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Wisconsin TroutJuly 2002

Trout Unlimited4514 Elgar Ln.Madison, WI 53704(608) 243-9025

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PAIDPERMIT NO. 1MADISON, WIVisit Wisconsin TU online at www.lambcom.net/witu

News and Views from WI Trout Unlimited

NOTES: new issue numbers inserted; more Friends names added 4-13 and 6-9;

In this issue...TU National proposes reorganization plan . . . . . . . .p. 5WSN offering chapters groundwater program. . . . . .p. 5Bill Heart: chapter president profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 6Life, liberty, and water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 10Fulfilling Gaylord Nelson’s legacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 12Stream access laws wallet card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 13

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changed Duke’s e-mail address; Gusick e-mail added;

Wilke new Marinette pres added;Chamberlain new Central pres. added;Deer new Fox Valley pres. added;Patrick new Blackhawk pres. added;Fritz new Nohr pres. added;Ehrenberg new Shaw-Paca pres.

Council investigates creating conservation buyer directory

By Jim HlabanAt the State Council meeting June 1 the creation of a “Conserva-

tion Buyer Registry” was discussed. A conservation buyer is anyonewho is willing to invest in land for the purpose of preserving it. Thiscan be accomplished in a variety of ways:• buying it and doing nothing more than enjoying it• buying it, adding protective covenants, and then reselling it,• buying it, donating it to Trout Unlimited, or• selling it to the State of Wisconsin or a land trust for protection.

One of the biggest threats to trout water in Wisconsin today is de-velopment on lands surrounding these waters. A TU conservationbuyer registry would help by putting people who are selling land withtrout water on it in touch with people who are interested in protectingthose lands.

Here is how it will work. I have volunteered to be the coordinator.You can contact me if you are interested in buying or protecting land,or if you know of land that has trout water on it that is for sale and inneed of protection.

I will compile a list of TU folks who are interested in buying landwith trout water. Please send me the specification or limitations youdesire — the particular watersheds, counties, or other geographicalunits the land should be located in.

Also let me know whether it is OK to share your name with landtrusts or brokers, whether you would you be willing to partner withother buyers in some situations, and whether you want your interestto be kept confidential.

The State Council will not share the details of your interest in troutwater land, but we will share the fact that we are compiling this regis-try with land trusts, state land agents, and anyone we find who canhelp us find trout water for sale.

Please let me hear from you if you think this concept is of interestto you. Also share your suggestions for how to enhance this program.You may contact me at the address shown on p. 2.

Historic nonpoint runoff agreement reached

By Bill PielstickerOn May 22, the Natural Resourc-

es Board voted unanimously for aresolution stating that the DNR willdevelop by December 31, 2007, arule for incorporating an agricultur-al buffer performance standard inthe previously approved pollutedrunoff regulations.

It is expected that the SenateNatural Resources Committee willdetermine that this action satisfiestheir concerns, which led returningthe rule package to the NRB thisspring.

Members of the Clean Water Co-alition (CWC), including WisconsinTrout Unlimited, agreed that theNRB resolution addresses their con-cerns over the DNR’s failure to in-clude a buffer requirement in therules package.

“This is a victory for Wisconsin’slakes, rivers, and streams. We ap-plaud the Natural Resources Boardfor their action,” said Kerry Schu-mann, Director of WI Public Inter-est Research Group (WISPIRG)and a member of the CWC.

However, Schumann cautioned,

“It is now necessary that we payclose attention to the research beingconducted on buffers to ensure thatthe study is scientific and fair andnot influenced by special interests.” UW buffer study called for

The NRB resolution calls for theDNR to fund research on the effec-tiveness of different buffer configu-rations. The resolution states that byDecember 31, 2005, UW research-ers will complete their research andpresent their findings to the DNR.

The agricultural buffer perfor-mance standard will be based on theresults of this study. If the study isnot completed on time, the DNRwill use the current Natural Re-source Conservation Service(NRCS) standards in the rule-making process.

The buffer research will be de-signed and implemented under thedirection of the University of Wis-consin College of Agriculture andLife Sciences, assisted by a steeringcommittee that will include re-searchers in soils and water quality,

Continued on p. 3

Berg new Lakeshore pres. added

DEERSKIN MEANDERING THROUGH FORMER IMPOUNDMENTThe Deerskin River northeast of Eagle River has reclaimed its former channel after the dam on the river was removed last year. This aerial view shows the river meandering through the former impoundment bed.

Governs road building along waterways

DOT/DNR ‘cooperative agreement’ being revised

By Jeremy HechtAs Larry Kriese noted in his arti-

cle in on culverts in the last issue ofWisconsin Trout, Wisconsin’s twocategories of “highways” — 12,600miles of rivers and 112,362 miles ofroads — frequently intersect.

To keep the roads in working or-der at many ofthese intersec-tions, the Wiscon-sin Departmentof Transporta-tion (DOT) mustfollow guidelinesset forth in a doc-ument titled simply “CooperativeAgreement Between Wisconsin De-partment of Transportation andWisconsin Department of NaturalResources.”

The cooperative agreement, ineffect since the late 1970s, governsDOT-supervised construction pro-jects over or next to streams, rivers,lakes, wetlands, or other waterbod-ies. The agreement has come underfire recently for failing to stop some

high-profile erosion cases. Now theagreement is up for an overhaul be-tween the two agencies. Agreement’s history

The agreement was written in re-sponse to a state statute that ex-empts the DOT from needing DNRpermits, but requires that the two de-

partments worktogether to as-sure adequateenvironmentalprotection ontransportationprojects.

Under the co-operative agree-

ment, DNR Regional Liaisons tothe DOT review the DOT’s con-struction plans to ensure that mea-sures are included to preventenvironmental damage. The DNR’sDOT liaisons work with DOT staffat the DOT’s eight districts from thestart to finish of a project. They re-view and comment on initial projectconceptual plans, concur with the

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TU members can report poor silt control on road projects

near trout waters. See p. 7 for a table listing DNR liaisons

with the DOT.

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Wisconsin TU StateCouncil Leadership

State Chair: Jon Christiansen, 237 W. Aster Ln., Mequon, WI 53092 (414) 297-5557 (W); (262) 241-5520 (H) (414) 297-5557 (fax); [email protected]: Jim Hlaban, N5967 Murray Rd., Ogdensburg, WI 54962 (920) 244-7456; [email protected]: Chuck Steudel, 1217 Cty. QQ, Mineral Point, WI 53565 (608) 987-2171; [email protected]: Larry Meicher, 5258 Salisbury Rd., Rio, WI 53960 (920) 992-6612Past State Chair: John Welter, 2211 Frona Place, Eau Claire, WI 54701 (715) 831-9565 (W); (715) 833-7028 (H); (715) 831-9586 (fax); [email protected], Central Region: Dave Johnson, PO Box 424, Wautoma, WI 54982 (920) 787-6201 (W); (920) 622-3633 (H)Vice-Chair, Northeast Region: Larry Kriese, 2762 White Pine Rd., Green Bay, WI 54313 (920) 434-0143, [email protected], Southern Region: Lar-ry Meicher (see above)Vice-Chair, Western Region: John Bethke, 118 Vernon St., Westby, WI 54667 (608) 634-3641; [email protected]

Chapter Development & Member-ship: Jim Hlaban (see above)Education: Henry Haugley, 1406 Diamond Ct., Sun Prairie, WI 53590 (608) 825-9768; [email protected] & Friends of Wis. TU: John Cantwell, 3725 Ken Ridge, Green Bay, WI 54313 (920) 865-4442 (phone & fax); [email protected] Counsel: Winston Ostrow, 335 Traders Point Ln., Green Bay, WI 54302 (920) 432-9300 (W); (920) 469-1596 (H); [email protected]: Jeff Smith, 7330 Old Sauk Rd., Madison, WI 53717-1213; (608) 266-0267; [email protected]: Todd Hanson, 4514 Elgar Ln., Madison, WI 53704 (608) 243-9025 (phone & fax); [email protected] Policy & Rules: Bill Sherer, 6272 Oswego Fish Trap Rd., PO Box 516, Boulder Junc-tion, WI 54512 (715) 385-9373 (H) [email protected] Resources: Stu Grimstad, 1563 Cty. ZZ, Amherst Junction, WI 54407 (715) 677-3454 (H), [email protected]: Andy Lamberson, 2104 Chestnut Dr., Hudson, WI 54016; [email protected]

WISCONSIN TROUTVol. 14, No. 3 — July 2002

Wisconsin Trout is the official publication of the Wisconsin Council of Trout Unlimited and is distributed to the members of Wisconsin’s 21 TU chapters. Nonmember subscriptions are $12.50/year. Publication and distribution dates are the first weeks of January, April, July, and October. Deadlines for articles and advertisements are the 10th of December, March, June, and September. Advertising rate sheets are available, or you may download it at www.lambcom.net/witu.Contributions and letters to the editor are welcomed. Submit articles and returnable photos (color or b&w) to the editorial office:

Todd Hanson, editor4514 Elgar Ln.Madison, WI 53704(608) 243-9025 (phone & fax)[email protected]

Wisconsin Trout

Aldo Leopold (#375): Clint Byrnes, 921 S. Spring St., Beaver Dam, WI 53916-2831 (920) 885-5335

Antigo (#313): Scott Henricks, 213 Mary St., Antigo, WI 54409-2536 (715) 623-3867; [email protected]

Blackhawk (#390): Dave Patrick, P.O. Box 893, Janesville, WI 53547 (608) 884-6948.

Central Wisconsin (#117): Bob Chamberlain, [email protected]

Coulee Region (#278): Nathan Barnhart, 400 Gillette St. #332, La Crosse, WI 54603 (608) 779-4184; [email protected]

Fox Valley (#193): Tom Deer, 1271 Maple St., Neenah, WI 54956 (920) 725-6077 (H); [email protected]; www.fox-valleytu.org

Frank Hornberg (#624): Jim Henke, 5006 Dorothy St., Stevens Point, WI 54481-9451 (715) 341-4503; [email protected]

Green Bay (#083): Dennis Gusick, 1531 Lost Dauphin Rd., De Pere, WI 54115 (920) 336-1157; [email protected]; www.greenbaytu.org

Harry & Laura Nohr (#257): Dave Fritz, 13528 Old G, Mont-fort, WI 53569 (608) 943-8454; [email protected]

Kiap-TU-Wish (#168): Andy Lamberson, 2104 Chestnut Dr., Hudson, WI 54016 (651) 733-7285 (W), (715) 386-7568 (H); [email protected]; www.lambcom.net/kiaptu-wish

Lakeshore (#423): Roger Berg, 4867 Dennwood Dr., Sheboyg-an, WI 53083 (920) 458-7899 [email protected].

Marinette (#422): Steve Wilke, 2526 Shore Drive, Marinette, WI 54143 (715) 732-4911; [email protected]

Northwoods (#256): Brian Hegge, 5077 Sunset Dr. #2, Rhine-lander, WI 54501 (715) 362-3244 (W), (715) 362-3244 (H); [email protected]; www.northwoodstu.org

Oconto River (#385): Dave Brunner, 5473 Cardinal Rd., Gillett, WI 54124 (920) 855-6669; [email protected]

Ojibleau (#255): Steve Gausman; W1000 Hemlock Rd.; Eau Claire, WI 54701 (715) 834-8744; [email protected]

Shaw-Paca (#381): Dave Ehrenberg, [email protected] Wisconsin (#078): Chuck Beeler, 2954 S. Moor-

land Rd., New Berlin, WI 53151 (414) 486-1129 (W), (414) 789-6921 (H)

Southern Wisconsin (#061): Bill Pielsticker, 8045 Crystal Lake Rd., Lodi, WI 53555-9539 (608) 592-4718; [email protected]; www.swtu.org

Wild Rivers (#415): Bill Heart, 66625 Highland Rd., Ashland, WI 54806 (715) 682-5307 (W), 682-4703 (H), 682-3221 fax; [email protected]

Wisconsin River Valley (#395): Herbert Hintze, 629 Hamilton St., Wausau, WI 54403 (715) 842-136

Wolf River (#050): Herb Buettner, N4297 Buettner Rd., White Lake, WI 54491 (715) 882-8611 (W), (715) 882-8612 (H)

Wisconsin TU Chapters, Presidents, and Web Sites

Contact TU National when you change addresses or chapter leaders1. Inform TU National. Call, write, or e-mail TU National using the contact

information below. (Only TU National keeps a membership database, sodo not contact your local chapter, the state council, or Wisconsin Trout.)

2. Include your ID number. Your ID number is found on mailing labels at-tached to TROUT magazine or your chapter newsletter.

3. Note new chapter affiliation. If you are moving to a different city and wishto be affiliated with the TU chapter in your area, note the new chapternumber (see chapter numbers above).

Visit Wis. TU online at:www.lambcom.net/witu

Jon Christiansen, Chair237 W. Aster Ln.Mequon, WI 53092

Chuck Steudel, Secretary 1217 Cty. QQ Mineral Point, WI 53565

Jim Hlaban, Vice-ChairN5967 Murray Rd.,Ogdensburg, WI 54962

Larry Meicher, Treasurer5258 Salisbury Rd.Rio, WI 53960

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July 2002 Wisconsin Trout

2002 Spring WDNR Rules Hearingand Conservation Congress Results

Summary of selected conservation and environmentalquestions of interest to Trout Unlimited

RESOURCE QUESTIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS: Yes No Majority A B C D

13 TROUT FISHING REGULATIONS 4,662 1,611 YES 61 9 2 0

17 SALMON ON LAKE SUPERIOR 3,422 1,110 YES 48 5 0 19

18 BROOK TROUT ON LAKE SUPERIOR 3,719 1,141 YES 56 3 0 13

22 BROOK TROUT ON WHITTLESEY CREEK 2,367 669 YES 36 2 0 34

47 BAN THE USE OF CYANIDE COMPOUNDS 6,224 541 YES 70 2 0 0

50 COASTER BROOK TROUT FUNDING 3,866 297 YES 60 2 0 10

FLOOR RESOLUTIONS OF INTEREST TO TU:

RETURN PUBLIC INTERVENOR OFFICE 5,717 376 YES

DNR SECRETARY APPOINTED BY NR BOARD 6,448 238 TESCol. A = Counties approving; Col. B = Counties rejecting; Col. C = Counties tie votes; Col. D = Counties not voting

LettersWisconsin TU local chapter meeting times and locations

Aldo Leopold: When neededor called at Beaver Dam Conser-vation Club, Cty. G, Beaver Dam.

