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SUMMER2016
Newsletter from the Montana Council of Trout Unlimited
see BARRIERS, page 6
see PROJECTS, page 6
Montana TU recently awarded $41,500 in grants to nine individual TU chapters in the
state for projects that improve stream habitat and flows, advance native fish conservation and benefit youth education. Montana TU Chairman Chris Schustrom says, “We’re pleased to partner with our volunteer chapters on these projects because they often provide critical private funding that leverages additional dollars from agency sources, such as Montana FWP’s Future Fishery Improvement Program.” Most of the projects are in partnership
with agencies or other conservation groups. Montana TU awards grants to its chapters in April and October of each year. In 2015, Montana TU awarded more than $60,000 in grants for habitat and education projects around the state.
This spring’s grants are helping fund:
• A fish barrier in a tributary of central Montana’s Belt Creek to protect a population of genetically pure westslope cutthroat trout (Missouri River Fly Fishers and Pat Barnes – Missouri River Chapter).
• Engineering design for replacing four faulty fish screens that protect rainbow, cutthroat and bull trout from being stranded in irrigation ditches along Missoula’s Rattlesnake Creek (WestSlope Chapter).
• A fish screen on a tributary of Nevada Creek in the Blackfoot watershed that will benefit a population of native westslope
cutthroat trout (Big Blackfoot Chapter).
• Two fencing projects for protecting important riparian habitat from cattle grazing along the Big Hole River near Wise River and on Willow Creek, a tributary of the lower Jefferson River (George Grant and Lewis and Clark Chapters)
• Increased instream flows for improving a wild trout fishery in Little Prickly Pear Creek near Helena (Pat Barnes – Missouri River Chapter).
• Suppression of invasive lake trout in Swan Lake aimed at protecting one of the most important bull trout populations in the West (Flathead Valley Chapter).
Removing human-constructed barriers to fish movement, such as undersized culverts or
irrigation diversions that completely span streams, can greatly benefit populations of trout and other fishes. Except when it doesn’t. There are times when barriers can be beneficial by blocking introduced species that either prey on or interbreed with dwindling populations of native species, such as cutthroat trout or bull trout. Deciding when to construct or remove barriers constantly challenges fishery biologists. That’s because many barrier removal or construction projects involve tradeoffs. Removing barriers, such as undersized or perched road culverts that block upstream movement of fish, can reconnect historic habitat
and benefit the larger migratory forms of cutthroat and bull trout. Migratory fish that spend most of their lives in mainstem rivers or a lake, but which move into tributaries to spawn, are dwindling. And so reconnecting fragmented habitat by removing human-created barriers and providing access to stream miles that were historically accessed can be a very good thing. Increasing connected stream miles can expand populations and improve genetic transfer. This provides stability in trout populations. But removing some barriers can also open headwaters to invasions of rainbow trout or brown trout from mainstem rivers and lower reaches of tributaries. Rainbows compete with or interbreed with cutthroats, creating hybrids that can be less fit
for a given stream environment than the genetically pure native fish that evolved in that setting. Brown trout compete for food and space, as well as prey on native species. Therefore fisheries managers must carefully evaluate the tradeoffs – increasing connectivity and occupied stream
Silver Bow Creek fish barrier
Fish connectivity and barriers by Bruce Farling
T R O U T L I N E
MTU funds nine chapter habitat and ed projects by staff
FROM THE CHAIRMAN
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MONTANA TU’S MISSION is to conserve, protect and restore Montana’s world-class coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.
Founded in 1964, Montana Trout Unlimited is a statewide grassroots organization comprised of 13 chapters and approximately 4,000 TU members.
Montana TU plates are available at your county motor vehicle office.
TROUT LINE is published quarterly by Montana Trout Unlimited.
