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Watch for virtual meeting news

Recordings and live virtual events in the works We’ll stay fish-ically (physically) distant but socially connected through a variety of virtual events we’re developing for fall into winter. We of course hoped we’d be able to physically come… Read More

The Meeting Notice That Wasn’t

Our someday soon we’ll see ya Chapter meeting As with everything, everywhere at this time … our normal upcoming slate of meetings and events are postponed for the future. Read below for updates and information. We have a… Read More

COVID-19: A message from Board President Amy Klusmeier

Sugar River through Neperud property

March 21, 2020 SWTU Members, In response to the spread of COVID-19 in Dane County and at the urging of TU National and our state and local officials, SWTU is making changes to chapter events scheduled this spring… Read More

POSTPONED — Meicher Madness Auction

Auction

Stay well and we’ll do it later this year.

Now presenting … Dan Oele

Fascinating and useful presentation from February 2020 meeting We’ve had plenty of requests for the exceptional presentation given at our February Chapter meeting. Thanks for your requests and thanks to our great friends at the WDNR, you can… Read More

The State of our Local Trout Streams

Thursday, February 13 Chapter Meeting Join Dan Oele, DNR Fish Biologist for Dane, Green, and Rock Counties, as he reports on our local trout streams as a new season gets underway. Dan will present the latest survey data… Read More

Ecologist Steve Carpenter talks Water Sustainability and Climate

Thursday, January 9 Chapter Meeting Southern WI Trout Unlimited is pleased to have Steve Carpenter, the emeritus Director at the Center for Limnology of the University of WI Madison and Stephen Alfred Forbes Professor of Integrative Biology (formerly Zoology), speaking… Read More

Projected effects of climate change on southern Wisconsin trout streams … and what SWTU can do about it

Thursday, December 12 Chapter Meeting Join us for an evening with Dr. John Lyons, “life-long fish nerd.” He has the amazingly cool title of Curator of Fishes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Zoological Museum, a position he has… Read More

“Rusty Dunn” – columnist, fly tyer extraordinaire and historian

A Nation of Immigrants: The English Origins of American Trout Flies Thursday, November 14 Chapter Meeting Man. Myth. Legend. You’ve read the monthly columns, marveled at the beautiful flies and maybe even wanted to ask some questions of… Read More

Apps and Maps

Please join us for our September 12 Chapter meeting Learn how to get the most out of “Apps and Maps” at our Thursday, September 12 chapter meeting. Most trout anglers are familiar with using the DNR printed regulations… Read More