Transcript Sun City Grand Fly Club (Google)

Conservation in Action:
TU in Arizona and Beyond
Mission
Chapter
Board of
Directors
To conserve, protect and restore North America's
coldwater
5%
fisheries and their watersheds.
Steady Volunteers
10%
Vision
One-time Volunteers
20%
By the next generation, Trout Unlimited will ensure that
robust populations of native and wild coldwater
fish once
Members
again thrive within their North American range, so that our
children can enjoy healthy fisheries in their home waters.
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TU Conservation Agenda
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Protect
– Native Trout and salmon watersheds
– Wild Trout and other salmonids
– Stream Habitat and riparian zones
– Outstanding trout waters on public
and private lands
– Coldwater aquifers/groundwater
– From the impacts of climate change
– From pollution, from energy
development, mining, agriculture
run-off, acid deposition and other sources
– Against invasive species including inappropriate
stocking of hatchery salmonids
– Against transbasin diversions
TU Conservation Agenda (continued)
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Reconnect
– Headwater tributaries to mainstreams
– Water diversions
– Removal of dams, culverts and
obstructions that impede migrations
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Restore
– Native and wild trout
– Atlantic and Pacific salmon
– Riparian habitat, instream flows and water quality
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Sustain
– Trout and salmon fisheries through land conservancy
– Education and membership development
Trout Unlimited Organizations
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Nationally
– Over 400 chapters and councils
(www.tu.org)
– 150,000 members
State Council
– Arizona TU Council (www.az-tu.org)
– 1,700 members in Arizona
– Chapters:
• Gila Trout Chapter (Payson)
• Grand Canyon Chapter (Flagstaff)
• Old Pueblo Chapter (Tucson)
• Zane Grey Chapter (Phoenix)
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New chapter forming
• Prescott Chapter
Gila Trout
Chapter
Grand
Canyon
Chapter
Protect
Reconnect
Restore
Protect: Arizona TU
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Uranium Mining Moratorium in Grand Canyon & Colorado River
Chapter
Board of
new
Directors
- January 2012 ruling for 20-year ban on
uranium-mining claims on 1 million acres
5%
Add
- Arizona Republic Editorial: “More than
Steady Volunteers
26 million people should be applauding”
Photo
10%
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4 Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI)
- Accelerated restoration program to
reduce risk of wildfires and improve
wildlife habit
One-time Volunteers
20%
Members
- 2.4 million acres on the Coconino,
Apache-Sitgreaves, Kaibab and Tonto
national forests
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Reconnect: Arizona TU
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Fishery Management Plan for the Colorado River
Chapter
Board of
Directors
- Comprehensive fishery management plan
between Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead.
5%
- Long Term Experimental and Management
Steady Volunteers
Plan Environmental Impact Statement (LTEMP).
10%
- LTEMP when completed will determine Glen Canyon Dam
operations for the next fifteen to twentyOne-time
years. Volunteers
20%
- Plan is being prepared by Grand Canyon National Park and Glen
Canyon National Recreational Area.
Members
- Plan will be of critical importance to the future of the Colorado
River fishery for both native and non-native fish.
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Restore: Arizona TU
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6th Annual Native & Wild Trout Conference
- Day-long meeting covering
various conservation issues
- 100+ Attendees
- 30+ Organizations,
federal and state agencies
AZGFD Partnership Waters
- Canyon Creek
- Grapevine Creek
- Haigler Creek
- Lower Salt River
- Pinalenos
- Verde River
- and many others
Chapter
Board of
Directors
5%
Steady Volunteers
10%
One-time Volunteers
20%
Members
Use of Rotenone reaffirmed for fisheries management
- TU supported and represented on AZGFD Review Advisory Committee
- Assists native fish and aquatic species recovery or aquatic invasive
species control.
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Restore: Arizona TU (Apache Trout)
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AZGFD and TU Conservation Success Index (CSI) Key Findings:
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Chapter
Board of
Listed as Endangered in 1973; downlisted to Directors
Threatened
in 1975
5%
- 30 self-sustaining discrete populations of pure Apache
Trout within its
historical range
Steady Volunteers
- Most remaining populations in 800 miles of streams
10% occupy small,
fragmented stream segments and contain relatively small numbers of fish
(< 500)
One-time Volunteers
20%
- Future funding of temperature logging units planned to focus and
accelerate recovery efforts
Members
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Restore: Arizona TU (Gila Trout)
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AZGFD and TU Conservation Success Index (CSI) Key Findings:
Chapter
Board of
- Listed as Endangered in 1973; downlisted to Directors
Threatened
in 1988
5%
- Three recovery units of 39 populations are found in 168 miles of streams
Steady Volunteers
- Most populations are found in very small streams and occupy small
10%
stream segments
- Climate change, particularly wildfire andOne-time
drought,Volunteers
pose a high risk to most
remaining populations
20%
- 75 temperature logging units funded and deployed in 2nd quarter 2014 to
Members
focus and accelerate recovery efforts
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Canyon Creek Restoration
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Spawning Gravel Project:
- AZGFD & ZGTU request to USFS in 2008
- USFS approval granted in 2013
- Projects: October 2013 (20 tons); September 2014 (8 tons)
- Spawning redds successful
- Many more and BIG fish ahead!
Sustain: TU & Arizona TU
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Increase TU Membership and Diversity
- Youth
- Women
- All Anglers
Increase Involvement of Members
- Activate with projects and programs
- Develop anglers and conservationists
Chapter
Board of
Directors
5%
Steady Volunteers
10%
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Public Policy Engagement on Issues Impacting Water
- Public Lands Renewable Energy Development
Act Volunteers
(royalties: solar & wind)
One-time
- Responsible energy development (hydraulic drilling
20% for gas development)
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Involvement in Environmental Issues
Members
- Climate change
- Wildfire impacts, restoration and forest management
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Education of the Public
- Increase awareness on issues impacting water and conserving it
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TU Headwaters Youth Education Initiatives
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Stream Explorers Youth Membership
- Provides a chance to learn about wild
fish and the natural world
Chapter
Board of
Directors
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Trout-In-the-Classroom
- Creating the next generation of environmental
Steady Volunteers
stewards
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Youth Conservation Camps and Academies
- 17 summer camps and academies across the country since 1995
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First Cast Program
- Youth education on fly casting and conservation
Members
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5 Rivers College Outreach Program
- Tomorrow's conservation leaders to become the volunteers,
scientists and policy makers
“Headwaters Is the Source of Tomorrow's TU”
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Trout in the Classroom
Environmental Education
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Raise trout from eggs to fingerlings
Monitor tank water quality
Engage in stream habitat study
Appreciate water resources
Foster conservation ethic
Understand ecosystem connectivity
Opportunity to participate in
conservation work projects
throughout the state.
Arizona TU: Conservation & Education Initiatives
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Trout-In-the-Classroom
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Youth Conservation Days
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Boy Scout Merit Badge
Certification
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Orvis Fly Fishing 101 Partner
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Women Fly Casting Clinics
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Project Healing Waters:
Rehabilitation for veterans
through fishing activities
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Partnerships with other
conservation organizations
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Trout Unlimited
To conserve, protect and restore
North America's coldwater
fisheries and their watersheds.
More information at:
www.tu.org
www.az-tu.org