Trout Stream Reflections

Perhaps it is just human behavior that we get used to the treasures in our backyard and lose sight of their importance. In this case, perhaps it is the many trout streams that flow through our Central Wisconsin landscape. In our busy lives, we drive cars and trucks over bridges and culverts that cross streams, and, at best, we may have time for a glance at the stream, but no real occasion to appreciate and value them. Well, now there is a great event that will reacquaint all of us with Central Wisconsin trout streams.
Join the TU CARES Central Sands Celebration! A NO-COST Community event for families, kids, and adults for a “Work-day Caring for and enjoying the Mecan River”.
Stay overnight or just show up to visit and volunteer on either of the two days.
Friday, May 16th, starting at 3 p.m. through Saturday, the 17th, ending at 2 p.m.
Free Lodging and meals Friday night at the Mecan River Inn, N1264 County Road B, Coloma, WI 54930. Register: https://tu.myeventscenter.com/event/Central-Sands-Celebration-Mecan-River-Workday-107762?redir=1

The hosted dinner will be on Friday, from 6-9 p.m.
Friday events take place at Richford Community Center, W11127 Cumberland Ave, Coloma. Activities include TU CARES and Conservation Organization presentations, fly tying, aquatic bugs, and kids' crafts.
On Saturday, travel to the Workday site location near the Mecan River Segment of the Ice Age Trail on 9th Avenue North (Coloma), 2/3 mile north of Hwy 21. (G.P.S. coordinates: 44.040398, -89.446471)
Both Breakfast and Lunch will be served. Activities will include a meet and greet of Conservation Organizations, electrofishing, viewing habitat work, tree planting, casting practice, stream Insects, hiking the Ice Age Trail, games, and music.
Find more details at: https://www.facebook.com/events/2508316839499654 or by contacting Jamie Vaughn: Jamie.Vaughan@tu.org.
The TU CARES Central Sands Celebration is funded by a grant from Bell’s Brewery, Inc. of Comstock and Kalamazoo, Michigan, and matching funds from TU CARES Chapters of Trout Unlimited. This event was facilitated by staff members of Trout Unlimited’s Great Lakes Program, Elliott Donnelley Trout Unlimited, and Wisconsin DNR Trout Habitat Management and Fisheries.
TU CARES and supporting organizations plan to continue this event as an annual feature celebrating these treasures in Central Wisconsin. We encourage community involvement from Wautoma and surrounding communities. Other Wisconsin communities annually celebrate the trout streams in their backyard. Coon Valley, Wisconsin has an annual Coon Valley Trout Fest in June, which is a community-wide event. In Minnesota, Preston’s Annual Trout Days Celebration is held in May.