Antigo: Not listed.Blackhawk:

Third Mondayof the month at7:00 p.m. at theDNR office inJanesville.

Central Wis-consin: SecondMonday of themonth at the

Berlin Bowling Lanes, Berlin.Board meets at 6:30; program at7:30.

Coulee Region: Every thirdTuesday 7 p.m. at Forest HillsGolf Course, 600 Losey Blvd., LaCrosse. No meetings in summer.

Fox Valley: Third Thursday ofthe month, 7:30 p.m., at the Gor-don Bubolz Nature Preserve, 4815N. Lynndale Dr., Appleton. Nomeetings May, June, July, andAugust. October meeting theannual awards dinner at a restau-rant TBA.

Frank Hornberg Chapter: Sec-ond Thursday of the month 7 p.m.at Shooter’s Supper Club, Hwy. 51& 54, Plover. May-Sept. meetingsare evening stream work events.

Green Bay: First Thursday ofmonth (Sept.-Nov. and Jan.-May)at The Watering Hole, 2107 VelpAve., Green Bay, 7:30 p.m. Christ-mas meetings/awards dinner inDec. at site to be determined. Nomeetings June, July, and August.

Harry & Laura Nohr Chapter:Third Tuesday of January, March,May, July, September, andNovember at the old Cobb HighSchool, Village of Cobb, at 7 p.m.(often potluck at 6 p.m.)

Kiap-TU-Wish: First Wednes-day of the month Sept. thru May

at the Sports Club in downtownHudson. Dinner at 6:00 p.m.;meeting at 7:00.

Lakeshore: Second Monday ofthe month, 7:30 p.m. at The ClubBil-Mar, Old Hwy. 141, Manito-woc.

Marinette County: First Tues-day of the month, 7:00 p.m.,Dome Lanes, 751 University Dr.,Marinette.

Northwoods: Third Thursdayof the month, 7:00 p.m. at theClaridge Inn in Rhinelander. Nomeetings June, July, and August.

Oconto River Watershed: FirstWednesday of the month, 7:45p.m., at the Lone Oak Gun Club,Hwy. 32 North, Gillett.

Ojibleau: Second Tuesday ofthe month, 7:00 p.m., at the EauClaire Rod & Gun Club, EauClaire.

Shaw-Paca: Third Thursday ofthe month from Sept.-May, 7:30p.m., at Mathew’s Supper Club,155 8th St., Clintonville.

Southeastern Wisconsin:Fourth Tuesday of the month.Dinner at 6:00 p.m., meeting at7:30 p.m. at the Bavarian Wurst-haus, 8310 Appleton Ave., Mil-waukee.

Southern Wisconsin: SecondTuesday of the month. Dinner at6:00 p.m., meeting at 7:00 p.m. Atthe Maple Tree Restaurant,McFarland.

Wild Rivers: Second Mondayof the month at various locations.Meetings at 7:00 p.m.

Wisconsin River Valley: FirstTuesday of the month, 7:00 p.m.,at the Wausau East High School,corner of 7th and Fulton.

Wolf River: Second Wednesdayof odd-numbered months, 7:00p.m., at the Wild Wolf Inn, High-way 55 South.

More counties join CREP programEditor,

I just wanted to briefly sharesome good news and say thanks toall of you who have been helpingout on this issue. I just got an up-date on the CREP program (Con-servation Reserve EnhancementProgram) from the Wisconsin Buff-er Council.

CREP is a voluntary cost-sharingprogram to help agricultural land-owners install buffer strips and oth-er soil conservation measures toreduce nonpoint pollution. The fed-eral and state governments are in-vesting up to $240 million into thestate to help install these practicesacross large portions of the state —there are potentially large economicbenefits for landowners. Controllingnonpoint pollution is the best thingwe can do to improve the quality ofour state’s waters.

At the time of the TU training in

early February there were severalcounties that had not yet agreed toparticipate in CREP — La Crosse,Portage, Door, Pierce, Polk, She-boygan, Clark, Waukesha, Racine,Kenosha, Taylor, and Marathon.One of the actions that we were ask-ing you to pursue was to work withthese counties and encourage themto sign onto the CREP program solandowners in that area could par-ticipate. I know personally that sev-eral of you where actively pursuingthis option.

I’m pleased to report that all ofthese counties, with the exception ofKenosha and Waukesha, havesigned on to the CREP program. Sothank you for the part that youplayed in getting this kind of suc-cess.

Laura HewittMidwest TU OfficeMadison, WI

DNR/PIO resolutions adopted by WWFEditor,

I have been working with FrankHerres who is a delegate to the Wis-consin Wildlife Federation and amember of our Brown County Con-servation Alliance. He took our tworesolutions [on DNR independenceand Public Intervenor Office resto-ration] to their statewide meetingand got the WWF to unanimouslyapprove both resolutions.

As a matter of course their reso-lutions (five this year) go to theGovernor, the DNR Secretary, theDNR Board, and all the members ofthe Senate and Assembly.

Frank crafted the last part of theresolutions that says the following:

“LET IT ALSO BE RE-SOLVED, The WWF at its

annual meeting held in Mad-ison, WI, April 14th, 2002,support this resolution. Thatthe WWF mail a copy of thisresolution with a letter fromthe WWF President to eachand every Wisconsin StateSenator and Assemblymanrequesting a timely writtenreply. Their reply to includetheir position regarding thisimportant issue. The resultsto be compiled at the WWFoffice and printed in Wiscon-servation, the newspaper ofthe WWF.”

Paul MonginBrown County ConservationAlliance & Green Bay TUGreen Bay, WI

No trout in Hawaii? Think again, Dan.Editor,

Maybe Dan Flaherty [who wrotein the last WisTrout that there wereno trout in Hawaii] may wish to fishthe few streams that contain rain-bows with a fly. There is indeed avery small rainbow trout fishery inthe highest altitudes of Hawaii onthe island of Kaua’i. In fact, thestate record rainbow trout weighed5 lbs. 10 oz.

This would seem to me to bequite an exotic setting to catch non-native rainbows as would catchingnonnative brookies on a fly in thefew mountainous trout streams ofVenezuela.

Christopher (Kit) DeublerAuthor Trout Fishing Wiscon-sin Spring PondsManitowoc, WI

NONPOINT: agreement reachedContinued from p. 1

professional soil conservation-ists, and others.

Todd Ambs will help oversee thework in his position as treasurer ofthe Wisconsin Agricultural Steward-ship Initiative. Bill Pielsticker, atrained agronomist and president ofSouthern Wisconsin TU, will repre-sent Wisconsin TU and other con-servation groups on the steeringcommittee.

This resolution only applies tofields next to “Outstanding and Ex-ceptional Resource Waters” and fornonpoint source impaired waters in-

cluded on the state 303(d) impairedwaters list.

Some observers have criticizedthe CWC for accepting this arrange-ment, noting that enough researchalready exists to justify a standardnow.

“We were not going to get a man-datory buffer standard of any sortuntil the Conservation Reserve En-hancement Program (CREP) isdone, which, thanks to the new farmbill, is now not going to happen anytime before 2008.” said Todd Ambs,executive director of the River Alli-ance of Wisconsin.

Thus, the additional researchshould bolster the acceptance of thebuffer rules when they do go intoplace.

“I am very confident that the sci-ence will show the need for buffersat least as restrictive as the (NRCS)393 standard,” said Ambs. “I alsobelieve that this science will showthe need for better upland practicesto make the buffers more effective.”

In the meantime, the Senate Nat-ural Resource Committee also re-turned the rules governing theimplementation of the agriculturalportion of the runoff rules, knownas ATCP 50, to the Department ofAgriculture, Trade, and ConsumerProtection. However, DATCP per-sonnel feel confident they will beable to address the committee’s con-cerns and have the rule back for fi-nal approval by the end of thesummer.

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July 2002Wisconsin Trout

When the Duke met the King

By Jon ChristiansenWITU Chair

On my home stream, there is abig bend in the river that I call“Max’s corner” because there, dur-ing our first season, my 12-year-oldson had an hour of fishing that a fa-ther dreams of.

At dusk, small white mayflieswere hatching, and for once the ex-act right fly was in the fly box. I hus-tled up from down stream when Iheard him calling me to come quick-ly because there were fish rising ev-erywhere. I got there in time to see a12” brown had taken his fly andjumped over a stick protruding fromthe stream, so the fish was hangingthere in mid-air, flopping about,while Max was wading into chestdeep water to grab his fish. It wasquite an evening.

After our recent state councilmeeting, I invited John “Duke”Welter, former state chair, to fishmy home water, on the chance thatthere might be some bugs on thewater. We fished without much suc-

cess until just before dark when weapproached Max’s corner. As I hadhoped, “Elvis” was in the house.The largest fish I have yet to see onmy home water has lived for threeyears at Max’s corner. Max hascaught him once. During the day, helives under an undercut bank at theoutside of a bend where you couldsink a Chevy. When a hatch is on,however, he will sidle out 8” or 9”from the bank and feed about a footahead of a snag protruding from thebank. I named him Elvis because asnear as I can tell, he is the king ofthe stream and pretty much doesthings His Way.

So when Duke and I came toMax’s corner, Elvis was in his cus-tomary spot taking small white spin-ners with that casual rise form thatsays “These flies won’t escape so I’lltake my time.” With the surround-ing trees and bushes, Duke’s left-handed cast could only be madesidearm while standing with half hisvest and fly boxes under water. Now,Duke’s a great caster, but the backcast had to be through a narrow

eight-foot gap, and the forward casthad to curve right so that hewouldn’t line the fish. The fly need-ed to be 4 or 5 inches from the edge,yet the water piling against the bankkicked it out toward the middle. The

situation was even more challengingbecause if the fly drifted past thefish, it would end up in the snag.This was a fish worth studying awhile to lay out the approach andthe cast. Elvis wasn’t going any-where and rose about every 20 sec-onds.

After some study of the situationand a few false casts for adjustmentof windage and range, Duke loftedhis left-handed cast forward anddrifted the white parachute directlyover Elvis’ head. The fish thenpromptly rose and took a natural sixinches behind the fly, this time adun. When he rose, you could tellElvis was a big fish because as heporpoised, it took awhile to get fromhead to tail. In some quarters, hemight be known as an “Oh #%@^fish.” The next cast was wide, thenext short, and the next in the alderbush behind us. Time to step out ofthe batter’s box, loosen up, and pre-pare for a good cut. Duke’s next castwas perfect and Elvis took, but at aplace a foot and a half ahead ofwhere he had been rising. The flycame back, the fish went down andDuke again stepped out of the bat-ter’s box.

“Did you feel the hook nickhim?” “No, I don’t think so.” But noElvis. We waited three or four min-utes and I announced, “Elvis has leftthe building.” We waited a couple ofmore minutes and I summed up, “Ifhe doesn’t come up in a few min-utes, I believe he’s gone.” “Come onfish,” I said...… Slurp. Elvis wasback in the house.

This time, it seemed that he wasa little more wary, a little less regu-lar, but still hungry, even thoughthose little mayflies were probablyjust appetizers preceding a midnightmeal of a mouse or crayfish. SoDuke stepped in, took the sign anddelivered the perfect cast. Elvistook, but, alas, the fly came floatingbackwards, and Elvis was gone forgood.

I would have to say that I hadmore fun watching that fish not getcaught than landing most of the fishI have caught. It was so technical, sohard, so challenging, and so futile.

My point is that this moment wasa good part of why we work so hardat TU to protect our coldwater re-sources. Sure, there are lots of de-voted members who devotecountless hours to TU, never settingfoot in the stream to enjoy our work.For many of us, however, the rewardfor toiling in the vineyards is thesweet drink of success — or at leasta chance at it.

Jon Christiansen

Fox Valley marks 24th annual fishing day for people with disabilities

By Tom BeyerJust north of Shiocton, 27 brave souls and their

helpers managed to make the best of a frigid fishingday to hold the Fox Valley Chapter’s 24th annual fish-ing day for people with disabilities April 27.

Although it was cold with strong northeast winds,the rain held off until nearly everyone was done fish-ing. Our hosts had a roaring fire going in the lodge inanticipation of a lot of cold fishers. The fishing guestscaught about 80 fish, including brookies of 12-14” andrainbows up to 16.”

Tom Beyer grilled up dogs and burgers, while chap-ter members Janie Peabody, Les Van Dalen and Toni

Young served up potato salad, beans, fruit salad, chips,hot chocolate, and dessert. Everyone fishing receivedprizes, including Walmart gift cards, McDonalds giftcertificates, and Timber Rattler tickets

Thanks to our hosts — the John Spaulding andDon Killoren families — our guests, all the folks whogot to fish, and the unselfish TU members who showup rain or shine to help.

Special thanks to Miller Electric ManufacturingCompany and its employees at the Light Industrialdivision for donating the funds for all the prizes. Final-ly, I would personally like to acknowledge DelSchwaller for 24 years of organizing what has to be thebest day of the year for many in our chapter.

BIG FISH WARM HEARTS ON COLD DAYAn proud youngster holds the trout he just caught at the Fox Valley Chapter’s fishing day for people with disabilities at the K & H Game Farm north of Shiocton.





TU national proposes internal reorganization planBy Jon Christiansen

TU President Charles Gauvinasked a special committee of theTU National Resource Board(NRB) in 2001 to study TU’s na-tional structure and come up withrecommendations as to a potentialreorganization of TU.

This 10-person committee —known as the Futures Committeeand chairedby Steve Born— has now is-sued its re-port andrecommenda-tions.

TU’s na-tional leader-ship hasasked statecouncils,chapter lead-ers, and members to review the pro-posal and give comments. The fulltext of the final proposal will appearin the summer issue of Trout maga-zine. It will be voted upon at the Na-tional meeting in August.New state council body

Perhaps the most significant as-pect of the proposed reorganizationis the creation of a committee ofstate council leaders, called the Na-

tional Leadership Council (NLC),to replace the NRB, which did thelion’s share of the heavy lifting increating TU’s national conservationagenda.

With the maturation of thatagenda and the feeling that it wasimportant to involve state councilsdirectly in national decision making,the Futures Committee proposed

the creationof the NLC,an entirelynew body, tosupplant theNRB andperform ad-ditional func-tions for theorganization.

