Northwestern Chapter Trout Unlimited Milestones

1986  

·       Chapter reactivated after 10 years inactivity.  NWTU monthly newsletter

          established.

·       NWTU Membership Drive; recruits over 100 new members.

·        Started Boone Fork Handicapped Pier Project & fish stocking     projects in area streams

1987   

·         First TU National Conservation Banquet; raised $15,300.

·        Completion of fish barrier on Mulberry Creek.

·        Fish stocking projects in area streams.

1988   

·         Second TU National Conservation Banquet; raised $14,400.

·         Completed fish barrier on Carol Creek.

·         Donated funds to purchase computer for the Smoky Mountain Brook Trout Study.

 1989  

·         Third TU National Conservation Banquet; raised $15,100.

·         Winner of TU Top Net Dollar Banquet & Banquet Organizing Committee awards.

·         Restocking Program in Harper’s Creek & other area streams. 

·         Kentucky Creek Restoration Project.  Balsam Lodge Handicapped Pier Project.

·         NWTU joins North Carolina's Adopt-A-Highway program.

1990   

·         Fourth TU National Conservation Banquet; raised $30,500.

·         Winner of TU Top Net Dollar Banquet & Banquet Organizing Committee awards.

·         Feeders donated to N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission for habitat studies.

·         Fish stocking projects in area streams.  Sponsor's NWTU “First CATCH Clinic”.

·         Participated in first annual "Clean Sweep" program for the Catawba River.

1991   

·         Fifth TU National Conservation Banquet; raised $28,800.

·         Winner of TU Top Net Dollar Banquet & Banquet Organizing Committee awards.

·         Participated in "Catawba River Awareness" program.  Fish stocking in area streams.

·         Changes in N.C. regs to "Catch and Release" & "Delayed Harvest" for area    fisheries.

1992   

·         Sixth TU National Conservation Banquet; raised $35,100. 

·         Winner of TU Top Net Dollar Banquet & Banquet Organizing Committee awards.

·         RECORD FOR TOP NET DOLLAR BANQUET IN TROUT UNLIMITED HISTORY.

·         "Anglers All" Project (Catawba Science Center) - history of fly-fishing and TU.

·         Donated feeders to Stone Mountain State Park for the Bullhead Creek  project.

·         Fish stocking in area streams.  Widow Creek watershed project in Stone Mountain.

1993     

·         Seventh TU National Conservation Banquet; raised $25,800.

·         Southeast region winner of TU National Silver Trout award.

·         Winner of TU Top Net Dollar Banquet & Banquet Organizing Committee awards.

·         Sponsored Catawba Science Center's "Life Science Hall".

·         "Catawba River Awareness" program.  Supported Boy Scouting/Piedmont Council.

·         TU National educational video project on successful TU Banquet management.

1994               

·         Eighth TU National Conservation Banquet; raised $25,100.

·         Winner of TU Top Net Dollar Banquet & Banquet Organizing Committee awards.

·         Sponsored Catawba Science Center's "Life Science Hall".

·         Enviro-Scape Models & environmental education program for area schools.

·         CATCH Clinic for local youth.  South Holston River habitat improvement project.

·         South Mountain State Park "Hemlock Nature Trail" project.

·         Fish stocking and surveys in area streams.  Support Boy Scout/Piedmont Council.

1995               

·         Ninth TU National Conservation Banquet raised $40,300. 

·         Winner of TU Top Net Dollar Banquet & Banquet Organizing Committee awards.

·                   NEW RECORD - HIGHEST NET DOLLAR BANQUET IN TU HISTORY.

·         Winner of prestigious TU National Gold Trout award.

·         Sponsored Catawba Science Center's "Life Science Hall & Partner in Science".

·         Completed South Holston River habitat project; rcv’d Embrace-A-Stream Grant.

·         Assisted in purchasing an ATV for area N.C. Wildlife Resources Officers.

·         Partial sponsorship for a summer intern for the “Brook Trout Habitat Study”.

·         "Fly Fishing Fun Day" -Gary LaFontaine.  Proceeds to Hemlock Nature Trail project,

           South Mountain State Park.

1996

·         Tenth TU National Conservation Banquet raised $44,400.

·         Winner of TU Top Net Dollar Banquet & Banquet Organizing Committee awards.

·            NEW RECORD FOR HIGHEST NET DOLLAR BANQUET IN TU HISTORY.

·         Sponsored Catawba Science Center's "Life Science Hall".

·         Supported endowment for the North Carolina Wildlife Habitat Foundation.

·         “Get Hooked on Fishing” at Ridgeview with Police DARE Program.

1997

·         Eleventh TU National Conservation Banquet raised $42,000.

·         Funded the Great Smoky Mountain National Park for Rainbow Trout Study/WCU.

·         Supported Catawba Science Center's "Life Science Hall & Partner in Science".

·         “Fly Fishing Fun Day,” featuring author Dave Hughes of Portland, Oregon.

·         US Forestry Service “High Altitude Stream Survey & Water Sampling.

1998

·         Twelfth TU National Conservation Banquet raises $34,000.

·         Supported Catawba Science Center's "Life Science Hall & Partner in Science".

·         Supported South Holston River cleanup.

·         Initiated Linville River Watershed Project - comprehensive water quality analysis.

1999

·         Thirteenth TU National Conservation Banquet raises $46,000 – new NWTU record.

·         Philip H. Bracewell Conservation Education Foundation, a perpetual fund for 

           conservation & education of youth in the Hickory Metro Area and Western NC.

·         Linville River Watershed Partnership receives TU Embrace-A-Stream Grant.

·         Supported Catawba Science Center, Life Science Hall and Partners in Science.

·         Muddy Creek Restoration and South Mills River Restoration.

·         Southeastern Regional TU Brook Trout Restoration, Smoky Mtns National Park.

·         TU Coldwater Conservation Fund, Appalachian Acid Deposition Study.

·         Seated NWTU member on Board of Directors of Coldwater Conservation Fund.

2000

·         Fourteenth TU National Conservation Banquet raises $37,000

·         Donation to Philip H. Bracewell Conservation Education Foundation.

·         Funded Linville River Watershed Partnership Project.

·         Supported Catawba Science Center, Life Science Hall and Partners in Science.

·         Funded Muddy Creek Restoration, South Holston River/Watauga River Cleanup.

·         Supported SE Regional TU Brook Trout Restoration, Smoky Mtns National Park.

·         Supported TU Coldwater Conservation Fund – Mortensen Fund.

·         Supported Coastal Conservation Association.

·         Supported NC Coastal Federation/NC Wildlife Federation

2001

            Winner of Trout Unlimited National Newsletter award.

            Received Trout Unlimited "River Keepers" Award

·         Fifteenth TU National Conservation Banquet raises $37,000

·         Donation to Philip H. Bracewell Conservation Education Foundation.

·         Funded Linville River Watershed Partnership Project.

·         Supported Catawba Science Center, Life Science Hall and Partners in Science.

·         Funded Muddy Creek Restoration, South Holston River/Watauga River Cleanup.

·         Supported SE Regional TU Brook Trout Restoration, Smoky Mtns National Park.

·         Supported TU Coldwater Conservation Fund – Mortensen Fund.

·         Supported Coastal Conservation Association.

·         Supported NC Coastal Federation/NC Wildlife Federation

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