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Figure 6.2: Watersheds (HUC 10) and Sub‐Watersheds (HUC 12) of the Kickapoo River Region. 6‐2 1. OVERVIEW a) Physical Environment This region encompasses both the Kickapoo and La Crosse rivers with a long, large upland ridge running from Norwalk in La Crosse County, south‐southwest to Eastman in Crawford County. On either side of this ridge are numerous narrow hills and valleys that are home to countless headwater creeks. Fed by springs and seeps, these cold waters form some of the most popular trout angling streams in the Driftless Area. Much of the region is covered with deep loess deposits over bedrock (primarily dolostone, sandstone or shale). Soils are primarily silt loams. The region is home to many dry and wet cliffs. The valleys contain stream terraces and floodplains. Streams are high gradient with fast water flow in the headwaters transitioning to meandering low gradient segments as they move toward the Kickapoo and Mississippi Rivers. Groundwater is recharged directly through precipitation. This area has no natural lakes. Figure 6.3: Land cover of the Kickapoo River Region. b) Land Cover and Use The region’s most common land cover is upland forest which blankets most of the hillsides. Crop land is restricted to the uplands and valley floors. The broad, high ridge around Westby and Viroqua is the largest block of upland farmland in the region. The La Crosse River valley floor is also heavily farmed. Very little of the region is prime farmland. c) Terrestrial Habitats This region is especially noteworthy for its current opportunities for the management of big block forests and dry prairie/oak openings near the Mississippi and Kickapoo rivers as well as oak barrens and southern mesic forest in portions of Monroe County. -
June 07 Newsletter Final-Web
The CC entralOO regon FF lyfisher Edmonds Wells Outing www.coflyfishers.org An Active Member Club Volume 30 Number 6 June 2007 GENERAL Next Outings Education Schedule , “Fishing the Lower Up-Stream MEETING Deschutes for Trout” Events Calendar Hosmer June 20 Gary Lewis “Steelhead Fishing Three Creeks Lake See pg 9 in Oregon” 6:30 - 8:30 For details Bend Senior Center See pg. 5, 6 1600 SE Reed Market Rd For details See pg 3, 4, For details Random Cast The warm weather is coming! The Crooked River flows are coming down (maybe just temporarily!?!); East Lake and Hosmer are open now too. The big salmonflies should be coming out on the lower Deschutes River about now and that makes it one of the premier rivers of choice at this time. If the rivers get really crowded, don't forget the lakes. We have an abundance of opportunities to fish stillwater in our area. If you went to Denny Rickards' program at last month's meeting, you heard him say that you can't learn to fish from a book - you need to put the hours in on the water. That's good advice - go fishing more! I love this time of the year! June also brings us to the BC trip. There are so many different lakes to explore within 50 miles of our camp that you could fish a different lake each day of our 8 days of fishing - for many years! If you are planning to go on the trip, and haven't talked with Gordon Chandler yet, you must do so as quickly as possible! You also need to get your money in to the treasurer before the trip. -
The Driftless Area – a Physiographic Setting (Dale K
A Look Back at Driftless Area Science to Plan for Resiliency in an Uncertain Future th Special Publication of the 11 Annual Driftless Area Symposium 1 A Look Back at Driftless Area Science to Plan for Resiliency in an Uncertain Future Special Publication of the 11th Annual Driftless Area Symposium Radisson Hotel, La Crosse, Wisconsin February 5th-6th, 2019 Table of Contents: Preface: A Look Back at Driftless Area Science to Plan for Resiliency in an Uncertain Future (Daniel C. Dauwalter, Jeff Hastings, Marty Melchior, and J. “Duke” Welter) ........................................... 1 The Driftless Area – A Physiographic Setting (Dale K. Splinter) .......................................................... 5 Driftless Area Land Cover and Land Use (Bruce Vondracek)................................................................ 8 Hydrology of the Driftless Area (Kenneth W. Potter) ........................................................................... 15 Geology and Geomorphology of the Driftless Area (Marty Melchior) .............................................. 20 Stream Habitat Needs for Brown Trout and Brook Trout in the Driftless Area (Douglas J. Dieterman and Matthew G. Mitro) ............................................................................................................ 29 Non-Game Species and Their Habitat Needs in the Driftless Area (Jeff Hastings and Bob Hay) .... 45 Climate Change, Recent Floods, and an Uncertain Future (Daniel C. Dauwalter and Matthew G. Mitro) ......................................................................................................................................................... -
