Please consider running for the SWTU Board. It’s fun (most of the time), all the Board Members and Officers are kind and dedicated to SWTU, and we discuss and decide on the full range of chapter activities. They include projects, classes, meetings, special events, finances, outreach, education and advocacy.

Okay, that sounds a bit dry and maybe not fun-filled. Perhaps these details will help. The Board recently reviewed DeForest’s comprehensive plan to improve the Upper Yahara River (Dane County’s new trout stream) with village staff and a stream ecologist. We’re contributing funds, work days and fishing clinics for kids. Board members met with all the DNR biologists and staff in this area and officers from our neighboring TU chapters. Now the DNR will prioritize brushing on Mt. Vernon Creek. We’ll support an intern on the DNR’s summer stream survey crew – the crew that discovered the trout of the Upper Yahara 2-3 years ago. We’re strengthening our ties with the UW Hoofers Fly Fishing Club, connecting with the Upper Sugar River Watershed Association to increase collaboration and coordination, and enabling two youngsters from Dane County to attend the TU Summer Fishing Camp.

These are just a few recent examples of what the Board helps SWTU accomplish. We’d really appreciate your help.