The annual Trees for Trout collection saved 400 trees from landfills, affording them new lives in a much-loved Wood River next summer. Trout Unlimited and RIDEM joined forces again to save then reestablish Christmas trees to create revetments which will provide shade and shelter to fresh water fishes, like trout. Trout Unlimited beats with a heart of volunteerism and this year was another strong success.
New Year’s Cleanup Time means January is for donating your Christmas tree to Trout Unlimited and shopping with the Surfcasters at Surf Day. You can drop off your tree to help support the Wood River then the following week, shop for new and used fishing gear at the much-anticipated Surf Day. All the details are here.
Looking to support your neighbors while swinging a 12 gauge or standing steady with your favorite pistol? Sign up for the Narragansett Gun Club’s Fall Charity Shoot on Oct. 20, 2024. It’s a fine way to help some families in need, have fun around a 5-stand and meet some good people who enjoy the fun, safe sport of shooting. All the details are in this edition of Fish Wrap.
The Narragansett Surfcasters are hosting a blood drive and a day fishing with veterans and would love to share a pint with you, so to speak. They are driven to be charitable and could use a few minutes of your time to share their drive. Learn more in this week’s Fish Wrap.
Tony Jones’ The God of Wild Places brings you to woods or waters, where a baptism awaits or even a sighting of God waiting to embrace you. Mr. Jones offers us his journey, often not so different from ours, of a scrammbled life reborn in light shining through alder thickets and opportunistic aspen. Join Mr. Jones as he takes us through the realities of being perfectly human.
AnglerCatch To Run 2024 Tog Classic means a storied fish tournament gets a shot of technology to help tautog conservation in Rhode Island. And Ralph Craft will be the Tournament Director, so you know this will be a blast. Save the date, October13, 2024, for a big ole’ party.
RI’s Trout Unlimited chapter has announced a grant to restore connectivity to Arcadia’s Breakheart Pond as a legacy conservation project. Brook trout, turtles, eels have been denied safe passage for more than 90 years to cool waters and thermal refuge. This is a banner day for conservation and a clear example of Trout Unlimited’s mission to protect and preserve cold water fishes. Read the details right here.
Daniel Ritz has crated a timely report about fish, water and our climate. At the end, Tommorow’s Fish Need Help Today needs you to step up. Meet three anglers who are seeing changes in real time, telling everyone around them and asking for your help. Daniel Ritz has crated a timely report about fish, water and our climate. For Tomorrow’s Fish: Anglers Are Key to Climate-Ready Fisheries is a call to action with data, observations and an ask, for anglers to help turn the tide of climate change.
A Gathering On A River happens at Whalers Brewery on April 28, 2024, with a host of conservation and fishing folks. Come have a beer with us!
