CHAPTER EVENTS

May 17, 2022
Chapter Meeting
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Presentation starts at 6:30
Sixty-Six Grill and Taphouse
3440 Frontis St, Winston-Salem, NC
Captain David Stelling has lived in the Boone area since 2001. He graduated from Appalachian State University with a degree in Recreation Management and since fished and guided in a variety of locales but is proud to call Boone home. He has guided locally since 2005 and started Chosen River Outfitters dba High Country Guide Service in 2011. High Country Guide Service provides guided fishing trips around the Boone area along with float trips in Eastern Tennessee. He is a licensed OUPV Charter Captain in Alaska and has been floating the Kanektok since 2006 and took over as Head Guide in 2017 and purchased the outfitter in 2020. Chosen River Outfitters now has permits on the Kanektok and Goodnews Rivers in Togiak National Wildlife Refuge where we also float the Arolik River.
Chapter Meeting
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Presentation starts at 6:30
Sixty-Six Grill and Taphouse
3440 Frontis St, Winston-Salem, NC
Captain David Stelling has lived in the Boone area since 2001. He graduated from Appalachian State University with a degree in Recreation Management and since fished and guided in a variety of locales but is proud to call Boone home. He has guided locally since 2005 and started Chosen River Outfitters dba High Country Guide Service in 2011. High Country Guide Service provides guided fishing trips around the Boone area along with float trips in Eastern Tennessee. He is a licensed OUPV Charter Captain in Alaska and has been floating the Kanektok since 2006 and took over as Head Guide in 2017 and purchased the outfitter in 2020. Chosen River Outfitters now has permits on the Kanektok and Goodnews Rivers in Togiak National Wildlife Refuge where we also float the Arolik River.

June 21, 2022
Chapter Meeting
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Presentation starts at 6:30
Sixty-Six Grill and Taphouse
3440 Frontis St, Winston-Salem, NC
Joey Hester, our guest speaker for June is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and was hired by the Division of Water Resources in April of 2021 after working for the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for 8 years. Joel has a Master’s Degree in Sustainable Development from Murdoch University in Perth, Australia and a Postgraduate Certificate in GIS from NCSU. He also has been the chair of the Triangle Fly Fishers Conservation Committee for 2 years and spent almost all of his free time fly fishing or hunting.
DWR is beginning Nutrient Strategy rulemaking for the High Rock Lake watershed with the intention of reducing eutrophication in the reservoir and limiting blooms of toxin-producing algal species. This will be achieved through a combination of point and nonpoint source nutrient load reductions from the area draining to the lake above the reservoir dam and into the upper reaches of Yadkin River headwaters. Major nutrient sources such as wastewater facilities, agricultural operations, construction sites, developed areas, and sensitive eco regions will be regulated to improve stream and reservoir health in the future. DWR is currently reaching out to stakeholders to familiarize them with the rulemaking process and encourage them to provide input as we develop and refine the nutrient strategy.
Chapter Meeting
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Presentation starts at 6:30
Sixty-Six Grill and Taphouse
3440 Frontis St, Winston-Salem, NC
Joey Hester, our guest speaker for June is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and was hired by the Division of Water Resources in April of 2021 after working for the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for 8 years. Joel has a Master’s Degree in Sustainable Development from Murdoch University in Perth, Australia and a Postgraduate Certificate in GIS from NCSU. He also has been the chair of the Triangle Fly Fishers Conservation Committee for 2 years and spent almost all of his free time fly fishing or hunting.
DWR is beginning Nutrient Strategy rulemaking for the High Rock Lake watershed with the intention of reducing eutrophication in the reservoir and limiting blooms of toxin-producing algal species. This will be achieved through a combination of point and nonpoint source nutrient load reductions from the area draining to the lake above the reservoir dam and into the upper reaches of Yadkin River headwaters. Major nutrient sources such as wastewater facilities, agricultural operations, construction sites, developed areas, and sensitive eco regions will be regulated to improve stream and reservoir health in the future. DWR is currently reaching out to stakeholders to familiarize them with the rulemaking process and encourage them to provide input as we develop and refine the nutrient strategy.