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SWTU’S First Intern: Meet Kailee Bergee

By Topf Wells The  SWTU Board has just approved our first summer intern with a collaborative project with the UW-Madison Zoological Museum, Dan Oele and other WDNR biologists in southern Wisconsin. She is Kailee Bergee, a senior at… Read More

Learn what your Board’s been up to

Minutes from SWTU Board of Director meetings can be viewed in this Google Drive. If you have questions on what you read in them, reach out to one of the Board members listed on the last page of… Read More

Learn what your Board’s been up to

Minutes from SWTU Board of Director meetings can be viewed in this Google Drive. If you have questions on what you read in them, reach out to one of the Board members listed on the last page of… Read More

Election results 2021

Your new Board of Directors Thank you to all members who took the time to review the options and vote in our spring election. Hopefully the last of these to be held online instead of in person! Here… Read More

More Stream Restoration Thanks to State TU’s Friends Grant Program

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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… Read More

A Message From our Treasurer

By Tom Parker Please click on this link to view our Chapter’s Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2021 & 2020, the Statement of Activity for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021 and the fiscal year 2022… Read More

Stuff … So Much Stuff

Assorted fly fishing items

Our members and their families have been extremely generous over the last 15 months or so in donating items to the Chapter.  Usually their wish is for us to sell the fishing gear and use the proceeds to… Read More

Thank You from Past President Amy Klusmeier

In May our members unanimously approved the slate of candidates nominated for the 2020-2021 SWTU Board of Directors. Thanks to everyone for voting online. Before I congratulate our new members I want to say thank you to outgoing… Read More

Racial Injustice and the Conservation Community

The conservation community has joined the discussion of the insidious and pervasive effects of racism in our country. If you have not already read Chad Brown’s powerful article on racism and trout fishing, including his own experiences, please do… Read More

Results of Online Chapter Election

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic and cancellation of our April and May 2020 chapter meetings, SWTU conducted the 2020 Board of Directors election online. Our members voted to approve the slate of candidates presented by the Nominating Committee… Read More