Ted Trueblood Chapter of Trout Unlimited

SAVE THE DATE!
It’s time once again for our TU
3rd Annual Angler Celebration gathering for TU members, family and guests!
Thurs. September 12
From 5:00-8:00pm
At Kristin Armstrong Park
In the “Willows” picnic area
Enjoy Complimentary Dinner, Wine and Beer in the park.
Try your luck at the raffle event
Catch up with Ted Trueblood chapter members and friends. A family friendly outing fun for all!
We hope to see you there—

On our MOST WANTED (for Eradication) LIST:
Purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria

What are you doing this Friday?
On Friday August 16 we are looking for volunteers who can give a couple hours to help cut and bag a patch of purple loosestrife, an invasive plant that is growing in our Warm Springs Creek project at Harris Ranch. Purple loosestrife is an invasive plant that grows in riparian areas and chokes out desired vegetation like willow and cottonwood. Our control effort will be to remove the plants and bag them to prevent future spread. This month is our chance to cut and control the flowering plants before loosestrife's prolific seed production continues it spread.

You will need work gloves (although we will have some extras just in case). If you have irrigation or hip boots we can put you in water which is fairly shallow. Street parking is generally available on the north side of Warm Springs Ave. such as on E. Barnside Way, E. Millbrook Way and E. Brightside St. The project site is a few hundred feet west of the Millbrook/Warm Springs intersection.

RSVP if you can help! Let us know you will be there at:

https://tu.myeventscenter.com/event/Warm-Springs-Creek-Riparian-Enhancement-Invasive-100297?redir=1

Check out our recently published TU Trout Camp 2024 Recap article here-
https://tedtruebloodtu.org/trout-camp-2024-recap/

Tires are often illegally dumped in or by creeks and rivers. You’ve see them. Please look online for tire disposal and recycling services in the Treasure Valley to properly get rid of your tired old tires

It’s “Trash Talk Tuesday…”

So many tires, so many years… to decompose.

Tires can take 50–80 years and even longer to decompose in a landfill. Buried tires? They may never decompose. Tires in a river? While they decompose for 80 years or so, they can continue to leach toxins and chemicals into the water that contaminate the watershed and aquifers. Tires can also damage landfill liners, which can allow fluids and other harmful chemicals to escape.

Idaho is too pretty to trash!

Recycling is the best way to dispose of tires. Many communities have tire recycling programs that repurpose old tires for various uses, such as making new tires or playground surfaces. You can take your tires to a general or specialized tire recycling facility. Before dropping off your tires, you can contact the facility to ask about fees and restrictions.

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Thank you to everyone who supports this great camp that teaches our kids how to be stewards of the local waters and fishes-

Fisherman- Lucky Peak is currently being drawn down 125 feet to do repairs on the Turner Gulch boat ramp. The US Army Corps of Engineers started the project this week and the low water levels in Lucky Peak will impact water temperatures on the Boise river in August.

Water temperatures on the Boise River are expected to rise and stay above 66 degrees, temps that can be especially taxing on trout. Please consider the Boise River fish first...

Typically water comes out the bottom of the dam, below the thermocline, where water is colder, but the Lucky Peak drawdown will draw the warmer surface water, the epilimnion layer of water, into the outlet zone which will increase the temperature of outflows.

The work will provide boaters with a safer ramp to use for low-water, off-season activities in the long run. But the drawdown will shorten the 2024 boating season by several weeks. The project is expected to wrap up in November and the reservoir will refill then.

Perspective: Trout fishing during low water and high temperatures Summer of 2024 is shaping up to be one of the hottest on record, so we are reposting this article from 2022 because it relevant to what many anglers are experiencing this year. This research was completed several years ago, but the conclusions are still applicable today. Higher stream temperatures h...

Our TU youth program in the field learning and making our Idaho a bit better, little by little…

On a small stretch of creek we collected lots of garbage and displayed it for all to note. We also learned about how long different materials take to decompose (tin cans- 50 to 100 years; aluminum cans- 80 to 100 years; plastic bags- 500 years to forever; glass bottles - 1 million years!) “Leave no trace”

What a fantastic week at our annual Trout Camp for kids 10-13! Lots of trout caught, tons of fun camp activities, fun sleeping under the stars outside at a Boise National Forest campground, roughing it off the grid for 4 days, learning fishing techniques, learning to be good stewards of the earth, learning how to get along with nature and each other. Great life skills tackled. Thank you to all our sponsors, donors and volunteers! .focht

Take action! Protect the Boise River. The Boise River is a Treasure Valley treasure, providing over 30% of the drinking water for Boise and irrigating over 300,000 acres of our farmland, but it is under threat from the CuMo Mining Exploration Project.

