2025 Year End Letter
As we close the year and look forward to 2026 our Trout Unlimited chapter hopes to increase our conservation work, community outreach and fishing engagements.
You are all probably aware that a developer is proposing a 60+ unit apartment building plus nine townhouses on Plum Tree Lane in Easton/Trumbull right on the upper Mill River. The project will be an environmental disaster for our beloved wild trout stream. Using affordable housing as a cover, they can ignore zoning regulations. Please voice your concerns to officials in Trumbull, Easton and Fairfield (Fairfield because all the silt, chemicals and garbage will go downstream to Fairfield).
On a more positive note, we hope restore part of the Mill River along Congress Street this summer. We have raised over $41,000 (much due to a generous donation from the Bass Pro and Cabella’s Outdoor Fund and a generous chapter member). We need another $12,000 for phase 1 of the project. To donate to this project, go to the Go Fund Me Page or the Nutmeg TU website.
If you want to learn more, contact us and/or come to one of our monthly gatherings (the 3rd Tuesday January through May, then resuming in September).
The Trout in the Classroom program kicks off on January 7th, when trout eggs (and food) from the state hatcheries will be delivered to local schools for students to raise, and then release the trout.
In the spring we will again be teaching kids how to fish, in cooperation with the Aspetuck Land Trust and the Boy Scouts.
Also, in the spring we will do a river cleanup and resume our fishing outings.
This summer, together with the Aspetuck Land Trust, we will do phase 3 of the revetment project on the upper Mill River in Easton. By using discarded Christmas trees, we are able to build back eroded banks (we won’t be collecting trees this year since we have enough from last years’ collection).
We would love to do more conservation work, community outreach and working with kids. Let us know how you want to get involved or have any questions. Contact us at admin@nutmegtrout.org
Wishing you all Happy Holidays, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Rich Rosen