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Hurricane Sandy is now in the record books. I know every one of you was touched in some way by this devastating storm. Some much worse than others. When

something like this occurs it really puts things in a whole new light. I hope those of you that can, help those in need.

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving. This really is my favorite holiday. What could be better than a day of eating good food, resting, watching football (forget about the Jets), friends, and family.

A hearty LITU thank you goes out to Professor Peter Daniels for his interesting and educational presentation at our November meeting on the Adopt A Trout program. LITU will be helping out in this program. It will be a great hands on learning experience that I’m sure many of you will want to participate in when the call goes out for volunteers in the spring.

Our annual Dinner Dance Fundraiser event is fast approaching. The planning committee is ramping up its efforts to make this event even better than last year’s. Of course to be successful you have got to get out and solicit donations. Don’t wait until the last minute- do it now! March 8,2013 is the date for this event and it’s quickly approaching.

Our Chapter will again sponsor several kids to attend DEC camp this summer. This is a wonderful experience for kids (our future) to learn about our environment and outdoor activities. Tom Cooleen’s daughter, Kyra, who was a participant last year, will be at our December Chapter meeting to tell us about her camp experience. Let us know if you know of a kid who might want to attend.

Finally and wisely, the human health aspect in regard to Fracking will be directly addressed by a special commission appointed by Gov. Cuomo to deal explicitly with this issue. Thank you Gov. Cuomo. It’s about time.

Get ready for the LITU Holiday Party on December 18 at our regular Chapter meeting. Please bring your favorite delicacy for all to sample. This will also be your last chance to purchase a raffle ticket for our holiday rod raffle to be drawn at this meeting. Don’t miss out on a chance to win this great Winston rod. This holiday party is always a great time. I hope to see you all there.

I want to take this time to wish everyone a very happy, healthy, and safe holiday season and a very happy New Year.

Peter Harris

T.U. PHILOSOPHY

We believe that trout and salmon fishing isn't just fishing for trout and salmon. It's fishing for sport rather than food, where the true enjoyment of the sport lies in the challenge, the lore, the battle of wits, not necessarily the full creel. It's the feeling of satisfaction that comes from limiting your kill instead of killing your limit. It's communing with nature where the chief reward is a refreshed body and a contented soul, where a license is a permit to use not abuse, to enjoy not destroy our cold water fishery. It's subscribing to the proposition that what's good for trout and salmon is good for the fisherman and that managing trout and salmon for themselves rather than the fisherman is fundamental to the solution of our trout and salmon problems. It's appreciating our fishery resource, respecting fellow anglers and giving serious thought to tomorrow.

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December 18 - Holiday Party

Future Guest Speakers December 18 - Holiday Party January 23 - Bob Duport and Whit Carter - "Fly Fishing the Rapid River and Rangeley Lakes Region of Maine for Brook Trout" February 19 - Bruce Corwin—Celebrity Fly Tyer March 8 - Annual DINNER DANCE FUND RAISER March 19—Bryan Moore TU National

The wrath of “Super Storm Sandy” is now over a month behind us. But as we can all attest, its impact is still being felt physically, ecologically, and personally. And, I’m sure it will be for the foreseeable future.

As was mentioned at the November meeting, after observing that the Red Cross or FEMA were nowhere near being prepared nor supplying any sort of immediate relief efforts to the people affected in the hardest hit area’s along Long Island’s South Shore, I took it upon myself to solicit monetary donations to purchase and personally deliver much needed supplies such as water, flashlights, batteries, food and gas. To this I would like to thank the Board of Directors of Long Island Trout Unlimited for their generous donation in helping me along on this venture. The donation was sincerely appreciated and put to good use in helping our neighbors and friends.

During these supply runs, I was lucky enough to meet and get to know some really wonderful people. People that even though they were hard hit by the storm and in need themselves, insisted that supplies go to someone in even more dire straits. I met people who came from upstate New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Vermont, and even as far away as Ohio just to lend a hand. Each and every one of them with the good intentions of helping out wherever they could.

The goodwill that abounded was truly a sight to behold.

The following is a quick story (one of many I am now blessed to have) about a family that I’ve never met. Their home is / was in the “Burn Zone” down in Breezy Point. For those of you who may not know, this area is where approximately 130 homes literally burned to the ground at the height of Sandy. Even though this family’s home was severely affected, unbeknownst to them; they found a way to at least put a smile on my face in this place of total devastation.

