March at TVTU?

Hope you enjoyed our annual February weather break last week - what a time!! Cannot wait until July 4th when the Oregon summer officially begins! Lots going on these next few so lets get on with the information sharing!

Speaking of Summer - Andy Andrews, the TVTU explorer has released the 2016 TVTU Outing schedule.....

Christmas for Coho on KGW

Grant Mcomie interviewing Doug Ray at Coho Sanctuary on July 12th as Jeff Kastner runs the camera.

UPDATE

Grant's story is now on the KGW website

Here is the link: 

http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/grants-getaways/Grants-Getaways-Xmas-For-Coho-267699141.html

Grant Mcomie of KGW TV, channel 8 in Portland has completed his story on Christmas for Coho. Grant came out and filmed volunteers collecting trees last January at The Royal Treatment Fly Shop and went to Coho Sanctuary last Saturday to see our volunteers placing trees in the Necanicum River. His story will air this Thursday at noon and 6 PM. It will be repeated Saturday morning and possibly on the 5 o clock news. Additionally, a longer version will be posted to the Travel Oregon website. In September, the segment will be included in Grant's weekly program "Grant's Getaways".

Speaking of C4C......

Michael did a quick tally awhile back of volunteer hours from the great participation for Christmas for Coho. The calculations show:

30 volunteers for the drop sites over 3 days = 321 hours
6 volunteers for tree placement = 36 hours
9 volunteers for hauling trees from McKenzie Farms = 56 hours

Add that all together and you get a respectable 413 project hours total!! That is just straight hours - not the periphery hours for coordination and set-up etc. Not a bad bit of information and something the TVTU members should be proud of!

So what does this mean?

General Meeting: FEBRUARY!

WHEN: Wednesday, February 12, 2014

WHERE: Lucky Lab Public House [Multnomah]

WHERE ELSE: 2nd Floor Meeting Room

WHAT TIME: 6:30 gather; 7:00 program

WHAT to EXPECT: Jason Borger presenting on strategies for trout; covering how trout perceive their environment and how we perceive theirs - how to piece it all together and apply it to fishing. Food and drink are available at the staffed private bar in our meeting room.

WHAT to BRING: good attitudes, a good story, and a chance to meet others of similar interests [oh - and a couple of bucks to buy a raffle ticket or two from that pesky Ron guy who has set up a VERY nice selection of items to win (he really does do a good job....].

We hope to see you there!

Volunteer!!

WOW!! - what a C rA ZY month of January we had! TVTU was REALLY busy collecting and staging and placing Christmas trees at our Necanicum Projects - and Doug Ray, The Man of Seaside Conservation, was named by Field & Stream as a Hero [we already knew that though! What a CHAMP!] - we hosted Field & Stream at a collection weekend to film a web video for their Hero for a Day program and our very own local celeb - Grant McOmie, with his trusty video man - Jeff Kastner - came to film the project for an upcoming show....BUT:

Christmas for Coho day 3

Text and Photos by Michael Ellis
except where noted

TVTU volunteers transfer trees collected at The Royal Treatment Fly Shop into  the drop box at Northwest Fly Fishing Outfitters. From left: Erle Norman, Peter Gray, Mark Rogers, Erin Conway, and Jeff Price.

Christmas for Coho tree collection day one

By Michael Ellis  

The first day of tree collection went really well this year. Due to the hard work of the Christmas for Coho committee and our great volunteer workforce we collected over 200 trees at the two sites! We filled three 40 yard dumpsters with trees which will be hauled to the coast this coming week for us by Recology Oregon.

The first tree of the day at Northwest Fly Fishing Outfitters was brought by Doug Hunt (r) of the Association of Northwest Steelheaders shown here with TVTU member Doug Ray

General Meeting

January 8, 2014

[next Wednesday!!]

Momentum is good.....

More publicity for the Christmas for Coho Project - after receiving some national attention from Field & Stream last year for the Project the editors have remained in contact with the Chapter and they have placed a blurb on their website - pretty nice! Michael shared it with us the other day:

CLICK

The Chapter was also contacted by the Lamb Foundation who award grants to various Projects and groups. We did not solicit this but rather caught the eye of the board and were prompted to submit Chapter project information. The foundation was able to include the Chapter in their awarding. We are very appreciative of that recognition and will dedicate this granted money to our various goals!

The Lamb Foundation merits: 

The mission of the Lamb Foundation is to support a range of creative programs to improve the quality of human experience.

We are guided by the values of innovation, sound management and the potential for positive impact over time.

Throughout our grantmaking, we particularly encourage those projects that recognize the positive impact of direct action, exploration, and intellectual curiosity.

It is this type of visibility and recognition that will continue to allow the Chapter to meet our TU goals into the future and we appreciate all the recognition but especially the efforts of those who helped us with our various efforts. If you'd like to help - in any manner - CONTACT US.

