Hello Everyone
I would like to ask you to support our COHO RESTORATION PROGRAM. A long outstanding member of our club, Ettore Dellaquila has submitted this program as an idea to an organization called, Aviva Community Fund.
Aviva runs a contest to see which community projects/ideas are important to people. They ask for votes on these ideas and the ideas that get the most votes move forward in a competition for funding. The rules are set up like this,
Each registered individual is allowed 15 votes. Those votes can be on different community ideas or just one. If you choose just one, like myself, then you unfortunately will have to go back every day to cast a single vote . This is done until you have used up all of your 15 votes or the first round ends, October 19th. I realize that this may be a pain for many to be asked to do this daily but every vote will increase our chances for success. So lets help Ettore’s idea succeed so we all win.
To vote, click on the link provided below.
http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf11597#.ToW-2
I would then ask all individual who support Ringwood and its programs to send this link to as many people as we can to ensure our vote count gets us into the qualifying rounds for funding.
As many of you know the Metro East Anglers Inc is very close to an agreement that will keep programs that our important to us going. Without the OFAH and its sponsors funding Ringwood these days the responsibility rest squarely on all of our shoulders to see this community hatchery continues to do great work.
Thanks for your Support and Help
Steve Lynas
MEA
Thank you for the support you are showing the Generous Volunteers That participate with the many programs the Metro East anglers have accomplished over the years.
It is only by the dedication of the general public that has created this Everyone in ontario has to help our environment for tomorrow.
Anybody is welcome and encouraged to help the Metro East anglers in the coming future.
Please cast your vote today and remember to log in daily and vote again, This small bit of Free non exhausting support Will Make the next 2012 Coho program a huge success and the support being shown will allow Metro East Anglers to setup future programs..
thank you in advanced for all your help…
From one small dedicated Voice
-Jeremy.
I want to just make another bid to support us in this effort and I would like to take a moment to give some background on the club.
For over 10 years the MEA has been supporting the Lake Ontario watershed with Browns, Rainbows, Atlantics and stream rehabilation projects. Our most recent success stories is two fold.
First and most difficult for us was the raising and stocking of close to 3 million Chinook Salmon. Over a period of 5 years the MEA visited 24 different stocking sites annually to stock salmon as far east as Wellington and as far west as St. Catherines. As the only Chinooks Stocked in Lake Ontario for the Province of Ontario it was a responsibility we did not take lightly. Personally I like to think the recent increases to both catch quantities and size are in no small way due to the great start we gave these Canadian fish. So successful were we in raising Chinooks that when our American counterparts missed stocking quotas in the Spring of 2010, we help them shore up that shortfall with an extra 100k Chinooks stocked to the Niagara River. Canadian side of coarse. LOL
Second, in 2005 the Coho Program was cancelled. In 2006 the MEA asked our partners at Ringwood if we could bring them back. 2008 saw the first stocking of Coho to the Credit River in years. Coho that were raised and stocked by the MEA. We want to continue to help support Lake Ontario. Without support the Canadian Lake Ontario Coho Program would find itself back to where it was in 2005. IMHO The MEA has worked very hard to get this program going again. Last fall we saw a huge run of Coho on the Credit River once again. This was the first time in years that this had been observed. We want to continue with this type of community support, but need people to step forward and vote. In a way it is not just a vote for the financial support we really need, but it is sort of a message that these programs are important to you on Lake Ontario. That these species hold some value to you in your annual fishing enjoyment on the Lake. Or perhaps even in your fall walks along the rivers and streams when Salmon come in to spawn.
Please take the time needed to help us continue with these types of programs for all of us who enjoy getting and seeing these wonderful fish.
Thanks
Steve Lynas