Just got home from a TU regional mtg. of mostly grassroots leadership from all ten states in New England and the Mid-Atlantic regions. It was inspiring to hear about all of the dam removals, culvert removals, riparian re-vegetation projects, in-stream flow protection laws, efforts to protect our clean, cold water from things such as hydro fracking in the Marcellus Shale region, etc.
If you're not a member, ask yourself what other organization is doing as much for native trout and salmon? Gotta run, we're removing the 3 remnant dams on the lower Musky in Riegelsville later this week and I need to figure out the best mobilization of our contractor's equipment when he arrives on Thursday to perform this work after I sign up another landowner to a NJ Green Acres contract so we can preserve more lands along the river for open public access in the future. Lots and lots of projects coming up soon, stay tuned for details on how any of you can help in these efforts. We have a cattle fence to install in Asbury and 5 strand wires to pull to string up that fence, followed by numerous riparian re-vegetation projects and in-channel restoration projects that will take us right up to the winter months before we are forced out of the river.