THANK YOU!

I missed it....DID YOU???

December meeting recap:

Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the member meeting this month....I was definitely looking forward to seeing our good friend and All-Knowing Necanicum guy Doug Ray again. He originally planned to bring Melissa Reich our friend from the North Coast Land Conservancy - and Power Point presentation guru - to the meeting to review and discuss the Tualatin Valley Chapter's efforts - past and future - on the north coast!.....

Don't forget......

Doug Ray at the member meeting this month - Wednesday December 11!!

Come early for a good seat!

< December Meeting >

Look to sign up for the Christmas for Coho! Project as well.

< C4C >

December Member Meeting!

Can you squeeze in some time in the wonderful and busy holiday season to come join us on December 11th? That's NEXT WEEK!!

Member meeting is at the Lucky Lab Public House in Multnomah Village [second floor]. We start around 6:30 and this month will feature our very own Doug Ray! Doug is our member on the ground at Seaside and has offered to travel into town and give us a run down of the restoration projects that TVTU assists with on the Necanicum River. If you are interested in how the Chapter uses your hard work and your hard-earned funds - not to mention how YOU can get involved - come meet Doug!

 

Doug Ray on the coast    Photo: M. Ellis

BLACK FRIDAY - early post...

While you're waiting around for those shop doors to open consider the fate of your soon to be dessicated Christmas trees! That's rigggghhhhtttttt.........

Public Comment - Fish Passage

It can be difficult to get involved sometimes - other times people look for input. Here are a couple of items from ODFW that they are looking for comment on regarding fish passage on some small dam projects. It is hard to provide educated comment on such projects without a lot of information but history probably tells us more about blockages than anything else we have.

NEEDY CREEK

[November 25 - Needy Creek is trib of the Pudding River system near Hubbard]

BAKER COUNTY/MALHEUR BASIN

[Public Meeting November 15 - Northeast and Southeast Oregon]

November Member Meeting!
[next week]

Wednesday, November 13 - 6:30 p.m. at the Lucky Lab in Multnomah Village is where TVTU will be to hear Henry Hoffman speak! If you tie flies - or fish with flies you most likely have therefore met Hank Hoffman - he's the modern era developer of fine hackles for the fly tying industry. Hank pioneered genetic breeding of prime roosters from right here in Oregon! Come hear the story and share in the lore!

ALSO NOTE: this meeting is the TVTU Annual Meeting and will incorporate a short State of Chapter address as well as board/director nominations and elections!

In action on Derry Dell!

                The Fix-the-Creek Gang [L-to-R]: Carla Staedter, Mark Rogers, Travis Walters, Michael Ellis, John Burger, Keith Williams, Erle Norman, Janet Davis, Jeff Price, Andy Andrews

Tualatin Valley Trout Unlimited
starts project in the
Tualatin Valley

by Mark Rogers

Sunday October 27, 2013 eight hearty volunteers of the TVTU Fix-the-Creek gang met at Derry Dell creek in Tigard to continue the work of restoring a neighborhood creek that may soon support native cutthroat. On location the team replaced invasive interloping plants with new native plantings.

REMINDER! EAS Grant Project

2010 Circle Creek Project...continues!

Date: Sunday, NOVEMBER 2 [this Sunday]

Where: Circle Creek - Near Seaside, OR [carpool/caravan option]

Time: 9:00 a.m. On Site [8:00 a.m. for carpool (see link)]

 

Come help out on the EAS Grant Project - show your support for the efforts put into this system that has been greatly funded through your efforts with TU!

 

CIRCLE CREEK PROJECT

[click for info]

Contact

MICHAEL ELLIS

for info/questions

PNW Fly Tyers Rendezvous

Update Info!

Welcome to the 2013 NEW & IMPROVED

Pacific Northwest Fly Tyers Rendezvous

Date: Saturday, NOVEMBER 9, 2013

NEW 2013 Location: JACKSON ARMORY - 6255 NE Cornfoot Road [near the PDX airport]

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Admission: $3.00 [includes a door prize entry]

Make the NEW project a GOOD ONE!

Dairy Dell Creek

Tigard, Oregon

Sunday October 27, 2013

It's close; it's local; it's OUR water.

Make this a good one and show support for the efforts made with this new partner!
[and don't forget about November 2 at Circle Creek EAS!]

Contact: MICHAEL ELLIS

Did you miss it?

You know....the Fall River Outing? Passing along a few rumors from Andy who says that although he has been fishing the Fall for over thirty-years [yes that is 3-0 years], he has never seen rain to the extent experienced during the TVTU outing this year! Heavy rain storms often come and go in a few hours this time of year he said but never the ENTIRE trip. You may recall this outing was during the September 27th weekend with the record rainfall and flooding in the Portland area.....