NMT Withdraws Meadow Jumping Mouse Objections
Jerry Burton, Ron Loehman, and Art Vollmer of Trout Unlimited met with the SFNF Supervisor, Maria Garcia, her Deputy, Joe Norell, and Alan Setzer, the acting ranger on the Jemez District at the SFNF offices in Santa Fe on May 24. The FS requested the meeting to address our objections to the New Mexico Meadow […]
Rio Cebolla Work Project – June 4
Our annual member BBQ will be held on Saturday, June 4 in conjunction with a work project on the Rio Cebolla. We have worked with Santa Fe National Forest staff to identify a three-part project that will provide important benefits to the Rio Cebolla. Planting willow cuttings along the Cebolla inside one of the areas fenced off as […]
Fly of the Month – Garcia’s Mother’s Day Caddis
From the May/June 2016 Newsletter Fly, Notes and Photos by Charlie Craven and Greg Garcia Used by Permission Hook: TMC 100SP-BL #14-18 Bead: Green Glass Seed Bead 15/0 size Thread: 10/0 olive to secure the bead, then 8/0 Black for the rest of the fly Abdomen: Black Superfine Dubbing Underwing: Pearl Krystal Flash, Red Krystal […]
Valles Caldera Fishing for 2016 Season
The East Fork of the Jemez, Jaramillo Creek, the Rio San Antonio, and the Rito do los Indios are open to fishing year round, as long as they are not frozen. Vehicle access requires a Backcountry Vehicle Permit, and 35 permits will be issued daily on a first-come basis at the Valles Caldera visitor center […]
Save the Date – Next Conservation Project and Annual BBQ
Our next conservation project will be on June 4, 2016 at a site still to be decided along the Rio Guadalupe/Rio Cebolla corridor. Forest Service staff need to do some more field work to decide the best project for that date. The project will also include our annual conservation barbecue.
Meadow Jumping Mouse Plan Locks Out Anglers
The Forest Service has issued the final Environmental Assessment (EA) of its plan to protect NM Meadow Jumping Mouse (MJM) habitat along mountain meadow streams in the Jemez Mountains. The final plan bans non-consumptive recreation (as well as grazing) from MJM habitat for at least 10 years. Background In 2014, the Meadow Jumping Mouse was […]
Cow Creek Fishing Opportunity
NMT has reserved 20 slots for a day of fishing at Cow Creek Ranch on June 1st. Ten of the slots have been reserved for the Board of Directors and Board Program Directors. The balance of the slots will be filled by lottery and are only open to New Mexico Trout members. To participate in the […]
Rio Guadalupe Cleanup
Twenty-one New Mexico Trout members turned out on Saturday morning, April 9, 2016 for our annual trash cleanup along FR 376 above the Gilman Tunnels. That road parallels the Rio Guadalupe, which is our home water and one of the best brown trout fisheries in New Mexico. FR 376 is also the most heavily traveled […]