PROJECTS

AMMONOOSUC TROUT UNLIMITED CONSERVATION PROJECTS 2000-2007

1. Streamside incubation of brook trout feasibility project on Gale Rive tributary

2. Radio telemetry tracking of brook trout on Magalloway and Dead Diamond Rivers

3. River restoration assessment on Nash Stream

4. Aerial photography fly over for mapping of Nash Stream

5. Atlantic salmon restoration fry stocking on North Country rivers

6. Dam removal engineering feasibility study on Johns River

7. Culvert assessment on main stem of Ammonoosuc River

8. Planning process for a Stream Crossing Structures Workshop for town officials to be held in summer of 2008

9. Successful designation of the Ammonoosuc River to the NH Rivers Protection Program

10. Advocacy for river protections initiated by other on Israel River, Johns River, Garland Brook Smith Brook, Rix Brook and Streeter Pond brook

11. Maintain brook trout Watchable Wildlife site at Profile Lake

12. Youth education Salmon in the Classroom aquarium programs in four North Country schools

13. Youth education scholarships to Berry Conservation Camp

14. Graduate Level fisheries education scholarship through the Lawton stripend

15. Sponsorship of Casting for Recovery fly fishing participant

TROUT IN THE CLASSROOM- Atlantic Salmon

TU's Ammonoosuc Chapter is promoting Atlantic salmon restoration through an EAS educational project that is aimed at developing an overall New Hampshire "Trout in the Classroom" program. Several schools, New Hampshire Fish and Game, the US Forest Service, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service are partners in the pilot effort. The Project involves an educational curriculum on river ecology, Atlantic salmon life history, and reintroduction of Atlantic salmon fry. The students will hatch salmon eggs in both a classroom setting and in streamside incubator units. They will also monitor water quality in several Atlantic salmon restoration rivers and study basic principles of aquatic ecology. The project utilizes the highly successful "Trout in the Classroom" program that was originally developed by Joan Stoliar in New York and is the first step in developing a permanent statewide program on environmental conservation that can be used by schools across the state.

We will be starting on a number of projects in 2007.  We will list some of the projects we are working on or have completed soon.