August 2019 President's Report
“Cultivating the art of fly fishing through a spirit of fellowship and resource enhancement” washingtoncountyflyfishers.com Issue 218 August 2019 Meeting Location Westbrook Club House th 14255 SW 6 Street (one block east of SW Murray) Beaverton, OR 97005 August 2019 President’s Report First, I want to invite everyone to our annual BBQ at the club house. Same time as in the past years: 6 PM, Wednesday August 7. This is a potluck so bring your favorite side dish. The Club will have fried chicken and ribs this year and as always there will be other good thing to eat. So ladies and gentlemen show us your best pot luck dish for this event. There will be a casting contest on the back lawn with a rod and reel for the winner and a big raffle for everyone else to have fun with. In addition, we will be auctioning off a 3wt. TFO Drift Rod. We were given two of these rods; one was auctioned off in May. You will now have a second chance to own a great 3 wt. rod. Washington County Flyfishers On the whole our Club is doing Officers and Board of Directors well. Membership is down President somewhat, but we are still able Chuck Cooney 503-642-2186 to do the thing the club likes to Vice President do, and that is go fishing. The George Wilson 503-524-3781 outings have been fun and Secretary members are catching fish. Galen Finn There is no outing plan for this 503-702-9603 Treasurer month due to hot weather, but John Gillingham I do know that some members 503-646-2492 are planning a carp and bass Newsletter Editor Bob Pryor event this month. -
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Wisconsin Council of Trout Unlimited NONPROFIT ORG. 2515 Bigler Circle U.S. POSTAGE News and Views from WI Trout Unlimited Verona, WI 53593 PAID www.WisconsinTU.org PERMIT NO. 1 MADISON, WI Wisconsin Trout April 2014 Final push needed to make license plate bill law By Henry Koltz erans and Military Affairs, chaired by Sen. Jerry Petrowski (Mara- State Council Chair thon). From there, Rep. Ott and Due in large part to the many many of WITU's 5,000 members calls and emails from Wisconsin swung into action, and com- TU members, the Wisconsin State menced calling, emailing, visiting Senate on April 1 approved a bill and writing letters, requesting that allowing for a Wisconsin TU li- AB-173 be scheduled for a vote. cense plate. All that remains is Sen. Petrowski did exactly that, Gov. Scott Walker's signature. and set AB-173 for a public hear- We reported in the last issue of ing before his committee on Feb- Wisconsin Trout that AB-173, ruary 12. Ott and WITU Chair Henry Koltz spoke on behalf of known by us as the Wisconsin TU To d d Fr a n k l i n License Plate Bill, sponsored by the bill. Sen. Bob Wirch, Mark Rep. Jim Ott (Mequon), had Meyer, Thomas Stulp, Jennifer KOLTZ ADDRESSES SENATE COMMITTEE Giegerich, Steve Born, Brandon passed out of the Assembly Trans- WITU Chair Henry Koltz explains TU’s mission to the Senate Committee on Scholz, Tony Goldburg, Scott portation Committee, which is Transportation, Public Safety and Veterans Affairs Febraury 12. WITU’s chaired by Rep. -
Stripers on the Fly Eisenhower State Park, Lake Texoma Denison, TX – August 20 – 22, 2010
twff.net August 2010 8 Next Outing: Updated Info! Stripers on the Fly Eisenhower State Park, Lake Texoma Denison, TX – August 20 – 22, 2010 TWFF is gearing up to go another round with the stripers behind the dam at Eisenhower State Park. Our last visit there was December 2008 and the stripers were nowhere to be found. ARGHHHH!!!! After a busy 2009 summer of some of the local TWFFers catching record numbers of stripers, we are bringing the club back for another round of striper fishing; some scores just beg to be settled and this is one of them! Our outing headquarters will be at Eisenhower State Park and we will be renting the Recreation Cen- ter for our headquarters. Admittance to the park is free so be sure and tell them you are a member of Texas Women Fly Fishers when you enter the park. Anyone arriving early on Friday afternoon can join us at the Rec Center for some casting lessons. We should be there by noon on Friday. We’ve had some exciting developments about our Texoma outing since our June newsletter. We had mentioned that a notorious group of women fishers had been invited to join us at the outing and they have accepted our invitation. Joining us at Texoma will be the Dallas Bass’n Gals, a North Texas group of tournament fishing lady anglers. This group of lady anglers has been together since 1984 and they fish 9 tournaments a year. You can find more information about the group at their website: http://www.fishingworld.com/DallasBassNGals/. -
