Schedule change needed......Roadside Clean up moved to May 11th. Same details as before.
April 7th Casting for Recovery on Norton Creek
For several years now our Chapter has helped the Casting for Recovery program during their retreats. The program is for breast cancer survivors. The retreats are a time of bonding, healing, education and a fun day of fly fishing. Again this year the ladies will enjoy Norton Creek thanks to the generosity Earl and Margit Worsham. We have several volunteers helping with this event and everyone always looks forward to visiting and fishing with these exceptional women.
Membership Meeting April 11th 7:00 PM Norris Community Building
Our April meeting will feature David Matthews from TVA. David is an Aquatic Zoologist and has been helping our Chapter with its goal of conducting a level one macro invertebrate survey on the Clinch River. By learning about insects that live in the rivers, we will learn about the health of the Clinch. Knowing what is going on with the insects could be helpful in future management plans for the Clinch.
We will have several teams of 6 or more volunteers in the river and on the shoreline collecting and identifying bugs from several different locations from the dam down to the Hwy 61 bridge. The Board has approved a budget for this project which will become an annual activity for our Chapter. We have a plan to conduct (3) three surveys each year, one in the spring, one during the summer and one during the fall.
A level one survey identifies the insects by family groups. If the program grows as we think it could, we could be seeking more information like species and density numbers. If you or someone you know might be interested in this project get in touch with us by email, if you need waders or boots we can help with that.
Dennis Baxter, retired Aquatic Biologist with TVA will be our Program Lead.
We will have several teams of 6 or more volunteers in the river and on the shoreline collecting and identifying bugs from several different locations from the dam down to the Hwy 61 bridge. The Board has approved a budget for this project which will become an annual activity for our Chapter. We have a plan to conduct (3) three surveys each year, one in the spring, one during the summer and one during the fall.
A level one survey identifies the insects by family groups. If the program grows as we think it could, we could be seeking more information like species and density numbers. If you or someone you know might be interested in this project get in touch with us by email, if you need waders or boots we can help with that.
Dennis Baxter, retired Aquatic Biologist with TVA will be our Program Lead.