After we were done unloading some of our supplies at a drop point just a few doors away, I took another walk into the "burn zone". I don't know what it is about this area, but it keeps me almost mesmerized. Maybe it's like seeing a wreck on the side of the road - you don't WANT to look, but you do. Also, every time I'm there, there is always something new or different to see. (continued on page 9)

Please join us for our annual Fly Tying, Scotch Tasting and Holiday Party at LITU’s next general meeting on Tuesday December 18. The fun, food and camaraderie, will begin at 7:00 so be sure to get there early to mix and mingle. As we all know, this event has always been delightfully delicious thanks to the generosity and / or culinary skills of some of our members. It is with this in mind that we ask that if you are attending to please bring a dish to put out . Whether it be an appetizer, dessert, or anything in between, please feel free to bring it along. In the past we have had such items as Swedish meatballs, smoked salmon, hero sandwiches, shrimp cocktail rings, venison, steelhead, chicken wings, and the list can, and usually does, go on and on! As you can see the foods are incredibly varied so anything and everything is more than welcome! And did I say desserts? Last years collection of cakes, cookies, and all sorts of decadent goodies was second to none. It would have out a bakery to shame! So once again, come on down and enjoy some good friends, good times, and good food! All are welcome!

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Even though it is only December of 2012, the 2013 Dinner Dance Committee has already had it’s first meeting with another one already planned. And yes, we do have a date. The date for the Long Island Trout Unlimited 2013 Dinner Dance is Friday March 8, 2013. The festivities will begin at 7:00 and last until 11:00. The venue will once again be the Milleridge Cottage in Jericho, and the cost will remain the same at $75.00 per person for a great evening of food, dancing, and fun!! If you missed last years event, be sure not to miss this one as it promises to be even better and more action packed. There will be yet more updated and interesting prizes, more food, and more dancing! What else can you ask for? However, to make this years Dinner Dance even more successful, we still need your help. We are already looking for donations for prizes and/or auction items. This is our major fundraiser of the year and the proceeds are needed to keep our chapter running and our work progressing. If you are interested in supporting a great cause (LITU), and enjoying outstanding food, excellent drinks, and awesome friends and prizes, come down and join us. If you would like to attend, please see any board or committee member – we would love to have you there! Cocktails will be served at an open bar beginning at 7:00 p.m., with Hors d’oeuveres being served waiter style. Dinner, dancing and silent auction will begin at 8:00. Bar will remain open until 10:00 p.m. Just ask anyone who was there last year just how good and plentiful the food was! This is a great opportunity for you to come out and win some awesome prizes, besides having a great time with some old friends while making new ones!. Don’t forget to buy a balloon from the balloon game. While your at it, enter into the 50 / 50—which had a whopping$1400.00 in it last year! And, of course, one of our highlights, the dart game will be back this year. You can win some really great gifts at this one. Each month we will bring you updates on the progress of the event planning. If you have any questions, concerns, or would just like to help out, please contact any of the committee members listed below. Committee members: Jay Mooney, Pete Harris, Joe Odierna, Peter Dubno, Tom Lo Proto, Mike Russell, Ron Krisch, Ed Ciano, and Jim Minogue.

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A health impact review of shale gas drilling by national experts will make it impossible to meet a looming deadline for new fracking regulations, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday, pushing a much-delayed decision on the contentious issue into 2013.

The Department of Environmental Conservation has been doing an environmental impact study and drafting new regulations for high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, since 2008. Shale drilling has been on hold since then amid health and environmental worries surrounding fracking, which stimulates a well's production by injecting huge volumes of chemical-laced water to crack deep, gas-rich shale deposits.

A panel of three nationally recognized public health experts was named last week to review the state's health impact study of fracking. Cuomo told a radio interviewer Tuesday he sees no way the panel's work can be completed by the end of next week.

Asked about it at a press conference Tuesday at the Javits Center in New York City, Cuomo said he doesn't have a timeline for completion of the health review and fracking regulations, but he doesn't expect it to be finished within the next week.

"This is a big decision for the state," Cuomo said. "It has potential economic benefits if the state goes forward with fracking, but we want to make sure it's safe and we want to make sure the environment is protected, people are protected and that's why we're doing a health assessment."

The experts chosen for the health review were John Adgate, chairman of the Environmental and Occupational Health Department at the Colorado School of Public Health; Lynn Goldman, dean of George Washington University's School of Public Health and Health Services; and Richard Jackson, chairman of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of California Los Angeles' Fielding School of Public Health.

