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Give the Gift of CCA Membership for the Holidays
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Four levels of gift membership are available for your angler friends, family members, and business associates. To order gift memberships, click on one of the four membership levels shown at: https://www.ccamembership.org/holiday-gifts/
--Standard Membership
--Print Membership
--Life Membershp
--New Tide Membership
In addition to membership, your gift recipients receive:
--a greeting card
--CCA stickers
--six issues of Tide magazine
--four issues of The Ripple Effect
Plus emails containing;
--eNewsletter Lateral Lines from CCA National
--twelve eNewsletter issues of CCA Connect from CCA Washington
--Action Alerts that enable fast communication on important issues.
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Advocacy
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Surplus Carcasses, Nutrient Enhancement, & Volunteers
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WDFW recently concluded a stakeholder process regarding how surplus salmon are “disposed” from WDFW operated hatcheries. A number of CCA members were involved in this process which included three stakeholder meetings over a 2-month period. During this process CCA became concerned that nutrient enhancement was not a priority and as a result wrote a letter to WDFW expressing our concerns. Scientific data overwhelmingly supports the ecosystem benefits that are provided by salmon carcasses. On November 1 WDFW submitted a report to the Washington state legislators with their proposed recommendations. This document can be accessed by clicking here. A copy of CCA’s letter to WDFW is included as Appendix F on page 83 of this document.
One key piece of information that was shared during this process is that across the state there is a lack of volunteers needed to remove these carcasses from hatcheries and place them back into their respective watersheds. WDFW has committed to returning more carcasses to our watersheds given adequate volunteer manpower. CCA plans to work in conjunction with WDFW to identify these areas where volunteer support is lacking and to the extent possible work to mobilize CCA members, and other volunteer groups, to perform this very important function.
If you are actively involved in a nutrient enhancement program in your area, or you would like to be, please contact Nello Picinich at nello.picinich@ccapnw.org.
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Washougal River Nutrient Enhancement Projects
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The Lower Columbia Fish Enhancement Group manager, Peter Barber, reports:
This year’s nutrient enhancement program on the Washougal River was extremely successful and nearly 100% driven by volunteer support. I personally appreciate CCA’s willingness to gather volunteers on short notice to help assist hatchery staff to sort, spawn, and surplus nearly 8,000 Fall Chinook returning to the Washougal River. During a single day in October, CCA, WSU Watershed Stewards, AmeriCorp, and local volunteers helped surplus over 2,600 Chinook salmon for LCFEG’s Washougal River nutrient enhancement program. Impressive!
In total, during 9 LCFEG Nutrient Enhancement outreach events, volunteers donated 614 hrs and dispersed approx. 40 tons of surplus hatchery Fall Chinook carcasses into the headwaters of Washougal River. I give special thanks to a few ‘All-Star’ CCA members that volunteered their time during multiple nutrient enhancement events, including; Steve Koch, Lyle Cabe, Ron DeShazr, Richard Wenger, and Steven Guy. Great work CCA!
Finally, for those who are interested - LCFEG will be hosting additional Nutrient Enhancement events to help spawn/surplus hatchery coho salmon during December 14, 21, and 28 at Washougal Hatchery (15632 Washougal River Road, Washougal, WA 98671). Please bring raingear, boots and/or waders. Volunteers typically arrive at the hatchery around 9am.
If you have any questions, or would like more details please contact:
Peter Barber
LCFEG Project Manager
(360) 904-7922
peter@lcfeg.org
Thanks to Harry Barber for submitting this information (including kudos to CCA volunteers) and the photo.
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A Nutrient Enhancement Technique
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The photo below shows volunteers chipping up frozen hatchery carcasses and blowing the fish food into the East Fork of the Lewis River. Photo thanks to Ed Wickersham, Government Relations Committee.
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Chapter Notes
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SW WA Chapter: 12-Month Membership Drive
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The Southwest Washington chapter has begun a year-long membership drive, reports Cindy Morgan, Secretary. The goal is 300 new members in the next 12 months. A “CCA Christmas” is part of the drive, with members encouraged to consider using memberships as Christmas gifts. The prize offered a year from now to the ‘most-new-members’ winner will be a choice between a $1000 lifetime CCA membership, a guided fishing trip for four, and a Feta Stick rod and reel.
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November 17, 2010
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Crab Catch Record Cards
When you are finished winter fishing for crab, it is VERY important that you send in your catch record information. Even if you didn’t catch any keepers, or if you didn’t fish at all for crab. More about this next month.
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Meeting Dates and Deadlines
WDFW Commission Meetings
Dec 2-3-4, 2010; Olympia
January 7-8, 2011; Olympia
Agenda and Updates here
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Volunteers Needed!
The work of CCA is dependent upon volunteers. Please volunter to help. No experience is needed. To volunteer in any way, a little or a lot, go to our website here.
Thank you!
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Feedback and Comments
CCA Washington is interested in hearing from you. Visit our website here to submit comments and questions you may have. Thanks!
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