The Idaho Copper Corporation, a new “shell company” for the Canadian mining company MultiMet, has submitted plans to the Boise National Forest to construct over 8 miles of roads and clear more than 120 sites for test drilling in the headwaters of the Boise River near Grimes Creek. Read more…

Take Action to Protect the Boise River Watershed! I just took action to defend the water quality of the Boise River watershed. Will you join me?

F&G's Southwest Region sponsoring three big Free Fishing Day events on June 8 Free Fishing Day is this Saturday, June 8. Fish and Game staff and reservists are sponsoring three large events throughout the Southwest Region, and providing everything you need for a fun day of fishing – including rods, reels and bait.

Do you know a SW Idaho elementary, middle school or high school teacher who would love info on this incredible classroom experience?? Contact us at TTTU and we’ll get them hooked up now for next fall/ winter - [email protected]

Free fishing event in Meridian:

Free Fishing tonight!
There's free fishing with equipment provided by Idaho Fish and Game, or bring your own… in Settlers Park from 5-8 p.m. tonight as a part of Meridian's Unplug and Be Outside campaign. Go for it! No license is needed. Ted Trueblood Chapter of Trout Unlimited Woolly Buggers Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) Settlers Park City of Meridian, Idaho - Government

Don’t miss this event-

Don't miss out on Project GREEN 2024. Register Today!
https://www.sustainingus.com/project-green-2024/

Idaho Clinicians for Climate and Health
Riverstone International School
Idaho Environmental Education Association
Ted Trueblood Chapter of Trout Unlimited
Idaho Conservation League
Ada Swcd
Idaho Power
The WaterShed
Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area
SWISH - Southwest Idaho STEM Hub
Idaho Science Coaches
The Confluence Project
Idaho Project Learning Tree

We had a great turnout at our TU Chapter’s Woolly Buggers fishing club’s May fishing outing Saturday. Kids honed their fly fishing skills while volunteer “ghillie” guides, aka “Rusty Spinners,” lended a hand and handed out fishing tips and knowledge. Thanks to everyone for coming out!

YOU’RE INVITED! Trout Unlimited “Trout on Tap” event at White Dog Brewery! Gather together-

Join the Ted Trueblood Chapter for our “Trout on Tap” on Tuesday May 7 at White Dog Brewery! Come meet the new TU staff and hear a presentation on Apache Trout. We will gather at 6:30 pm at White Dog Brewery, 705 W. Fulton in downtown Boise

Have you ever heard of the Apache Trout? It’s one of our iconic native trout that resides only in Arizona, and it’s one poised to be the first trout, and sportfish, to be removed from the endangered species list. TU’s Fisheries Science Director, Dan Dauwalter, will discuss the Endangered Species Act, Apache Trout delisting and TU’s role in these processes. (Photo credits: Daniel A. Ritz)

Volunteers Needed-
River Riparian Restoration
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
SF Boise River at the Danskin takeout parking lot
Arrive by 9:30 a.m. - depart around 2:30 pm

Sign up here:
https://tu.myeventscenter.com/event/Volunteers-Needed-South-Fork-Boise-River-Tree-93257?redir=1

Sign up for our next project this year- Ted Trueblood Trout Unlimited is teaming up with the USFS to **plant cottonwoods and willows from pots** on Little Pierce Creek, which is close to the Danskin takeout parking lot- about 11 miles below Anderson Ranch Dam.

We will meet at 9:30am in the Danskin takeout parking lot and plant trees until approximately 2:30 pm with needed breaks. Please bring your own lunch, snacks and water.

**Please Note** Willow/cottonwood planting can be labor intensive, especially at this harsh site where hammering rebar through rocky rubble will require moderate to heavy exertion. We are looking for about 15 volunteers.

We will be providing tools and training needed for the day. You can bring your own tools if you choose to- we need a few large-headed hammers if you have one to bring along. Dress for spring weather and please wear sturdy shoes. Bring your own food & beverages. See the attached map for parking.

