Fall 2009Volume 15 No. 4

Currents is Trout Unlimited Canada’s national newsletter. We are proud to be published in The Canadian Fly Fisher.

The Speed Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited Canada has been actively participating in habitat restorations

along Marden Creek, north of Guelph, Ontario for the past five years. With our various partners, Wellington County Stewardship Council, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Grand River Conser-vation Authority, and Trout Unlimited’s Coldwater Conservation Fund, a variety of restoration and habitat improvements have been made. This program would not have been possible without the sup-port of the many landowners along the creek that allowed everyone involved doing what was best for the creek.

Marden Creek is a small headwater stream, approximately 12 km in length and flows through mostly an agricultural landscape, with the last 1 kilometer be-ing urbanized, prior to discharging into the Speed River. Brook trout (few in number) can be found in the headwa-

ters of the system, with the intention of the restoration plan to bring them back along the entire stream length an into the Speed River.

To date, there have been tree plant-ings along open section of the creek, construction of sweepers and overhead cover within historically straightened sections of the stream to create pools and riffles, channel realignment and bank stabilization through manipulat-ing stream flows, creating of brook trout spawning habitat, through upwelling constructions.

One of the main objectives of the Marden Creek program is to remove on-line ponds, or to take them off-line. With the support of the landowner, the Mann Pond was identified as such a pond. Known to increase water temperature during late summer from 22° C to 30° C, this pond created a lethal thermal barrier, eliminating brook trout habitat

Marden Creek Miracle:Speed Valley Chapter revitalizes a neglected Ontariospawning stream

downstream. The landowner identified where the creek channel once flowed, as the creek was diverted into the pond to provide water for washing aggregates. The original channel was in great shape for not having any stream flows in it for more than 40 years.

In November 2008, a contractor cleaned out the old channel that had filled with grass, and the chapter volun-teers created various woody structures (overhanging, sweepers, log jams), fas-cines, shrubs and tree planting to create good physical habitat for trout.

On June 13, 2009, the chapter un-dertook one of its largest projects, the construction of an upwelling within the creek channel (as stream flows were still going through the Mann Pond and by-passing our work area) to create brook trout spawning habitat. A spring that flows 6-8° C all year round was noted immediately adjacent to the stream. To

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be able to use this water for the creation of spawning habitat, a large French drain system was installed.

Basically, a large hole was dug at the source of the spring, deeper than the bottom of the creek channel. 25 mm to 74 mm gravel was placed on filter cloth in the hole, perforated pipe installed, then more gravel added on top. This was then covered with landscape cloth to prevent silt from entering, and the site landscaped back to grade with native material.

The perforated pipe was then directed to drain into a larger, solid pipe under the stream bank, below the grade of the creek bed. At the end of this solid pipe, another small pit was excavated to allow the placement of 25 mm stone — perfect for brook trout spawning.

To create the diffuse flow required for spawning, perforated pipe was joined to the solid pipe and laid within the pit in a U shape. This ensures that the flow from the French drain is not focused in one area. With the gravel in place on top of the perforated pipe, we could see where the clean, cold groundwater was enter-ing the creek channel.

It is highly anticipated that the creation of suitable spawning habitat for brook trout will allow these fish to complete their life cycle within the lower sections of the Marden Creek.

Marden Creek miracle...

By the time you read this article, the July 1 date for allowing construction within a watercourse will have past and we hope to reestablish Marden Creek in the creek channel at the beginning of July. ■

Editors note: The Speed Valley Chapter has been awarded a watershed award in 2009 by the Grand River Conserva-tion Authority for their work on Marden Creek.

It’s not trivial to us!Continued from previous pageT

est your Currents knowledge! Read Currents to find out the an-swers to the following questions.

E-mail your answers to Kimberly Da-vidson (kdavidson@tucanada.org).

Readers submitting correctly an-swered questions from this issue’s questions will be placed into a draw to win a coveted TUC baseball hat!

Contest closes December 1, 2009.

Currents Contest Questions1. Who is TUC’s most

recent board member?

