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So that didn't take long after we started getting in the media. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-trout-fishing-recovery-plan-1.4546810 http://edmontonjournal.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/alberta-government-backs-off-plans-to-close-popular-fishing-rivers/wcm/ecd291b2-3ea5-4b7f-a163-4c0dbedb501e And folks, make sure to thank Don Anderson as he helped us (Backcountry Hunters and Anglers) out a lot with this.

What can I say? Thanks so much for taking time to reply to my intro, making me feel so welcome and positive the trip will be a good one!. It's a 9 day trip of which I've 'engaged' Maxwell (I don't think I need to mention his surname...) for 4 days, and I fly in to Calgary on the evening of Sept 9th. Just as an aside, I only chose September and Maxwell after 1) reading a report from a brilliant guide/angler from England (Jon Barnes) after his visit to Alberta in September last year, and 2) looking at MR's website and finding a photo of Jon being guided; I figured a guide being guided must be a high recommendation. I can't make further fishing plans yet, but I hope I can fit in a meeting with 1/2/3 etc of you guys. Once again, thanks for your replies, they are very much appreciated. My best regards, Del

http://www.backcountryhunters.ca/ Stay tuned, there's more coming around the habitat stuff. I'll push habitat restoration as much as I pushed for people to send letters against the closures. To be honest, I never even fish any of the rivers that were going to be closed. I got involved in this because I saw the absurdity of closing the rivers to angling without addressing habitat issues.

Taco, i hope the sense of outrage will result in meaningful changes. I would suggest a "Summitt" of all users to figure out how the habitat destruction can be turned around. How this might be organized I haven't a clue. It would appear that the only organization who really understood the issues are the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. They or a Govt Group would be best regards, Don

Ding ding ding.. Funny how much people speak about caring for the resource, yet can't get a dozen people to volunteer for a restoration event, or the ones that do arent actually that into angling..

They gawdamned well better focus on habitat restoration. I actually was in favour of stream closures, not so much to protect species from C&R angling but to keep the sense of outrage in the forefront. Now I suspect the average headwaters angler will slide into complacency and can go back to worrying about keepin' up to the friggin' Jones's

Looks like the Government. may be backing off on Bans but I hope they will now focus on habitat destruction. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-trout-fishing-recovery-plan-1.4546810

Why a Kayak over a pontoon? Just curious... Peter

Don Andersen, fishing legend and the reason I even heard about the possible closure! Hope to see ya at Dutch Creek for a beer again!

Backcountry Hunters and Anglers has issued a press release and created a call to action. Sign the letter here : https://www.backcountryhunters.org/take_action#/34