building-reconnected-rivers/?utm_source=informz&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=none&_zs=hW5wb&_zl=9d7J4

We all enjoy catching a lot of fish and landing big ones, but are there times we want to hold back and take care of the fish. Sometimes the water is too warm or on the borderline for trout. How much stress does catching and playing put on wild fish. Along these lines, TU published Fishing our Conscience 

https://www.tu.org/magazine/trout-magazine/fishing-our-conscience/?utm_source=informz&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=none&_zs=hW5wb&_zl=Ad7J4

Conservation Notes from the Missouri Streams:

This one hits close to home:  Key Colorado River Basins at Tipping Point: Study

Six key watersheds along the Colorado River have become increasingly vulnerable to drought and could be nearing a point of no return https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/4990948-colorado-river-watersheds-vulnerability/

The Hill

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How can YOU reduce your personal use of plastic?

1. Clean with baking soda and vinegar or homemade cleaners instead of cleaners packaged in plastic.

2. Buy powdered laundry detergent in boxes rather than liquid detergents in plastic containers, or make your own detergent.

3. Skip the plastic containers, and package food leftovers in glass, metal, or ceramic dishes.

4. Bring your own containers to restaurants to package leftovers.

5. Swap disposable paper napkins with reusable cloth napkins. They feel nice and reduce overall waste, which reduces the use of plastic bags!

MISSOURI

ONSR Experienced Historic Flooding

Ozark National Scenic Riverways experienced widespread flooding following significant rainfall that started on November 3

National Park Service 

Residents Braced for Meramec Flooding

Residents in Valley Park, Eureka and Pacific brace for Meramec River flooding

St. Louis Public Radio

Flood Damage Postpones Trout Opening

Flood damage postpones opening of winter catch-and-release season at Montauk State Park, Maramec Spring Park

MDC News Online

Untreated Wastewater Reaches Missouri River

A wastewater spill in Sioux City, Iowa, led to an unknown amount of untreated wastewater reaching the Missouri River

Wastewater Digest

Rivers Eroding Sacred Mounds

On the Wisconsin-Iowa border, the Mississippi River is eroding sacred Indigenous mounds

The Effigy Mounds are one of the densest collections still existing in North America.

MINN Post

Key Colorado River Basins at Tipping Point: Study

Six key watersheds along the Colorado River have become increasingly vulnerable to drought and could be nearing a point of no return

The Hill

Ohio’s Newest Scenic River

River declared “nearly lifeless” in Ohio now is home to 92 species of fish and is the state’s 16th Ohio Scenic River

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Director Mary Mertz officially designated Raccoon Creek as Ohio’s newest state scenic river.

WTRF

Toxin Released into Congaree River

Toxin was released into Congaree River. But agencies did little to stop it, greens say

Toxic chemicals are going into the Congaree River near South Carolina’s only national park. But a new report says the federal and state governments are doing little to stop it. 

The State

Raining PFAS in Miami

It’s Raining PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Miami, Study Finds

EcoWatch

How to Make the Reach Cast:

https://www.tu.org/magazine/fishing/tip-reach-cast/?utm_source=informz&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=none&_zs=hW5wb&_zl=7d7J4

Casting Sinking Lines:

https://www.tu.org/magazine/fishing/tip-casting-sinking-lines/?utm_source=informz&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=none&_zs=hW5wb&_zl=NN6H4

Casting Heavy Flies:

https://www.tu.org/magazine/fishing/tip-casting-heavy-flies/?utm_source=informz&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=none&_zs=hW5wb&_zl=kW7I4

Everyone, Keep sending me information to share with our chapter and enjoying fishing,

Jeff Holzem

MMTU Newsletter Editor 

MMTU Advocacy Coordinators

Ozark Council Climate Change Coordinator

NLC Climate Change Workgroup Co-Chair

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John Wenzlick

Secretary

Bill Lamberson

Treasurer

Ty Figg

Financial Reviewer

Curt Morgret

At Large Board Members

Lynn Kleopfer, Eric Cunningham

Banquet Chairs

Curt Morgret

Alternative Funding Committee

Chalen Jackson

Education Director

John Wenzlick

Stream Team

John Wenzlick

Membership

Curt Morgret

Conservancy

Bill Lamberson

Conservancy

Sam Potter

e-Newsletter

Jeff Holzem

Web Master

Ty Figg

Facebook editor

Ben Moore

Event Planning

Doug Grove

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Jeff Holzem

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