From Land and Water Program Director, Mollie Walton, PhD January 2015 Newsletter The New Mexico Wetland Roundtables are part of a Wetlands Program Development Grant from EPA Region 6 to foster partnerships and collaboration for the restoration and protection of wetlands and riparian resources in New Mexico and are conducted on a semi-annual schedule. If you have not attended in the past, we would like you to see what the New Mexico Wetlands Roundtable is all about. The next meeting is March 26 (Thursday 9:00 am to 4:30 pm). This meeting will also be in celebration of Bill Zeeyk's 80th birthday. Presentations will ... Read More
January 26, 2015
The Forest Service has asked us to remove the aquarium setup at the Walatowa visitor center which NMT purchased for them in 2003. The NMT Board of directors posted the "free to a good home" notice on the NM Sci Teachers' web site and got a bunch of requests. Of them, the Board selected the Valles Caldera as having an intended purpose closest to our original intent of education and awareness of our native fish and fisheries. Kimberly DeVall at the Valles Caldera Preserve said they will maintain it as a native fish display in the visitor center. The 180 ... Read More
January 26, 2015
Dates have been set for the youth/adult fly fishing clinics for 2015 at the Valles Caldera National Preserve. New Mexico Trout will again provide the instructors for the clinics. New for this year we will be conducting the casting practice on a large stock tank rather than on land. Also new this year we will be fishing San Antonio Creek for the fishing part of the clinic. As in past years, the clinics will be held on weekends and the volunteers and students will be able to stay overnight in either the bunkhouse or the lodge. Dates for this year are June 20 ... Read More
January 26, 2015
The New Mexico Fish on Film Fest will be showing in Albuquerque courtesy of NMF3 host, New Mexico Trout. Location: Sandia Preparatory School Theater, 532 Osuna Road NE, Albuquerque, NM Date: March 7th (03/07/2015) Time: 1:00-3:30PM Ticket sales for the show begin at 1:00 and will cost $10 each BUCKET RAFFLES- $5 and $20 with some AWESOME prizes! 1:30-2:30 We will watch the submitted videos as well as a couple others contributed by show organizers. (Organizers videos will not be on the ballot cards and are not eligible for winning) 2:30-3:00 Last chance to purchase raffle tickets while judges ... Read More
January 19, 2015
From the December 2014 Newsletter New Mexico's Interstate Stream Commission voted to notify the U.S. Interior Department that it wants to take advantage of federal funding to build a diversion and storage system along the Gila River. The Commission also decided that some of the money should go toward municipal conservation efforts and other projects aimed at stretching the drought-stricken region's water supplies. State Engineer Scott Verhines, New Mexico's top water official and a member of the commission, said the point of regional water planning is to identify and implement strategies to balance supply and demand. He said the options ... Read More
December 14, 2014
From the December 2014 Newsletter The US Senate cleared a large defense spending bill that included transferring control of the Valles Caldera National Preserve to the National Park Service. Since 2000, the 89,000-acre Valles Caldera has been managed by a board of trustees with the goal of financial self sufficiency by this year. Instead, the caldera is expected to generate just $800,000 this expenditures of about $3.4 million. Among other changes authorized by the bill, the Valles Caldera's management will no longer have to ask Congress for a new budget each year. Instead, the Caldera will be a part ... Read More
December 14, 2014
by Mark Kalin from the December 2014 Newsletter Seen at the New Mexico Trout Fly Tying Symposium on Saturday, 15 November 2014: Two ladies tying nice flies without using bobbins (shades of Helen Shaw) Margaret Roybal and her daughter Ramona Lopez were tying very nice flies without using bobbins. Rather they each were controlling the tying thread with their fingers. For a pictorial portrayal of the technique, check out the 1979 book Fly-Tying by Fly Fishing Hall of Fame member Helen Shaw. Of course, Margaret and Ramona also whip finish their flies by hand. I was among a number of individuals with whom ... Read More
December 14, 2014
by Mike Maes From the December 2014 Newsletter Thanks to all who came out to join NM Trout at our Fall 2014 Fly Tying Symposium and Gear Swap. Both Project Healing Waters and NM Trout wish to thank all donors and all of you who bought items from the gear swap. I haven't heard what the final tally was, but I know both PHW and NMT Youth Programs' added to the coffers and will turn those funds around for the respective programs.
I personally want to thank our fly tyers, Bill Frangos, Tad Tucker, Bob Pelzl, Doc Minter, Deb Duran and the mother-daughter ... Read More
I personally want to thank our fly tyers, Bill Frangos, Tad Tucker, Bob Pelzl, Doc Minter, Deb Duran and the mother-daughter ... Read More
December 14, 2014