Fly Tying Welcome to Superfly Table of Contents
FLY TYING WELCOME TO SUPERFLY TABLE OF CONTENTS THE BEGINNING Superfly started with a good idea and a passion for fly tying in a small CAPES, SADDLE & HACKLE 3 basement hobby room more than 25 years ago. Today, Superfly has grown into an internationally respected company and one of North America’s leading manufacturers and distributors of fly tying and fly FeatheRS & PLUMAGe 6 fishing products. FUR & HAIR 16 THE PRODUCTS Our facilities and in-house expertise allow us to create innovative and DUBBING 23 effective new products and the flexibility to respond rapidly to indus- try changes and trends. Our product line includes fly rods, reels and accessories; fly lines, leaders and tippet material; premium quality flies; SYNTHETIcs 26 and one of the largest selections of fly tying materials and tools on the market. THREAD, TINSEL & WIRE 36 With over 7,000 products, Superfly offers a comprehensive program for a single sourcing solution that simplifies the art and science of fly EYes 44 fishing and fly tying. We produce products for the fly tyer with big ideas and the fly fisher who wants to land “the big one”. TYING AIDs 47 FLY TYING KIts 48 Developed by Brian Chan & Phil Rowley, Stillwater Solutions™ is a complete line of fly fishing and fly tying products designed to meet the specific needs of lake fly fishers everywhere. The program con- HOOKs 49 sists of flies and fly tying materials with a companion recipe book and DVDs. All products have been thoroughly researched and designed TYING Tools 52 for success. The Stillwater Solutions™ range of fly tying materials is the culmina- BOOKS & DVDs 63 tion of many years of experience on stillwaters. -
2000 to 2010
KICKAPOO RIVER WATERSHED ASSESSMENT 2000 TO 2010 VALLEY STEWARDSHIP NETWORK SARAH GRAINGER, M.A.SC. DECEMBER 2011 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Kickapoo River Watershed Assessment has been created by the Valley Stewardship Network (VSN) to provide a critical look at the health of the watershed based on surface water data. Surface water quality data, while one of many components used to assess the health of a watershed, is among the most informative. Thanks to the extraordinary commitment of citizen monitors VSN has provided a quantity of surface water quality data in the Kickapoo River Watershed that compares to that of the regulatory agencies. This assessment will review both Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) and VSN data since 2000. Data was analyzed for each watershed, waterbody and station. The Kickapoo watershed was divided into five smaller watersheds as defined by the WDNR; Upper, Middle and Lower Kickapoo Watersheds, West Fork of the Kickapoo Watershed and Reads and Tainter Watershed. For the purpose of this assessment, data was separated into six assessment categories; temperature, core, nutrients, macroinvertebrate, bacteriological and chemical. Data was assessed using WDNR and US Environmental Protection Agency water quality limits and recommendations. In most cases the data available was not extensive enough for a conclusive determination. As such the data was used to provide an indication of the watershed health. The water quality data shows varying watershed health conditions. Some data shows no degradation, while other data showed evidence of human impact. Only a few streams had values that could be considered impaired by WDNR classification system. Most streams showed temperature ranges that could be classify it as a cold stream. -
March 07 Newsletter Final-Webl
