Conservation Corner

Jim Monical – VP Conservation 

Mission Statement


To provide conservation direction and leadership for Granite Bay Flycasters by promoting the protection of fisheries and water resources, and to stimulate participation, awareness, and education of our club members and the community regarding conservation efforts.

Conservation Monthly Message


Preserving, protecting and enhancing local waters are several of the club’s primary objectives.  The pursuit of these objectives is the responsibility of the Conservation Committee.  This committee is comprised of club members that attend quarterly Conservation Committee meetings.  If you attend a Conservation Committee meeting, then you automatically become a member of this committee.

There are two main ways in which the Conservation Committee pursues these objectives: 1) by using club members to undertake improvement projects; and 2) by making donations to environmental groups that perform similar projects.  Let’s talk about the steps by which an environmental group could become a candidate to receive a donation.

The first step is for a club member to identify this environmental group, the earlier the better.  More specifically, the member sends the VP of Conservation (Jim Monical) the name of the proposed candidate and its website.  It is important the website be identified so the group can be researched.  Here’s Jim Monical’s email jbmexplorer@gmail.com.  These new candidates will be added to a list of last year’s donation recipients.

The second step involves a review this list by some members of the Conservation Committee (i.e., the ad hoc committee).  The purpose of this ad hoc committee is to summarize the attributes of each candidate.  These attributes could include the candidate’s revenues, their expenditures, the types of projects they undertake and where these projects were or will be performed.  The ad hoc committee makes no decision regarding which candidates receive a donation or how much they should receive.

The third, and final step, occurs at the Conservation Committee’s June meeting.  Every club member that attends this meeting can participate.  This step includes a discussion of candidate summaries, a selection of candidates that should receive a donation and the value of that donation.  If a club member has suggested a candidate, then that member should be ready to explain why that group should receive a donation (i.e., be an advocate for that candidate).

The Conservation Committee selected 5 groups that shared $10,000 at last year’s June meeting which is visible on the ‘Current and Past Support’ Conservation we pages.  The exact value of this year’s donations will be determined by the Board of Directors.  This value will be based upon revenues generated from the Annual Dinner.

That’s enough about the business of the club, now it’s time to attend to the business of fishing.

Kim Lloyd

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