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Alaska: The battle for Bristol Bay

10 January 2010 No Comment

Let’s not forget the battle forged in Alaska over Bristol bay.

Watch this YouTube video from the New York Times and support TU’s efforts for Bristol Bay.

The Bristol Bay Watershed produces the world’s greatest commercial salmon fishery and internationally renowned salmon and trout runs that attract anglers from all over the world.  The waters in this region have long been an integral part of the State’s economy and have provided sustainable jobs, subsistence foods and other benefits to Alaskans for generations.

The State of Alaska and Canadian mining company want to create North America’s largest open pit gold mine and a 896-square mile mining district in the headwaters of Bristol Bay. At the same time, the Bureau of Land Management is trying to open 3.6 million acres of vital fish and wildlife habitat in the Bristol Bay Watershed to hardrock mining.

What most people don’t know is that the hard-rock mining industry is the single largest source of toxic releases and one of the most destructive industries in America.

The proposed Pebble Mine may pose the greatest single threat to this area’s salmon-bearing rivers and the people who depend on them.
Similar open pit mines have devastated entire watersheds and surrounding fisheries throughout the United States and around the world.  If opened, the Pebble Mine could pave the way for many more destructive mines.

The Bristol Bay Alliance is a group of fishermen, business owners and local citizens working to help ensure that the people who depend on Bristol Bay’s natural resources have the most influential voice of any group regarding the future of our land and waters.

An open pit mine could threaten our communities by polluting our clean rivers that provide us with drinking water and plentiful fish. The Pebble mine is not a done deal.  We want to have a voice in what happens in our backyard.

Join us and we will strengthen our alliance, with the goal of accurately informing others about the history and risks of open pit mining.

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Adirondack Trails TV Show – Free Videos – MyOutdoorTV.com

 This is a commercial program but it is pretty good.

Adirondack Trails TV Show – Free Hunting Videos – MyOutdoorTV.com

Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Gas Drilling in New York State

TGF Action Alert

Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Gas Drilling in New York State

TGF has grave concerns about the potential impacts that gas drilling would have on the trout streams of New York State and our other natural resources.

Nestled in the Catskill Mountains in New York, the Beaver Kill and Willowemoc Creek as well as the Neversink, Esopus and Delaware Rivers are world class trout streams revered among anglers across the nation as the birthplace of American flyfishing and the home of our namesake, Theodore Gordon.  Our home waters are under attack and facing their largest environmental threat in decades.

New York state has issued guidelines for how it plans to allow gas drilling to occur in the Marcellus Shale. These draft guidelines are detailed in a document called a draft supplemental generic environmental impact statement, or draft SGEIS.

TGF finds the draft SGEIS completely inadequate and will be submitting extensive written comments regarding this subject.  But we need our members to also voice their concerns to the NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation and the Governor.  The DEC is accepting written comments until December 31, 2009.

WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW?
1) Tell Governor Paterson and the New York State DEC to set aside the draft SGEIS for gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, start the process over to get it right, and continue the current moratorium on gas drilling until a protective SGEIS is in place.   You can use the model letter which is attached to this email.

Mail your comments to the Governor and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.

Governor David A. Paterson
Executive Chamber
State Capitol
Albany, NY 12224

Attn: dSGEIS Comments
Bureau of Oil & Gas Regulation
NYSDEC Division of Mineral Resources
625 Broadway, Third Floor
Albany, NY 12233-6500

If you would rather speak to the Governor’s office about this important issue, please call 518-474-8390.

Please provide your support by signing and mailing the letter that follows.  Thank you.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

Date

Governor David A. Paterson
State Capitol
Albany, NY 12224

Attn: dSGEIS Comments
Bureau of Oil & Gas Regulation
NYSDEC Division of Mineral Resources
625 Broadway, Third Floor
Albany, NY 12233-6500

Dear Governor Paterson and Representatives of the DEC:

I am writing to express my serious concerns with the “Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement for gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale and other like formations” (Draft SGEIS) released by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).  After significant analysis of the 800+ page document it has become increasingly obvious that the draft SGEIS does not adequately protect New York’s water resources, including, but not limited to the fish and wildlife that depend on them.

Given my grave concerns, I respectfully urge you to take the following steps:

(1)       Set aside the current draft SGEIS and commit to a continued moratorium on the issuance of any new permits for hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale or similar formations in New York State until a new SGEIS is finalized.

(2)       Request that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region II convene a panel of experts on water quality to analyze proposals for hydraulic fracturing in New York State and to assess the potential impacts of such activities on water resources in New York, utilizing the precautionary principle as the foundation for its analysis.

(3)        Develop a new draft SGEIS that contains all appropriate and legally-required analyses and to propose a comprehensive rule-making package that would accompany the new draft SGEIS and that would be designed to fully insure the protection of the state’s most valuable water and other natural resources.

