Nick Zarlinga
"If we ignore nature.....maybe it'll go away."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Crail" <farmertodd_at_buckeye-express.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 10:20 PM
Subject: NANFA-- Ohio is out of the ice blocks... and off! :)
> Greetings NANFAns,
>
> I was first just going to report this to the BOD list... But I decided
> everyone can benefit :)
>
> I've got spring fever like no tomorrow. Today it was up around 40, I was
> working outside with just a sweat shirt on, and it's time for all this
snow
> and ice to go bye-bye. Unfortunately, the weatherman has predicted a
nasty
> winter storm tonight... I hope it melts by the time I get up tomorrow.
> Ignorance *is* bliss :)
>
> Apparently, I've taken on the job of Ohio State Rep for NANFA, so I
thought
> I'd tell you all a little about what's going in this lil' state of ours.
> I'm really excited about what is coming up, and wanted to share some of
that
> excitement.
>
> **************************************************
>
> First things first. It was illustrated to me in a very pointed way how
> important our State Rep Program is. I was sent the Ohio list, and I
thought
> my address was entered incorrectly. I couldn't understand how AC was
coming
> here... I thought "Well maybe the postman was just putting it at the right
> address." Then... I saw my address a little further down the list.
> Uhhhhh....
>
> Yeap that's right. I've lived here for a year and a half and had another
> NANFA member three doors down the street from me. Even met the guy, and
he
> had expressed an interest in seeing my tanks... But the house was a mess,
so
> I didn't invite him in. How about that huh? We talked last weekend, and
he
> has a different approach to NANFA than I do... He likes to fly fish, and
is
> an avid conservationist about stream health. Around here, there isn't
much
> in the way of typical fly fishing species besides on ponds. He joined
> because he wondered what all these neat animals are that he's been
catching.
> I can't wait to show him some darters :)
>
> This is especially interesting, because my big plan this year was to
really
> learn how to fly fish so I could catch and photograph some of the larger
> fish that evade our seines and too small for typical rod and reel
> presentations, or are in areas too difficult to net. And here the
solution
> and experience was right down the street.
>
> So I'd like to urge you all to get in contact with your reps... Reps if
you
> haven't already, get in contact with all your folks. Tomorrow's club may
> live right down the road! :)
>
> **************************************************
>
> Next on the agenda... Ohioans... We'd like to have a get together this
> month. We haven't determined a date or location yet. Maybe there's some
> suggestions out there? It seems our greatest density is in NE Ohio... But
I
> don't want that to preclude any other locations. We've got a whole lotta
> different habitat around. I'd like to see all of it :) And don't be shy
> if you're close by and want to join in (MI, IN, KY, PA, WV). We got quite
a
> list of characters in the "usual suspects" and I haven't had a bad day out
> yet, even when we didn't catch much of anything :)
>
> **************************************************
>
> Something more concrete on the calendar.... May 3rd, Ohio NANFA will be
> helping new NANFA members Dan and Michelle Vargo along with the rest of
> their Beaver Creek Nature Center crew put on a nature weekend at Beaver
> Creek State Park in far East Central Ohio. NANFA will be there to provide
> native fish geekyness. The way Beaver Creek runs thru the park is set up
> fantastically to get in and show some people what's living right there:
>
> http://www.farmertodd.com/NANFA/101202/pages/BeaverCreek.htm
>
> You can see where that picnic area and parking is adjacent to the riffle,
up
> there to the left. Good place to set up some tanks and go back and forth
> from the riffle. Hopefully, some of the visitors will want to get in and
> join us :)
>
> I will send out reminders and contact other non-list people... But if
> there's anyone you can think of that would like to be here for this,
please
> pass this along. If there's any questions, please feel free to ask me via
> email or by phone (it's in AC now).
>
> **************************************************
>
> And finally... This week I will be setting up a native tank at a local
High
> School. The tank currently has 5 goldfish and a whole lotta algae. It
will
> be a pleasure to make that conversion! :) Down the road, I may need to
call
> on a couple people to come out this way to help me demonstrate the
ecotypes
> in the wild. If this sounds like something you'd like to do, please get
in
> contact with me. It may or may not involve a weekday. I will know more
as
> I work with the teacher this week.
>
> Pictures to come..... :)
>
> **************************************************
>
> Okay, well I think that wraps it up. Thanks for you time... And I hope
you
> share my excitement for the year ahead! :)
>
> Todd
>
> I hope you know that this will go down on your permenant record.
> http://www.farmertodd.com
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