{"id":3282,"date":"2024-09-19T18:53:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T22:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/?p=3282"},"modified":"2024-10-18T16:24:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T20:24:09","slug":"presidents-note-august-2024-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/?p=3282","title":{"rendered":"President&#8217;s Note &#8211; September 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>September and early October will be a busy time for our Chapter.\u00a0 LRCTU has activities planned for three consecutive weekends beginning with Water Sampling on September 21 supporting the Acid Deposition Study in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP).\u00a0 The following weekends include the Townsend Fall Heritage Festival on\u00a0September 27 &#8211; 28 and the Little River Clean-Up in GSMNP on October 5.\u00a0 Combining the above events with the arrival of new eggs for our fall session of Trout in the Classroom (TIC), including the addition of Walland Elementary School and the Samuel Everett School of Innovation in Maryville to our TIC Program, should keep us busy.<br><br>The LRCTU exhibit at the Townsend Fall Heritage Festival will focus on the legacy of fly fishing in the Smokies and the importance of conserving our cold-water resources in and around GSMNP to preserve this fishery for future generations. \u00a0 Many of our members will be displaying their fly-tying skills at the festival.\u00a0 We will also offer fly casting instruction and displays featuring our Chapter activities.\u00a0 This event is a great outreach opportunity for our Chapter.<br><br>The 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual LRCTU On-Line Auction will be held from November 23 through\u00a0December 8.\u00a0 At least 80% of the auction proceeds will be donated to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) Fisheries Department.\u00a0 We have already received items for this year\u2019s auction valued at over $9,000.\u00a0 Pay close attention to details later in this newsletter regarding the auction.<br><br>The\u00a0September Chapter Meeting being held on Thursday September 19 (a week earlier than normal)\u00a0will include a feature presentation by Richard Witt Fly Fishing.\u00a0 Richard is a fly-fishing guide who is passionate about conservation and has supported our Chapter through contributions to our annual auction.\u00a0 Several of our members have fished with Richard either locally or with hosted trips to Colorado, Montana, and the Everglades.<br><br>Bob Bishop<br>President<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1k86IM1rH5ZUsYPb15tVCw4l4ieRQM0Qr\/view?usp=drive_link\">Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September and early October will be a busy time for our Chapter.\u00a0 LRCTU has activities planned for three consecutive weekends beginning with Water Sampling on September 21 supporting the Acid Deposition Study in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP).\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/?p=3282\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3282"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3291,"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282\/revisions\/3291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}