ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Western Rocky Mountain Council FFF Expo
The WRMC of FFF is hosting a Fly Fishing Expo at West Yellowstone June 27-28. This is a top notch event located at the Holiday Inn there in West Yellowstone. The Expo will have many displays, including fly tiers, and a banquet with a special speaker on Saturday night. Interested fly tiers can call Bob Lay at 406-227-5956.

Bighorn River Clean-Up
Magic City Fly Fishers is planning a river cleanup for May 10th, and would like to target the upper 8 miles of river. The cleanup crews will work two sections, the first from Afterbay to Three Mile, and the second from Three Mile to Three Rivers. We're looking for volunteers both with and without boats for a fun and productive day on the river. We'll be leaving enough free time at the end of the cleanup to get in some fishing, too! FWP will be donating the garbage bags, and help with some media announcements. If you're interested in giving us a hand, please contact Doug Haacke(dhaacke@gmail.com), so he can coordinate the boats and sections. We'll be meeting at Three Mile at 8am on May 10th. Participants should bring their own lunch, and we'll have a van to shuttle ourselves. The same van is available to bring 14 folks to and from Billings, if needed, but folks needing a ride will need to reserve a spot with Doug.

Board Elects New Officers
At the April board meeting, the following officers were elected:
President-Chris Fleck
Vice-President-Lyle Courtnage
Secretary-Mike Whittington
Treasurer-Bob Thiesen
Information Officer-Becky Fleck

Also, the following committee chairs were appointed/designated:
Greg Payton-Programs
Doug Haacke-Conservation
Paul Morrison-Membership

National TU Proposed River Access Policy
Below are links to correspondence from Montana TU to National TU regarding National TU's proposed change to stream access policy:
Access Memo from Montana State TU Council Chair (pdf)
TU Draft Strategic Plan (Draft Review (pdf)

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