By Topf Wells
Stop the presses! As the newsletter was in its final stage, the State Council’s Friends Grant program informed SWTU that we are receiving the $2,000 grant request for a major restoration on Hefty Creek in Green County this summer. With our cash match and a very generous member donation for a stream restoration project, SWTU will contribute $14,000 to the DNR’s project. This means that a very large, three phase restoration will – weather permitting – be completed this year.

Hefty Creek is a Class 2 stream with miles of easements. The DNR is confident that this project will significantly improve habitat, fishability, and trout populations and boost the effort to make several trout streams in that area more accessible with much better habitat.

Huge thanks to State Council and the Friends Grant program.