If you have any questions about the project please contact Richard at [email protected]

New Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests program brings young people into Idaho’s wilderness.

The Youth Wilderness Expedition program is now accepting applicants for 24 slots for young people between the ages of 13 and 18, according to a U.S. Forest Service press release.

Youth Wilderness Expeditions — Selway Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation Youth Wilderness Expeditions

Six hours to go! Help us get to our goal of $2,500 (half of our “Blue Sky Dream Goal” of $5,000 that we strived for!)… We are on the cusp! To our latest donors today- Chris J, Kim 🦉, Derek🎣, Moya, Liz, Richard J and Peg 🙏- we thank you as supporters of Ted TruebloodTU’s youth programs. Friends, click on the link: idahogives.org/organizations/ted-trueblood-chapter-of-trout-unlimited-inc

Our TU youth programs are building the next generation of river stewards and conservation-minded anglers… ONE MORE DAY to make a difference for our Idaho youth. And with one more day of Idaho Gives, we continue to thank more generous supporters of Ted TruebloodTU’s youth programs- CHRIS, BECK, ROBERT, MOCHA, the ANDES FAMILY, the SCHNEBLY FAMILY, AMY, KIRA, SUNNEE, HEATHER, KELLY and MARY. Donation link at idahogives.org/organizations/ted-trueblood-chapter-of-trout-unlimited-inc

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… to ANITA, KYLE, DOUGLAS, JANE, CECILIA, DARRYL, SHIRLEY, ANDY, VERONICA, and SABRINA for your support during this Idaho Gives fundraising effort! We so appreciate your support and believing in our mission! Please consider donating at IDAHO GIVES link in our BIO.

This Idaho Gives, please be the floatant on our young anglers’ flies, be the bobber keeping the kids’ hopes afloat, be the protective rain tarp on our young campers’ tents, be the vise holding our kids’ fly tying efforts secure and steady! Please give generously to our TU Youth Programs today as we teach Idaho youth to be excellent stewards of the land, waters and wildlife, and get them unplugged and engaged in the science and exposure to nature and the great outdoors and appreciate what Idaho has to offer! Donation link at idahogives.org/organizations/ted-trueblood-chapter-of-trout-unlimited-inc

Video of Trout Unlimited Ted Trueblood Chapter's Special Event Presentation. 4/24/24 at Idaho Fish & Game in Boise ID. Panel of Idaho Experts on the state of salmon and steelhead in our Idaho watershed with a question and answer session. Rick Williams, Helen Neville, Jay Hesse and Eric Crawford discuss the science along with the issues and politics regarding the current health and state of our Idaho salmon and steelhead runs, dams, diminishing fish populations and the Idaho Native American interest.

Panel and Questions: Achieving Healthy & Abundant Salmon & Steelhead in the Snake River Basin, Idaho A Trout Unlimited Ted Trueblood Chapter Special Event Presentation. 4/24/24 at Idaho Fish & Game in Boise ID. Panel of Idaho Experts on the state of salmon a...

Lend your hand today- Idaho Gives charitable giving campaign is under way ! Please support our local TU Chapter’s youth programs with a gift thru Idaho Gives. For our three youth programs- Woolly Buggers Kids’ Fishing Club, Trout in the Classroom, and our kids’ summer Trout Camp, amount shows your support and confidence in these youth conservation and stewardship programs we lead. Today April 29-May 2- please help us out! Donation link for our Idaho Gives is at https://www.idahogives.org/organizations/ted-trueblood-chapter-of-trout-unlimited-inc

Happy Arbor Day! Plant a tree… BUT NOT THIS ONE! Our TU chapter and other groups have worked hard to eradicate the Russian Olive Trees near our rivers and creek banks. They are like bullies! This invasive species is aggressive and chokes out our native trees. It interferes with watersheds and wildlife. Learn more at https://www.birdsandblooms.com/gardening/russian-olive-tree/?_cmp=stf

A great crowd attended our panel presentation and discussion on the plight of the salmon and steelhead here in Idaho, specifically. Great information, great q & a, informative and knowledgeable group of attendees. Thanks to Jane McKevitt, Ted Trueblood TU Vice President, for organizing and to Eric Crawford for moderating; Helen Neville, Rick William’s and Jay Hesse for being our expert panel; and to the TU members and affiliates and other agencies for being interested and concerned Idaho citizens.