http://www.njtu.org Mon, 05 May 2008 14:45:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In an effort to better understand the restoration needs of the Musconetcong River under TU's newest Home Rivers Initiative, state chair Rick Axt joined the Musconetcong Watershed Association's president, Bill Leavens in Bill's 1947 Luscombe. This wonderful old tail-dragger is capable of flying low and slow (but will not ... http://www.njtu.org/2008/05/01/flight-over-the-musky/ It has been nearly 8 years in the "unmaking" as Agust Gudmundsson, past state council chair, would tell you, and now finally the day has come. On Tuesday March 11th at approximately 8 am, a track hoe driven by a skilled operator entered the Musconetcong River to begin notching ... http://www.njtu.org/2008/03/13/gruendyke-dam-gets-notched/ Help our principal partner in the newly announced TU Home Rivers Initiative, the Musconetcong Watershed Association, with their annual river clean-up day. Contact the MWA directly or TU's own Musconetcong Home Rivers Initiative Project Coordinator, Brian Cowden (bcowden@njtu.org) to join us on April 19th from 9 a.m. until noon. ... http://www.njtu.org/2008/02/11/musky-clean-up-day/ Sunday, February 03, 2008BY FRED J. AUN For the Star-Ledger If you see Brian Cowden pinching himself, don't be alarmed. He's just making sure he's not dreaming. After several decades as a corrugated box salesman, the avid angler and Trout Unlimited go-getter has landed the job of his dreams: The director of Trout ... http://www.njtu.org/2008/02/11/musconetcong-home-rivers-formerly-announced/ Regularly scheduled state council meeting to be held at Rutgers/Cook College. http://www.njtu.org/2008/01/22/state-council-meeting-october-19th-2008/ Beginning no early than February 1st, the Gruendyke Dam on the Musconetcong River will be partially breached. The initial work is to simply notch the dam at the "concrete flume" on the Mount Olive side to de-water the pond behind the dam. Because DEP has a moratorium on ... http://www.njtu.org/2008/01/22/gruendyke-dam-removal-start-date/ Regularly scheduled state council meeting at the Pequest Trout Hatchery.  Bring your rods and reels for fishing on the education pond afterwards.  There's always a great woolly bugger hatch on the pond! http://www.njtu.org/2008/01/22/state-council-meeting-july-20th-2008/ Regularly scheduled council meeting to be held at the Charles O. Hayford Hatchery in Hackettstown.  Address is 1 Hatchery Road, Hackettstown, NJ.  Follow through the gates, past the new and old hatchery buildings, over the stone bridges and follow to the end where the gray building is on the right.  ... http://www.njtu.org/2008/01/22/state-council-meeting-april-20th-2008/ A complete statement of TU's position regarding the agreement on Delaware River flow issues is contained in the attached PDF file. Read the Statement  (Requires free Adobe Reader.) http://www.njtu.org/2008/01/10/tu-response-to-delaware-flow-issues/ In addition to the about-to-be-breached Gruendyke Mill dam and the Seber dam a short distance upstream, we are now targeting the Finesville dam on the lower river for breaching. Princeton Hydro has initiated a grant request on behalf of our partner, the Musconetcong Watershed Association (MWA) to American ... http://www.njtu.org/2008/01/03/another-musky-dam-gets-targeted/