WENATCHEE SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION

Ron Bruno – President                                                                                                                                         Donated Game Meat Contacts

Jerry Gutzwiler - Vice President                                      Visit our Website                                                     George Komro 884-5359

Randy Hein – Treasurer                              www.wenatcheesportsmensassociation.com                                   Ron Bruno 884-9369

Herb Troxel – Secretary                                                                                                                                       Neil Fulwiler 663-9076

 

General Meeting:           June 15, 2010                                                                 Steel Workers Hall - 180 Rock Island Road - East Wenatchee

 

Elections:  The following officers were elected for new two year terms: Ron Bruno, President; Jerry Gutzwiler, Vice President; Herb Troxel, Secretary; and Randy Hein, Treasurer. All Board members were re-elected. They are Amy Wickenhagen, Bill Stegeman, Dave Gimlin, Gordy Goodwin, Jack Michel, Matt Gutzwiler, Neil Fulwiler, Pete Lopushinsky, Ron C. Poppe, Ron Jagla, Sharon Rose, and Von Pope.  All officers also serve on the Board of Directors.

 

CORT Class:  Ron Poppe will be putting on a CORT class June 16, 7:00 PM at the Steel Workers Hall at 180 Rock Island Road, East Wenatchee.

 

Goose banding:  Dave Volson reports banding will be June 23, 2010, at both the Rock Island Golf Course and at Confluence State Park.  We will need 8-10 workers at each site. This year they will be trapping both locations at the same time, banding at one, and then moving the banding operation to the next.  You can assume that we will be starting at or before sunrise and working for roughly 4 hours.

 

Chelan/Douglas Land Trust:  Neal Hedges is seeking a game camera to borrow so vandals can be identified at some of their properties.  If any one can help, call Neal at 509-667-9708.

 

Spring Clean Up:  Meet at the park at Mission and Crawford Streets at 8:00 AM.  Bring your own lunch, water, gloves tools and trucks. We will send crews to Blue Grade, Beehive, Lilly, Clear and Black Lakes.  If enough people show up we will send them to Four Corners and Shaller Rd.  Contact Matt Gutzwiler, 663-1526 if you can help.  Disposal for junk and metal has been arranged.  This is the 12th year WSA has sponsored this event.  Come out and support your club.

 

Chelan Butte Fences:  Bill Stegeman is still working on removal of fences from state wildlife lands on Chelan Butte.  Contact Bill at 663-7529 if you can help. This project will be ongoing dependent on weather.

 

Colockum Projects:  Ron Poppe has a number of water and feeder projects in the Colockum Wildlife Area that need to be finished.  Contact Ron at 662-3957 for times, dates and projects.

 

River Cleanups:  Cascadia Conservation District is planning river clean up projects on the Entiat and Wenatchee Rivers in August.  They are also planning a riparian planting project on the Entiat.  Contact Phylisha Owen at 664-9309.

 

Entiat Salmon:  Chinook salmon fishery will be open through June 30 on the Entiat River from the highway 97A bridge to 800 feet below the hatchery outlet.  Daily limit is two salmon over 12 inches. 

 

Free Fishing Day:  June 12-13 has been designated free fishing day by the WDFW.  Citizens may fish without licenses, permits or fees on open waters of the state. Contact WDFW for details at www.wdfw.wa.gov.

 

Department Report:  The Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting scheduled for June 4-5 at Spokane has been changed to a teleconference at the WDFW Region 1 office in Spokane and the Natural Resources Building in Olympia on June 4th. Public input on non-agenda items will be allowed at the beginning and end of the meeting.  On the agenda will be proposed wildlife-damage rules, available online at http://bit.ly/db1aCT, and several land transactions.

 

Volunteering:  Membership in the Wenatchee Sportsmen’s Club is a voluntary act. The Mission Statement says we will maintain and enhance habitat and preserve wildlife, which is important to us.  We have been quite successful in funding our mission through work of the Game Feed Committee members.  We have had notable successes in support our mission thanks to the volunteer efforts of members of WSA.  We have been very successful on the local level in hands on projects to support our mission.  With success comes recognition, which we have received from various sources.  With recognition come requests for assistance with projects from other groups and agencies. 

 

Due to budgetary concerns Washington State has decided to reduce the ability of state agencies to maintain lands and facilities that they havr been responsible for in the past.  Other organizations with similar interests to ours in Washington are increasing their activities.  These lead to more requests for project help from the Wenatchee Sportsmen’s Association.  Already in 2010 we have logged over 2000 volunteer hours.  Our core group of workers is getting stretched pretty thin.  We have had to decline to be involved in some good projects because we do not feel we could find the time from our volunteers.  We need more hands on help.  We all have family and career requirements that limit our time to volunteer, but if we had more members participating we could do more.  We have a variety of projects throughout the year.  Just 10 hours per member would generate 3000+ hours of progress.

 

Last Meeting:  Remember that this is the last meeting until September.  We will have projects continuing throughout the summer, so check the website for times and dates, or call Ron Poppe or Bill Stegeman.  Keep track of your hours and mileage to turn in to Ron Poppe.  Keep Club and Department time separate.

 

                                               President – Ron Bruno                       Secretary – Herb Troxel