Thursday, January 11, 2007

Strawberry Lauded; Volunteers Needed to Teach Kids to Fish; New Photo Galleries

This post is a catch-all discussing several topics.

Strawberry Lauded
The American Fisheries Society (AFS) recently named Strawberry Reservoir as the Sport Fishery Development and Management Outstanding Sport Fish Restoration Project of the Year for 2006. This newspaper article gives details.

Volunteers Needed
DWR is seeking volunteers to help teach kids how to fish by participating in community fishing clubs.

New Photo Galleries
We’ve recently added 3 new photo galleries, and we’re set to add a bunch more during the next few weeks.

- The Wave of Coyote Buttes

- Hiking Zion’s Subway

Sunday, January 07, 2007

Politics and Outdoor Recreation

I’ve been busy the past few days updating a political newsletter for my bother, a local political consultant.

LaVarr publishes a daily email newsletter full of info about Utah politics and public policy. He and his team took last week off and they talked me into updating the thing for them.

I manage his website and provide technical support for the newsletter. I help with updates occasionally and so I know the drill: up at 4 am looking through a couple dozen newspapers and other sources for information, so the newsletter arrives in email boxes by the time they get to work at 9 am. It makes for long days, but it is fun to get that immersed in the news.

As I did my daily search I found these interesting articles related to outdoor recreation:

- Zion National Park raises its entry fee 25%
- Cost to hunt, fish may change in July
- New fishing regulations begin at certain sites
- Wharton: My predictions: Las Vegas will drain us, but the fish will be biting
- Tight Lines: Now's a good time to brush up on fishing rules
- Snowshoe hike of the week: USA Bowl - Big Cottonwood Canyon
- Avalanche safety classes and information
- Avalanche facts

2007 big game hunt application period begins Jan 17. Get more information about applications at wildlife.utah.gov/hunting.

Incidentally, I finally finished my Monument Valley photo gallery.

Now that I’m done updating the UPD newsletter I should have time to post new info on this stie.
- Dave