Under therecommen-dations, eachstate will ap-

point one representative to theNLC. Councils will be free to deter-mine the methods by which NLCrepresentatives are chosen. Region-al vice presidents and a formal geo-graphic regional structure will beeliminated. The NLC will elect achair and a secretary.New trustee selection process

A second and very significantproposed change for the organiza-tion is the creation of NLC-nomi-nated members on the TU NationalBoard of Trustees. These memberswill be full voting members withequal standing and parity with allother trustees. The goal will be toattract the “best of the best” of TUvolunteer leadership nationally.

Appointees should have demon-strated business, management, orleadership experience. It is contem-plated at this time that there will be10 trustees representing TU grass-

roots interests. They would includethe NLC chair and the NLC secre-tary, up to three members of theNLC, and at least five at-large posi-tions.

Nominations for the grassrootscandidates for the Board of Trusteesmust come from the grassroots lead-ers themselves through the NLC.Under TU’s bylaws, Grassroots

trustees will have 50% representa-tion on the Board of Trustees Nomi-nating Committee.

In deciding who to nominate, theNominating Committee will consid-er equitable geographic distributionand other fair representation issuesto be approved by the Board ofTrustees as a whole and voted on bythe general membership.

OUR

ACTIVITIESfavorite

“Our Favorite Activities” is designed to highlight what our chapters feel are their very best activities.

This series gives us a chance to find out what makes these activities tick.

This issue covers an activity first conducted just five years ago by the Fox Valley Chapter, but which has since become a favorite — a gourmet fish cookery

program run in conjunction with the culinary program at Fox Valley Technical College.

Many of us practice catch-and-release so often that we don’t prepare all that many trout meals anymore. The Fox Valley Chapter has developed an annual chapter meeting progrm that satisfies that craving for tasty trout dishes.

Instructors and chefs-in-training from the Fox Valley Technical College’s highly regarded culinary program are invited to come to the January meeting and demon-strate how to cook about four to six differ-ent trout dishes.

The chefs bring their own equipment (except ovens, which are available at our meeting place), and they also supply the fish.

The chefs demonstrate how each dish is prepared and cooked, and the food is then sampled by all at the meeting. All the recipes are printed as handouts.

These demonstrations have expanded to include seafood and other species of fish in addition trout. The event has be-

come one of the chapter’s biggest draws of the year, often bringing out spouses and friends.

In appreciation for presenting their pro-gram, we give the technical school $250 for a deserving student’s scholarship. Usu-ally that student is one of the demonstra-tors the following year.

Why is the event so popular with members?

Fox Valley Chapter President Tom Deer says the event is a hit because it is both educational and brings out many of the male members’ wives and girlfriends. Plus there’s food to eat — who can turn that combination down?

In addition, the chefs often focus on nontraditional recipes that show members a couple new tricks in the kitchen.

What are the keys to success?One key to this event’s success is build-

ing a good, continuing relationship with the

head chef at the technical college. The culinary program has grown to

count on the presenting the cooking dem-onstration, and the students also know that an annual scholarship is out their to strive for.

In that this is a complex event involving many people and quite a bit of prior prepa-ration, Deer says another key to success is making a special attempt to publicize the event in both their chapter’s newsletter and the local papers.

More informationIf your chapter would like to learn more

about how to run a fish cooking program like this, contact Fox Valley Chapter mem-ber Dean Simon at (920) 734-8371.

Head Chef Jeff Igel at Fox Valley Techni-cal College in Appleton may also be able to suggest the heads of cooking programs around the state that are closer to your chapter.

WSN offering TU chapters groundwater program, video

The Wisconsin Stewardship Net-work (WSN) has produced a videoon Wisconsin groundwater issuesentitled Wisconsin’s Blue Gold andis making it available free to stateeducators, community organiza-tions, and sporting groups.

The videorecaps thefight by agrassroots or-ganization topreserve its lo-cal groundwa-ter against the

Perrier Bottling Company. The vid-eo then discusses why the preserva-tion of groundwater is important toour water-rich state.

Through interviews with JimKrohelski, a scientist with the USGeological Survey, and Dr. GeorgeKraft, a professor at UW-StevensPoint, specific groundwater prob-lems and their impacts are dis-cussed.

Also included is an interviewwith retired Milwaukee teacherJoan Christopherson Schmidt, whofears her wetland would be affectedif Perrier succeeds in their plans.

A discussion guide accompaniesthe video which contains basic

groundwater information for thediscussion leader. This material wasdeveloped by Arlene Kanno, a sci-ence teacher from Wisconsin Dells.

Wisconsin’s Blue Gold is notmeant to present answers to thecomplex problems surroundinggroundwater, but rather to stimulatediscussion on the scientific and so-cial issues surrounding the subject.The video is narrated by Gil Halstedfrom Wisconsin Public Radio.

The WSN’s six regional hub co-ordinators and volunteers across thestate are available to show the videoto Trout Unlimited chapters. Toschedule a program, contact theWSN at (608) 268-1218, or [email protected].

The WSN is a network of envi-ronmental, sporting, conservation,and other groups working to en-hance Wisconsin’s stewardship ethictoward the state’s natural resources.

Groundwater protection is oneof the eight statewide priority issuesvoted on by the network’s memberorganizations.

Gary Horvath from TU’s Kiap-TU-Wish Chapter serves on theWSN’s board of directors. For moreinformation about the WSN, visitwww.wsn.org.

How to comment on the TU reorg plan

To comment on the proposedTU National reorganizationplan, contact State CouncilChair Jon Christiansen at:

237 W. Aster Ln.Mequon, WI 53092(414) [email protected]

Perhaps the most significant aspect of the proposed

reorganization is the creation of a committee of state council leaders, called the National

Leadership Council (NLC), to replace the NRB....





TU chapter president profile

Bill Heart builds upon Carlson legacy for Wild RiversBy Richard Berge

About 20 years ago I was fishingthe Hex hatch on the White River inBayfield County. The hatch wasgood that night in the BibonSwamp, and I caught many nicebrowns. I came across another an-gler in the dark and stopped to chatbriefly. I showed him a pair of 14-inch fish I’d kept for my wife, and Iasked him how he had done. Hesaid “OK,” and opened his creel toshow me a near limit of largebrowns.

As we parted, I said somethinglike, “You know, maybe weshouldn’t keep so many if we wantto keep this fishery strong.” And Iforgot the incident.

This past year, our Wild RiversChapter President Bill Heart said,“I was that that guy you talked tothat night in the swamp, and now Ihardly ever keep a fish.” I think thisis a good indication of the kind ofman Bill Heart is.Stepping in after Jeff’s death

Bill became our chapter presi-dent after our past president, JeffCarlson, died in January, 2001. Jeffwas not a highly organized leader,but he knew how to get things done.He took on the largest problemsand the strongest adversaries to pro-tect our trout waters.

Jeff led us to accomplish somefine things, but with his death anumber of things remained undone.Bill, being Jeff’s best friend, wantedto take on the chapter presidency tocomplete these unfinished projectsand to organize and strengthen thechapter in Jeff’s memory.

The restoring of coaster brooktrout in Lake Superior and findingsolutions to the declining fishery onthe White River are those two hugeunfinished projects.

Bill began to attack the problemsimmediately. First, working with thenew WDNR fish manager, ScottToshner, the chapter applied for anEmbrace-A-Stream grant from Na-

tional TU. The money was used topurchase temperature monitors andto fund aerial infrared surveys of theWhite River system to discover whatproblems might be affecting the de-cline of the browns in the river.

Last week we began installing themonitors throughout the watershedof the White to determine if severetemperature fluctuations are theproblem. Our chapter also went onseveral Northern pike fishing tripsto catch and eat these huge preda-tors, which have increased theirnumbers in the river.

In addition, Bill has organizedthe surveys of the Lake Superiorstreams that could hold spawningcoaster brookies.

With a grant from Friends ofWiscoinsin TU, our chapter pur-chased materials to do the surveyslast fall, and we’ll continue the pro-gram this fall. This will be a long-term project as we work out the so-lutions to re-establishing this nativefish.

Both of these projects are under-way because of Bill Heart’s organi-zational and leadership skills. Billhas proven to be an excellent leader.He has held monthly meetings, de-veloped a newsletter and, as previ-ously stated, has gotten projectsmoving again.

Bill finds that leadership can be aburden, and he strives to get moremembers involved. Under his lead-ership, the chapter is growing andbecoming more involved in projectsthat help our fishery.

Bill and his wife, Cindy, live onsmall farm southwest of Ashland.Bill owns Heart Graphics in Ash-land, where he employs eight peo-ple. His business does offsetprinting, screen-printing, embroi-dery, copying, and sign making.

Originally from Marshfield, Billworked in a print shop while attend-ing UW-Green Bay. He took sometime off to hitch hike through 47states and New Zealand before set-tling in for five years of subsistencefarming near Ashland.

Then he found the opportunityto return to the print business andpurchased his current shop on MainStreet in Ashland. Hat embroideryis one of Bill’s specialties, as evi-denced by the fact that many of ourchapter members wear Bill’s specialevents hats.Other community involvement

In addition to TU involvement,Bill is also very active in communityprojects. He is past president of theChequamegon Audubon chapter,has served a couple of times on theboard of directors of the Chequa-megon Food Co-op, and is on the

advisory board of the Sigurd OlsonEnvironmental Institute of North-land College.

Bill was a member of the Ad HocCommittee on Bayfield Countyshoreline zoning changes and is in-volved with a group working on theBad River watershed problems. Heis a concerned citizen and is in-volved in numerous other environ-mental causes. We are lucky he hastime to work for TU!

Bill enjoys making maple syrupand hunting for morel mushrooms.This past spring, I worked with himat his 40-acre sugar bush. It was funand fascinating, and I observed howfussy he is to have his syrup be ofthe very best quality.

Jeff and Bill took annual turkeyhunting trips to the Kickapoo Re-serve. Now, Bill and his dog, Arlo,make an annual trip to southwest-ern Wisconsin morel country eachspring. (The trip is under the guiseof turkey hunting, but usually all hedoes is trout fish and look for mo-rels, continuing the tradition he andJeff began.)

Fly tying is another of Bill’s ac-complishments. Last fall he and I

joined a group of fishermen on atrip to the Bighorn River in Mon-tana. Bill wasn’t sure about flies, so

we made a pact that I’d give himflies for the day if he would make alunch for me each day. This wentfine for several days, but then hestarted asking about how the flieswere made. During evening tyingsessions, I’d show him how to tie.

After three days, Bill discoveredthat his own flies were working quitewell on the smart Bighorn trout.One morning he said, “Dick, makeyour own damn sandwich today! Idon’t need you anymore” Sincethen, he has been tying his ownflies.

Bill’s goals for the chapter are tomake a strong functioning chapterand to see more member participa-tion in leadership roles. He wants toprotect and enhance the trout wa-ters in this part of Wisconsin. Most-ly, he wants to complete some ofJeff’s dreams. Just the other day hetold me, “I think Jeff would bepleased so far.”

(Dick Berge is an accomplished flytier and member of the Wild RiversChapter. -Ed.)

BILL’S BIGHORN BROWNWild Rivers Chapter President Bill Heart with a nice brown from the Bighorn River in Montana.

Road grading video availableAttendees at the June 1 State

Council meeting viewed portions ofa video that chapters are encour-

aged to viewand then bringto the atten-tion of roadbuilding au-thorities intheir area.

“The vid-eo Keep anEye on Itwould behelpful to lo-cal road au-thorities,county high-way depart-

ments, and others as a valuabletraining tool for those engaged inroad building and maintenance,”says Northeast Region Vice ChairLarry Kriese.

The video shows road gradersand other road personnel how to

properly manage roads near streamsand rivers to better address runoff.

“Local TU members should con-sider hand delivering this video tothese local authorities to better en-sure it gets used by those who canmake a difference in this area of en-vironmental protection,” saysKriese.

When viewed by chapter mem-bers, TU members will also betterbe able to identify road mainte-nance situations requiring attentionnear trout streams.

The video costs are:1-12 $7.40 each13-24 6.85 each25-50 7.75 each

The 20-minute video was pro-duced in Michigan and can be or-dered directly from the producers.Chapters can order them directly bycontacting Bob Bishop at FutureMedia Corp., 2853 W. Jolly Rd.,Okemos, MI 48864 or (517) 332-5560.

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County DOT District

Liaison Phone #

Adams 4 Cameron Bump (715) 421-7867Ashland 8 Vacant (715) 635-4226Barron 8 Vacant (715) 635-4226Bayfield 8 Vacant (715) 635-4226Brown 3 Shelly Schaetz (920) 492-5819Buffalo 5 Jim Doperalski Jr. (608) 789-5511Burnett 8 Vacant (715) 635-4226Calumet 3 Shelly Schaetz (920) 492-5819Chippewa 6 Rob Strand (715) 839-1609Clark 6 Rob Strand (715) 839-1609Columbia 1 Ron Grasshoff (608) 275-3481Crawford 5 Ron Grasshoff (608) 275-3481Dane 1 Cathy Bleser (608) 275-3308Dodge 1 Cathy Bleser (608) 275-3308Door 3 Shelly Schaetz (920) 492-5819Douglas 8 Vacant (715) 635-4226Dunn 6 Rob Strand (715) 839-1609Eau Claire 6 Rob Strand (715) 839-1609Florence 7 Tom Marquardt (715) 365-8916Fond du Lac 2 Bobbi Jo Reiser (920) 303-5442Forest 7 Tom Marquardt (715) 365-8916Grant 1 Ron Grasshoff (608) 275-3481Green 1 Cathy Bleser (608) 275-3308Green Lake 4 Bobbi Jo Reiser (920) 303-5442Iowa 1 Cathy Bleser (608) 275-3308Iron 7 Tom Marquardt (715) 365-8916Jackson 5 Jim Doperalski Jr. (608) 789-5511Jefferson 1 Cathy Bleser (608) 275-3308Juneau 4 Cameron Bump (715) 421-7867Kenosha 2 Maureen Millman (414) 263-8613Kewaunee 3 Shelly Schaetz (920) 492-5819La Crosse 5 Jim Doperalski Jr. (608) 789-5511Lafayette 1 Ron Grasshoff (608) 275-3481 Langlade 7 Tom Marquardt (715) 365-8916Lincoln 7 Tom Marquardt (715) 365-8916Manitowoc 3 Shelly Schaetz (920) 492-5819Marathon 4 Cameron Bump (715) 421-7867Marinette 3 Al Stranz (920) 492-5818Marquette 4 Bobbi Jo Reiser (920) 303-5442Menominee 3 Al Stranz (920) 492-5818Milwaukee 2 Mike Thompson (414)263-8648Monroe 5 Jim Doperalski Jr. (608) 789-5511Oconto 3 Al Stranz (920) 492-5818Oneida 7 Tom Marquardt (715) 365-8916Outagamie 3 Shelly Schaetz (920) 492-5819Ozaukee 2 Joanne Kline (414) 263-8756Pepin 6 Rob Strand (715) 839-1609Pierce 6 Rob Strand (715) 839-1609Polk 8 Vacant (715) 635-4226Portage 4 Cameron Bump (715) 421-7867Price 7 Tom Marquardt (715) 365-8916Racine 2 Joanne Kline (414) 263-8756Richland 5 Ron Grasshoff (608) 275-3481 Rock 1 Cathy Bleser (608) 275-3308Rusk 8 Vacant (715) 635-4226Sauk 1 Cathy Bleser (608) 275-3308Sawyer 8 Vacant (715) 635-4226Shawano 3 Al Stranz (920) 492-5818Sheboygan 3 Joanne Kline (414) 263-8756St. Croix 6 Rob Strand (715) 839-1609Taylor 6 Rob Strand (715) 839-1609Trempealeau 5 Jim Doperalski Jr. (608) 789-5511Vernon 5 Jim Doperalski Jr. (608) 789-5511Vilas 7 Tom Marquardt (715) 365-8916Walworth 2 Maureen Millmann (414) 263-8613Washburn 8 Vacant (715) 635-4226Washington 2 Maureen Millmann (414) 263-8613Waukesha 2 Maureen Millmann (414) 263-8613Waupaca 4 Bobbi Jo Reiser (920) 303-5442Waushara 4 Bobbi Jo Reiser (920) 303-5442Winnebago 3 Bobbi Jo Reiser (920) 303-5442Wood 4 Cameron Bump (715) 421-7867

The new [agreement]...will better clarify actions DNR can take when waterbody protection measures aren’t followed.

