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Conservation Corner
by Robin Egan
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Our February committee meeting was a little short on the attendance side, with Jerry Neuburger of CSPA as our main speaker.Jerry was fabulous, giving us the big picture of what CSPA really does for ALL of our fisheries. Their weekly newsletter is highlyinformative, and its new format makes it very user friendly and readable. Check out the CSPA website at http://www.calsport.org/.
SPECIAL PROJECTS —We are looking for new projects at present. More on these, as they develop!
Classroom Aquarium Education Program (CAEP) – As of this writing, we are scheduled to deliver steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) eggs to 40 classrooms on Thursday, February 19th. Thank you to Rick Radoff and Frank Stolten for keeping this program alive in GBF’s 20th year of participation! For those who are not aware of our participation in DFG’s program, this is a description of the program from their website: “Through a classroom experience of hatching fish eggs and coordinated activities, students experience first-hand the value of aquatic environments, the balance that must be met to maintain and preserve California's fisheries and aquatic habitats, and how their personal actions affect these valuable resources. Instructors and their students set up an aquarium in the classroom, receive fish eggs under a special Department of Fish and Game permit, and observe the fish as they hatch and develop. The experience may culminate in a field trip to a local stream or river where the fish are released. This is a hands-on, interdisciplinary project for grades K-12. The Classroom Aquarium Education Project is offered statewide in partnership with regionally-based community organizations. While the program has several names around the state, the essential learning elements and student experiences are similar. The prerequisite training workshops are held at locations throughout the state. Completion of a training workshop is required to receive eggs. Teacher training workshops are offered at least once a year in each region.”
EMERGENCY FISH RESCUE / VOLUNTEER SURVEY TEAM: We are up to 17 members on this list! If you aren’t on it, I will have a sign-up sheet at each general meeting. Thank you for participating!
STATUS REPORT on current legislation — Still waiting for them to get started!
LETTERS OF SUPPORT sent –Nothing needed at this time. If anyone hears of something that may be of interest to the club, please do not hesitate to forward it to me!
SAGEHEN ENTOMOLOGY CLINIC – SAVE THE DATE! Looks like we’re ON for this wonderful and very educational experience for the weekend of June 13th –14th! See the separate article in this issue of the Leader for details. You can view their website at http://sagehen.ucnrs.org/.
The next conservation committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 3rd at 7:00 PM at the Round Table Pizza in Granite Bay (Douglas Blvd at Auburn Folsom Rd). As always, all are welcome to attend.
~Robin (916) 396-0030 |
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