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With extremely low flows and higher than normal river temperatures this summer,
Montana Trout Unlimited is asking anglers to consider the following suggestions for minimizing impacts on Montana’s fisheries: 1. Avoid streams where low flows and high temperatures pose problems to fish. Explore smaller higher-elevation streams and lakes where fish are much less affected by drought. Montana has thousands of stream miles and hundreds of lakes that have good fishing and which are not crowded. Avoid visiting waters that are attracting extra angling pressure because of fishing closures elsewhere. Try not to contribute to more river crowding. 2. If you must fish during these periods, fish in the morning when air and water temperatures are coolest. Avoid fishing in the afternoon and evening when temperatures are highest. Avoid fishing at night. On some rivers, this is when dissolved oxygen levels are the lowest. 3. Avoid direct handling of fish and use extra caution with native species such as cutthroats, grayling and bull trout. 4. Release fish as quickly as possible. Resist the temptation to hold fish out of water for photos. Consider just catching a few fish then calling it a day, instead of fishing from morning until night. 5. When streamflows and temperatures become very acute, consider doing something else. Montana has no shortage of alternative outdoor
opportunities. 6. Be diligent in following appeals for voluntary cut backs on angling. Comply with mandatory restrictions and closures. Be patient if state biologists don’t have definite answers about impacts from flows and high temperatures. These are tough calls. In order to maintain Montana’s high quality angling, the fish deserve a conservative approach. The angling you give up temporarily today will help preserve angling opportunities for the future.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGLING DURING PERIODS OF LOW FLOWS AND HIGH STREAM TEMPERATURES, CONTACT MONTANA TU AT 406-543-0054 or [email protected].
Thanks for your continued support of Montana’s great fisheries with your contribution of thousands of volunteer hours. You continue to help make Montana a leader in coldwater conservation.
Purchase raffle tickets & help MTU!MTU participates in Montana Shares Raffle!
Please help Montana TU by purchasing a Montana Shares Raffle ticket. You could win one of more than 20 prizes, including the Grand Prize: a Yellowstone Aerial Adventure for four people. Drawing is September 10, 2016. Tickets are $10 each or 3 for $25. They can be purchased visiting: http://montanashares.org. Make sure you mark your ticket with “MTU”. THANK YOU!
For more info: Kelley Willett, Montana TU’s Director of Development.406-543-0054 or [email protected]
Chris Schustrom
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OFFICERSCHRIS SCHUSTROM, CHAIRMAN
Whitefish862-3440
SHARON SWEENEY FEE, VICE CHAIRWOMAN
Livingston 579-7735
BRIAN NEILSEN, TREASURERGreat Falls
LYLE COURTNAGE, SECRETARYBillings
DAN SHORT, NLC DIRECTORKalispell250-5064
DOUG HAACKE, PAST CHAIRMAN Billings
DAN VERMILLION, NATIONAL TRUSTEELivingston 222-0624
MONTANA TU STAFFBRUCE FARLING
EXECUTIVE [email protected]
DAVID BROOKSASSOC. DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION
JESSICA McCUTCHEONBUSINESS & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
BRIAN OHSSOUTHWEST MONTANA COORDINATOR
KELLEY WILLETTDIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Montana Trout Unlimited
Our good friends and long-time supporters at Simms Fishing products were honored in
May with a prestigious President’s E Award for their outstanding efforts in manufacturing and exporting American-made products. Simms is the first Montana company to receive the award. E Awards were first presented during the Kennedy Administration. They recognize innovative companies for outstanding efforts aimed at getting American-made products into the international market. Simms, of course, is especially known for producing high-quality waders in Bozeman for the domestic market and abroad. In a Washington, D.C., ceremony, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker presented the award to Diane Bristol, Simms’ Senior Director of Employee and Community Engagement, and Tim Malyurek, the company’s International Sales Manager.
This recognition for Simms – and in the future, we hope, similar Montana manufacturers of outdoor products -- amplifies the underappreciated fact that protection of clean water and wild
trout attracts entrepreneurs, creation of good paying jobs in clean industry, and new export opportunities.
Congratulations to K.C. Walsh, Simms’ CEO and president (and MTU stewardship director), Diane, Tim and the rest of the outstanding Simms team.
Protect the Smith
Please tell Montana’s mining regulators at the Department of Environmental Quality and Governor Steve Bullock that Sheep Creek and the Smith River are too important to risk.