DOT/DNR: local agreementContinued from p. 1environmental protection measuresof the final designs, attend meetingsprior to construction, meet with the

DOT’s contractors, and, whenthey can, check in on constructionsites.

Once work begins, the coopera-tive agreement requires that DOTsupervisors make sure contractorsget erosion control barriers in placeand follow other waterbody protec-tion measures written in the con-struction plans.

DNR liaison staff know specifi-cally what environmental protec-tion procedures are to be followedat a site. However, with several on-going projects at sites scatteredacross large areas, they cannot regu-larly monitor every project for ade-quate waterbody protection. TomMarquardt, the District 7 liaison forexample, works on cooperativeagreement projects taking place ineight counties.

Kriese, TU’s Northeast RegionVice Chair, led the DNR’s North-east Enforcement and Science Divi-sion from 1995 until his retirementin July, 2000. He says the coopera-tive agreementhas generallyworked wellbut adds thatthere havebeen incidentswhere environ-mental protec-tion procedureswere not followed. Mehlberg procedure lapses

Perhaps the most notable inci-dent was at Mehlberg Creek in Sha-wano County in 1999. Substandarderosion control let rain flush enoughsediment into the creek to send itoff course. One reason some water-bodies have not been protected ascalled for in construction plans isbecause of a gap in continuity.

“Once heavy construction equip-ment moves on-site, DOT environ-mental staff have not been able tohave enough influence on DOTconstruction staff, and their wishesare not carried out,” says Kriese.

Stop at a construction site, take alook around, and call the appropri-ate liaison if you see a problem. Ifthe project is under DOT supervi-sion, the liaison can take steps to getthe problem taken care of. Kriesealerted us to five signs caused bycareless culvert placement. Alsolook for bare streamside slopeswithout any erosion control. “Thatsituation should immediately set offa red flag.”

Hay bales and silt fencing are themost common erosion control barri-ers. Silt fencing is a black fabricabout two and one-half feet highstrung between stakes. The fencingstops fine sediment, but water canrun through it.

You may drive by a site and seehay bales or silt fencing, but they areuseless unless placed correctly. AtMehlberg Creek, hay bales were notpartially buried. Consequenlty rain-water cut channels beneath themand carried sediment into thestream. Likewise, silt fencing shouldbe partially sunken to prevent thesame problem. “Release of sedi-ment from a construction site into astream is simply unacceptable,” saysKriese.

Stripping away too much vegeta-tion at a construction sites can leavea stream susceptible, says Kriese. Ifproject supervisors are vigilant, veg-etation that won’t interfere withwork is left standing. However,Kriese says vegetation is often cutaway right up to the water.

We pay for erosion control andother waterbody safeguards that arepart of DOT-supervised projects.The DOT hires erosion control sub-contractors and other specialists toput into place protection paid for bytaxpayers, says Kriese.

“An underlying point,” addsDave Siebert, the DNR’s central of-fice liaison to the DOT, “is there arespecific techniques and methodsbuilt into these construction plans,and if they are ignored, it’s a wasteof taxpayers’ money.” Agreement being revised

In the fall of 2000, Siebert begancoordinating the interagency pro-cess of revising parts of the coopera-tive agreement. Siebert believes thecooperative agreement has workedwell toward preventing road con-struction from damaging waterways.It is a misperception, he adds, tothink that the agreement exemptsthe DOT from environmental regu-lations. Nevertheless, he says thereare some gray areas.

The new version, which Sieberthopes will be out in a couplemonths, will better clarify actionsDNR can take when waterbody pro-

tection mea-sures aren’tfollowed.

Kriese notesthe coopera-tive agreementdidn’t provideenough en-forcement di-

rection during his investigation ofthe Mehlberg Creek incident. AShawano County judge eventuallyput an end to the matter by finingtwo contractors. The judge alsoawarded $4,000 to the Shaw-PacaTU Chapter.

“DNR does not want to be put inthat situation again,” says Kriese,referring to the task of having toconduct a large-scale constructionproject investigation.

Clearer language in the newagreement will expedite remedies toproblems at sites needing immedi-ate attention.

We need to work with our DOTcounterparts when problems arise,says Siebert. “People shouldn’t an-ticipate a major shift with the newversion of the agreement,” he says.“Our [DNR’s] goal for this new ver-sion of the agreement is to clarifythe process for dealing with theseproblem events. In some cases, wemay need to take enforcement ac-tions against a contractor, and thenew agreement will hopefully im-prove the process for that as well.”TU eyes and ears welcome

DNR liaisons would welcomeany citizen help, says Siebert. If youare fishing near a construction siteand spot a problem, get in touchwith a liaison. If it’s the weekend,Siebert suggests you call your localDNR office and let a warden knowwhat you saw.

The planning process for mostDNR-supervised projects lasts sev-eral months and sometimes a coupleof years. Usually there are notices inarea papers of planned construc-tion. Kriese advises to let your voicebe heard before work starts.

“If you know work is going to bedone near a stream, river, or lake,call the people involved and letthem know you expect that the wa-terway is going to be adequatelyprotected. Citizen input into theprocess will let people know that en-vironmental protection be givenequal consideration.”

(Jeremy Hecht of the Southern WIChapter writes “trout science” storiesfor Wisconsin Trout. -Ed.)

Other DNR contacts for DOT relations:Central Office Coordinators — George Albright, General Coordination,

(608) 266-6437; Dave Siebert,General Coordination and Wetlands (608) 264-6048; Lisie Kitchel, Endangered Resources (608) 266-5248; Mary Ann Lowndes, Erosion Control/Watershed Management (608) 261-6420; John Pfender, Stormwater Control (608) 266-9266.

Regional Leads — SCR: Russ Anderson (608) 275-3467, SER: Mike Th-ompson (414) 263-8648; NER: Al Stranz (920) 492-5818, NOR: Bill Clark (715-635-4226), WCR: Tom Lovejoy (715-839-3747).

DNR Regional Liaisons to the DOT

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Chapter News

Blackhawk Chapter

The Blackhawk Chapter enjoyedits most successful banquet ever onApril 29 at the Holiday Inn Expressin Janesville. The event was attend-ed by 230 people, which includedmembers and their guests. Thechapter wishes to thank all thosewho helped make this event possible-- the sponsors, the donors of doorprizes, and all those who attendedthe banquet. The money raised will

go toward our continuing projects toimprove habitat for trout and salm-on.

The Blackhawk Chapter has ap-proved funding for several streamrestoration projects. Three habitatimprovement projects on the WestFork of the Kickapoo will be com-pleted during the summer of 2002.The chapter’s board has also passeda resolution donating money and la-

bor to improve a trout breeding ar-ea on Elk Creek in RichlandCounty.

On June 1, two members of theBlackhawk Chapter, John Millerand Dave Patrick, met with mem-bers of the Harry and Laura NohrChapter to do stream work on theMcPherson Branch of the PlatteRiver. The Blackhawk Chapterbrought its nailing gun to aid in themaking of 15 lunker structures. Thepossibility of future work projectsbetween the two chapters was dis-cussed.

The annual casting clinic of theBlackhawk Chapter was on Mon-day, June 17, in conjunction with itsmonthly meeting. Instructor andspeaker for that event was CraigAmacher of Fontana Sports in Mad-ison.

The Blackhawk Chapter is alsoplanning its annual club outing atthe Avalanche Campground Pavil-ion on July 13. Members shouldlook for more details about thisevent in future mailings.—John Miller

Central Wisconsin Chapter

Officers for 2002 are:Bob Chamberlain - President, John Gremmer - Vice-President, Tom Poullette - Secretary, andRay Piehl - Treasurer. In addition, Rich Mlodzik is

Workday Chairman, John Feeney isProgram Chairman, and Dan Colli-gan is Newsletter Editor.Seventeen students enjoyed a verysuccessful 26th Annual Central Wis-consin Trout Unlimited Fly FishingSchool at the Natures Edge nearWaupaca. The three-day school washeld on May 31, June 1, and June 2.Dan Harmon III organized and di-rected activities. Instructors includ-ed Bob Hunt, Russ Bouck, DanHarmon III, Gene West, Dr. TomPoullette, Rich Mlodzik, Tom Sopk-ovich, and Mark Brosseau. Activi-ties and topics included streamethics, etiquette, and fish handling,care and selection of tackle, knot ty-ing, casting, reading the water, troutfood and imitations, wading, etc.

The highlight of the school was ahalf day of on-stream one-on-oneguided experience. Guiding wereSue and Russ Bouck, Rich Mlodzik,John Gremmer, Tom Young, JerryStrom, John Gremmer, MarkBrousseau, Bob Hunt, Kim Will-iams, Cliff Stern, Roger Jacobsen,Dave Algrem, Tom Sopkovich,Corky Paulus, Dick Kraus, MickTrudell, Dan Harmon III, and Tom

Poullette.Workday Chairman Rich Mlodzikhas scheduled a full summer ofworkdays. The first was held April27 on Wedde Creek. This was an all-day event. 1,500 feet of stream bankwas cleared. Participants includedJack Wahlers, Bob Hunt, Alan Lee,Dan & Brock Dibble, Bob Cham-berlain, John Gremmer, PaulGumz, Don Vorpahl, Tracy Moran,Dan Harmon III, Jerry Strom, andRich Mlodzik.

Dan Colligan did another out-standing job of organizing and di-recting our March 23rd banquet.People were pleased with the newdoor prize system that sped up theprogram. Everyone went home withat least one door prize. Funds wereraised for TU activities. The eventwas held at the Pioneer Inn in Osh-kosh, and Dan was assisted by hiswife Gail, Dave Johnson, Ray Piehl,Bob Chamberlain, Dan Harmon III,Rich Mlodzik, and Mark Brosseau.New member Bob Haase has volun-teered to construct a web page forour chapter. Start-up time is sched-uled for mid-July.

Program Chairman John Feneeyis planning special programs to fol-low the business meetings in 2002.The programs will be open to thepublic and all members are encour-aged to attend.—John Gremmer

Fox Valley Chapter

The Fox Valley chapter has beenvery active during the months ofApril and May. We have had twowork details at Davis Creek in West-ern Waushara County that werewell attended by our chapter andmembers of neighboring chapters.A windstorm went through this arealast year and put enough trees in thewater to affect both the flow of thecreek as well as the ability of thetrout from the Pine River to get up-stream to the spawning gravel. Weare removing the trees that were de-posited by this storm.

Two neighboring chapters (Cen-tral Wisconsin and Hornberg) areplanning workdays to finish theproject, and we will go back to ourefforts on Whitcomb Creek inNorthern Waupaca County.

Our chapter again sponsored aFishing Day for Persons with Dis-abilities on April 27 at Maine CreekFarm, and it was the biggest one yet.This was the 24th annual time thisevent was held by our chapter, and it

is always a success.We have also been very active

with our First Cast Program here inthe Valley. We have put on pro-grams at schools in Menasha, Hor-tonville, and Chilton. We are alsodoing an eight-week program at theBoys and Girls Brigade of Neenah/Menasha that has been very popu-lar. We have started a Fly Fishing /Fly Tying Hobby Club at the bri-gade, and it has been well receivedand a lot of fun for both the kidsand our chapter members.

We had our annual Fort McCoywork detail on Saturday, May 18.We put brush bundles in three dif-ferent locations and jetted in woodydebris for cover for both fish andaquatic bugs.

Elections were held recently withthe following officers installed:

Tom Deer - President,Tony Treml - Vice President,Rich Erickson - Secretary, andMark Peerenboom - Treasurer.

—Tom Deer

Frank Hornberg Chapter

The Hornberg Chapter beganthis season on two of our ongoingprojects. Two evenings were spent atour Stedman Creek/Waupaca Riverworksite. We cleared out several ar-

eas with major blowdowns from lastJune’s windstorm, and we also didquite a bit of brushmatting in Sted-man itself.

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Chapter Newson the Tomorrow River, we pickedup where we left off last fall. Weaugmented last year’s brushmats byplacing extensive brush fill in the re-maining backwaters, behind ourfront row Christmas tree brushmat-ting. We also placed two sections ofoverhead cover at the lower end ofthe current active project area. Wewill be back later to extend thisoverhead and to feather it into thestream bank. In addition, a consid-erable amount of large rock was sal-vaged from backwaters and placedin the stream channel.

The chapter was also involvedwith a regional project to help clearblowdowns out of Davis Creek nearWild Rose — not high tech work,but needed, as parts of the creekwere badly clogged with down treesfrom last June.

Our annual Introduction to Fly-fishing Workshop went quite well.Thankfully the weather cooperatedwell this year. It was a bit warm inthe afternoon, but it sure beat lastyear when people dressed for win-ter. Apparent student enthusiasmsuggests that we must be doing

things right. I know for sure that wedon’t leave students sitting aroundlong during the day.

