NOTES FROM THE CHAPTER PRESIDENT
May 14, 2010

NEXT WORKDAY JUNE 6, 2010 @ 9:00, St. Rt. 36 Bridge

SURVEY RESULTS

If you responded to the survey, thank you! Out of about 900 members, just over 100 members responded. Based on the survey results:
 
-- At least 70% of the respondents said they would or might attend a banquet, depending on where and when it's held.

-- A resounding 70% of respondents said they'd be interested in outings on the Mad River with another 10% saying they might be interested. Likewise, 45% said they'd like outings in other locations with another 16% saying they might be interested in outings at other locations.

-- More than half of the respondents said they don't want more meetings.

-- For the meetings we are having, about 60% said they would or might be interested in meeting at other locations, depending on when and where.

2010 WORKPLAN

The Board is taking the survey results into consideration with our 2010 Workplan and activities already scheduled. One thing I know for sure is that we need more member involvement to carry out our existing activities and we definitely need it if we want to schedule new ones.

HELP NEEDED

We need help with all activities including our monitoring/sampling program. We have a core group of members trained in volunteer monitoring (lead by Don Boysel our Vice President), but we expanded the program and we need more help.

SAMPLING RESULTS

Our first sampling of macroinvertebrates took place on April 18 and the results are as follows:




Location PTI Ratings St. Rt 36 26 29/296 @ Kings Creek 32 Watson's 26 Pimtown Rd 27 West Liberty Park 30 Mac-O-Chee Creek           (above, within and below Piatt Project) 18,22,25

 

Pollution Tolerance Index (PTI) Rating
>23  - Excellent
17-22 - Good
11-16 - Fair
<10  - Poor

There was a strong presence of caddis, mayflies, riffle beetles, and right-handed snails, all of which are pollutant intolerant.

I hope the Chapter can provide some activities of interest to you and that you'll join us soon.

Upcoming activities will be posted on the web site calendar at http://www.tumadmen.org/html/calendar.html


Tom Allen,
Madmen Chapter President 

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Some members of the Madmen Chapter of TU have been involved in conservation practices on the Mad River for over 40 years

Today, TU Madmen Chapter members and members of the Central Ohio Fly Fishers (COFF-Columbus), Miami Valley Fly Fishers (MVFF- Dayton), Buckeye United Fly Fishers (BUFF- Cincinnati) and Northern Kentucky Fly Fishers (NKFF) are involved in a variety of activities supporting watershed protection which include the following:

• in-stream/riparian habitat improvement
• adopt-a-bridge/streamwatch program
• stream monitoring
• logjam removal
• education/outreach

Check out the many projects we are involved with and get involved in protecting this unique and valuable resource; consider becoming a member of the Madmen Chapter of TU and the Mad River Watershed.