Area trout streams will receive some extra help this summer due to the efforts of the Green Bay, Marinette and Oconto chapters of Trout Unlimited, an organization dedicated to protecting and improving trout waters.
The contribution to the Peshtigo Department of Natural Resources was $15,000, which will be used to hire a summer work crew.
Area streams where work is planned include Eagle Creek, K.C. Creek, Little South Branch Pike River and North Branch Beaver in Marinette County, and First South Branch Oconto and Main South Branch Oconto River in Oconto County. This work will be done where the stream bank riparian area is in public ownership.
For information, contact Michael Donofrio at 715-582-5050 or michael.donofrio@wisconsin.gov.
Similar crews will be working throughout northeast and central Wisconsin in the Antigo, Wild Rose, Shawano and Laona areas. The summer staff workers will work alongside DNR employees to improve local trout streams. The goal for these crews is to improve 40 miles of trout streams with the funding provided by eight chapters of Trout Unlimited totaling $51,000.
Most of the money is gathered at banquet fundraiser events. Hundreds of people donate toward this cause.
For information about Trout Unlimited, refer to the Green Bay chapter website at www.greenbaytu.org.
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