I saved one special item for last,this being the participation of agroup of Urban Forestry studentsfrom Mid State Technical College inWisconsin Rapids. The chapter wascontacted by the instructor, JohnAnderson, who wanted to give hisstudents some real world experi-ence. Students came out in twogroups — for a work evening and al-so a work day. I’d have to say itlooked like a win/win for all in-volved. The students got hands-onexperience and the chapter got anabundance of much appreciatedhelp.

I can’t say enough about this en-thusiastic and energetic group ofstudents. We must have done some-thing right, as John inquired abouthaving his new fall class come outalso. If this experience is any indica-tor of positive potential for all in-volved, I encourage all chapters toconsider contacting your area tech-nical colleges.—Jim Friedrich

Green Bay Chapter

Having raised nearly, $22,500 atour annual fundraising banquet, theGreen Bay Chapter has been busyplanning how to best use thosefunds for trout and our coldwaterresources. The chapter donated asubstantial amount to TU Nationalfor their Shared Enterprise Fundand the Coldwater ConservationFund. We have also appropriatedfunds for various endeavors aroundNortheast Wisconsin that will bene-fit trout streams, including $500 to-ward Duke Andrews’ plans to usethermal imaging to map coldwaterinfluxes to the Pine and Popple Riv-ers.

The chapter also donated $2,000(the Marinette Chapter contribut-ed $500 of this money) toward arainbow stocking in the Lower Oc-onto River.

We have awarded Hank BredaelMemorial Scholarships to seven ar-ea students. Four high school stu-dents and three middle schoolstudents will attend area conserva-tion camps with the chapter pickingup 90% of the cost.

The chapter is also planning an-other busy summer performingwork projects. We have alreadyspent a day doing maintenance onthe Walk-through EducationalTrout Stream at the Brown CountyReforestation Camp. At least oneday will be needed to finish that job.We have also scheduled five days toperform habitat improvement ontrout streams in Northeast Wiscon-sin and plan to help the DNR obtaineggs for the Wild Trout Stockingprogram in the fall.—Gary Stoychoff

Harry & Laura Nohr Chapter

The chapter’s 25th annual ban-quet was a big success thanks to thework of Gordon Grieshaber and hiscrew of hard workers. Good foodand great fellowship, with some ex-cellent prizes made the evening spe-cial.

Two citizen water monitoringtrainings were held. An additional20 citizen monitors have beenbrought on board. Our friends onthe Kickapoo and in RichlandCounty (PRISTINE) continue towork with us to make a driftless re-gion monitoring network a strongerentity. Plans are under way to addtwo more protocols to the testing re-gime as well as a family level bioticindex based on the one from thestate of Illinois.

The chapter has reactivated theproject function of the club by hold-ing two workdays. The first was abrushing project on Blue River. Thesecond was a lunker-building day onthe McPherson. Both brought out

not only members of the chapter butsome friends from the Elliot Don-nelley Chapter from Chicago. Thelunkers were constructed under thedirection of the Blackhawk Chapterof TU. Partnerships with otherchapters offer lots of opportunities,both for significant projects and forfun and fellowship.

The speaker series for the chap-ter’s membership meetings has beenset with the following line up: DaveVetrano, Bob Hunt, Roger Widner,and a representative from the Ver-non County SCS office. We’re hop-ing by listening to the mostsuccessful stream enhancementpeople in the business, we can inter-est members in project work.

Officer elections were held. Newofficers include:

Dave Fritz - President,Don Pluemerm - Vice President,Chuck Stuedel - Secretary, andMike Gingrich - Treasurer,

—Dave Fritz

Lakeshore Chapter

The Chapter’s annual banquetheld on May 20 was a huge success,with attendance of over 280 and netprofit of over $9,000. From the pro-ceeds, the chapter allocated $3,000to the Onion River Project, $100 to

Friends of WI TU, $100 to the RiverAlliance, $600 to local organizationsfor conservation purposes, as well asother donations.

Chapter elections were held atthe May meeting, with the following

results: Roger Berg - President, Jack Gehr - Vice President, Secretary - Jeff Yax;

Doug Leppanen - Treasurer,New board members include

Wayne Trupke and Dave Zerger.—Doug Leppanen

Marinette County Chapter

Our chapters’ monthly meetingswill be suspended for the summermonths and will resume in October.The Green Bay Chapter has sched-uled work projects on area streamsthis summer. Our chapter membersare invited to attend and partici-pate. All the projects are on Satur-days. They start at 9:00 a.m. and gountil 1:00 p.m. The project dates areJune 8 and 22, July 13 and 27, andAugust 24.

The sites for the projects are notknown at this time. However, forthe first two projects, we will meetat the Forest Service Wayside onHwy. 32 south of Mountain. Be-

cause projects are sometimes can-celled because of unforeseencircumstances, we ask that you reg-ister with Pat Hill at (920) 494-0598if you plan on attending a project.

Four area high school studentsare being given full scholarships toattend the UW-Stevens Point/WD-NR Natural Resource CareersCamp by our chapter. Each scholar-ship is $255.

The students attending will beGreg Frederiksen and Travis Hart-man of Marinette and Haley Malkeand Eric Walters of Peshtigo.—Jim Bereza

Northwoods Chapter

The Northwoods Chapter hascompleted our winter and springschedule of speakers and events. InJanuary, we had a dual event withBob Martini, WDNR Upper Wis-consin River Basin Coordinator,who talked about the WisconsinRiver basin and exhibited his collec-tion of antique fishing gear. Then,Duke Andrews gave a marvelouspresentation on how to make abamboo rod and the differences inthose rods. For those attending, myhands are still tingling with thememories of holding a $2,000 Le-onard bamboo flyrod. On March 16we conducted a Fly Tying Sessionwhere we tied patterns for the superhatches of brown drakes & Hexage-nia.

The Chapter held its 28th Annu-al Banquet March 28 at the Rhine-lander Café & Pub. TheNorthwoods Chapter presentedLloyd (Duke) Andrews with a Cer-tificate of Appreciation for his lead-ership over the past three years asthe Northeast Region Vice Presi-dent. Duke has been a great mentorand has been the motivator for sev-eral projects accomplished by thechapter and the region. WayneParmley was presented with The Sil-ver Trout Award for his dedicationand devotion to the NorthwoodsChapter for the past several years.Wayne is the editor and publisher ofthe Chapter’s newsletter and orga-nizes the Annual Youth Fly FishingConclave.

On May 16 Christopher “Kit”Deubler, author of Trout FishingWisconsin Spring Ponds gave a slideshow and talk to the chapter. Whata great presentation to find outabout the marvels of spring pondsand find a few new places to use thatnew float tube.

Chapter officers and board mem-bers were elected prior to the meet-ing:

Brian Hegge - President,Victoria Houston - Vice Presi-

dent,Brian Leitinger - Treasurer, andWayne Parmley - Secretary.In addition, Wayne Stevens was

re-elected to the board and KevinKelly was elected to the board forthe first time.

The Chapter will host the 9thAnnual Youth Fly Fishing Conclaveon July 13. This is our tremendouslysuccessful, free fly fishing event forboys and girls ages 10-16. The chap-ter has invested in 10 rod sets and

new fly tying kits for this event. Con-tact Wayne Parmley or our websiteat www.northwoodstu.org for up-to-date meeting schedules or changes.—Brian Hegge

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NORTHWOODS AWARDEESSeveral people were presented awards at a recent Northwoods event. President Brian Hegge (top, right) presents Wayne Parmley with the chapter’s Silver Trout Award for his commitment to the chapter. Brian Leitinger (middle, left) presents WDNR Fisheries Technician David Brum with a check for $9,150 for stream habitat work on the Pine and Popple River systems. Duke Andrews (below, left) receives the Certificate of Appreciation for his service the past three years as the Northeast Region Vice President.




In the struggle over water, human rights and environmental ethics flow together

By Kathleen Dean MooreOn the last morning of a wilder-

ness river trip, we pulled the raft on-to a cobble beach at the landing. Ithad been a glorious week of clear,sun-slicked water, soaring osprey,and today, two black bears, wadingin flooded willows. I dragged abucket of river water into the grassand dumped it over my head, slosh-ing sand out of my hair. Then I dugto the bottom of a dry-bag, pulledout a navy blue suit, changed intomy philosophy-professor clothes,and hobbled in dress shoes up thebeach to the bridge. As I waited forthe shuttle driverwho would takeme to the airport,I listened to thevoices of the river— the breeze inponderosa pines,the riffle of waterover bedrock, andthe soft sound thatwater makesagainst a rubberraft.

Now, fourhours, five hundred miles, and agut-dropping flight away, I crowdwith eight hundred other people in-to a convention center in Vancou-ver, British Columbia. We’ve cometo take part in an international fo-rum on water and human rights,“Water for People and Nature,”sponsored by the Council of Cana-dians, a non-partisan citizen’s inter-est group. The forum is sparked bythe realization that we face a globalwater crisis as the world’s supply offreshwater is depleted and degrad-ed, and private corporations steadilygain control of what clean water re-mains. According to Jamie Dunn,water campaigner for the Council ofCanadians, the forum’s long-termgoal is to “take back control of wa-ter” as a basic human right.

The voices all around me arehard and scared.

A black-haired man with tur-quoise and silver on his belt leansover the microphone and speaksslowly. “I come from the desert.Corporations are taking all our wa-ter and our people will die. We needto tell what water really means to us.Say something strong. From theheart. From your elders.”

People stand in line behind him,waiting their turns. To reach themike on its short stand, they bowtheir heads as they speak.

“We are people of the land,” ayoung woman says. “We will not buywater, sell it, trade it, give it away,and we will not give it up for any-thing.”

Even though they speak in a wildmix of languages and accents, theparticipants’ voices all carry thesame determined edge. A Samileader. A college student from theUnited States. A Hopi elder. A mid-

dle-aged Canadian activist. A Filipi-na woman leading opposition to adam. Translators scramble to ex-press the ideas in English, French,Spanish.

The challenges to the world’ssupplies of fresh water are serious.Demand for clean water doubles ev-ery 20 years, while existing suppliesof water are reduced by wastefulpractices, widespread pollution, anddestruction of ecosystems that re-plenish fresh water and hold it backfrom the sea. Already a billion peo-ple — one in five on Earth — can-not get enough clean water to drink.

In another two decades, a UnitedNations report says, two-thirds ofthe world’s population will gothirsty. “The major wars of thetwenty-first century,” World Bankofficials predict, “will be fought overwater.”

In this polyglot conference, it’seasy to focus on distant crisis points— India, the Middle East, Africa —but the crisis will fully involve NorthAmerica as well. The United Statesstruggles with drought conditionsand extreme water shortages in theWest and South, even as it over-pumps its aquifers, pollutes itsgroundwater, and destroys forestsand wetlands that might replenishfreshwater supplies.

And if any of us at the confer-ence forget that the global water cri-sis affects North America too, we’rereminded each time we look for adrink of water.We’re in Vancou-ver, a garden cityalmost awash insnowmelt thatcourses from icymountains. Butheavy logging up-stream has raisedthe sediment loadin rivers that sup-ply municipal wa-ter, rendering itunsafe to drink. Insigns posted by allthe drinking foun-tains, the Conference Center rec-ommends against drinking the waterand apologizes for the “inconve-nience.” We stand in long lines forfiltered water in plastic bottles.

As those who live closest to theland, directly dependent on particu-lar rivers and springs, indigenouspeople are often the first to feel theimpact of the water crisis. Like theproverbial canary in the mine, their

pain and loss give advance warningof patterns of water abuse that willaffect us all. Vernon Masayesva, aformer Hopi chairman, speaks qui-etly, explaining that already Hopisprings in Arizona are drying up. Hepoints to Peabody Energy, whicheach day pumps millions of gallons

of water from lo-cal aquifers 35,000years old, mixesthe water with pul-verized coal, andpipes the slurry273 miles to coal-fired electricalpower plants. Theelectricity willpump river waterto growing citiesacross the Ameri-can Southwest.

Masayesva shakes his head.“Now our fields stand dry and

desperate in the hot wind. Our el-ders warned us that should this hap-pen, our lands will shake like theHopi rattle, land will sink and dryup, rains will be barred by unseenforces…. Plants will not grow, ani-mals will die, and not only Hopis,but all will disintegrate to nothing.”

“Not only Hopis, but all….” Thephrase echoes in my mind, and Ithink of the lower reach of my homeriver in Oregon, the Willamette,once a source of drinking water,now a Superfund Site. I rememberhow angry I am each summer, whenfarmers pull water to irrigate alfalfafields, and glorious desert rivers dryinto muddy, cow-mucked sloughs. Ithink of empty reservoirs stair-step-ping up the middle Willamette Val-

ley, ugly basins of mud dotted withstumps. I realize that what I hadtaken as local problems are part of apattern of water abuse that has builtto a global crisis.

When springs fail, and rains fail,and toxins poison what water is left,people of the land — often indige-nous people and the poor — are im-mediately and deeply affected,forced to pay impossible prices for

water trucked in from distant places,or drink contaminated water, orleave the land to take their chancesin the cities. Already some peoplealong the U.S.-Mexican border findit cheaper to raise their children onCoca-Cola than pay the cost ofclean water. The immediate choicesof the privileged classes are relative-ly easier. For a while, at least, wemay be able to afford the highercosts of bottled water and greenlawns. But absolute shortage of anecessary condition for life is adeeply destabilizing injustice, andpoisons do not know the differencebetween rich and poor. Every one ofus depends on the hydrologic cyclethat pulls water from storms and de-livers it, clean and life-giving, intothe aquifers and streams.

In the indigenous peoples’ cau-cus, representatives at the high tablelean over the most recent draft oftheir Declaration on Water, mur-muring together, tinkering with thewording as each person speaks.How do you explain that water is sa-cred? How can you express the con-nection between water and life?How do you list your grievances, orexplain your grief? How do you de-clare a right to clean water?

According to my schedule ofevents, a Columbian activist namedKimy Pernia Domica is scheduled todeliver a keynote address. But in-stead there is an empty stage and along silence. Then people start tochant, “A people, united, can neverbe divided,” and now everyone isstanding and cheering and slapping

their programsagainst their legs.

