SWCFFF Conservation

Mission: Conserve, Restore and educate through Fly Fishing

Vision: Empower Fly Fisherman to our Natural Resources for future generations and promote healthy and diverse fisheries that offer recreation and sustain ecological function.

Goal:  Protect our Native Fisheries, create conservation as a recreation leader, improve credibility and relationships among the Committees, Councils, Clubs, members and provide action activities for members to participate in.

• Native Fish

•    * Vision - Provide protection and bring recognition to the survival of our native fish species in their native waters.

• Invasive Species

•     * Vision - Engage Fly Fishers in the fight against invasive species

• Habitat and Water Quality

•     * Vision - Engage every club in an annual project that improves habitat or water quality on their local waters.

• Conservation Education

•      * Vision - Provide quality resources to our clubs, councils and other fishing or aquatic resources interests.

• Conservation Partnership

•      * Vision - Communicate, collaborate and support conservation community efforts that align with FFF Vision.

A Message from our Conservation Chair

Dear Fellow Fly Fisherman,                                                                                             

Welcome to the Southwest Council FFF Conservation Page. Our goal is to provide a network of communication and collaboration between the members clubs of the SWC. Please check this page on a regular basis for Conservation news, updates, meeting announcements, and action alerts.

 

Tim Bartley
SWC Conservation Chair

timbartley1@mac.com

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

On a divisive dam,

a snippy bit of graffiti

Golden Trout Wilderness

September 19, 2011

September 25, 2011

If life imitated art, it would be a simple matter to follow the dotted line and snip a 200-foot dam near Ojai off the face of the earth.

For years, an alliance of environmentalists, fishermen, surfers and officials from every level of government has called for demolishing the obsolete structure.

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Inyo National Forest administrator Margaret Wood travels by horseback to view grazing land as her horse drinks from Bullfrog Creek, where California golden trout are found. The right of ranchers to continue running cattle in the area is dependent on the outcome of a dispute over how best to protect the besieged trout, which is the official state fish.

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Fish and Game Commission to Review Proposed Regulation Changes for Striped Bass

California Department of Fish and Game is inviting comments on proposed changes to regulations for striped bass. The proposed regulations include provisions which would raise daily limits from 2 to 6 fish, raise possession limits, and lower the size limit from 18 inches to 12 inches. The proposed regulations are controversial and opposed by many fishing groups, including California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and the Northern California Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers. The Fish and Game Commission will decide whether to pursue the proposed regulations at a meeting in Sacramento on February 2, 2012. If they choose to pursue the proposal it begins a process that includes at least three public hearings and the completion of an environmental document. A final decision is not expected until later in 2012.