keeping the legacy of wild Atlantic salmon alive in Western New England
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.
The salmon stocking/release season has begun! Please send us a photo or two to share and remember to return your data sheets to Mr. Carroll via USPS (or you can scan and email them to him). Thanks and happy spring salmon season!
2014 Guest Sporting Artist Charles McCaughtry will be having a Spring Studio Open House on Saturday, May 2nd and Sunday, May 3rd from 10AM to 6PM each day. His studio is located in a beautiful natural setting at 44 Portland Drive (off Rte. 89) in Ashford, CT. For more information please visit www.mccaughtryart.com.
Many thanks to you all for your efforts to keep the hatcheries (and Salmon-in-Schools) alive. What’s happened so far is submission of an alternative bill (House Bill 6047), co-sponsored by Rep. William Tong, 147th Dist., Rep. Melissa H. Ziobron, 34th Dist. and Rep. Mary M. Mushinsky, 85th Dist. It is meant to establish proper funding…
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…
Please schedule a salmon stocking date and site through the ‘for teachers’ section of the website. The Salmon River and Farmington River at People’s State Forest calendars are available online. If you are stocking on the Salmon Brook in Granby (Salmon Brook Park and Holcomb Farm) or East Granby (Granbrook Park), please check with the…
Join us at the L.L. Bean store in South Windsor on Sunday March, 15 from 11am-5pm
Deb Costolnick of Hartland Schools has moved their website. Here’s the new address. https://sites.google.com/site/hartlandsalmoninschools/Home If your school is online with their salmon program, send us your link!
This poem was read by Caron Stebinger at the annual dinner as part of her comments on her 15 years using the Salmon-in-Schools program at Beecher Road School. It was written by one of her 4th grade students. Fishermen Get the Trout
Thanks to everyone who responded, thirty five tanks reported that they’re doing well and most salmon are happy with their environment. Please feel free to update us at any time on your tank conditions. We like pictures…