The storycomes out piece-meal. Kimy is —was? — a leaderof non-violentprotests againstthe URRA1 damproject in north-ern Colombia.The dam is a di-saster for the Em-bera Katio peoplewho lived on thebanks of the RioVerde. It flooded

their homeland, dispersed theircommunities, killed their fish,spread mosquito-borne diseases,and brought widespread malnutri-tion. Two days before Kimy was toleave for the water conference inCanada, armed men overpoweredhim, handcuffed him, and — hold-ing a gun to his forehead — forced

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“Demand for clean water doubles every 20 years, while existing supplies of water are reduced by wasteful practices, widespread pollution, and destruction of

ecosystems that replenish fresh water and hold it back from the sea. Already a billion people — one in five on

Earth — cannot get enough clean water to drink. In another two decades, a United Nations report says, two-

thirds of the world’s population will go thirsty.”

“News outlets and corporate spokespeople encourage us to frame complex decisions as conflicts between so-called “human and nonhuman” values: jobs versus

forests, electric power versus salmon. The false dichotomies serve to paralyze community decision-

making and turn attention away from cut-and-run timber corporations or transnational dam-builders, those who

create the dilemmas in the first place. Thinking that human interests are separate from the Earth’s, we forget that

devastating a forest devastates a community as well....”

Life, liberty, and…

water?




Continued from previous pagehim onto a motorcycle and droveaway. His whereabouts remain un-known.

The desperate situation of Kimyand his people brings home the factthat there can be no meaningfulseparation between environmentalhealth and human well-being. In theUnited States, we often make themistake of thinking that humanrights and environmental rights areseparate and opposed. News outletsand corporate spokespeople en-courage us to frame complex deci-sions as conflicts between so-called“human and nonhuman” values:jobs versus forests, electric powerversus salmon. The false dichoto-mies serve to paralyze communitydecision-making and turn attentionaway from cut-and-run timber cor-porations or transnational dam-builders, those who create the di-lemmas in the first place. Thinkingthat human interests are separatefrom the Earth’s, we forget that dev-astating a forest devastates a com-munity as well, and that the toxinsthat cause tumors in fish will just asreadily eat into human flesh.

I once visited a hydrology class,where students were conducting sci-entific studies of the health of rivers.I asked the students to tell me thenames of their home rivers. I want-ed them to say the words, to hearthe sounds, to celebrate the gather-ing of waters. Down one row and upthe next in a big lecture hall, stu-dents said the names of the riversthey loved. Umatilla. Malheur.Umpqua. Siletz. Owyhee. WillowCreek. Columbia. Klamath.

And then suddenly, studentslooked up, startled, as if a cloud hadpassed across the sun. The saying ofthe names had become a drum rollfor what was lost — the ancient rivercultures, the free-flowing rivers, theclear water, the salmon. The stu-dents listened like children at thefeet of the uniformed old man whostands by the war memorial in thegreen park, runs his finger down thegranite engraved words, and readsaloud the names of people who havedied in service to their country.

People like Kimy Pernia confirmwhat our own experiences would tellus if we only listened. There is noway to separate the human and non-human costs of water degradation.Harm done to the natural environ-ment is primarily damage to wildplaces and winged things, to bird-song and river basins. But it is also,and by that very fact, direct damageto humans, violence against the nec-essary conditions of thriving, andthus a violation of human rights. Soa healthy environment is a basic hu-man rights issue. And conversely,because violationsof human rightsoften force peo-ple into desperate-ly unsustainableenvironmentalpractices, includ-ing unsustainablepopulationgrowth, humanrights have be-come an environ-mental issue.

In story afterstory — from Bolivia, British Co-lumbia, Poland, China, but alsofrom the United States — the brutefact of the hydrological cycle is re-vealed as a global political truth:Dirty water in the back of a truck,allocated once a week to South Afri-can women who stand in line fourhours for their families’ shares;chlorinated water in the Prime Min-ister’s bath; drinking water pur-chased by a family in India for aquarter of their monthly income;

fog shining on a raven’s wing; watersloshing behind a Snake River hy-droelectric dam; black puddles in aSuperfund site; the river in a rain-forest; the blood in a bison’s heart;the moisture in a child’s mind — it’sall one river.

With the aid of two carved wood-en canes, a woman walks to the mi-crophone. An electronic hiss drownsher urgent, whispered words. Peopleshift uneasily and an audience mem-ber shouts: “Speak clearly!” Thewoman pauses, squares her shoul-ders, narrows her eyes, and beginsto keen. Part fury, part grief, partred-tailed hawk — it’s a sound Ihave never heard before. The cryneeds no microphone. It fills thehall. Translators fall silent.

How can this cry continue? Howcan it ever end? Finally, the wom-an’s husband gently seats her in awheelchair and speaks. “We used tohave free flowing water. When Out-side came, we shared with them.Now they want to divert our water,our water, [and sell it] to fill theirswimming pools.”

He’s calling attention to one ofthe biggest untold news stories ofthe decade—the rapid transforma-tion of water from a shared socialgood, held in common, to a privatelyowned commodity, the analogue ofa pork belly or anopen-pit mine.And he has put hisfinger on the cen-tral moral issue: Iseverything forsale? May every-thing be extractedfrom the Earthand sold off insome cosmic fire-sale? Or are somethings so essen-tial, so elemental,that they oughtnever to be auc-tioned off, butheld forever in a public trust?

For centuries, the essential re-sources of the Earth — air, water,sunlight — have been held in com-mon. Not bought, not sold, theywere not the sort of thing one buysand sells. But now, vast amounts ofwater are being removed from com-mon ownership and held by a verysmall number of multinational cor-porations that are rapidly moving tomonopolize water supplies and de-livery systems around the world. Asa result, water has become an ex-tractive industry — pumped out andsold off, like oil.

Gerard Mestrallet, CEO of oneof the world’s largest water-holdingtransnational corporations, Suez Ly-

onnaise des Eaux, makes no bonesabout it. “Water is an efficient prod-uct,” Blue Gold quotes him as say-ing. “It is a product which normallywould be free, and our job is to sellit.” The market potential wouldmake a CEO swoon. Who is not apotential customer for water? TheWorld Bank estimates the value ofthe global water market at $800 bil-lion.

How are corporations tapping in-to this great wealth of water? Inpart, they do it with bulk water pur-

chases and water diversion schemes,taking water from one place andselling it in another, using dams, di-version canals, pipelines, supertank-ers, and the one-liter plastic bottlessold in every K-mart and kiosk. Forexample, according to their reportto stockholders, a Canadian compa-ny, Global H2O has arranged tomake bulk purchases of glacier wa-ter from Sitka, Alaska, and ship it toAsia, where low-wage workers willbottle it and slap on a label that says“Blue Alaska.” In the tiny town ofNewport, Wisconsin, citizens’groups are suing to keep interna-tional giant Perrier from pumpingwater from their springs.

At site after site across the U.S.— on a ranch north of Reno, in theFremont Valley north of Mojave, inColorado’s San Luis Valley, in theMojave Desert, and elsewhere —citizens’ groups and corporationsgrapple for control of what Califor-nia’s Governor Gray Davis once de-scribed as a commodity “moreprecious than gold.”

Another way corporations profitfrom water is by buying up munici-pal or cooperative water treatmentfacilities, desalination plants, stor-age tanks, and delivery systems, andthen selling the water back to thepeople at inflated prices. Manycash-strapped governments, partic-ularly in what corporations call ‘un-

derdeveloped countries,’ are eagerlyturning control of municipal watersystems over to private interests, of-ten transnational corporations. Inthe U.S., most water supply systemsare publicly owned, but new laws aremaking it easier for corporations tobuy control of treatment and deliv-ery systems.

Working all around the world,using elaborately interwoven net-works of governments, regulatoryagencies, and international bankinginterests, corporations acquirerights to water and protect their in-vestments with international tradeagreements that often supervenenational environmental and worker-protection laws. As a result, “the fu-ture of one of the earth’s most vital

resources is beingdetermined bythose who profitfrom its overuseand abuse,” ac-cording to MaudeBarlow, NationalChair of theCouncil of Cana-dians.

The problem isthat private enter-prise has one pri-mary goal — the

maximization of profit. On the otherhand, water, being essential to thesurvival of living things and all theecological and hydrological systemsthey depend on, has multiple uses.Selling to the highest bidder moveswater away from the thirstiest peo-ple, the penniless landscapes, theancient aquifers, the fragile ecosys-tems, the poorest countries, fishwithout pockets, and moves it uphillto the money — golf courses,sprawling suburbs, cotton planta-

tions, and semi-conductor plants. Congressman Dennis Kucinich

(D-Ohio), who helped fight off a bidto turn Cleveland’s water systemover to private interests, is clearly ahero at the conference. The crowdapplauds raucously when he rises tospeak. “It should be clear that whenit comes to providing the essentialsof life, such as an affordable, acces-sible supply of drinking water,” hesays, “the interests of the public sec-tor and the private sector are mutu-ally exclusive.”

Worse, scarcity drives up cost,which increases profit, so just at atime when we should be learning toconserve and replenish water sup-plies, market forces encourage cor-porations to waste water. Nor doesthe water market penalize pollutionor environmental degradation. Peo-ple will always be thirsty, and theless clean water there is, the moremoney people will pay for it. Onelast thing: if the environmental reg-ulations of sovereign nations pro-hibit water pollution or extractionand thereby cut into transnationalwater corporations’ profit margins,there are powerful provisions in in-ternational trade agreements thatallow corporations to sue, and win.

The man at the microphonereaches down for his wife’s hand,strengthens his grip on a featheredtalking stick, and speaks with urgen-

cy and anger.“Water, like theland, is a gift fromthe Creator tohold for all of us,to protect for fu-ture generations. Iask the Creator toopen your eyesand minds to thefact that we arehumans andcharged with pro-tecting the land.”

Judging fromthe roar of ap-proval, the people

in the audience need no convincing.He has managed to give voice totheir deepest beliefs about the hu-man obligation to be good stewardsof the water. Natural systems of wa-ter replenishment, purification, andstorage — aquifers, lakes, marshes,rivers, glaciers — should be careful-ly protected in place as a global her-itage and public trust. And watershould be allocated by communities— not just equitably and sustainablyamong rich and poor — but amongall living things, and for all genera-tions to come.

In the U.S. caucus, everyonewants to talk at once. They under-stand the threats to water, and theywill never take water for grantedagain. How can they respond to thesorrow, fear, and outrage that fillthe auditorium? What can they do?and restore free-flowing, healthyrivers and in every way possible,support the water cycles that sup-port all life.

We need to restore and protectthe natural systems that catch water,store it, and purify it — the marshes,aquifers, and lakes.

We need to stop water pollutionWe need to fight against every inter-national trade agreement, municipalordinance, or corporate strategythat would take water or the controlof water out of public hands.

We need to link citizen organiza-tions in the U.S. with people aroundthe world, in order to take politicalaction to persuade governments, inthe words of the U.S. Water Decla-ration, “to declare that the waters intheir territories are a public goodContinued on p. 12

He’s calling attention to one of the biggest untold news stories of the decade—the rapid transformation of water

from a shared social good, held in common, to a privately owned commodity, the analogue of a pork

belly or an open-pit mine. And he has put his finger on the central moral issue: Is everything for sale? May

everything be extracted from the Earth and sold off in some cosmic fire-sale? Or are some things so

essential, so elemental, that they ought never to be auctioned off, but held forever in a public trust?

Worse, scarcity drives up cost, which increases profit, so just at a time when we should be learning to conserve and

replenish water supplies, market forces encourage corporations to waste water. Nor does the water market penalize pollution or environmental degradation. People

will always be thirsty, and the less clean water there is, the more money people will pay for it.




WATER: human rights and ethicsContinued from p. 11and enact strong regulatory struc-tures to protect them.”

The tactics of the caucus arepure American pragmatism: a mail-ing list. A list-serve. Regional meet-ings leading to a nationalconvention. A media committee.Sign-up sheets. Websites. People ex-change addresses and jot notes onthe borders of their programs.

“Next to a banjo,” one of theAmericans says,“a story is themost powerfultool you canget.” This strikesme as the mostimportant tacti-cal insight of theconference. Myuniversity col-league teachesher students that“cosmology isethics,” mean-ing that the storyyou tell aboutthe fundamen-tal nature of re-ality willdetermine whatyou believeabout morallyright ways ofacting in theworld. If so,then the ulti-mate fate of theworld’s waterwill depend onwho tells themost compel-ling story aboutthe twenty-firstcentury.

The old story,the story that bombards us in everyway advertisers can devise, is thestory that justifies the commodifica-tion of water. It says that everythingis for sale; everything has its price.Nothing is sacred. There is no to-morrow. Whatever you don’t haveto pay for has no real cost — notcultural dislocations, or downstreampollution, long-term health effects,grief, extinctions, or shortages. Thegovernment-assisted accumulationof corporate wealth will result in thegreatest good for the greatest num-ber, because a rising tide raises allships, or private enterprise is thebest regulator of distribution, orwealth trickles down, or the fittestsurvive, or whatever. It doesn’t mat-ter, because in this story, wealth isits own justification.

The new story is a very, very oldstory, deeply grounded in spiritualand religious traditions, encoded inthe cycles of birth and renewal inthe Earth itself. It says that theEarth, its water, and all its creaturesare part of a single complicated, in-terdependent, and dynamic system— one beautiful thing. That the sur-vival of the whole depends on the

well-being of its parts. That someparts of that system are too essen-tial, too important, too elemental —some might say, too sacred — to betraded away. Rather, the resourcesof the Earth — air, water, sunlight,oil, genetic information, seeds, an-cient wisdom — are a sacred trust,to be held in common and steward-ed for future generations of humansand all living things. Communitiesare the stewards of this trust, and

governments areone means bywhich communi-ties can carryout their deci-sions. Good de-cisions are thosethat are basedon reciprocityand respect forall living things;they establishpractices thatcan be sus-tained for manygenerations.The bottomline? Personalwealth and hu-man well-beingare not mea-sured in dollars,but in a bio-cul-tural heritage ofbeauty, health,wisdom, andgratitude for thegift of life.

Singing anddancing, carry-ing placards,students troupeonto the stage tolead the cheersthat will end theconference.

Water rights are everyone’s fight.Ne pas avoir besoin de dire j’ai

soif: C’est la vraie democracie.El AGUA para el pueblo.When the shouting is over, there

is a new and thoughtful quiet.In the silence, a grey-haired

woman walks to the podium. She isan elder of the Musqueam peoplewho have long lived among the salt-water sloughs and eelgrass estuariesthat have become Vancouver, B.C.She begins to pray. Speaking in hernative tongue, her voice pours softlyinto the auditorium. I can’t translateher words. I don’t know what thesentences mean. But gradually, as Ilisten, I believe I begin to recognizethe ancient language she speaks.Her sentences, the small clicking inher words, the rising and fallingrhythms of her voice, sound like thesurge of seawater on a pebblebeach, the eternal tick of tide onstone.