2. What is the larg- est source of freshwater pol- lution in North America?

3. What was the primary purpose of the on-line ponds on Marden Creek?

4. Who won the 2009 Grand River Watershed Award?

5. How many storm drains were stencilled in the greater Edmon-ton area during May and June of 2009?

Congratulations to Milton Conrad from St. Catherine’s, winner of our Summer issue trivia contest. Here are the answers to the Currents Summer issue trivia questions:

The Green Zone is a hands-on ri-parian educational program for students in S.W. Saskatchewan that provides information on ri-parian zone protection.Diversion ridges are wide “speed bumps” angled at 30° across lane ways to channel water into ditch-es to prevent silt from entering streams.The Edmonton Chapter is the old-est and longest running chapter in Canada.Bronte Creek suffers from “fever.” Human activity has caused an increase in water temperature, resulting in poor water quality and poor living environment for aquatic creatures.The Nile Creek Enhancement So-ciety won the Canadian Environ-ment Gold Award in 2007. ■

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Willow, brush bundles, rock and sweat all go into redefining the stream channel. Author’s photo.

Two views of the completed French drain and spawning channel. Water from a source spring (above) is diverted to a U-shaped, perforated pipe buried in a pit under the streambed and covered with 25 mm gravel. This perforated pipe diffuses the flow in the spawning bed. The project’s success can be seen as cool, 6° C spring water percolates up through the new spawning bed (right). Author’s photos.

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TUC’s featured chapter: Speed Valley

The Speed Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited Canada was formed in March 2006 with eight members.

This chapter’s initial few members in-cluded many professionals including at least five aquatic biologists. The chapter has swelled to 57 members and count-ing. The chapter immediately adopted the Speed River watershed and decided to devote its efforts on the tributaries of the Speed River.

The Speed River was once home to a healthy population of brook trout but a variety of human activities including damming and increased water use dec-imated this population. The chapter’s mission is to work with landowners and other like-minded groups to pre-serve, enhance and conserve coldwater habitats within the Speed River’s water-shed.

One of the primary goals is to pro-vide better habitat for coldwater species, like brook trout. To do this the chapter focused on improving water quality in-cluding temperature, flow and chemistry in the tributaries. Once the water qual-ity and habitat are improved, brook trout populations are monitored as a barom-eter of success. This chapter’s long term goal is to see brook trout in the City of Guelph, where all residents can have the opportunity to see Ontario’s only stream dwelling trout!

Currently, the chapter is focused on active restoration on Marden Creek. In 2005, the Wellington County Steward-ship Council identified a small remnant population of brook trout in the head-waters of Marden Creek. The chapter joined the Council to remove dams and ponds, narrow the stream chan-nel, install fish habitat and monitor the water quality and fish population. This population has expanded its range with restoration efforts and it is hoped that these fish will soon have access to the Speed River. The Speed Valley Chapter has been working in partnership with Gencor, Don Blyth, the Mann family and most significantly, the Wellington County Stewardship Council.

The chapter also initiated a tempera-ture monitoring program on Clythe Creek, a tributary to the Eromosa River in Guelph. This monitoring identified key

areas for restoration. In 2009 the chapter adopted Clythe Creek and has commit-ted to developing and executing a resto-ration plan for the Creek in partnership with the Stewardship Council, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Grand River Conservation Authority.

Chapter projects on Marden Creek have included:

tree plantinglogjam and beaver dam removalconstruction of deflectors instream cover structure installation fish surveyswater quality and water temperature monitoringimpoundment removalSpawning bed creation

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Trout Un-l im i t ed Canada

is pleased to announce that Mr. Aru-nas Pleckaitis has been elected to the TUC Board of Directors for a two-year term. Arunas is currently

the Vice President, Business Develop-ment & Customer Strategy at Enbridge Gas Distribution.

Arunas has been a TUC supporter in the past. Last November, TUC was pleased to have Arunas chair the suc-cessful 2008 TUC Toronto dinner/auc-tion. Over $214,000 was raised for the

conservation, preservation and restora-tion of Canada’s cold water resources.

In his role at Enbridge Gas Distribu-tion, Arunas is responsible for business development, strategic planning, mar-keting and sales, energy efficiency and customer care. He is also responsible for all aspects of the Company’s customer strategy, including the development of its new Customer Information System.

