Ron Loehman Conservation Chairman Plan to join other NM Trout Volunteers on June 1st to build structures that will help the Rio Cebolla recover from the effects of unauthorized vehicles along its banks. The location is about 4 miles north of Porter's Landing where FR 376 crosses the Cebolla, across the valley from where we installed the interpretive panels last year. We will be working to close off an informal road along the creek that was decommissioned in the recent Forest Service travel management plan. This is an action that NM Trout has been advocating for over a decade and ... Read More
May 14, 2013
by Francis Peter, NMT Youth Program Chair Imagine a magical place! You wake up in the morning to the fresh coolness of a high mountain forest. You step out onto the porch and your eyes wander over a large lush valley filled with early morning fog. As the fog lifts, countless grazing Elk appear to your view. Across the valley, a small stream teaming with willing trout beckons. As the day passes, you enjoy interacting with your comrades and you pass tidbits of knowledge on to eager students of fly fishing. The evening brings a cookout dinner followed by congenial ... Read More
April 16, 2013
Rio Guadalupe Cleanup - Saturday, April 20, 2013 New Mexico Trout has a tradition of welcoming the Spring opening of FR 376 between the Gilman Tunnels and Porter's Landing with a volunteer trash pickup. That Forest Service road provides access to our Rio Guadalupe home water and it accumulates a lot of roadside trash over a season's heavy use by the many people who visit that corridor. Doing these annual cleanups is one way we can express our thanks for the wonderful trout fishing opportunities the Rio Guadalupe affords while we help maintain it in a state that we like ... Read More
April 16, 2013
Ron Loehman, Conservation Chairman In July 2010, a collaboration of the Santa Fe National Forest and the Valles Caldera National Preserve, and several Pueblo tribes was awarded a ten-year $40 million Federal project to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire in the Southwest Jemez. The objective is to restore many of the characteristics the forest enjoyed before centuries of overgrazing, logging, and fire suppression produced the landscape we see today of smaller, closely spaced trees that are susceptible to massive crown fires. After a lot of study, formal environmental assessments, and many public hearings, the collaboration has released its Proposed ... Read More
April 16, 2013
Instead of the regular general meetings in February and March, plan on attending other NM Trout sponsored events: the Fly Fishing Movies tour on February 22 and the Conclave on March 2 ... Read More
February 10, 2013
New Mexico Trout and Soaring Eagle Lodge are hosting the F3T Film Tour. Friday February 22nd at 7:00 PM; doors open at 5:30 PM for the bar and snacks. Tickets are available on NMT's F3T Event page for $10.00. Tickets can be purchased for $10 at Los Pinos Fly & Tackle Shop and Charlie's Sporting Goods. Tickets at the door will be $15.00. Fly fishing’s most celebrated annual event, this year’s spectacle promises a greater sense of adventure and diversity of content than any prior tour or other touring show. “We’ve got incredible footage from our favorite backyard locales like ... Read More
January 14, 2013
by Ron Loehman, Conservation Chair Over the past several years I have been watching the progress of an example of natural riparian restoration on the lower Rio Guadalupe. The section in question is below the Gilman Tunnels and is characterized by a downcut stream channel with just a narrow band of willows along the banks that can provide shade to lower water temperature. Due to the downcutting, the area along the stream that was once flood plain now contains only upland plants such as Apache Plume, drought tolerant grasses, juniper, and Siberian elm. In spite of the apparently poor habitat ... Read More
November 21, 2012