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 Welcome to the Bellevue/Issaquah Chapter of Trout Unlimited

Our chapter is committed to saving/restoring Kokanee Salmon in Lake Sammamish.   Click here to follow our activities and learn how to get involved.   

The following calendar shows our monthly General Meeting, Board Meeting and other events.  (Click on an event for more detail.)

Meetings held at Issaquah Brew Pub:
35 West Sunset Way
Issaquah, WA 98027
425-557-1911
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June 9  - General meeting, 7:00PM Issaquah Brew House.  Trout Unlimited National Cleanup Day.  

June 20 -26   - NW Youth Fly Fishing Academy

July 14  - General meeting, 7:00PM Issaquah Brew House.  

July 21  - Fly casting clinic, 7:00 - 9:00 PM, Issaquah State Park

August 11  - General meeting, 7:00PM Issaquah Brew House.  Prepare for Evergreen State Fair booth - need volunteers!

August 25  - Board Meeting, 7:00 PM, Issaquah Elks Lodge

September 8  - General meeting, 7:00PM Issaquah Brew House.  Discuss Lewis Creek re-channeling project.

September 22  - Board Meeting, 7:00 PM, Issaquah Elks Lodge.  Get ready for Issaquah Salmon Days. October 2 & 3.  Need booth volunteers!

October 13  - General meeting, 7:00PM Issaquah Brew House.  

November 10  - General meeting, 7:00PM Issaquah Brew House.

November 24  - Board meeting.  7:00 PM. Issaquah Elks Lodge.  Plan annual holiday banquet and awards.

December 8  - General meeting, 7:00PM Issaquah Brew House.  Annual holiday banquet and awards ceremony.

Email us at bellevueissaquah-trout-unlimited@googlegroups.com for more details. 

Trout Unlimited is a conservation organization whose mission is to conserve, protect and restore America's cold-water fisheries! With our vision being - "By the next generation, Trout Unlimited will ensure that robust populations of native and wild coldwater fish once again thrive within their North American range, so that our children can enjoy healthy fisheries in their home waters."

Help us save our Lake Sammamish Kokanee!

*Updated July 12, 2010

About Us
This is the Bellevue/Issaquah Chapter of Trout Unlimited.
 
For a list of 2010 officers and to read meeting minutes,  go here ...
News
Washington business leaders sent a letter to Senators Murray and Cantwell requesting help in solving our salmo crisis.   Read the letter here...

On April 21, the last of the hatchery-raised kokanee fry were released in Ebright Creek.   Read here...

Read Dallas Cross' article about bar coding of Kokanee in Lake Sammamish  Read here...

Read Dallas Cross' article about fishing for steelhead Read here...

Read Dallas Cross' article about E-Fishing with WDFW Click here ...

Read a summary about our successful fundraising activity on Jan 15. Thanks to everyone who helped to make this a success! Click here...

Read Dallas Cross's story about fishing for pink salmon Click here...

Read Dallas Cross's story about his last fishing trip with his dad Click here...

See Mark Taylor in a Field and Stream 2009 Heroes of Conservation video Click here...

Seattle chefs are working to protect Bristol Bay salmon from the proposed Pebble Mine! Click here...

 Read Dallas Cross's article on our fish tagging project Click here...

 Read Dallas Cross's article on Eastside Lakes fishing Click here...

Read a report on WCTU's activities in the 2009 Washington state legislative session Click here...

Visit the TU Action Center to help protect endangered Snake River salmon and steelhead! Click here...

Read Dallas Cross's article about Cutthroat Trout. Click here...

 Read about illegal bridge work on Lewis Creek - may harm Kokanee! Click here...

  Read Dallas Cross's article about the decline in Lake Sammamish Kokanee Click here...

Puget Sound killer whales appear to be more contiminated than northern orcas because the salmon they are earting are more toxic. Click here...

Check out KOMO News story about Andy Batcho's stream stewardship efforts! Click here...

Read about fishing enhancements included in Puget Sound Energy's new license for the Baker hydropower facility.  Read here...

Read Dallas Cross's article on closure of Tokul Creek hatchery.  Read here...

Seattle Times op-ed on the Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act.Read here...
Kokanee Project
Find out what we're doing to help restore the Kokanee population in Lake Sammamish here.

Here's Hans Berge's Kokanee presentation from the general meeting on Feb 10, 2010 Click here...

Read a Seattle Times article about Mark Taylor's work on the Kokanee project Click here...

King County Council urges protection of Lake Sammamish Kokanee Click here...

Read a write-up on the Lake Sammamish fish-tagging project Click here...

An article in the Sound News discusses the plight of Kokanee in Lake Sammamish Click here...

View a video showing King County DNR biologists working with Kokanee in Lewis and Ebright CreeksClick here...

View a King5 report on Lake Sammamish Kokanee Click here

Read an article about our project to Adopt-a-Salmon on Lake Sammamish  Click here...

Comments by Snoqualmie Tribe and trout Unlimited on Lake Sammamish Kokanee petition Click here...

USFWS  decides to consider Lake Sammamish Kokanee for protection under Endangered Species Act  Click here...

Read an op-ed in the Seattle-PI about Lake Sammamish Kokanee  here

Read about a new project whose goal is to enhance lower Bear Creek in Redmond Click here
Fishing Report
Where are the fishing hotspots? More importantly, where are the fish?! We're not telling! No, really, go here.
Conservation Organizations

Save Lake Sammamish

Mountains to Sea Greenway

Green Shorelines for Lake Washington and Sammamish

Sno-King Watershed Council
TU Youth
 Read about Marvista  School's "Salmon in the Classroom" project...

Kids, do you have the Boy Scout fly-fishing merit badge
 More about fly-fishing merit badge
Here is Colin Wick's Eagle Scout Project Workbook describing his work on the Kokanee Project.

Cast for Kids Events -  June 5 - Gene Coulon Park.  For more information, click here.

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