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Four Hours Per Year
Whether it is spending a Saturday morning cleaning up a stream, counting
salmon, electro-fishing, helping in an information booth or classroom
project, we urge all members to spend at least one morning or afternoon
per year on a conservation project of their choosing. If you can't get
out because of family obligations, there is a lot you can do from home,
and the most effective option may be writing one letter in support of
legislation that protects a fishing opportunity. The major point here
is to do something each year in support of our fantastic sport.
Why is volunteering important? Someone came before us and worked to
establish and preserve the fishing opportunities we enjoy today. If we
don't carry on that effort, future generations may lose the thrill of
being outdoors, feeling clean cold water rushing against their waders
and catching a bright, healthy rainbow trout. That picture is worth a
lot to me today, and I hope future generations will have a similar
opportunity. Unless we all work to preserve what we have, we can pretty
much guarantee that it will not be there for future generations.
We now have over 350 members in our fly fishing club and without much
effort on any one person’s part, we can make a very significant
difference in the future of our sport. Please join with me in
volunteering four hours per year.
Heath Wakelee
VP Conservation
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