During his career at Enbridge Arunas has been actively involved in many en-vironmental and sustainable develop-ment initiatives. He led the development of the Company’s energy conversation programs for customers and was Chair of the Canadian Energy Efficiency Alli-ance.

When he is not involved with his du-ties at Enbridge Gas Distribution, Mr. Pleckaitis is a long-time fisherman and lover of the outdoors. ■

Arunas Pleckaitis Elected to TUC’s National Board of Directors

Electro-fishing survey on Marden Creek (at left). Below, some of the smil-ing faces from the Speed Valley Chapter. Since its founding in March 2006, the chapter has swelled to 57 members and count-ing, and is more than just a little active on tributar-ies to the Speed River in Ontario. Silvia D’Amelio photos.

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Clythe Creek projects included fish surveys, and water quality and tempera-ture monitoring. The chapter has also undertaken water temperature monitor-ing on Pushlinch and Hanlon creeks, and conducts a yearly river cleanup on the Speed River.

The chapter’s activities in the water-shed draw residents from local com-munities as well as many students from the University of Guelph. The chapter is planning to continue its work on Marden Creek. This will include work-ing as a partner in the removal of the final impoundment between brook trout and the Speed River, additional instream structure and tree planting, community education as well as monitoring and sur-veys to assess the impact all this work has had on the water quality and brook trout in this tributary. In addition, the first restoration projects for Clythe Creek are being planned, including habitat restoration, development of corporate partnerships, storm water mitigation, impoundment removal, monitoring, sur-veys and community education.

This volunteer group has contribut-ed a great deal of time, effort and ex-pertise on a number of projects in the Speed River Watershed. Many more are planned for the future. Their ambitious plans include adoption of additional tributaries every two to three years. It is this work that won them the 2009 Grand River Watershed Award which honors

“outstanding examples of conservation and environmental work.” ■

Speed Valley ChapterContinued from previous pageTUC Member Profile: Bill & Lorna Peters

What chapter do you belong to?Bow River Chapter in Calgary.

How long have you been a member of TUC?

We’ve been volunteering for TUC as long as we’ve been members, approxi-mately 8 years.

What inspired you to become a member?

Bill has always been an avid fish-erman so it was natural to become involved in an organization that has water quality in mind. Lorna has al-ways been keen on volunteering for organizations that look at the big pic-ture; cold, clean water for current and future generations. Together we make a great team!

What appeals to you the most in regards to the work that TU does?

TU Canada consists of many chap-ters across Canada. Each chapter plays a significant role in the make up of Trout Unlimited Canada. TUC is always making sure that the water quality is their greatest concern. Clean water for the fish means clean water for everyone not only in Canada, but everywhere our water flows. Most of all, both Lorna and I have been so in-

volved because we believe very deeply in what TU does and how it will ben-efit our grand kids and their grand kids and so on.

What projects is your chapter currently working on?

Bovine and Bow fencing projects aimed at educating and working with local ranchers to manage cattle grazing practices and maintaining the banks of the Bow River and ultimately keep our drinking water safe.

We have also volunteered annu-ally to assist with TUC’s Fish Rescue Program. Other activities include tree wrapping to reduce beaver grazing, and assisting with TUC fund-raising dinners, including set up and collect-ing auction items. ■

TUC Calgary staff volunteered at Tim Horton’s Camp day

on June 3rd in Calgary. Tim Horton’s provides coffee and hot choco-late for several TUC field events and work-ing at the Camp Day is an opportunity to re-pay their support. Cof-fee and game proceeds from the day ben-efitted Tim Horton’s Children’s Foundation. TUC’s Erin McMahon(left) and Lesley Peterson also got a close up of the Grey Cup trophy. ■

Trout Unlimited Calgary Staff Support Tim Horton’s Camp DayTUC Staff

Another day, another logjam! The Speed Valley Chapter is hard at work living up to its mission to preserve, enhance and conserve coldwater habitats within the Speed River watershed. Sil-via D’Amelio photo.

Lorna and Bill Peters. TUC photo.

