What: Appalachian Chapter of Trout Unlimited Monthly Meeting
Where:  Greenway Farm off of Gann Store Road in Hixson
When: September 21st, at 6:30 PM
Why: Hear about Cutthroat Conservation In Southwest Montana

This month, Pete LaRochelle, a Science teacher at McCallie School, will make a presentation titled, "Cutthroat Conservation In Southwest Montana." This presentation will describe the effort to use Ted Turner’s 115,000 acre Flying D Ranch south of Bozeman, Montana as an incubator drainage in an effort to restore and augment populations of the Western Slope Cutthroat. From July 26 to August 11, 2006 four McCallie students and two teachers took part in the fish eradication and juvenile release portions of the project.

In addition to the presentation, we'll have our annual elections. We'll also have snack food and drinks.

The Appalachian Chapter or Trout Unlimited is selling hats. They will be available at our chapter meeting on August 17th. Hats are $15.00 a piece or two for $25.00.  If you are unable to make the meeting and are interested in purchasing one, contact Steve Fry at 423.432.2210.

What: Appalachian Chapter of Trout Unlimited Monthly Meeting
Where:  Greenway Farm off of Gann Store Road in Hixson
When: August 17th, at 6:30 PM
Why: Learn about tying flies and electrofishing.

Robert Prytula will start the meeting by demonstrating how to tie a couple "five-minute" flies. He'll demonstrate how to tie a pheasant tail and an ant pattern. Following Robert's demonstration, Jim Herrig from the National Forest Service will introduce electrofishing and discuss how we'll use the electroshockers at our  annual Brook Trout survey on August 26th.  He'll bring an electroshocker and discuss how they work.  

Chef Fry will cook hamburgers, so plan on eating with us. 

July 29th is the TU-TVA Cold Water Meeting in TVA's West Tower in Knoxville at 9:00 AM and will run till noon. After lunch, the TN Council will meet. Several Appalachian  chapter members are planning on attending. You are welcome to attend this event. Steve Brown sent the following description:

"The TU-TVA Coldwater meeting is a semi-annual gathering of all the take-holders in cold water fisheries, including TU, TVA, TWRA, the ational Forest Service, and sometimes the National Park, TDEC, TDOT, and he Corps of Engineers.  The principle point is to keep each other informed. We talk about the current state of coldwater fisheries, and often have people invited to talk about a current problem.  This year, I expect to show the first cut of the Back the Brookies DVD.

The Summer State Council meeting will be held in the afternoon, and the agenda includes council elections, and discussing a strategy for re-chartering all Tennessee Chapters (pursuant to the Chapter Focus Prject and the CEI that each chapter filled out last year)."