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This is what the Chapter does.
We were
named Conservation Organization Of The Year by the Mo Dept of
Conservation and the CFM both in the same year.
Brush projects in the spring of 2004 & 2005 years and a few years prior that
I can't remember
Kid's Day every year.
Fall tournament every year in which more than 50% of the participants are
non-members, the one in 2008 will be our 34th annual.
Spring
Tournament for the past 5-6 years that is growing every year.
Nets for the hatchery this year. Several years ago we also did nets over the
pools.
Many years ago we also bought fiche nets for capturing fish. Our
Chapter this year,2008, has pledged approximately $1200 for this project.
Work sports shows every year to spread the word, promoting not only our
Chapter but the Pomme de Terre Lake area
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Put on seminars every year also do at least two Pomme De Tours every year,
the tours usually last at least 6 hours and is a freebe to Chapter Members.
Gave money to West Virginia in 2006 to help restock muskies when they lost a
lake.
Vegetation project 2004-2008 and it looks like they are growing. Last
year, 2007, with high water some of the plants, smartweed, did not do so
well but the water lilys and spatterdock are doing great.
Currently involved with the
MDC is getting a Handicap Dock at the Bolivar Landing of Lake Pomme de
Terre. Our chapter has pledged $3500 for this project.
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Muskies, Inc is actively pursuing a number of research
projects. Our research committee is continually collecting and analyzing
data as it applies to muskellunge propagation and management. The following
projects are examples of committee activities:
Muskie Tagging Programs - In cooperation with many state DNRs muskies have
been tagged. By tabulating information on where the tagged fish have
been sighted or recaptured, a better knowledge of the survival rate, growth
and movement of these fish is determined.
Telemetry Study - Muskies, Inc. has supported radio telemetry studies
conducted in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota lakes. Knowledge of habits,
movement and behavior of the muskies greatly increased from the information
supplied by this research.
Muskies, Inc. chapters have made significant financial contributions to a
joint study being made by the DNR’s of Wisconsin and Minnesota to determine
the genetic differences between the Shoepac and Mississippi strains of the
Muskellunge. This study is expected to result in more efficient stocking and
may answer the question of why some lakes are populated with stunted
muskies.
Muskellunge Symposium - In 1984 Muskies, Inc. in cooperation with the
American Fisheries Society conducted its largest project yet-A Symposium on
Muskellunge in North America. The largest gathering of Muskie experts ever
assembled participated in this scientific adventure in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
This was the most significant exchange of scientific data ever assembled on
the Muskie and its management by scientists, biologists, and layman. The
proceedings are published in the form of video tapes and a book (Managing
Muskies) which has become the How to Manual for a strong Muskie program. The
Symposium was truly a quality project that will directly benefit Muskie
propagation for many years in the future.
LUMNAR Muskellunge Project - This project has received broad support from
parties interested in the future of the trophy muskellunge fishery of Lac
Suel, in Ontario Canada. The main objective of the LUMNAR Muskellunge
Project is to ascertain age-at-length data for the Lac Suel muskellunge
fishery. This age-at-length, will give us a growth rate model for this
fishery which may then be compared with other fisheries (e.g. southern
Ontario and northern Minnesota) to help us determine its relative status. In
1993 Muskies, Inc. approved a donation of $5,000.00 to the Ontario Ministry
for this research study. A donation of $3,000.00 was again requested and
approved in 1994 and $5,000.00 in 1995.
The American
Fisheries Society request for $7,000.00 funding for publication of the
one-day symposium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin December 8, 1997. Strategies for
Muskellunge Management published as a special edition of the North American
Journal of Fisheries Management. Volume 19, Number 1, February 1999
Dr.Casselman/Chris Robinson Project This project was approved at the April
5, 1997 board meeting. The title of this study is "Factors Affecting Growth
Potential, Year-class Strength, and Abundance of Muskellunge- 1950's to
1990's." The objectives of the research project were threefold: 1) To
develop mathematical techniques to refine age and growth data from the
Cleithrum Project muskellunge samples; 2) To use the data to determine
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