Monday, April 25, 2011

IWLA Chapter April Meeting


To members and friends,
 
This is a reminder that our next Central NY Izaak Walton Chapter Meeting is on Tuesday April 26 at 7:00 PM at the Fayetteville-Manlius Rod & Gun Club.
 Major items covered will be:
        1. Status of Hydrofracking Issues
        2. Adult Stream  Monitoring
        3. Stream Restoration Projects
         4.  New Initiatives and Future Plans for Project Watershed 
         5. Our Participation in Upcoming Events
                a. Women in Nature - April 30
                b. State Division Meeting -- April  30
                c. Onondaga Lake Carp Tournament - June 25
                d. Onondaga Lake Family Fishing Day - June 26b.
        6. Planning for Annual Picnic which includes:
                a. Election of Officers
                b. Approval of By-Laws
               
Let's all try to make this meeting.  Mat Webber will have much to say about the big and exciting changes  to Project Watershed and to the future of stream monitoring in Central NY and other areas of the state.
 

Resistance to Gas Drilling Rises on Unlikely Soil (NYTimes)


Resistance to Gas Drilling Rises on Unlikely Soil
Published: April 23, 2011
In several Texas cities, opposition to natural gas drilling and the accompanying process of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has emerged.  read at NYtimes

Save the Rain program gets $712,000 state grant

Read about a new "Green Project" for Onondaga County

Save the Rain program gets $712,000 state grant