Northwest Salmon & Steelhead Council of Trout Unlimited

Trout Unlimited's Mission:

To Conserve, Protect and Restore North America's Cold Water Fisheries

Next Meeting     Next Outing     Next Conservation Project

NSTU received the 2003 Jerry Pavletich Award for the Most Outstanding Chapter of the Year from WCTU

Slide Show:

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Images from the slide show are also on the Fish Tails Page

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Next Meeting:

Northshore's next regular meeting is March 4th, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at the Lake Forest Park Towne center.  We are changing our meeting format this fall to include discussion on chapter projects at our regular meetings as well as have guest speakers.  We hope you can come by, we are trying to make these meetings more fun and open.

North Fork of the Stilliguamish 2-23-08 (photo by Chris Tompkins)

Directions to the meetings:

Friends Meeting Room
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park WA 98155 USA

Directions

In Lake Forest Park Towne Centre at the intersection of Bothell Way NE (SR 522) & Ballinger Way NE (SR 104). The glassed-in meeting room is located between Kitto and Gemelli's in the upper level.

http://www.thirdplacecommons.org/

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Northshore Outings

Solduc outing on March 28-30 2008

We will be camping on the banks of the Solduc River at a private riverside lot for the weekend, there is good fishing at the camp spot and we will help you learn one our states best steelhead rivers.  It will be fun and a good way to get members together. Hope you can come.

Contact Chris Tompkins if your interested ctompkins84@hotmail.com

Northshore's last outing was on the Solduc River October 13-14th 2007.  We are looking for suggestions for the next outing, submit your ideas to Chris at ctompkins84@hotmail.com

 Here are some photos of our fun on the Solduc and Hoh river at our outing on October 13-14, 2007

Sid, Jack and Mike enjoying the fire on the banks of the Solduc

The Thompson's graciously let us use there beautiful new camping shed and camping lot.  What a great place for an outing, thank you so much.

Ryan S. pounds the water of the Solduc from the Drift boat.

Score! Nice Silver.

Solduc, such a beautiful river!

Mike D., looking like a pro.

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Next Conservation Project's:

Barr Creek:  updates see here: http://www.northshoretu.org/cnsrvtn.htm

Tree planting November 16th at 10am, meet at Barr Creek

23706 Ben Howard Rd,Monroe, WA 98272Map Help needed!

 Northshore's conservation project is ongoing this summer (August and September) of 2007 at Barr Creek  We will be placing large wood again and removing invasive blackberries and Canary Reed grass near the ponds.  We will need volunteers to help replant the area and anchor the logs.  The shade from the trees will eventually shade out the grass but we will need to maintain these areas over some time.  We sure can use your help.  Get involved!  Here are some pics of the site we will be tackling over the next few years.

This is Canary Grass, it can easily reach 6 feet tall.  Very Difficult for native plants to compete with this invasive species of grass. 

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                                                                               Upper ponds (Eastern half)

Kissey Creek along the Ben Howard Road, lots of Coho fry in here. Too bad Snohomish County has made this stream a ditch along the road.

Salmon Carcass Project: This fall we hope to restart our  Salmon carcasses project after a tough year with the floods.  See the conservation link to read about this project. We need volunteers again, help us out and volunteer, the fish will thank you!   Call or e-mail Chris Tompkins, for details at ctompkins84@hotmail.com.

If you would like to suggest or help with a project, please contact Northshore Chapter or a NSTU Board Member..

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