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Trout Unlimited Canada is the proud recipient of an RBC Blue Water Project

Leadership Grant for $75,000 in support of the Nile Creek-Qualicum Bay Enhancement project. RBC’s Blue Water Proj-ect is a 10-year, $50 million grant program to support proj-ects dedicated to water conser-vation, watershed protection, access to clean drinking water, and other fresh water-related issues in Canada and around the world. This is the largest charitable commitment to a single cause ever in RBC’s his-tory.

The Nile Creek-Qualicum Bay Enhancement Program is a comprehensive habitat restoration and enhancement initiative being undertaken by the Nile Creek Enhance-ment Society, Trout Unlimited Canada and Vancouver Island University (VIU) to restore the water resources of the area and to in turn rebuild anadromous cutthroat populations in the Qualicum Bay area located just north of Nanaimo, BC.

RBC Blue Water Leadership Grant funds will be used to rebuild sea-run cutthroat trout in creeks and streams flowing into Qualicum Bay on Vancou-ver Island by restoring degraded habitat and re-establishing and improving ac-cess to restored and productive anadro-mous cutthroat trout habitat from the in-ter-tidal area through to the headwaters of six streams. Funds will also be used to build and test a model for engaging the community and a post secondary education institution in the planning and delivery of a broader area conservation program. The program will feature five key components: conservation; youth engagement; science development/proj-ect management; communication; and fund-raising.

The NCES is a volunteer non-profit society that actively supports the protec-tion of fish and the ecosystems in which they live; specifically, the streams and marine waters of Lighthouse Country on

Nile Creek Project receives RBC Blue Water Leadership Grant

Through its Fisheries and Aquaculture program, VIU provides unique practi-cal field experience and academic skills required for exciting and challenging careers in fish and invertebrate culture, fish habitat and stock assessment, fish-eries enhancement, conservation and management and research. VIU has long been a supporter and active participant in projects such as Nile Creek. ■

the east coast of Vancouver Island. Their first project was the construction and op-eration of a successful pink salmon hatchery that pro-vides an outstanding recre-ational fishery in the Nile Creek area during July and August. NCES won the Ca-nadian Environment Gold Award in the Restoration & Rehabilitation category in 2007 for their work on Nile Creek. Funds provid-ed by the RBC Blue Water Project form a critical component of the society’s en-hancement plans.

The RBC Blue Water Leadership Grant will help TUC re-establish and improve sea-run cutthroat trout ac-cess and habitat in streams like Nile Creek, flowing into Qualicum Bay. Top photo, Jack Imhof. At right, Nile Creek at its mouth. Frank Dalziel photo.

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Yellow Fish Road Report by Roger Kelley

Storm Drain Truths

Canada is fortunate to have 7% of the world’s freshwater supply, third after Brazil and Russia — a placing few

Canadians would brag about. Most of our freshwater water supply comes from rain or melting snow. If nothing happened to this precipitation on its way to a river, there might not be any concern with our freshwater supply. Too often Canadians tend to take their freshwater resources for granted. Water we use for drinking, irrigation, manufacturing of which also provides critical habitat for fish and other wildlife.

As rain and snow melt runs across Canada’s yards, sidewalks, streets and parking lots a lot happens to it. During this journey water gathers and collects a variety of pollutants including pet waste, pesticides, driveway dirt, tire rubber, anti-freeze and lawn fertilizer. All of these pollutants wash into curb side storm drains found in most urban areas. These pollutants are called non-point source pollution or more commonly storm drain pollution. Storm drain pollution is the largest source of freshwater pollution in North America.

The vast majority of storm drains in Canada and North America empty di-rectly into surface water bodies such as a river or stream — a fact that surpris-es many adults. According to the 2009 Canadian Water Attitudes Survey com-missioned by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and Unilever Canada, of more than 2,000 adults surveyed, 37% be-lieved that storm drains connect to a wa-ter treatment plant prior to entering their local rivers or streams. In somewhat of a twist the survey respondents also identi-fied run-off pollution from land to water as the biggest threat to Canada’s fresh-water supply.

Two main keys to securing the future of Canada’s freshwater are increas-ing the num-ber of people w h o k n o w t h a t s t o r m d r a i n s c on ne c t d i r e c t l y to surface waters and convincing everyone to do their part to reduce the volume of

who do not understand the storm drain to river connection get the message and take the necessary steps needed to en-sure that future generations have the op-portunity to brag about Canada’s fresh-water resources. ■

Yellow Fish Road™ comes to the City of Champions!