Montana Council ofTrout Unlimited
Tom Livers, DirectorMontana DEQPO Box 200901Helena, MT [email protected](406) 444-2544
Visit SmithRiverWatch.org for news on Black Butte Mine.
Simms recognized withprestigious commerce award
Governor Steve BullockState CapitolPO Box 20801Helena, MT [email protected](406) 444-3111
Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, left, with Diane Bristol and Tim Malyurek of Simms Fish Products
Summer 2016
Chapter News
Mark Machler breaking ground at Big Spring Creek image courtesy Mike Getman
Flathead ValleyThe chapter is partnering with the Kalispell Vet Center this summer to promote fly-fishing among local veterans. The chapter has donated fishing gear and assisted with fly-casting instruction for vets at Pine Grove Pond. The Flathead Women on the Fly continues their excellent series of angling-related activities, including its Camp and Fish outing, August 19-21 at the Big Creek Campground north of Columbia Falls. Chapter volunteers are also filling shifts for the annual lake trout netting project on Swan Lake in August.
George Grant In recent years hard-to-use boat launches at the High Bridge on the lower Big Hole River have washed out. Last year, the bridge was compromised during high water. Tony Schoonen, long time local leader of the George Grant Chapter and the Skyline Sportsmen Association, has worked tirelessly to solve the access challenge at the bridge. Tony recently worked with the owners of the adjacent SRI Ranch and the sportsmen’s association on a deal that granted a small easement at the site, and provided money to harden the bank and stabilize the bridge. The George Grant Chapter recruited labor and equipment to help engineer and construct a new boat launch. Tony is now moving forward with similar efforts at the Pennington access site, also owned by SRI Ranch. Tony and David and Tony James, ranch owners, deserve big thanks for demonstrating that landowners and anglers can indeed cooperate to provide improved access that benefits all river recreationists.
Madison-GallatinThe chapter recently helped the Gallatin-Big Sky Weed Committee at the 8th Annual Gallatin Weed Pull on June 25th. Volunteers picked up at fishing access and recreation sites along the Gallatin River. Twenty-nine volunteers collected 860 lbs. of weeds. Since 2009, 255 volunteers have pulled 6,050 lbs. of noxious weeds!
The chapter will host its annual Lower Madison River Clean Up on Saturday, Aug. 13 at 9 a.m. Volunteers will meet at the Warm Springs Fishing Access parking lot. Lunch will be provided. The chapter is also busy preparing to host TU National’s Annual Meeting in Bozeman, Sept. 28 – Oct. 2. The event includes a fishing day on Thursday, tours of conservation projects on area streams on Friday -- followed by a free screening of Fly Fishing Film Tour films at the Emerson Cultural Center -- as well as education sessions on Friday and Saturday. Food trucks will be outside the Emerson. The chapter will host a Saturday night banquet complete with live and silent auctions. While meals and some activities require a fee, all education sessions are free to TU members. In addition, members with their TU membership cards will get into the F3T screening free and receive a complimentary beer! For more details and registration information, go to TU.org then click the “Get Involved” tab and scroll down to “National Events,” or go straight to http://www.tu.org/get-involved/national-events/2016-annual-meeting
Joe BrooksThe chapter has contributed to the Upper Shields River Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Conservation Project. Through installation of a fish barrier, removal of brook trout and improving tributary connectivity, this project will secure 27 miles of headwater habitat as a stronghold for native cutthroats. The chapter commitment for this summer involved helping fund completion of a barrier and replacement of two major culverts. The barrier will prevent brook trout from invading from downstream, and allow additional removal of this non-native to occur in the headwaters of the Shields. New culverts will also improve connectivity for cutthroats and native sculpins in about eight miles of two tributaries, Buck and Lodgepole Creeks.
