The Kiap TU Wish fiscal year runs from April 1st to March 31st. Each year Randy totals up the volunteer hours which have been spent working on our area streams for a report which goes to TU National.
Randy organized 22 brushing workdays this past year amassing just over 1,300 volunteer hours. There were also four days where volunteers assisted the DNR with their annual shocking surveys. There were three workdays centered around treating buckthorn with herbicide, one seeding mulching workday, and one lunker building workday adding another 170 hours to the total. We worked with the 3rd grade class at Greenwood Elementary to hold a brush burning day bringing total hours to over 1,600. Aside from the Greenwood service-learning day, there were 63 different individuals who volunteered their time at workdays. Thirty-four of those individuals attended two or more events.
Several individuals deserve special recognition and thanks for the number of workdays which they participated in. Leading the list is John Skelton with 21, Jim Tatzel with 20, Dave Gregg with 15, Tom Anderson with 14, Trish Hannah and Steve Cox both with 10, Dave Kozlovsky with 9, and Paul Mahler, Pat Sexton and Loren Haas with 6. Bill Farquhar, Matt Janquart, Scott Wagner, William Mahler, Ben Toppel and Jon Rock each attended 5 workdays. Pete Kilibarda, John Kaplan, Jeff Himes, Keith Stein, Jim Sackrison, and Greg Olson each attended 4 workdays. Randy also has Mark Peerenboom, Colleen Grant, Michele Bevis Rainbow Barry, and Al Hopeman listed as having attended three workdays.
Thank you all for your hard work and dedication in answering the calls that bring you out in all sorts of weather to improve habitat for trout. The next workday will start with a reset to zero. If you are one of the more than 200 on our email list who didn’t participate in a workday this past year, We hope to see you in this coming season.