[This essary is reprinted with per-mission from the Winter 2002 editionof Orion magazine, published by TheOrion Society. Visit their website atwww.oriononline.org. -Ed.]

“Global Water Commons” resolution

The Council of Canadians is urg-ing nations to sign a treaty that will declare a Global Water Commons. Here is what it says:

“The global freshwater supply is a shared legacy, a public trust, and a fundamental human right, and therefore a collective responsibili-ty…. Therefore, the nations of the world declare the Earth’s fresh wa-ter supply to be a global com-mons, to be protected and nurtured by all peoples, communi-ties, and governments and… fur-ther declare that fresh water will not be allowed to be privatized, commodified, traded, or exported for commercial purpose, and must immediately be exempted from all existing and future international and bilateral trade and investment agreements.”

By Stephen M. Born Earth Week 2002 has prompted me to reflect once again on the vision of

such Wisconsin-bred conservation champions as Aldo Leopold and GaylordNelson, Earth Day’s founder. As someone who has been working on manydifferent aspects of water planning and management over the past threedecades, I have been thinking in particular about how these conservationists’vision impacts upon one of our state’s great resources: water.

Rarely do we address water resource management and protection in away that is sensitive to the interconnectivity of all parts of the ecosystems andthe interdependence of their varied uses and values. Instead, we tackle waterand related resource problems a morsel at a time, whether it’s groundwaterpollution, wetlands, Lake Michigan sewage discharges, lake access, pollutedrunoff, or domestic waste disposal (to name a few).

Rarely are we proactive, trying to anticipate problems with monitoring,research, and planning; we tend to be reactive, rarely getting on the publicagenda until the problem’s dimensions are the stuff of news stories. Ham-strung by artificial jurisdictional boundaries that we created for governance,we are frustrated in addressing these problems at the geographic scale atwhich they occur: watersheds and ecoregions. As a result, most of our effortshave been of limited effectiveness.

Valliant attempts at sustainabilityThere have been some valiant attempts to take a comprehensive, long-

range approach, with the sustainability of environment and human commu-nities in mind. Wisconsin’s Coastal Management Program for the GreatLakes initially fit that mold. The Stewardship public land acquisition pro-gram captures the concept.

Recent activities to form watershed partnerships and manage river basinsin a more integrated way represent moves toward better long-range manage-ment and protection. Lake-wide management plans for the Great Lakes —which contain 20 percent of the world’s surface fresh water supply — are for-ward-looking. But implementation of these broad-scope and longer-rangeprograms is difficult.

As we look ahead, there will be a larger population, greater competition forresource uses, more pressured and threatened resources, and more conflictsassociated with water allocation and management. These conflicts will likelybring into sharper focus the problems associated with meeting society’s andhuman consumption needs for water with the need to manage these systemswith consideration of ecological values and the needs of future generations.

Every day we hear about these conflicts, which are at the core of our poli-cy- and decision-making, from all around the nation (examples: the Colum-bia River Basin, the overexploited Western aquifers, the Gulf of Mexico andthe Everglades). Here at home, think of Lake Michigan, the Mississippi,Wisconsin wetlands, eastern and southeastern Wisconsin aquifers, and theFox River system.

In past decades, Wisconsin has attempted to address water problemsmore comprehensively and with an eye to the future. Gov. Warren Knowlesconvened a statewide water conference for that purpose in the mid-1960s.Gov. Tony Earl was a leader in the formation of the Council of Great LakesGovernors, a hopeful institutional innovation of the 1980s.

The Wisconsin DNR has made at least one major attempt to develop acomprehensive water plan for Wisconsin — but in the end, the task was notcompleted. Doing environmental management right is tough work, and we’restill learning how to go about it.

Unfortunately, too much recent political activity seems to be based on oldways — narrow or short-sighted proposals that do little to protect, andindeed threaten, this most vital of our natural treasures. The controversyassociated with the proposed Perrier plant was a high-profile political event,with no shortage of public figures posing for pictures.

In spite of having at hand the requisite scientific and policy studies to takefar-sighted action, most proposed legislation has been largely cosmetic andineffectual — and in some cases has pandered to constituent interest groups.

We have a pretty good idea of how to effectively modernize our high-capacity well laws, but we can’t seem to act. We are afflicted with politicalgridlock, in spite of public demands for action. Last October’s Groundwater“Summit” outlined a forward-looking agenda, but where is the political lead-ership essential to taking action? And in the ongoing state budgetary pro-cesses, concern for making sure we have the professional capacity to soundlymanage our vital water resources was cast aside by some political actorswhose vision seems limited to their terms of office.

Waters of Wisconsin initiative underwayYet I believe the timing has never been better to tackle the water prob-

lems we face in new and creative ways. For the past two years, Waters of Wis-consin, a statewide initiative on water use led by the nonprofit WisconsinAcademy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, has been bringing together represen-tatives from water science, industry,agriculture, conservation, education,government and public agencies, andNative American tribes — along withconcerned citizens — to shape a sus-tainable water future for the state.Goals of the initiative are to generateand pool our knowledge about the sta-tus, sustainability, and future scenariosof our waters into a comprehensive setof guidelines, to increase public aware-ness about the problems and promisesour waters hold, and to encourage ourstate’s leaders to follow through with acomprehensive plan for sustainablewater management.

Throughout its history, Wisconsinhas been a beacon to the world, seeking to define and live according to a con-servation ethic that crosses cultural, generational, and jurisdictional bound-aries. We are attempting to carry on that ethic with Waters of Wisconsin.Please join us. If we act now to protect our waters, I suspect that when Wis-consinites celebrate Earth Day 2075, they will look back and thank us all.

(TU’s Steve Born is Co-Chair of the Waters of Wisconsin initiative of theWI Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. This piece originally appeared inthe Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on April 21, 2002. –Ed.)

Nelson’s legacy: fulfill it by sustaining WI waters


Waters of WI forum Oct 21-22Waters of Wisconsin is holding a statewide forum October 21-22 at Monona Terrace in Madi-son. This event will mark the release of a formal report, with guidelines and policy recom-mendations for water use and management. Find out more about Waters of Wisconsin at the Wisconsin Academy website, www.wis-consinacademy.org, or call (608) 263-1692.




WI Council ofTrout Unlimited

2002 Stream AccessWallet Card

Keep this handy stream access “wallet card” with you when you fish.It describes your rights and responsibilities when accessing publicwaters that flow through private property.

Can I fish streams that flow through private lands?Yes, all trout streams are considered “navigable” and, therefore, are

public property. Streams are public even though the land on both sidesof them may be private. Without permission, you may not cross privatelands to enter or leave a stream. Enter the water at bridge crossings, pub-lic lands, or private lands under public easement.

Do I have to stay in the water?Yes, but there is one exception. Wisconsin law was amended in 2001

to say you may exit the water “to bypass an obstruction.” (See statute texton other side.) Re-enter the water after the obstruction has been passed.

What counts as an obstruction?According to the WDNR, “Obstructions could consist of trees or

rocks, shallow water for boaters, or deep water for wading trout fishers.The bypass can involve areas up to the ordinary high water mark andshould be by the shortest route possible.”

Can I walk on the exposed shoreline up to the “ordinary high water mark”?

No, that short-lived provision in the statutes was changed in 2001.Anglers must now follow the previous “keep your feet wet” rule. But youmay still leave the stream to bypass obstructions.

What if I come upon a fence across a stream?Land owners may not obstruct navigable waters in a way that “impairs

the free navigation thereof.” If you can pass under or over a single strandof barbed wire, the stream remains navigable. However, if severalstrands of wire or some other intentional obstruction prevents passage,the land owner is in violation of the law. Do not cut the wire. Instead,contact the WDNR to investigate the illegal obstruction.

How does the “no interference” with hunting, fishing or trapping statute apply to my fishing?

Animal right activists have generally preferred to harrass hunters andtrappers instead of anglers. Nevertheless, fishing is included in a 1989WI statute that makes it illegal for someone to “interfere or attempt tointerfere with lawful hunting, fishing or trapping with the intent to pre-vent the taking of a wild animal....”

This statute protects not only you from physical interference, but itprotects the animals as well — someone cannot interfere with your fish-ing by “harrassing a wild animal.” For fishers, this may be interpreted tomean that someone cannot interfere with your fishing by throwing rocksinto water you are about to fish. Land owners blocking your legal accessor preventing you from navigating around obstructions may also be vio-lating this statute.

See WI statute text on other side

CLIP AND SAVE

WI stream access laws summarized in wallet card

By Todd HansonHaving trouble remembering

what the current Wisconsin laws areregarding stream access? We were,too, so the WI State Council ofTrout Unlimited has created the“wallet card” you see below.

The card is two-sided. The sidebelow gives a concise summary ofyour current rights and responsibili-ties regarding stream access, whilethe facing side has relevant excerptsfrom the state’s statutes.

The State Council hopesthis card will come in

handy to settleany disputes

you may

have with landowners who feel youare trespassing. Confusing recent change

Anglers and other stream userswill remember that Wisconsin lawwas changed two years ago to allowpeople to walk the exposed banks ofrivers up to the “normal high-watermark.”

That expansion of rights has nowbeen reversed, and anglers mustonce again follow the old “keepyour feet wet” rule when fishing.

However, the new law still allowsanglers to legally walk on privateproperty whenever they encounteran “obstruction.” The WDNR hasinterpreted an obstruction to in-clude “deep water.” This obstruc-tion provision is not yet widelyknown, so this wallet card will helpfishers and land owners understandthe current law.


REPORTS: chapter newsContinued from p. 9

Shaw-Paca Chapter

Our 2002-03 officers are:Dave Ehrenberg - President, Steve Schultz - Vice-President, Lee Kersten - Secretary, andJoe Murphy - Treasurer.We voted to send $200 to help

with the Marion Kid’s Fishing Daywhich was held at Wallace park inMarion on June 1. We also spon-sored two students to the CentralWisconsin Environmental Camp atSunset lake. These students are tobe from our chapter working areaand attend a camp for junior-high orhigh school students.

Some 85 little fisherpersons andtheir parents attended the Marion

Kid’s Fishing Day. The kids fishedfor bass, bluegills, and sunfish in thebeautiful Marion Pond. It is hopedthat some of these anglers will be-come our future guardians of ourwater resources, including our troutwaters.

As of next fall, we will be sendingout our chapter newsletter on aquarterly basis. The plan is to pub-lish for the months of September,December, March, and May. We arealso exploring other ideas forfundraising both at our banquet andother occasions.—Lee Kersten

Wild Rivers Chapter

On April 27 a number of WildRivers chapter members assistedwith the planting of approximately25,000 white pine, white cedar,white spruce, and tamarack in theWilson Creek valley adjacent to thehail damage that occurred in theBrule River State Forest. The treeswere planted to protect the springsand tributaries of the upper bog ar-ea of the Brule River.

In mid-May chapter membersDan Cervin, Dick Berge, Bob Stan-ley, Gary Bernhardt, Chuck Camp-bell, and Bill Heart helped WDNRfisheries personal Scott Toshner,Cris Sand, and Cord Manz with apopulation assessment on tworeaches of the Eighteen Mile Creek.This was part of our Embrace-A-Stream grant from TU National.Unofficially, on one of the half milereaches, we shocked about 300 fisheach of two days. This was mostlybrowns, with the largest 13.5 inches.On the more upstream reach, therewas only about 100 fish shockedeach of the two days with one fishmeasuring 14.7”. Again, they weremostly brown trout with a few morebrookies. We will be doing anothershocking this fall to continue check-ing out this system.

Another project on the WhiteRiver was held on May 25. Namelyour first annual Whack-a-NorthernDay. Our chapter is concerned thata large population of northern pikeis impacting the wild brown troutfishery in the Bibon Swamp area, sowe held the fishing day to try toeliminate some of the pike in theWhite River. We had six anglersfishing most of the day with six fishbeing caught weighing in at 38pounds. The largest pike was a 38”

12lb. monster caught by Iowa TUmember Charlie Gritzner. His pikehad a seven and an 11-inch brown inits stomach. At the end of the day,chefs John Casperson and ChuckCampbell did a great job producinga great pike fish fry.

In May, Chuck Campbell attend-ed a US Fish & Wildlife Servicecourse on the impacts that highwaycrossings have on fish passage. Thecourse covered stream crossing de-sign and construction, stream resto-ration, and a field tour of areacrossings. The crossing of CTH Cwith the Sioux River north of Wash-burn was recently rebuilt. Thiscrossing received high marks be-cause the road is on a high fill butmaintains a high level of erosionprotection.

The annual Kids Fishing Day atthe Northern Great Lakes VisitorCenter was held on June 1 withchapter members Dick Berge,Chuck Campbell, Gary Bernhardt,Bob Farraro, Jay Thurston, andPhil Wallace helping. There wereover 150 first-to-sixth grade kidsthat learned what fishing was allabout including knots, lure making,catch and release techniques, andcasting. After the indoor sessions,the kids were assisted by the chaptermembers in some actual fishing inthe ponds for brook trout.

Don’t forget about the Wild Riv-ers raffle of a great fly fishing pack-age, including a SAGE 590-4 S LTfly rod and many other prizes. Tick-ets for the Aug. 12 drawing are$5.00. Contact Bill Heart (addresson page 2) for requests as soon aspossible.—Bill Heart




Whirling disease article onlineThe Whirling Disease Founda-

tion’s Science Coordinator JerriBartholomew has published an arti-

cle entitled “Prevention Methodsfor Anglers.”

The article can be found on theInternet at http://www.whirling-dis-ease.org/prevention.pdf.

The article can also be accessed

via the Wisconsin Council’s websiteat www.lambcom.net/witu.