Snowy Mountain ChapterTo further trailer court development, 6,300 feet of Big Spring Creek was channeled into a 2,500-foot ditch in 1961. The damage incurred helped instigate passage of the state’s Natural Streambed and Preservation Act (the “310” law), which helps preserve natural waterways and requires permits and review for streambed projects. This summer the chapter helped implement restoration of this stretch, known as the Machler reach. Groundbreaking began July 7. The same 1947 Caterpillar tractor, owned by the Machler family and used to turn the stream into a ditch, was fired up to transform Big Spring Creek into its former fish-friendly, wandering form. It has been a long time coming for the chapter, which has been dogged in supporting and raising money for the project for years. The chapter will host a booth at Lewistown’s annual Chokecherry Festival on September 10 to enroll new members and raise funds. Chapter officer Karl Gies will donate fly-tying material and equipment for the event. Public Land/Water Association’s Glenn Elison will speak at the chapter meeting September 27, 7 p.m., at the Yogo Inn in Lewistown. The chapter recently donated $500 to PLWA in support of its work to preserve and increase public access to Montana’s public land and water.
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BITTERROOT CHAPTER #080Greg Chester, Hamilton 363-0033
[email protected]/blog/
BIG BLACKFOOT CHAPTER #544Scott Gordon, Seeley Lake 546-8420
FLATHEAD VALLEY CHAPTER #085Larry Timchak, Kalispell 250-7473
GEORGE GRANT CHAPTER #183Roy Morris, Butte 491-4255
JOE BROOKS CHAPTER #025Julia Tietz, Livingston [email protected]
www.joebrookstu.org
KOOTENAI VALLEY CHAPTER #683Mike Rooney, Libby 293-1947
LEWIS & CLARK CHAPTER #656Mike Geary, Twin Bridges 459-2030
MADISON-GALLATIN CHAPTER #024Philip Naro, Bozeman 595-6663
[email protected] www.mgtu.org
MAGIC CITY FLY FISHERS #582Lyle Courtnage, Billings 896-1824
MISSOURI RIVER FLYFISHERS Paul Considine, Great Falls 595-7460
PAT BARNES-MISSOURI RIVER CHAPTER #055
Lee Ricks, Helena [email protected]
www.patbarnestu.org
SNOWY MOUNTAIN CHAPTER #610Mike Chapman, Lewistown 538-2517
WESTSLOPE CHAPTER #056Mark Kuipers, Missoula [email protected]
www.WestSlopeChapterTU.org
MONTANA TROUT UNLIMITED
CHAPTERS& PRESIDENTS
Each summer a hearty bunch of TU volunteers meet at Camp
Watanopa on Georgetown Lake to share their love of fly-fishing and passion for trout at Montana TU’s Fly Fishing and Conservation Camp. This year 21 Montana kids from diverse backgrounds, ages 11 to 14-years-old, attended. Some were experienced anglers and some had never even held a rod. A record nine girls attended camp this year. As always, this year’s volunteers were on top of things, allowing kids to ply the water practicing fishing skills, or learning about conservation, restoration and fish biology. Vivica Crowser of Montana’s Fish, Wildlife & Parks, helped campers identify native and wild trout. Volunteers Roger Harvey and George Stern provided expert fly tying instruction. Tim Weisman and Bert Lindler educated kids on non-native fish and aquatic invasives. Chuck Stokke and Ray Willms introduced kids to lake ecosystems and fishing techniques. Everyone had a blast trying to navigate David Gordon’s casting course. One lucky attendee won a fly rod for outstanding dedication to casting practice! Intrigue outweighed initial disgust at watching a VERY large rainbow trout being dissected in a fish
anatomy lesson at FWP’s Washoe Hatchery in Anaconda. Thanks Angela and staff, Taylor and Dave, for the close up look at raising fish and stocking. TU national’s Upper Clark Fork Restoration Manager Casey Hackathorn took volunteers and campers to a newly installed fish screen on Silver Bow Creek, and discussed how to fix broken habitat. Amid all the learning, many fish were caught and few rods broken.
The Camp succeeds because a strong core of knowledgeable volunteers graciously commits personal time to ensure the 5-day gathering works. The camp also works because Paul Moseley of Ruby Springs Lodge near Sheridan is instrumental in funding operations and camper scholarships, including scholarships for two young ladies from Missoula Youth Homes. Paul’s contribution also helps purchase fishing supplies and funds Chef Randy – who, after a spectacular spaghetti and meatball dinner, became everybody’s favorite “camp counselor.” A huge Montana TU thank you to all our wonderful volunteers, all of you who donated supplies and sponsors! If you would like to get involved with MTU’s Fly Fishing and Conservation camp by volunteering, donating funds or supplies please contact Jessica McCutcheon at [email protected] or 406-543-0054.