On April 1, 2009 Barb Rafuse joined the Trout Unlimited Canada team as the Yellow Fish Road™ Assistant

for the Capital Region in Edmonton. Barb holds a B.Ed. and has over eight years of classroom experience teaching at the el-

ementary lev-el. Barb is a recent Capi-tal Region r e s i d e n t , moving to Sherwood Park from S l a v e Lake.

Barb’s d u t i e s include e d u -c a t i ng grades 2 to 5

students about storm drain pollution and actively involving students within their communities by stencil-ing storm drains and distributing door hangers to local residences. Through Barb, students learn about the hazards facing our rivers and streams from storm drain pollution and why trout and other fish are critical barometers of our wa-ter quality. A recently formed partner-ship with Alberta RiverWatch provides Barb the opportunity to take the Yel-low Fish Road™ program’s message of storm drain pollution prevention to high school classes.

Barb maintains a busy schedule trav-eling throughout the Edmonton area. In May and June of this year Barb com-pleted 24 classroom presentations, vis-ited four Girl Guide groups and was in-volved with a local company, speaking at their safety meeting.

A typical classroom presentation takes about 30 minutes followed by the class

pollutants entering storm drains. Trout Unlimited Canada’s Yellow Fish Road™ program reminds people of all ages that storm drains connect to surface waters. While the program’s primary volunteers are students between nine and 12 years of age, non-point source pollution is not a problem that can be solved by school children alone. Adults who use fertiliz-ers irresponsibly, sweep driveway dirt into the street, fail to maintain their ve-hicles or forget to pick up after their pets remain the primary cause of non point source pollutants.

Each of us who understand where storm drains empty, yet consider our actions exempt from contributing to the pollution of Canada’s freshwater resourc-es are compounding the problem. Storm drain awareness is a challenge for all hard working environmental educators. These individuals make sure that those

Barb Rafuse leads one of Edmonton’s first painting crews. TUC photo.

Photo by Phil Rowley.

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From nose tags to electroshockers, stenciling kits to water quality monitors, Trout Unlimited Canada

staff use a variety of tools in their daily work. Beginning with this issue Cur-rents will introduce you to some of the tools that TUC staff use. This month feature is one of the most used — and overlooked — items in TUC’s toolbox, the Yellow Fish Road™ Storm drain Stenciling kit.

TUC’s Yellow Fish Road™ program is a national storm drain stenciling/wa-ter pollution prevention program. The key to this program is providing volun-teers with a storm drain stenciling kit containing all of the materials neces-sary to stencil and mark storm drains in their neighborhoods.

TUC maintains more than 300 storm drain stenciling kits nationwide. Most of these kits are distributed by a Yel-low Fish Road™ partner at one of 25

sites nationwide. TUC staff distributes kits in Calgary and Edmonton, AB, and Guelph, ON. Kit cost $100. Each sten-ciling kit contains:

1 carrying caddy

1 paint roller

1 storm drain stencil

2 pairs of glove

1 dustpan and whisk broom

1 garbage bag

1 container of paint

2 safety vests

2 traffic safety pylons

200 Yellow Fish Road™ door hangers

TUC purchases all the materials for the stenciling kits. All kits are provided free to Yellow Fish Road™ Volunteers. To participate in the Yellow Fish Road™ program or for more information please contact info@yellowfishroad.org ■

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stenciling storm drains and distributing door hangers throughout the immediate neighborhood. Barb’s presentations have been very successful and well received by students. As a result of Barb’s pre-sentations, over 550 storm drains were stenciled in May and June alone. Barb continues to provide Yellow Fish Road™ sessions to classes throughout the win-ter months. Barb then follows up with these classes in the spring to complete the stenciling segment the Yellow Fish Road™ program.

Barb is currently working on a field day for Suncor employees along with the Northern Lights Fly Tyers Trout Unlimited Edmonton Chapter. Suncor employees and their family members will benefit from a Yellow Fish Road™ educational session that includes storm drain stenciling and door hanger distri-bution. Additional activities such as fly casting and tying instruction will also be available.