Relevant Wisconsin Statutes(Key portions underlined)

§30.134 Use of exposed shore areas along streams.(1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:(a) “Artificial ditch” means a ditch, channel, canal or other stream of water that has no prior history as a stream.(b) “Exposed shore area” means the area of the bed of a navigable body of water that is between the ordinary high-water mark and the water's edge.(c) “Highway” has the meaning given in s. 340.01 (22).(d) “Riparian” means the owner, lessee or occupant of land that abuts a nav-igable body of water.(2) AUTHORIZATION. Members of the public may use any exposed shore ar-ea of a stream without the permission of the riparian only if it is necessary to exit the body of water to bypass an obstruction.(3) RESTRICTIONS; MEMBERS OF PUBLIC. (a) In using an exposed shore area of a stream, as authorized under sub. (2), a member of the public may not enter the exposed shore area except from the water, from a point of pub-lic access on the stream, or with the permission of the riparian.(c) Use of an exposed shore area of a stream by members of the public does not grant an easement or other right to the exposed shore area that is greater than the right granted to the public under this section.(4) RESTRICTIONS; RIPARIANS; OTHERS. (a) No riparian may prohibit a member of the public from using, as autho-rized under this section, an exposed shore area of a stream.(b) No riparian may charge a fee for the use, as authorized under this sec-tion, of an exposed shore area of a stream.(c) No person may obstruct a highway with the intention to impede or prohib-it access by the public to an exposed shore area of a stream.(5) EXCEPTIONS. The right granted to the public under this section to use an exposed shore area of a stream does not apply to any of the following:(a) An exposed shore area of an impoundment on a stream.(b) Any artificial ditch.(c) Any location on a stream where there is no surface water flowing in the stream.

§30.15 Penalty for unlawful obstruction of navigable waters. (1) OBSTRUCTIONS PENALIZED. Any person who does any of the following shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $500 for each offense:(a) Unlawfully obstructs any navigable waters and thereby impairs the free navigation thereof.(b) Unlawfully places in navigable waters or in any tributary thereof any sub-stance that may float into and obstruct any such waters or impede their free navigation.(c) Constructs or maintains in navigable waters, or aids in the construction or maintenance therein, of any boom not authorized by law.(d) Constructs or places any structure or deposits any material in navigable waters in violation of s. 30.12 or 30.13. (3) EACH DAY A SEPARATE VIOLATION. Each day during whichan obstruction, deposit or structure exists in violation of sub. (1) is a separate offense.

§29.083 Interference with hunting, fishing or trapping. (1) DEFINITION. In this section, “activity associated with lawful hunting, fish-ing or trapping” means travel, camping or other acts that are preparatory to lawful hunting, fishing or trapping and that are done by a hunter, fisher or trapper or by a member of a hunting, fishing or trapping party.(2) PROHIBITIONS (a) No person may interfere or attempt to interfere with lawful hunting, fishing or trapping with the intent to prevent the taking of a wild animal by doing any of the following:1. Harassing a wild animal or engaging in an activity that tends to harass wild animals.2. Impeding or obstructing a person who is engaged in lawful hunting, fish-ing or trapping.3. Impeding or obstructing a person who is engaged in an activity associated with lawful hunting, fishing or trapping.4. Disturbing the personal property of a person engaged in lawful hunting, fishing or trapping. [Remaining portions of the statute deleted. -Ed.]

WI Council of Trout Unlimited

Stream Access Wallet Card(See other side for a summary of your stream access rights)

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After “roughing” the burlap strand, form the abdomen. Leave the tag.

Wisconsin authors’ new titles hit the bookshelvesBy John Welter

No Hatch to Match, Rich Osthoff, Stack-pole Books, $16.95 soft-cover, 138 pages.

Now thatyou’re on thestream, twobooks of inter-est to Wis-consin trout

anglers recently popped into areabookstores. More accurately put,the “new” book is the second titlefrom Mauston’s guide-fly tier-writ-er Rich Osthoff, and theHumphrey-Shogren book is the re-vised second edition of theirvaluable guide to Wisconsin andMinnesota streams, first publishedin 1995.

Osthoff offers a readable hand-book for the times when flies aren’tpopping out all over, which is mostof the time. His conversational writ-ing style makes for zippy, interestingreading, but I found his tactics andlarger strategies most worthwhile.If you can’t pick up some thought-provoking ideas to bring to yourfishing next season, either you wer-en’t paying attention or you shouldbe writing your own books.

Osthoff strikes an engaging bal-ance between offering instructionand entertaining anecdotes, offerstips on working water in places or attimes everybody else doesn’t, andprovides a variety of what he calls“parlor tricks” from which you canpick up a helpful idea.

For example, one summer afriend and I repeatedly fished past adead beaver rotting along the edgeof one of our favorite streams, half-in and half-out. It lay right where weusually put in and fished upstream,and in the summer sun it seemed tospend a lot of time at the clothespin-on-your-nose stage. Every time wecame to that water, we held ourbreath and worked our way up pastthe carcass as fast as possible. Os-thoff’s suggestion? Try fishing acream caddis pupa downstream, im-itating a drifting maggot. We neverthought of that. We should have re-tained the clothespin.

Osthoff likes solitary exploringfor trout, as described in his earlier

book, Fly-Fishing the Rocky Moun-tain Backcountry. He spends a thirdof his Wisconsin fishing time just ex-ploring for new waters, includingClass II and unclassified waters be-low the better-known and moreheavily-fished areas, and headwa-ters. He finds some water he won’tbother with again, but he finds somedandy spots as well. It’s a worth-while suggestion: trout waters aredynamic, like partridge covers, andsome will be declining while othersare improving. Keep on searching,and you will find more good — orgreat — waters.

Osthoff’s patterns and sugges-tions for searching flies are helpful;many of the fly patterns are modi-fied just a smidge from a well-known pattern. I’ve experimentedwith them during my winter’s tying,and am eager to try some of themon the water.

Trout Streams of Wisconsin andMinnesota, Second Edi-tion, Jim Hum-phrey and Bill Shogren, Back Country Press, $19.95 softcover, 302 pages.

Jim Hum-phrey and Bill Shogren have itmade. They’re on the second editionof their “where-to-go” guidebook,and it appears they were forced tovisit almost every trout stream in the

state for “research” a second timearound. Our deepest sympathies goout to them.

Between them they have close toa century of trout-fishing experienceand a history of writing about it.They understand the work and com-mitment of conservationists like TUmembers and the value of restoringtrout habitat and watersheds, andexplain it well.

Their book offers detailed sug-gestions about places to start explor-ing dozens of the state’s streams,and then leaves you to do the funstuff — exploring and solving theriddles of each water and moving in-to other places nearby.

If you treat it as a collection ofstarting points for exploring ratherthan a complete list, you’re puttingit to its best use. Of course, that’sthe part of the sport that keeps usengaged beyond the beginner phaseanyway.

Along the way, you’ll find their

“Terrific Twenty” flies, some helpfulhatch charts, quotations from nota-ble anglers from Geoffrey Chaucerto Winston Churchill, and an enter-taining and helpful book.

Try gunny sack nymph for small stonesBy Larry Meicher

This has been a favorite of minewherever there are small stoneflies.The burlap bag strand gives the flyboth a segmented and rough look atthe same time.

Begin by weighting the middlethird of the hook with .025 lead.Then attach the tail.

Next at-tach astrand ofburlap fi-ber about12” abovethe bend.Do not justwrap thehook withthe strand.First, roughit up as fol-lows.

Hold the burlap and your tyingthread together and twist as if youwere making a dubbing loop.

Then use the dull, back side ofyour scissors to rough up the burlap

strand “rope.”Now wrap the twisted, roughed

burlap forward to form a segmentedabdomen. Untwist the burlap fromthe thread and tie off. But don’ttrim — you’ll be using this tag tobuild up bulk for the wing case.

Next begin the wing case by re-wraping the burlap and thread andwrapping the thorax with a double

layer. Fin-ish by pull-ing theturkey overthe top toform awing caseand tie off.

Tie insome softhackle buttfirst, wrap2-3 turns,and whip

finish the head. Trim the top andbottom of the hackle to resembleleft and right legs.

Color top of the abdomen with adark brown felt tip pen. Finish by

coating the head and wing case withflex cement.

MATERIALS LISTGunny Sack Nymph

Hook: Mustad 9672 or equiva-lent.Tail: Pheasant tail fibers.Body: Golden strand of burlap figers. Stripe the top with a brown, felt-tip marker. Wing case: Section of wild tur-key tail.Hackle: Brown mottled pheas-ant or turkey back (soft).

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Wisconsin TU Chapters:Green Bay Chapter Frank Hornberg ChapterSE Wisconsin ChapterMarinette County Chapter

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MAIL TO: Friends of Wisconsin TUJohn H. Cantwell3725 Ken Ridge Ln.

Yes, I want to join the “Friends” of Wisconsin Trout Unlimited.Yes, I want to join the “Friends” of Wisconsin Trout Unlimited.Yes, I want to join the “Friends” of Wisconsin Trout Unlimited.Yes, I want to join the “Friends” of Wisconsin Trout Unlimited.

Green Bay, WI 54313-8271

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“Friends” Project Locations1. $4,000 for rip-rapping and structural improvements on the West Fork Kickapoo River (Vernon Co.)2. $1,500 for placement of LUNKER struc-tures and bank stabilization in Black Earth Creek (Dane Co.)3. $1,000 for hydraulic dredging of Saul Spring Pond (Langlade Co.)4. $750 for purchase of special thermometers to monitor stormwater runoff into the Kin-nickinnic River (Pierce Co.)5. $2,000 for rerouting and stabi-lizing Brewery Creek (Iowa Co.)6. $75 for purchase of catch and release signs for the Bois Brule River Douglas Co.)7. $2,500 for renovation of trout rearing facilities in Lincoln Park (City of Manitowoc)8. $500 for bank, stabiliza-tion, and structural improvements on the North Fork Thunder River (Oconto Co.)9. $1,000 for land acquisition along the White River (Waushara Co.)10. $1,000 to assist with acquisition of 64+ acres of land along Upper Middle Inlet Creek (Marinette Co.)11. $7,000 to purchase a Rotary Screw Fish Trap for DNR Coldwater research12. $3,000 to fund stream improve-ments and riparian protection in and along streams of Middle Kickapoo Riv-er watershed. (Vernon and Crawford counties)13. $1,000 to help fund instream habitat work in the Plover River (Marathon Co.)14. $551 to help purchase recording thermo-graphs to monitor thermal regimes in trout streams in the Buena Vista and Leola marsh-es (Portage, Wood, Adams counties)15. $3,372 for installing bank cover and clos-ing side channels in Sand Creek (Jackson and Monroe counties)16. $3,296 to continue and extend stream bank brushing along Chaffee Creek (Mar-quette Co.) 17. $1,000 to continue population and move-ment studies of brown trout in the Mecan River (Marquette County) for potential stream reclassification18. $1,700 to conduct follow-up surveys on wild brown trout in the Namekagon River (Sawyer/Bayfield counties)19. $2,000 to conduct studies of fall move-ments and concentrations of spawning wild brood fish in the Namekagon River (Sawyer/Bay field counties) for capture and use in raising wild trout for the river20. $1,000 to assist with the third year of

dredging silt and detritus from Elton Springs (Langlade Co.)21. $1,000 for stream brushing, debris remov-al, and brush bundle installation in Swanson Creek (Forest County), a tributary to the Rat River22. $500 for building a sand/ sediment trap in Wisconsin Creek (Florence County), a tribu-

tary to the boundary Brule River, to enhance trout spawning potential.23. $2,750 to purchase materi-

als for fencing projects approved under the Streambank Ease-

ment Program

(part of the state’s Stewardship Program) for the Wisconsin Rapids Area; and for fencing materials for the Little Lemonweir River project (Monroe Co.)24. $350 to conduct trout population studies in the lateral ditches listed as trout waters (Portage, Wood and Adams counties) that are under threat from agricultural/cranberry operation encroachment25. $250 toward habitat work on the West Fork Kickapoo River (Vernon and Crawford

counties)26. $2,000 to fund dredging (silt/debris removal) from McClintock Springs in the southern unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest (Waukesha Co.) 27. $2,000 to create overhead bank cover in and remove beaver dams from Whitewater/Bluff Creek (Walworth Co.)28. $2,000 for stream improvements in Bill-ings Creek (Vernon Co.)29. $1,500 for materials for in-stream struc-tures in the Tomorrow River (Portage Co.)30. $2,500 for stream restoration in Mormon Coulee Creek (La Crosse Co.)31. $1,500 to assist in production of an educa-tional video on development impacts along the Kinnickinnic River (St. Croix and Pierce counties)

32. $7,000 for stream improvement on Elk Creek (Chippewa Co.)

33. $4,000 for rock hauling and resto-ration work on Duncan Creek (Chippewa Co.)34. $1,750 to purchase materials for stream improvements on the

North Fork Buffalo River (Jackson Co.)35. $2,000 to fund backhoe work on intensive habitat

improvement in the Prairie River (Lincoln

Co.)36. $500 for stream reha-

bilitation in Tainter Creek (Crawford Co.)

37. $1,000 for expenses to study the long-term effects on brook trout following the removal of beaver dams on

the Pemebonwon River in northern Wisconsin (Marinette Co.). 38. $2,000 to help fund reprint-ing Trout Stream Therapy book (Waupaca Co.).

39. $1,000 to defray expenses involved in holding the Midwest Trout Angling Workshop in La Crosse in July, 2000 (La Crosse Co.)

40. $2,000 to fund stream improvement work on Mormon Coulee Creek (La Crosse Co.).41. $2,000 to fund restoration work on the Little Pine River.

(Waushara Co.).42. $2,000 to the WDNR to help purchase an easement on Tenmile Creek along Hwy. 13.43. $2,000 in 2001 plus $2,000 in 2002 to Wis-consin River Chapter for Prairie River work (Lincoln Co.).44. $1,245 to Wild Rivers Chapter for coaster baseline information (Ashland Co.).45. $1,000 to WDNR Trempealeau district for trout restoration backhoe (Trempealeau Co.).

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How to request Friends funding

Thanks to Wisconsin Trout Un-limited’s many generous “Friends,”the State Council has money avail-able for our 21 areas chapters’projects.

Friends of Wisconsin TU fundinggrants are reviewed and approvedby a committee composed of theState Council’s regional vice chairs.

Requests should be mailed toState Chair Jon Christiansen de-scribing the project and including abudget for the work to be done.

Complete submission details maybe obtained from Friends ChairJohn Cantwell at 3725 Ken Ridge,Green Bay, WI 54313 or (920) 865-4442.Project funding criteria

When Friends of Wisconsin TUwas created, the following criteriafor funding approval were estab-lished:• Requests could come at any time

and would be considered at StateCouncil meetings,

• Special, urgent requests can berushed.

• First priority is given to projectsthat have a statewide impact (ed-ucation, research, shared equip-ment, etc.).

• Second priority is given to re-gional projects around the state.

• Matching grant projects are alsogiven priority in that they providemore bang for the buck.

• Money only goes into the re-source and is not to be used forState Council expenses.



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