2016 Kids Camp rocks again by Jessica McCutcheon
Summer 2016
Dr. Marshall Bloom
Hamilton, MT
Monte DolackMissoula, MT
Dr. Stanley FalkowHamilton, MT and Portola Valley, CA
Jerry LappierCraig, MT
Bud LillyThree Forks, MT
Craig and Jackie MathewsCameron, MT
Tom MorganManhattan, MT
Paul MoseleyMissoula, MT
Roy O’ConnorClinton, MT
Drs. Robert and Peggy Ratcheson
Hamilton, MT
Paul RoosLincoln, MT
Paul StanleyBozeman, MT and
Piedmont, CA
K.C. WalshBozeman, MT
Dr. Irving WeissmanHamilton, MT and
• A fish screen on a critical spawning tributary for Yellowstone cutthroat trout in the Paradise Valley (Joe Brooks Chapter).
• TU chapter-sponsored, youth angling and conservation education program, the Bitterroot Buggers, in the Bitterroot Valley (Bitterroot Chapter)
• Formation of Flathead Women on the Fly, a women’s flyfishing and conservation affiliate bin the Flathead Valley (Flathead Valley Chapter
PROJECTS, from page 1
Montana TU funds its grant program through private donations and an internal endowment fund. The spring 2016 grant awards benefitted from a generous contribution from the Michael Connell Family Foundation.
Look for more detail on Chapter grant project’s in the upcoming Catch & Release, MTU’s e-newsletter.
miles versus the risk of increased competition or hybridization –- before implementing barrier projects. Montana has many examples where removal of barriers has been beneficial. For instance, removal of the Milltown dam at the confluence of the Blackfoot and Clark Fork Rivers has been undeniably beneficial. The short-term impact caused by the removal -- a reduction in the number of young-of-the-year trout in a short river stretch -- has been offset by the ability of many fish species to reach natal waters from which they had been blocked for more than a century. Before the dam was removed, tens of thousands of fish – salmonids as well as important forage species – would stack up below the structure, hard-wired to move upstream for spawning and other reasons, but with no place to go. Though biologists are still collecting data, it appears that both native species and desirable wild populations of introduced species, such as rainbows, are moving more freely among the upper and lower Clark Fork River, the Blackfoot River, lower Bitterroot River and Rock Creek. Because hybridization between cutthroats and rainbow trout was already common above and below Milltown Dam, its removal has probably had little
BARRIERS, from page 1
negative consequence. Installation of barriers are proving critical, however, in projects involving reintroduction of native species to historic habitat. For instance, a recent project in lower Deer Creek, a tributary of the Yellowstone River near Big Timber, involved installing a concrete barrier in the stream – sort of an artificial falls – removing non-native brown trout above the structure, and reintroducing Yellowstone cutthroats, the fish originally found there. Now, the fishery in the creek and its tributaries above the barrier will be managed for native cutthroats, while below the falls a mixed fishery that includes introduced but wild brown trout still thrives. By employing barriers strategically after evaluating tradeoffs, fishery managers employ a version of zoning that can help both troubled native species while still accommodating popular populations of non-native wild fish.
For more information, see the excellent article on barriers published in the Spring 2016 issue of Montana Outdoors. http://fwp.mt.gov/mtoutdoors/HTML/articles/2016/connectivity.htm#
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Deer Creek fish barrier
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Guides make Tip of the Hat a great success by Kelley Willett
TU Annual Meeting coming to Bozeman, MontanaJoin hundreds of like-minded TU members, volunteers and staff at TU’s 2016 Annual
Meeting in Bozeman, MT from Sept. 28 – Oct. 1, 2016.