Goldman said Tuesday she hadn't seen the state's health impact assessment yet and didn't know how extensive it was. But she said she planned to have her review completed by the end of next week because of her schedule of other commitments. Goldman said her contract with the state set a deadline of Feb. 12, but she had been told in an email that officials wanted the review done by Dec. 3.

"Generally, I'm applauding them for making the effort," Goldman said of New York's health study. "I hope the outcome of our doing this review helps the state make a wise decision."

Industry groups have criticized the choice of health experts to review the state study, saying they're biased against the industry.

"Each of these experts has shown a troubling willingness to speak publicly about supposed dangers and risks of hydraulic fracturing," said Lee Fuller, executive director of the industry group Energy In Depth. "While voicing concerns is an understandable and at times necessary function of scientific progress, these experts have chosen to make statements that contradict well established scientific conclusions about both hydraulic fracturing and shale development."

John Krohn, a spokesman for Energy In Depth, said the natural gas industry will give Cuomo its own list of health experts, "so that independent panel can have an increased diversity of opinion, which in our view is needed."

Environmental and health groups have praised the choice of panelists and were cheered at word of the latest delay in a final decision on whether fracking will be allowed in New York.

"We are glad the Governor wants to 'do this right,'" said Sandra Steingraber, a representative from the anti-fracking coalition New Yorkers Against Fracking. "We are confident that a thorough, independent review of the health impacts of fracking will show it can't be done safely."

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These tips appeared in Jim Weaver’s long running column in the Croton Watershed Chapter’s news letters. The authors of each Tip is credited, by name at the end of the Tip.

Strategy – Fly Selection: Hatch-Matching - During a hatch of insects, try to capture a natural dun or spinner for the purpose of imitation. Insects that are observed in flight appear to be larger and lighter in color than they actually are. When trying to imitate an insect that will float on the surface, pick a pattern with a body color that matches the underside of the natural. Many insects particularly mayflies, are multi-colored with the underside being lighter/different color than the top. The trout will only see the bottom of the fly when looking toward the surface. Jim Weaver Tying Placing Bead-Heads on a Hook - Try placing the beads in dubbing wax with the hole in the bead exposed and then slip the hook point through the bead. You'll have fewer lost beads. Bob LeDonne More on Placing Beadheads on Hooks - After crushing down the barb, place the hook in the vise in a vertical manner with the hook point facing upward and the vise jaws holding the hook shank. Use a small pair of hackle pliers or tweezers to grasp the bead, making sure the holes in the bead are exposed. The bead is then placed over the hook point, small hole first. Once the bead is down to the bend of the hook, the hook removed from the vise, and the bead slid to the eye. Jim Weaver Gear – Care and Storage Drying Waders - Turn waders inside out so the upper inside portions can air dry. For the wader boot or boot foot waders remove the inner soles so they, too, can air dry. Place the hose of a wet/dry vacuum into the boot and let the vacuum run for about five minutes or until the boot is dry. As the ankle part of the boot may close around the vacuum hose and shut off the air, insert a vacuum hose extension tube into the boot alongside the hose to permit air to be pulled in. Not only is the boot dried quickly, but the vacuum also removes any foreign matter that may have fallen down into the boots. Jim Weaver

Target Ordered to Pay Fine for Sale of Illegal Pesticides

The Target Corporation agreed to a civil penalty of $43,850 after a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) investigation revealed the company was selling pesticides banned on Long Island. The company was ordered to remove these pesticides from all stores throughout the region in addition to the penalty.

"Long Island's sole source aquifer is especially vulnerable to contamination, and DEC Pesticide Control Specialists take their responsibility to enforce environmental laws very seriously," DEC Region 1 Director Peter A. Scully said. "This investigation is just one example of the important work that DEC staff perform every day to help protect Long Island's environment."

In September, 2011, DEC's Region 1 Bureau of Pest Management received a telephone inquiry from a concerned resident who had been shopping at a local Target Brands retail store. While reading a pesticide label for a rose and flower care product, he noticed the following label statement: "Not for sale, sale into, distribution and or use in Nassau, Suffolk, Kings and Queens counties of New York."

The call sparked an investigation by DEC's Pesticide Control Specialists, who, following an inspection, discovered several units of two banned pesticides at the Target store in Levittown. The pesticides included Bayer Advanced 2-in-1 Systemic Rose and Flower Care and Bayer Advanced Complete Insect Killer. These pesticides have been banned on Long Island, including Kings and Queens counties, to protect the underground aquifer that supplies the region's drinking water.

