Make sure to mark the November meeting date. The meeting begins with informal fly tying at 5:30 and the meeting proper at 6:30. We meet at the Dublin Public Library, make sure to go to the bottom entrance of the library.
Our speaker this month is Joe Norton, recently hired as the Upper Connecticut Home Rivers Project Coordinator. The press release about his hiring follows.
ARLINGTON, VA--Trout Unlimited (TU) welcomes Joe Norton as the Project Coordinator of the Upper Connecticut Home Rivers Initiative. Norton joins TU from the New Hampshire Wildlife Federation where he served as executive director.
“Joe’s depth of experience will be a huge asset in implementing the protection and restoration efforts that TU and our partners have identified as priorities in the watershed,” said Elizabeth Maclin, TU’s Vice President of Eastern Conservation. “We are thrilled to welcome him to TU.”
In his role as Project Coordinator of the Upper Connecticut Home Rivers Initiative, Norton will work throughout the watershed area to protect and restore the river and its tributaries in New Hampshire and Vermont. Habitat protection and restoration will benefit native fish including brook trout, as well as wild trout species. Norton will also work with community partners and volunteers in hands-on conservation activities and create a coalition to achieve the project’s goals. His office will be located in Lancaster, New Hampshire.
Remember the always popular fly raffle! See you there!