Through her experience and knowl-edge Barb continues to work with local school districts encouraging local teach-ers and classes to become involved with the Yellow Fish Road™ program. Thanks to Barb, the conservation future looks bright in the Edmonton area. If you are interested in bringing the Yellow Fish Road™ program to your community please e-mail tuc@tucanada.org. ■

Tools of TUC:

Yellow Fish Road™Storm Drain Stenciling Kit

Barb Rafuse in the classroom. TUC photo.

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Trout UnlimitedCanada

Doug Cressman Chief Executive Officer dcressman@tucanada.org

Kimberly Davidson Membership Coordinator membership@tucanada.org

Lorne Hutchison Director, Finance and Administration lhutchison@tucanada.org

Jack Imhof National Biologist jimhof@tucanada.org

Roger Kelley Director, Conservation Education rkelley@tucanada.org

Don Pike Director, Special Events dpike@tucanada.org

Brian Meagher Alberta Provincial Biologist bmeagher@tucanada.org

Len Yust Executive Director, Ontario lyust@tucanada.org

Silvia D’Amelio Ontario Biologist sdamelio@tucanada.org

Sheila McKnight Yellow Fish Road Manager Ontario/Quebec smcknight@tucanada.org

Barb Rafuse Yellow Fish Road Edmonton Program Assistant edmontonyfr@tucanada.org

Mary Finch Bronte Creek Watershed Stewardship Specialist mfinch@tucanada.org

National Office: Ste. 160, 6712 Fisher St. SE Calgary, AB T2H 2A7 Tel: 403-221-8360 Fax: 403-221-8368 1-800-909-6040

Ontario Office: Rm. 273, Axelrod Building, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1 Tel: 519-824-4120 Fax: 519-780-1696

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Currents layout: David Soltess Design dsdesign@telus.net

Kids Can Katch fund raiser

The Kids Can Katch Benefit Banquet & Auc-

tion was held on Wednesday, June 17 at the Hotel Arts Calgary. With over 360 attendees and strong corporate and individual sup-port, the benefit raised over $525,000 towards this valu-able project. During the evening, Mayor David Bronconnier presented a cheque for $50,000 in sup-port of the project and Archie Nesbittof Safari Club International Calgary Chapter provided an additional donation of $10,000.

Coupled with previous commitments from BP Canada and the Alberta Com-munity Enhancement Fund of $160,000 to the Bow Habitat Station Volunteer Society, the Kids Can Katch pond project is well on its way to fruition. Additional funding

partnerships, including the Federal Gov-ernment, are also being pursued.

The Kids Can Katch committee consists of a group of like-minded conservation groups, individuals and businesses fund raising to create a kid’s catch and release fishing pond. Former Alberta Premier, Mr. Ralph Klein, is the Honorary Chair of the committee. The Ministry of Sustainable Development and its minister, the Honour-able Ted Morton, are strong proponents of the Kids Can Katch project and ideals. Both Mr. Klein and Mr. Morton were in at-tendance at the fund raising event.

The goal of Kids Can Katch is to pro-vide an opportunity and location for kids to learn the enjoyment we all experience fishing. A chance to get away from the distractions of daily life, spend time with friends and family and experience the pleasure of the outdoors. This project of-fers a chance to pass on the tradition so Alberta’s rivers, streams and lakes con-tinue to have friends who will both enjoy and protect them in the future.

The fishing pond will be located in front of the Sam Livingston Fish Hatchery, adjacent to the Ducks Unlimited Canada marsh, which is part of the Pearce Estate Park Interpretive Wetland. The pond will provide youth in the neighbourhood and across the city a chance to get involved in fishing in a safe and supportive environ-ment. ■

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OUR GOALS:to conserve and protect Canada’s fresh-water fish and their ecosystems and restore their coldwater resources to a healthy and productive state;

to develop and apply effective, science-based and measurable coldwater con-servation solutions in the field;

to inform the public about coldwater conservation issues and educate com-munities about their watersheds;

to build and sustain a healthy organiza-tion.

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Former premier and Kids Can Katch honorary chair, Ralph Klein, tests his casting accumen while Ted Morton, Alberta’s Minister of Sustainable Resourc-es (right), looks on. TUC photo.