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Bluster and Luster: Sawyers and Stacking on Sawmill

By Topf Wells/ April 29, 2023, Workday Report The workday on Sawmill began with blustery weather that gave way to lustrous work, food, fun, and, soon, a new place to fish. We worked on almost a new easement… Read More

Make a Difference and Some New Friends – Join Our Board

By Don Golembiewski Nominations are now being accepted for positions on the SWTU Board of Directors. Our volunteers make a huge difference for our members, our resource and our community. We are looking for a President and two… Read More

Nohr TU Chapter Annual Banquet – Friday, May 5 in Muscoda

Our good friends at the Nohr Chapter invite you to their banquet! Learn more at https://nohrtu.com/news/. (Seems like a good plan to go fishing and then finish the day at the banquet.)

Black Earth Creek to Dane County: Thank You

By Topf Wells SWTU joins the creek in thanking Dane County for two steps to preserve the creek and improve it for trout and those of us who pursue them.

News From Another Great Biologist

By Topf Wells CREEL CENSUS.  Tim Parks, the DNR fish biologist for Grant and Lafayette Counties and the lower Wisconsin River, and his staff will conduct a creel survey on the Big Green River April 1 to June… Read More

Make a Difference and Some New Friends – Step up for SWTU

By Don Golembiewski Nominations are now being accepted for positions on the SWTU Board of Directors. Our volunteers make a huge difference for our members, our resource and our community. We are looking for two new directors (thank… Read More

Another New Easement Coming Shortly

By Topf Wells Dan Oele, the DNR fish biologist for Dane, Rock, and Green Counties, scores again.  Thanks to his patient work and the generosity of the Pokorny family, the DNR will soon have another easement on Sawmill… Read More

A Treasure Trove of Info on Key Local Creeks

By Topf Wells Follow this link to Dan Oele’s new assessment of the trout fishery on the Sugar River. It includes streams many of us know and fish – the Sugar, Badger Mill Creek, and Story Creek as… Read More

SWTU Joins 1% for the Planet Network

You may notice a new logo at the end of this newsletter. That is the logo for the environmental organization 1% for the Planet. SWTU was recently approved as an Environmental Partner of 1% for the Planet. What… Read More

Sweet Southern Dreams at the January Meeting

Feel the warmth on Tuesday, January 10 As in way south, down Argentina way.  Kyle Zempel and Hannah Matousek run Black Earth Angling, are great supporters of SWTU, married last year, and just returned from a fabulous honeymoon… Read More