Connecticut Trout Stamp Bill SB-139
Greetings, Members and friends from Connecticut, we need your support for SB-139, the Trout Stamp Bill. This is a good faith effort by the fishing community at this time of “Budget Distress” to create a new revenue stream to support the Fisheries Div. and the hatcheries. It will establish the authority for the Commissioner to…
More Hatchery Information
Here’s the latest email from Rivers Alliance of Connecticut with links to the Farmington Valley Trout Unlimited website. Both have great information and links. Trout Unlimited Fact Sheet
Potential Hatchery Funding Update
The news is out that Budget negotiations by the three parties (Governor, Democrats & Republicans) have ended without resolution and a Special Session of the Legislature has been called for Tuesday. (www.ctnewsjunkie.com) Therefore it is important for all of us to continue to contact the Governor and our Legislators to express our disagreement with the…
Governor Proposes ALL Hatcheries to Close by 2016
Not A Lot of Surprises In Malloy’s Latest Proposal for Budget Cuts Another of Malloy’s favorite targets for budget cuts is the fish hatcheries. Malloy proposed closing the state’s three fish hatcheries and laying off the 17 staff that work there. The $1.1 million in savings from the measure would require them to close by…
Salmon-in-Schools Updates
30+ teachers, CRSA Liaisons (and a Director or two) attended the October 6th Salmon-in-Schools Orientation, held at Eversource Headquarters in Berlin, CT. Leonard J. Tyl students presented their work from the 2015 Salmon-in-Schools season along with the annual Atlantic salmon updates from from DEEP staff. CRSA Directors Bell, Carroll and Kendall moderated the forum for…
Thank You
Below is an email from Greg Sharp, an environmental attorney with the Hartford law firm of Murtha Cullina. Greg is chairman of the CT Fishery Advisory Council and led the effort to keep Kensington Hatchery in the state budget for the next two years. Greg said to Jim Carroll that contacts from teachers and students…
Appropriations Committee Budget
The appropriations committee released it’s proposed budget which includes the Kensington Hatchery proposal on page 158 of the PDF. For the entire budget proposal, click here. Thanks for speaking up – the committee heard you! Here’s a copy of the section on the hatchery.
Help Us Save the Kensington Hatchery
SUPPORT THE KENSINGTON HATCHERY NOW! Take action this weekend before Wednesday April 1 to support reinstatement of the state budget line $195,000 item for Kensington Hatchery. We learned yesterday that the Appropriations Committee will take a final vote next Wednesday April 1. The Governor’s budget cuts the funding for the Kensington Hatchery. This is the…
August 5th Kensington Fish Hatchery Tour
CRSA members and Salmon-in-School teachers are invited to tour the Kensington Fish Hatchery on Tuesday, August 5th at 10:00AM. The address is: 120 Old Hatchery Rd, Kensington, CT 06037 Please RSVP Jim Carroll jcarrolljr@comcast.net as soon as possible if you plan to attend. For more information about the hatchery check out the DEEP website: http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2696&q=536194&deepNav_GID=1630