KEEP KENSINGTON!
This year’s proposed budget calls for the removal of $147,910 specified as the amount necessary to to operate the Kensington Hatchery. Following are impacts of the loss of this hatchery:
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The Salmon-in-Schools program, sponsored by CRSA, would be terminated after this school year, which would affect 60-70 schools.
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Valuable genetic traits defining Connecticut River salmon will be lost forever.
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Trout in the Classroom program may be lost due to the need for chilled water (only available at Kensington) during egg development.
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Up to 7000 Atlantic Salmon fishing trips in Connecticut will be lost with the end of the brood stocking program.
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The unique Seeforellen Brown trout will be lost to Connecticut anglers.
What can you do?
Email or call your legislative members and the members of the Appropriations Subcommittee. For a list with contact information, please click here.
The committee will vote SOON,
so please act now!
For CRSA President Robert Jones' March 2 letter regarding the Kensington Hatchery, click here. |
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CRSA Receives Prestigious "Conservation Achievement Award" from National Wildlife Federation
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CRSA has been awarded the Conservation Achievement Award in the category of Education from the National Wildlife Federation. The NWF awards are given to "honorees who represent the best and the brightest of individuals and organizations whose actions to help the conservation movement are exemplary…" The award was presented in Washington, DC, at the NWF's Annual Awards Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill on April 16, 2011.
Click here to read the press release! |
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| NOAA Fisheries Service, USFWS extend Endangered Species Act protection |
NOAA’s Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have extended Endangered Species Act protection to more Atlantic salmon by adding fish in the Penobscot, Kennebec, and Androscoggin rivers and their tributaries to the endangered Gulf of Maine population first listed in 2000. [June 15, 2009] Click here to read more. |
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Hatchery Workers Play Role In Effort To Restore Salmon |
This article about Connecticut's only Atlantic salmon hatchery appeared in The Hartford Courant on November 27, 2008. Click here to read the full article. |
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| Draft Recovery Plan Available |
NOAA Fisheries and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) have published an announcement in the Federal Register (69 FR 34184) announcing the availability of the Draft Recovery Plan for the Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment of Atlantic Salmon (2.5 mb). The Services are soliciting review and comment on the draft plan from the public and all interested parties. For more information, read the Services' responses to frequently asked questions. |
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
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The Connecticut River Compact has been reauthorized by the US Congress for an additional 20 years. [More] |