Wondering which guides and outfitters to fish with? Well, how about the many fishing
guides who demonstrated their support for wild trout and Montana TU’s mission by contributing their tips on our first annual Tip of the Hat day in July. Long-time Kootenai river outfitter and TU leader Tim Linehan came up with the concept and worked with Missouri River guiding stalwart and Montana TU executive committee member Brian Neilsen to devise a way for guides and outfitters to talk up conservation with their clients while also contributing financially. The effort involved dozens of Montana guides and raised more than $3,000 for wild trout conservation. Some guides mailed a check before the event; others said their tip for the day wasn’t enough, so they bumped up the contribution on their own. Brian’s 8-year-old daughter, Margo, was so moved by her dad running around Craig collecting donations that she also contributed. Few folks know our treasured Montana rivers like many of the guides who navigate them daily. THANK YOU participating guides
and outfitters, and especially many thanks to Tim and Brian for working so hard to create this event. We can’t wait for next year’s Tip of the Hat. So remember, when you’re booking a trip, these are some of the guys and gals who genuinely care: Warren Berg, Trout Stalkers Eric Brenco, Linehan Outfitting Co. Stephen Caldwell, Missouri River Guides Matt Carey, Trout Stalkers Joe Dilschneider, Trout Stalkers Greg Falls, Big Sky Anglers Wade Fellin, Big Hole Lodge Craig Fellin, Big Hole Lodge Chris Fleck, Stillwater Anglers Tim Gaar, Trout Stalkers Benjamin Hahn Matt Hargrave, Missouri River Guides John Kirk, Trout Stalkers Mike Kowalski, Skinny Water Anglers Mike Kuhnert, Evolution Fly Fishing Travis Lee, Linehan Outfitting Co. Ray Leonhardt, Missouri River Guides Tim Linehan, Linehan Outfitting Co. Sean McAfee, Linehan Outfitting Co. Monti Moniz, Linehan Outfitting Co. Joe Moore, Big Sky Anglers Jim Morrison, Trout Stalkers Jim Murray, Missouri River Guides Brian Neilsen, Missouri River Guides Margo Neilsen, young philanthropist
Brian O’Connor
Alice Owsley, Riverside Anglers, Inc.Nick Peterson, Trout StalkersMichael Pollack, Trout StalkersAnthony Reinhardt, Montana Trout OutfittersWilly Richardson, Trout StalkersCharlie Rock, Trout StalkersSteve Shaw, Linehan Outfitting Co.Adam Shaw-Dopan, Trout StalkersEric Shores, Trout StalkersPeter Skidmore, Rise OutfittersRon Sorenson, Chocolate Lab ExpeditionsMarcus Stears, Trout StalkersSam Stevenson, Linehan Outfitting Co.Taylor Todd, Missouri River GuidesScott Vollmer, Scott Vollmer OutfittingStephanie Winter, Big Hole Lodge
Register now at www.tu.org for some or all of these great activities that commemorate another year of conserving, protecting and restoring North America’s coldwater fisheries.
• Catch conservation workshops and seminars
• Tour stream protection and restoration projects
• Fish some of Montana’s most cherished trout streams
• Mingle with TU leaders
from around the country
• Celebrate at the awards
and fundraising banquets
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Scott Nicolarsen, Montana Topwater
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International Trout CongressEmerson Center, Bozeman. Register at www.troutcongress.org.
Bitterroot TU Annual banquetBitterrot River Inn, Hamilton. If you would like to donate or participate in 2016, contact Marshall Bloom at [email protected].
Annual Lower Madison River Clean UpVolunteers will meet at Warm Springs Parking lot at 9:00 a.m. For more information visit: http://www.outsidebozeman.com/community/events/2016-08-13-150000/annual-lower-madison-river-clean
Flathead Women on the FlyBig Creek Camp and Fish Outing. Tehy will be caming at the Big Creek Campground Thursday-Sunday. For more information, contact Kim at [email protected].
MTU State Council MeetingHelena, Montana. Location TBD. Contact Jessica at 406-543-0054 or email [email protected].
Trout Unlimited Annual MeetingSeptember 28 through October 2, 2016 in Bozeman, MT. For more information visit: http://www.tu.org/get-involved/national-events/2016-annual-meeting