Kuneytown and Seneca Falls DU Chapter partner with DEC, USFWS to band and release ducks

Kuneytown members, members of the Seneca Falls Ducks Unlimited chapter,and many more volunteers participated in a duck banding program this past Saturday. The Dept of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, NYS DEC and Montezuma and DU biologists did a great job involving everyone and educating us on the process that is so important to the data collection that is needed to monitor the health and population of the ducks. Thanks to everyone that participated!  If I failed to mention anyone, I apologize.  Here a few pictures --  more to come soon.

Canoga Creek Clean-up a Success

Thanks to all the members that participated in the 2011 Canoga Creek Clean-up. There were more than 20 people involved, from the Finger Lakes chapter of Trout Unlimited and Kuneytown Sportsmen's Club, with support from Cayuga Lake Watershed Network. We are well on our way to establishing the Canoga Creek Conservancy Consortium (C4).

7 bags of trash were collected, as well as at least as many tires and even an old TV set. A great deal of effort was expended removing the invasive and noxious Multiflora rose. The removal of this invasive species will allow greater access for anglers as well as for future conservation efforts to address erosion, improve in-stream habitat for brook trout, and reforestation activities in the state-owned Canoga Creek Wildlife Management Area. A special thanks to Andy Buss for bringing his enthusiasm and skills to the project, and to Eric Riegel for hauling the refuse and the use of his business' dumpster.

K-Town & Finger Lakes TU to conduct a Canoga Creek Clean-up

On Saturday March 26^th, at 9:00 AM, Kuneytown Sportsmen’s Club will work in partnership with the Finger Lakes Chapter of Trout Unlimited to conduct a Canoga Creek Clean-up.

Our mission is to clean up trash and junk that has accumulated in and around the creek as well as to remove the invasive species “Multiflora Rose” from the stream bank, which is limiting stream access and preventing native species from re-vegetating the erodible stream banks of the creek.

We need members and their families to come get involved in conservation work to enhance our neighborhood trout fishing resource. Please come in work clothes, and bring your tools- ie machetes, pruning shears, work gloves, etc. You may want to bring high boots or hip waders as well if you plan on wading to remove trash. Trash bags will be provided.

We will meet at 9:00 am in the state parking area near the Canoga Cemetery. We will focus our efforts on the section of the stream that is public, east of Rt 89. This section of the creek is scheduled to be stocked with brook trout again this year by the Trout Unlimited folks before opening day (April 1).

Please come and take advantage of this great opportunity to represent your club’s efforts to protect and enhance our local natural resources. It is a great opportunity to get to know Canoga Creek!

See you there on Saturday.