Trout Unlimited Ashokan Pepacton Watershed Chapter
Chapter Officers
| President | Chester Karwatowski | 845-657-2312 | ckarwac@yahoo.com |
| Vice-President | Kathy Nolan | 845-688-9702 | kathynolan@earthlink.net |
| Secretary | Michael Clarke | mclarketrueblue@hotmail.com | |
| Treasurer | Jody Hoyt | 845-657-6369 | capthoyt@aol.com |
| Directors | Roy Meyerhoff | 845-657-2563 | |
| Mark Loete | 845-688-5400 | mark@loetephoto.com | |
| Hank Rope | 845-254-5904 | tyeflys@hvc.rr.com | |
| Ron Leonard | N/A | nrggreen@aol.com | |
| B. J. Leifeld | 845-657-2940 | bjleifeld@earthlink.net | |
| Roger Walters | 845-657-8882 | rewalt@hvc.rr.com | |
| Tony Cocozza | 845-657-6044 | flyfish@hvc.rr.com | |
| Todd Spire | 845-231-3275 | spireny@gmail.com | |
| Immediate Past President | Ralph Hoffman (deceased) | ||
| NYS Council Delegates | Glenn Debrosky | 845-687-9988 | |
| Jody Hoyt | 845-657-6369 | capthoyt@aol.com | |
| Roger Walters | 845-657-8882 | rewalt@hvc.rr..com |
Schedules and Information
Annual Meeting is 4th Wednesday of September. Elections for President, VP, Secretary, Treasurer and “Current Term” directors.
Board of Directors meeting: First Tuesday of every Month 7:00 pm Boiceville Inn (Except August & July)
Chapter Meeting: Fourth Wednesday of every Month 7:30pm Boiceville Inn (EXCEPT – Third Wednesday in November & December)
In case of inclement weather, call the Boiceville Inn at 845-657-8500 after 5pm on the day of a meeting.
Full Schedule: Click here for the full schedule.
Committee Reports
| Newsletter | Michael Clark | |
| Membership | Chair | Roger Walters |
| Conservation | ||
| Acid Deposition | Chair | Jody Hoyt |
| Glenn Forman | ||
| John Clem | ||
| Public Relations | Mark Loete | |
| Annual Banquet | Chair | Tony Cocozza |
| Roger Walters | ||
| Ed Ostapczuk | ||
| Jody Hoyt | ||
| Roy Meyerhoff | ||
| Fern Hoffman | ||
| Fund Raising | Chair | Tony Cocozza |
| NYS Council Representatives | Glenn Debrosky | |
| Roger Walters (Region 3 VP) | ||
| Awards | Chair | Roger Walters |
| Tony Cocozza | ||
| Youth/Education | Glenn Debrosky | |
| Hank Rope | ||
| Chester Karwatowski | ||
| Stream Bio-monitoring | Kathy Nolan | |
| Nominations | Chair | Tony Cocozza |
| BJ Leifeld | ||
| Esopus Creek Steam Management Plan: Project Advisory Committee | Chet Karwatowski | |
| Upper Delaware River Management Plan: Project Advisory Committee | Lenny Millen |
November 2010 Chapter Report for NYS Council of TU
We applaud the NYSCTU for it's direct and clear communications with the Governor of NYS regarding his potentially illegal proclamation creating confusion and enabling un-permitted stream projects in response to Hurricanes Irene and Lee. Here in the Catskills, widespread and pervasive damage has prompted much stream work, some of it legal, some of it not legal, creating new issues and insults to our watersheds. The current disarray of formerly "stable" stream reaches combined with literately mile after mile of bank and bed work being performed with best intentions, is disheartening for those of us considering natural stream restoration as the best management practice. These floods demonstrated that we can't simply repeat our previous practices in our watersheds, we need new strategies and tactics. TU must lead the way….
The Ashokan-Pepacton Watershed Chapter is embarking on a new initiative...currently known as Healthy Creeks and Health Communities. The objective is to inform residents, land owners as well as local and county governments about natural stream management best practices and to aid in their application to preventing and solving creek problems... hopefully benefiting not only the creeks, but the surrounding communities.
The Ashokan-Pepacton Watershed Chapter www.apwctu.org continues to focus on our five strategic imperatives; Chapter Health and Viability, Youth & Education Programs, Environmental Projects, Chapter/Community Relations and Legal, Licensing and Legislative Activities. These imperatives help our chapter to achieve our TU mission in the heart of the Catskill Mountains.
Chapter Health and Viability
YOUTH & EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Trout in the Class Room
The Chapter and our members supported 10 tanks in 2011! Contact Hank Rope or Glenn Debrosky for an update.
University Outreach and Services Projects
Continue to build our outreach and collaboration with the fly fishing club at the US Military Academy at West Point. Contact Roger Walters for an update or to participate in an event with the Cadets.
Education
The chapter is planning to two scholarships to the NYS DEC Environmental Education camp ($350x2) for 2012. If you know of a deserving 13 to 15 year old, let us know. We have also connected with the Ashokan Center to assist in future watershed and fishing activities. Here is a link to CWC funded TIC and Youth Education Funding. Please examine this and note all of the funding for local schools.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
Hurricanne Irene & Lee
The APW, Columbia-Greene and Catskill Mountains chapters are currently planning a "panel meeting" with NYS DEC, NYC DEP, Ulster County and Greene County Soil and Water, USGS and Water-shed Management directors to address the impacts of Hurricanes Irene and Lee, what is happening on the ground now, and what needs to happen tactically and longer term.
Pepacton Watershed – Upper Delaware River
http://www.catskillstreams.org/majorstreams_ebdr.html: Upper Delaware River Management Plan Participation (since 2007), no update since our September report.
Ashokan Watershed Management Plan
Very active participation since 2004. Ashokan-Pepacton Watershed chapter sponsored the second year of a "Quantitative assessment of Water Quality in the Upper Esopus Creek: Fish, Macroinvertibrates, Periphyton, Turbidity and Nutrients". This is supported by a comprehensive Telemetry Study in the Esopus Creek above and below the portal. This is a joint project with the USGS, NYS DEC, NYS DEC, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Ulster County Soil and Water and Cornell University. This tightly integrated macro-invertebrate and bio-diversity study on the Esopus will be a major input into management practices in the future. Report will occur at our January 2012 meet-ing. We are considering additional funding to extend the study post Hurricanes Irene and Lee and the 500 year flood impacts.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
Chapter Meetings: The chapter continues to conduct regular membership meetings (September – May), fishing outings (June-August), and conservation events.
The chapter has a new world class website: www.apwctu.org.
LEGAL, LICENSING AND LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES
No updates for this September report.
Respectfully,
Chester Karwatowski
Chapter President, Ashokan-Pepacton Watershed Chapter
845-657-2312
ckarwac@yahoo.com
www.apwctu.org
www.theleapingtrout.com