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[Advertisement] Help Orvis Restore the Au Sable River – And Triple Your Donation

May 29, 2009, by 1 comment

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See Your Donation to Restore the Au Sable Tripled!

Restore the Au Sable River

The Resource

The South Branch of Michigan’s famous Au Sable River is a 25 mile world-renowned stretch of classic small stream trout water. It is one of the most popular fly-fishing destinations in the Midwest, if not the country, and home to perhaps the finest brown trout fishing east of the Mississippi.

The Problem

A lack of large woody debris, due to logging, has reduced cover which allows fish protection from environmental and predatory threats.

The Solution

Anglers of the Au Sable, a non-profit affiliate of The Federation of Fly Fishers, will work to place large woody debris in the river to restore and maintain trout habitat from Smith Bridge to the confluence with the mainstream of the Au Sable. The debris increases the stability of the stream channel, reduces erosion, and serves as cover for the river’s fish. It will also return the Au Sable River to its natural state prior to the logging era.

How you can help

Help us restore the Au Sable River. Your contribution will be matched by Orvis and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation tripling your donation of $100 to $300. Our goal is to raise $90,000 with your help.

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You can also send your tax-deductible contribution, made payable to:

Anglers of the Au Sable
Department TC
The Orvis Company
178 Conservation Way
Sunderland, VT 05250

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[Advertisement] Orvis: Help Trout Unlimited Save Five Key Fisheries

May 20, 2009, by No comments yet

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Save One of Five Fisheries, and See Your Donation Double or Tripled!

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Over the past decade, with the help of our generous customers and other organizations like Trout Unlimited, Orvis has raised and donated $10,000,000 to conservation efforts worldwide.

Now, TU and Orvis have teamed up to support five conservation efforts across the U.S. during TU’s 50th Anniversary year. Each effort is a matching grant of $10,000 from Orvis, with four of them also getting matching donations from the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation.

Click here to double your donation to Bristol Bay, and triple your donation to four other great efforts today.

Project The Resource The Problem The Solution Donation Code
Bristol Bay, Alaska The world’s largest, and internationally-renowned, wild salmon fishery. The world’s largest open pit gold-copper mine, Pebble Mine, proposed at the headwater. At least two rivers to be dewatered. Build local support and national awareness toward long-term watershed protections. Donate online, or mail your donation to Dept. AR-1.
The Missouri Headwaters, Montana The Missouri headwaters: the Jefferson, Big Hole, Beaverhead, and Ruby River. Dewatering and altered flow regimes, degraded mainstem and tributary habitats, and spawning habitat. Improve stream flows and restore habitat. Donate online, or make your donation to Dept. AR-2.
South Fork of the Snake River,

Idaho

The South Fork, home to a critical population of Yellowstone cutthroat trout. Dewatereed spawning tributaries block spawning fish. Non-native rainbow trout hybridize and compete with cutts. Tributary restoration. Water leases for instream flow; removal of barriers. Donate online, or make your donation to Dept. AR-3.
Driftless Area, Upper Mississippi Headwaters 600+ spring creeks in 24,000-square-mile region that drains into the Mississippi. Degraded with soils and fine sediments from massive erosion; denuded riparian from farming practices. Stream habitat and riparian restoration. Donate online, or make your donation to Dept. AR-4.
Battenkill Restoration, Vermont The famed Battenkill. 70% decline in wild trout population due to loss of in-stream woody debris and over-hanging trees for adequate cover. Phase II of successful placement of in-stream woody debris. Donate online, or make your donation to Dept. AR-5.

Make your donation today and we’ll match it!

Pick the conservation effort or efforts you want to help, identified by project codes under the descriptions above. Your contribution will be tripled when matched by Orvis and by
the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (and doubled by Orvis for Bristol Bay).

If you prefer to send your contribution by mail, send your check to:

TU 50th Anniversary Projects
Projects AR-1 through AR-5 *
The Orvis Company
178 Conservation Way
Sunderland, VT 05250

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