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News Updates
Fishing the pere marquette
A good article on fishing for steellhead with John Johnson
Buy Your Groceries, Save A Trout Stream*
Michigan Trout Unlimited announces a new, easy way to support TU in
our state and the work that the Council does. AND, IT DOES NOT COST
YOU ONE DIME.
If you do your grocery shopping at Kroger or its affiliate stores in
the state, your grocery purchases will earn cash for Michigan TU
through the company’s Kroger Community Rewards Program.
With a simple one-time registration into the program, Kroger will
donate 5% of your grocery purchases each and every time you do your
shopping. That’s right…your grocery shopping generates a cash
donation to TU from Kroger! That’s right…no cost to you!
This program is a ridiculously easy way to donate a few bucks a week
to coldwater conservation every time you do your grocery shopping.
Kroger’s program uses your existing Kroger Plus customer
card…there is no separate card, matching payment, or minimum
purchase requirement.
The Kroger Community Rewards Program can potentially raise thousands
of dollars a year for Michigan TU efforts to preserve and protect wild
trout and salmon. The key is that YOU NEED TO SIGN UP…AND GET YOUR
BUDDIES, CHAPTER MEMBERS, AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO SIGN UP TOO!
SIGN UP NOW. THAT MEANS NOW. IT’S QUICK AND EASY TO DO FROM YOUR
COMPUTER. YOU’LL ONLY BE AWAY FROM YOUR FLY TYING BENCH FOR FIVE
MINUTES…HONEST!
HERE’S HOW TO SIGN-UP AND TURN YOUR GROCERY DOLLARS INTO
CASH-FOR-COLDWATER-CONSERVATION.
Register online at krogercommunityrewards.com
<http://www.krogercommunityrewards.com/>
Be sure to have your Kroger Plus card handy and register your card
with your organization after you sign up.
If a member does not yet have a Kroger Plus card, they are available
at the customer service desk at any Kroger.
Click on Sign In/Register under Welcome! (top right hand side of
page)
Most participants are new online customers, so they must click on
SIGN UP TODAY in the ‘New Customer?’ box at right.
Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account by entering zip code, clicking
on favorite store, entering your email address and creating a
password, agreeing to the terms and conditions
You will then get a message to check your email inbox and click on
the link within the body of the email. This will take you back to Kroger site.
You can now sign in. Click on My Account and use your email address and password to
proceed to the next step.
Click on Edit Kroger Community Rewards information
Enter 83407 in the first block and hit search. It should come up with Mich TU
Select MICHIGAN COUNCIL TROUT UNLIMITED
Save Changes
To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your
organization’s name at the bottom of your information page.
DO IT TODAY!
We'll try to keep you updated on items of general interest such as DNR rules, conservation issues, etc.
6 May 2009
Attached is Fisheries Division's Proposal to Modify Inland TroutRegulations. This document includes comments received during the April 22nd
meeting with our External Coldwater Regulations Steering Committee. We
wanted to get this out to division employees and committee members prior to
it being released to the general public.
On Thursday, May 7, this document will be posted on the division's web site
along with an electronic mailbox that will be used to collect public comment
on the proposed changes. The web posting and public comment period will run
through June 5. Encourage anyone interested in submitting comments to do so
through the web site.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this report. Please contact Todd
Grischke at 517-373-6762 or
GrischkeT@michigan.gov if you have any
questions.
Kelley D. Smith
Chief
Fisheries Division
4 May 2009
Michigan Trout Unlimited joins litigation against Golden Lotus for
failure of dam at Song of the Morning Ranch on the Pigeon River.
On March 20 2009, Michigan Trout Unlimited and Pigeon River Country
Association filed a motion to intervene in the State of Michigan's
lawsuit against Golden Lotus, Inc. - the owner of Song of the Morning
Ranch, located along the Pigeon River in Otsego County. By stipulation
of counsel, an order granting Michigan TU's intervention is expected to
be entered by the Honorable Dennis Murphy in the Otsego County Circuit
Court in Gaylord, MI in the next few weeks. The action arises out of
the June 2008 failure of the dam at the Song of the Morning Ranch, which
is owned and operated by Golden Lotus. Michigan TU filed its motion to
intervene bringing additional claims of public nuisance and violation of
the Michigan Environmental Protection Act that were not asserted by the
State of Michigan. By joining this lawsuit, Michigan TU hopes that
Golden Lotus will be held accountable for removal of the dam and
remediation of the environmental damage to the river including
associated costs.
This dam also failed in 1984, and Michigan TU was a party to litigation
at that time. The Court's opinion, dated June 8, 1987, specifically
stated that: "...should the dam become a nuisance again, because of
Defendant's ... noncompliance with this Court's order, the Court will
require removal of the dam". Michigan TU and PRCA are being represented
in the present case by Peter L. Gustafson of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP,
Grand Rapids, Michigan ((616) 752-2121 or
pgustafson@wnj.com).
Michigan Trout Unlimited represents approximately 7,000 members in the
State of Michigan and its mission is to conserve, protect and restore
cold water fisheries in Michigan.