The current draft SGEIS simply does not ensure that New York State’s fishing resources will be adequately protected for the generations of New Yorkers yet to come.

Please consider and honor my requests.

Thank you for your courtesy.

Very truly yours,

reBlog from midcurrent.com: Gear Video: Stopping Invasive Species Spread

I found this fascinating quote today:

Orvis product developer Tim Daughton narrates this excellent short video on the proper ways to choose and clean gear to help avoid the spread of invasive species.midcurrent.com, Gear Video: Stopping Invasive Species Spread, Dec 2009

You should read the whole article.

Adirondack Fly Fishing in upstate New York, Adirondack Mountains-Adirondack Sport Shop

Adirondack Fly Fishing in upstate New York, Adirondack Mountains-Adirondack Sport Shop.

USGS Real-Time Water Data for FLINT CREEK AT PHELPS NY

Real-Time Water Data for  FLINT CREEK AT PHELPS NY.

PA State Fly Tying Championship

PA State Fly Tying Championship

The Cumberland Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited is once again sponsoring the Pennsylvania State Fly Tying Championship. It will be held at the Eastern Sports and Outdoors Show Farm Show Complex, Cameron Street, Harrisburg on February 13, 2010, starting at 10 am.

There are 3 Categories:

• Youth – Youngsters under sixteen years of age (must have been born on or after March 1, 1994)
• Amateur – Any fly tyer who has never tied for money or other substantial remuneration
• Open – Any fly tyer, professional or otherwise

Requires a $20 non-refundable entry fee to be submitted with the flies for pre-judging

Application forms rules and fly patterns can be found at the Cumberland Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited’s website at http://cvtu.homestead.com/ or at the Eastern Sports and Outdoors Show at http://www.easternsportsshow.com

Fly tyers must submit flies to be pre-judged in order to make it to the final competition. The top five (5) tyers from each category will be selected to participate in the finals. The top tyer in the open category will receive a cash prize based on the number Of entrants with $100 minimum guaranteed. Trophies will be awarded for Youth and Amateur categories.

All flies for entries must be mailed to:
CVTU Fly Tying Contest
PO Box 520
Carlisle, PA 17013

Prizes are supplied by the Eastern Sports
and Outdoors Show and Bass Pro Shops

Action Alert from Trout Unlimited

   October 23, 2009

Dear Supporter,

Take action online now and voice your support for extending the comment period on New York’s draft supplemental generic environmental impact statement (SGEIS) for gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale.

It is imperative that Trout Unlimited members and other sportsmen and women in New York are provided both the time and opportunity to adequately review and provide comments on the Draft SGEIS.

Why We Care
We need your support today because New York is currently only allowing the public 60 days to provide comments on the 800 page draft SGEIS that the state released on September 30th. Additionally, the state is only providing the opportunity for public hearings in four locations, we need your help to request additional hearings and locations to comment on this important document that will provide the framework for how the industry is allowed to drill for gas in and around our favorite hunting and fishing spots.
Drilling for gas in the Marcellus Shale has the potential to significantly impact New York’s treasured trout streams—one of our greatest public assets. These streams, and the lands surrounding them, provide fishing, hunting, and other recreational opportunities, support tourism, and provide an economic base for many rural communities.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

1. Please visit our online action center today to express your support for extending the public comment period from 60 to 120 days and for providing additional public hearings on the report.
2. Call Governor Paterson and Commissioner Grannis to tell them that you strongly support increasing the comment period on the draft SGEIS from 60 days to 120 days to allow the citizens of New York adequate time to analyze the 800 page document as well as adding additional public hearings on the draft SGEIS. Phone calls and personal letters are the most effective methods to voice your opinion in support of these requests.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions or for more information.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Maclin 
VP Eastern Conservation
Trout Unlimited
Ph. 703-284-9437
emaclin@tu.org

Ron Urban
Council Chair
New York State Council of Trout Unlimited

Central New York Fly Tying Symposium for kids

Saturday March 6th Central New York Fly Tying Symposium for kids We have decided on the date for the 2010 fly tying Symposium.  It will be March 6th Saturday, at the Radisson Convention Center Genesee Street in Utica NY. We will have exhibitors and seminars and just like last year, we will have free fly tying classes all day with the kids.  Currently we have a few fly tiers signed up for this coming years event, but we need more.  If you are interested, please email JP Ross to sign up.  Also email JP Ross if you are interested in having a booth.  Donations will be required to have a booth, no minimums.  Anyone tying flies will go home with free hooks and fly tying materials from two of our sponsors.  Mad River and Togen Enterprises.  Please consider supporting this event and attending.  Please pass the word.