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Conservation Corner
by Heath Wakelee
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Secret Ravine Restoration - Saturday, Sept. 9 and 30, 2006 9:00am to noon-ishVolunteers (about 20) are needed to help the Dry Creek Conservancy restore the riparian corridor along Secret Ravine near Sutter Hospital on September 9th. We will start at 9:00 AM and go for several hours. Tasks will include spreading seed and straw and some shovel work to smooth the ground and build water bars on dirt roads. Please email Gregg Bates at dcc@surewestnet if interested. We've added a 2nd date to finish this project, so please join us again on Saturday, September 30, same time, same place.
Sagehen Creek – Save the Date – Sept. 15-17, 2006
Our annual trip up to the Tahoe National Forest for a weekend at the Sagehen Creek Field Station is scheduled for September 15 to September 17. Why attend – good question! Friday night we hope to entice Richard Anderson, Editor of California Fly Fisher magazine to come and speak about fishing opportunities in the Sierra. On Saturday the 16th in the morning we will have Biologist and GBF Past President Terry Eggleston teach us about what invertebrates are in our streams, what artificial flies to use, and how to fish them. In the afternoon we hope to have a short line nymphing clinic, a dry fly casting clinic and some fishing time. As if that were not enough, we will have demonstrations at the underwater viewing window where you can actually see trout taking or refusing a fly. Saturday night we will have US Forest Service speakers talking about how important a healthy watershed is to the health of a quality trout stream. Wow! Sunday is "scatter" day, so after breakfast most people head to area streams or lakes to flyfish before heading home.
The Sagehen Creek Field Station has some cabins (bunk beds) with a central shower/bathroom facility for the men, and the ladies get (separate) better accommodations. This year we also hope to have some campsites available at the public camping facility that is just upstream of the Field Station. The cost for attending is $60 for two nights (includes five meals) or $44 for one night (or one day) and includes either three or four meals. We only have room for 25 participants, and 10 people have already signed up at the August meeting. We will have sign up sheets at the September meeting and expect to have a waiting list.
This event is priced at our cost and is so tightly budgeted that we enlist the volunteer help of everyone who attends to assist with food prep, food serving, clean up, whatever. This is a bargain weekend that is full of education and each year it just gets better. Come and meet some new friends or get better acquainted with old friends.
Heath Wakelee VP Conservation 916 870 5253 |
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