The Target Corporation was found to be in violation of Environmental Conservation Law and signed an Order on Consent on September 12, 2012 and paid a fine of $43,850.

Anyone concerned about the sale, use or distribution of pesticides can call DEC Bureau of Pesticides at (631) 444-0340.

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Each year the Long Island Chapter of Trout Unlimited (LITU) and the Henry Prussen Jr. Memorial Fund sponsors up to Two (2) young adults to a One (1) week summer Environmental Education Camp held at one of New York State's Environmental Campgrounds. Nominations are now open. Applicants will be required to fill out the NYS DEC application and return to Robert F. Lutz at the address below no later than the last Tuesday in January: LITU c/o Robert F. Lutz 122 Ridge Road Wheatley Heights, NY 11798 LITU will file the applicant's registration form with New York State DEC no earlier than February 7th Qualifications for Sponsorship - Applicant must be between 12 & 17 years of at the start of camp. - Applicant must be a U.S. Citizen - Applicant must be within regional area of our chapter We look at a couple of items to help us choose a qualified applicant: - Child of one of our members - Friend of one of our members - Child or friend of one of our Adopted Service Persons - Student of our Trout in the Classroom program For more information about these camps as well as their specific locations, please visit Department of Environmental Conservation Education Camps. On the web at: http://www.dec.ny.gov/education/29.html Camp application: http://www.dec.ny.gov/ education/2019.html

This year’s Dinner Dance and Banquet will be held on Friday, March 8th, 2013 and we are again making a direct appeal for monetary donations to have a flat screen TV there as a prize for our yearly fundraiser. Last year’s two flat screens were a big hit and we were able to get a few additional electronics onto the prize list with the help we received from our chapter members. At our Chapter meeting on Tuesday, December 18th, I’ll be collecting money so we can purchase this item and make our event that much more special. Last year we received donations from $10 all the way up to $100 in this direct appeal. We are depending upon your generosity and your desire to help our conservation ef-forts, which all begins with you. So see me at the meeting, Peter Dubno, and I’ll put your contribution in the kitty and make sure we get a good deal on a flat screen. If you can’t make it to the meeting, just put your check in the mail, made out to Trout Unlimited, and mail it to me. My address is: Peter Dubno c/o Trout Unlimited 47 Greystone Rd. Rockville Centre, NY 11570 Thank you for your giving and your generosity.

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(SANDY continued) This time I noticed a house, or what's left of one, that had some bright green spray paint on its foundation. I thought it was a marker for insurance or something. But, upon closer investigation, I saw that a family by the name of Brennan had painted their name, street number, and two Irish clover leaves on it. Seeing what they had done made me smile a bit. Seeing this splash of color among all the black and gray of the devastation, seemed to me like this family was saying "we're OK". Almost like they were showing the world they would be back. Kind of like flipping "The Bird' to the fire and the ugliness of the entire situation! When I went to the front of the house, not only did they have their name again painted on the foundation, but they had also spray painted a Christmas Tree on it too! Not that it was professionally done or anything, but it was just perfect! Perfect for the situation, and perfect for the season! Talk about making a statement! I love it!!!! I would absolutely love to meet this family one day. Anyone that could put a great spin, even one as minor as this, on such great adversity, is someone I want to meet. Great job Brennan Family, whoever you may be! I really hope to say hello one day! I also noticed throughout the area, someone had nailed up little, colorfully, painted stars along remnants of telephone poles, trees, pipes, whatever was standing up right. Each star had some sort of Christmasy saying on it like "Peace", or "Joy" or something like that. I thought it looked wonderful! A great way to add a little good cheer to such a dismal place! I know that these little splashes of color and sayings may seem trivial and inconsequential to most people, but to me, they show the strength and spirit of these people. Actually of mankind. To me, they show that there most certainly IS a spirit of rebuilding, of community, of neighbor helping neighbor. But it also shows to me the true spirit of this holiday season, and what it is really all about. Peace. Hope. Goodwill. Love. To each of you, I wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and a most Joyous Holiday Season. Until next Month! Best Fishes,

Jay Mooney Editor-in-Chief

The Brennan home in Breezy Point, NY.

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Remnants of the Boardwalk in Long Beach

Breezy Point, NY. The “Burn Zone”. . Breezy Point, NY. The “Burn Zone”. .

Breezy Point, NY.

One of the stars in Breezy Point. After the water receded, it left behind about four feet of sand in the West End of Long Beach