Overmountain Chapter Newsletter July 2003 Volume 8 Issue 6

Next Meeting Board Minutes Buffalo Creek Cleanup CCCS Cleanup Fly Fishing Class Calendar of Events Membership Renewals River/Stream Watch Buffalo Creek Cleanup May 10, 2003 Carter County Clean Streams/Watauga River Cleanup May 17, 2003 Fly Fishing Class May 31, 2003

THE HELP STOP POACHING TELEPHONE NUMBER IS: 1-800-831-1174.  CALL BETWEEN 7a.m. and midnight, 7 days per week. Next Meeting: When: July 10, 2003 Where: Cams Catering, 203 Highpoint Drive, Johnson City Program: Buffalo Creek: Protecting a Trout Stream, Ken Chase, Overmountain Chapter Minutes of June Board Meeting 1. Treasurers report--general fund $1249, embrace-a-stream project grant $7165, stream clean up $275, Tom Carson Memorial $1100, total all accounts $9789. 2. A meeting with TVA, TWRA and TU officers to discuss the South Holston position paper and how to proceed has been scheduled for July 30. 3. 35 people including many Elizabethton High School students worked on May 10 on Buffalo Creek to clean up 50 bags of trash. 4. 125 people worked on the Watauga River on May 17 to clean up 2 & 1/2 tons of trash. There was a 30 second TV spot on WCYB about the clean up. TU also received a very complementary letter from the Elizabethton Chamber of Commerce about the exceptional support of TU in the annual Watauga River clean up. There were 8 TU members who participated in the clean up. 5. Work continues on planning for the South Holston tailwater and lake clean up scheduled for Aug 9. TU will focus on tailwater clean up below the dam. The TU tent will be put up at 8:00 a.m. and staffed by South Holston Ruritan Club until noon. TU members will provide staffing from noon until 3 p.m. Afterwards at the Observation Knob recreation area, participants will be provided food, music and door prizes. 6. The Todd Burleson Memorial stream cleanup is scheduled for September 27 in Roan Mountain. 7. Charles Gibson reported that the TU pocket card is currently being laid out for printing and a draft should be available at the next board meeting. 8. Bill Beazell reported on work being done by several river watch teams. 9. Ken Chase reported that work is proceeding to get the permits and other paper work completed to start the stream stabilization embrace-a-stream project on Buffalo Creek at Lions Field in Elizabethton. It is expected actual work on the stream will begin about August 1. 10. Bob Sherrill reported on possible TU give-a-ways for members renewing their membership. It was decided not to move ahead on this idea until national TU clarifies how membership rebates will be handled. He will further explore possibilities for items that could be used as fund raisers. 11. Ken Chase reported on a very successful youth education seminar on "An Introduction to Fly Fishing" that he, Lynn Smith and Gary Barrigar presented to 10 students on May 31 at Elizabethton High School. Fly fishing beginner kits from LL Bean and TU National were presented to two lucky students. 12. Next board meeting was scheduled for July 7^th at 7 pm at Eastman Credit Union in downtown Kingsport office at 200 E. Main Street. OVERMOUNTAIN CALENDER OF EVENTS South Holston River Cleanup ..August 9th at South Holston Weir Dam Todd Burleson Memorial Cleanup in Roan Mountain on September 27th EASY MONEY Please renew your National TU membership through the Overmountain Chapter. The chapter receives $5.00 for each renewal and $10.00 for each new membership. We send it to National TU. Make your checks payable to TROUT UNLIMITED and either give to Don Kreh our treasurer, or mail to him at: Don Kreh Treasurer 1721 Rock Springs Rd. Kingsport, TN 37664 If you sign up a new member, instead of mailing their check to National TU, give it to Don Kreh. Also, we can use this easy money. RIVER AND STREAM WATCH PRIORITIES Watauga Tailwater—Margie Stratton and John McKee—Boat access in Elizabethton South Holston Tailwater—Bob Viers—Weir Dam flow, silt and spawning beds Patrick Henry Tailwater—John Krutak and Andy Hale—Pollution Doe River—Bob Bierbaum—Cleanup Hampton Creek—Bob Bierbaum—Protection of fishery N. and S. Indian Creek—Elaine Walker and Foster Levy Rocky Fork--Elaine Walker and Foster Levy --TWRA Lease Doe Creek—Jere Houser--Water removal Laurel Fork Creek—Gary Barrigar - Lack of fish Beaverdam Creek—Ron Harrington - Clean up, Stocking and monitoring Buffalo Creek –Ken Chase – Pathegons, development and siltation