The CC entralOO regon FF lyfisher Phil Rowley www.coflyfishers.org An Active Member Club Volume 30 Number 3 March 2007 GENERAL Next Outing Winter Seminar makes big hit with club March 24 Metolius River NEW MEETING members and guests ! (John Judy) (John Judy) Up-Stream “Seasons of the Metolius” & Events March 21 2007 Update on Metolius Phil Rowley goes the 6:30 - 8:30 River Redband Trout Calendar extra mile for fly tiers. Bend Senior Center 1600 SE Reed Market Rd See pg 4 for details See pg. 2, 5 for details See 8 for details Random Casts Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! It's Sunday morning; the day after a great party. The Banquet was a great success! I want to personally thank all those that helped to make this yearly event the fabulous night that it turned out to be. Here we go - this is risky and I will undoubtedly miss someone - but I feel the need to thank as many people as I can. Thanks to Larry Godfrey for being the chairman of the Banquet Committee. A very special thanks goes to 'the regulars' Earl Rettig and Bob Griffin. Earl and Bob have been working on the banquet committee for the last umpteen years. If you noticed that the banquet was set up nicely and ran smoothly you need to thank them! The 'regulars' have mentioned that this will be their last year in this position. They leave big shoes to fill and I only hope that the program will run as smoothly in the future. -
Middle Kickapoo River Watershed (Lw05)
MIDDLE KICKAPOO RIVER WATERSHED (LW05) he Middle Kickapoo River Watershed is located in central Vernon County, but also includes portions of Watershed At A Glance south central Monroe County and northwest Richland T 2 Drainage Area (m ): 247 County as well. This watershed includes all streams that flow to the Kickapoo River between Ontario and Readstown. The Total Stream Miles: 205.5 topography of the Middle Kickapoo River Watershed is quite severe with steep wooded hillsides and narrow valleys which Trout Stream Miles: 128.6 limits the majority of farmland in this watershed to the ridgetops. Only a small portion of the Middle Kickapoo River Sport Fishery Miles: 0 Watershed contains wetlands and they are concentrated along the Kickapoo River, Weister Creek and Warner Creek. An Lakes: None abundance of trout streams drain this watershed. Recently the section of the Kickapoo River in this watershed was classified Exceptional/Outstanding as Class II trout. Resource Waters: Cheyenne Valley Creek, Elk Creek, Camp Creek, Bufton Hollow Creek, Population of the Middle Kickapoo River Watershed for the South Bear Creek year 2000 was estimated at approximately 4,120 which includes portions of 15 townships and three villages. The fastest growing Municipalities: La Farge, community in this watershed is Ontario at nearly 17%. Ontario, Viola Table 1: Growth in Municipalities in the Watershed Major Public Lands: Municipality 1990 2000 % Change ♦ Kickapoo Valley Reserve La Farge 766 775 1.17% ♦ Wildcat Mountain State Park Ontario (part) 407 476 16.9% Concerns and Issues: Viola 644 667 3.57% ♦ Nonpoint source pollution ♦ Proliferation of spring ponds La Farge, Ontario, and Viola each have Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (WPDES) permits to discharge Initiatives and Projects: treated wastewater to the Kickapoo River. -
Wetlands Bill Update a Controversial Wetlands Bill Was Amended and Passed by the Legislature
Wisconsin Council of Trout Unlimited NONPROFIT ORG. 2515 Bigler Circle U.S. POSTAGE News and Views from Wisconsin Trout Unlimited Verona, WI 53593 PAID wicouncil.tu.org PERMIT NO. 1 MADISON, WI Wisconsin Trout Spring 2018 Wetlands bill update A controversial wetlands bill was amended and passed by the legislature. By Mike Kuhr, Council Vice Chair bills. At the end of January, Rep. Steineke introduced Assembly Sub- Last October, Wisconsin legisla- stitute Amendment 1 that included tors introduced legislation that some of the compromise language. would significantly roll back state- A substitute amendment essentially wide wetlands protections, which replaces the original bill. could potentially harm coldwater WITU opposed Assembly Sub- habitat and trout streams around stitute Amendment 1 to AB 547, as the state. AB 547 and SB 600 did many of our partnering organi- (whose lead authors are Rep. zations. While the amendment con- Steineke and Sen. Roth) would re- tained protections for isolated move protections for “non-federal” wetlands in the headwaters (non- wetlands, which make up an esti- navigable portions) of Class I and mated 20 percent of Wisconsin’s to- Class II trout streams, we saw lots of tal wetland acreage, or room for improvements in the bill. approximately one million acres. We were concerned with the lack of Non-federal wetlands lack a per- any mitigation requirements, as well manent surface water connection to as the broad definition of an “urban water bodies like lakes and rivers area.” We also felt that sedge mead- that are protected by the Clean Wa- ow wetlands should be included in ter Act. -
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