January 17 BRTU Meeting: Classroom Without Walls: Education in the World’s Greatest Classroom

• What: Bitterroot Trout Unlimited January 2013 program
• Program title: Why Rivers Flood, the art and science of fluvial morphology
• When: Thursday, January 17, 2013, 7:00 PM
• Where: Hamilton Elks Lodge, 203 State St, Hamilton, Montana
• Speaker: Brett Shelagoski, BRTU Board member and Corvallis science teacher

This program is open to the public, no charge for admission.

At the January 17, 2013 BRTU meeting, students and teachers from Corvallis High School will present “Classroom Without Walls: Education in the World’s Greatest Classroom!”

For almost 20 years, select Corvallis High School students have been spending part of their summers in a week-long “Classroom Without Walls,” learning and teaching each other about natural systems including biology, genetics, ecology, fisheries and geology.  This is a for credit class at Corvallis High School and the students are given assignments that they must prepare and present to their colleagues and instructors. In past years, the week-long backpacking trips have taken CWW participants to the Wind River Range, the Beartooths, and the Sawtooths. The 2012 CWW trip was to the South Fork of the Flathead in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, and, as you can see from the photos, fisheries was a major component!

BRTU Board member and Corvallis science teacher Brett Shelagoski is now one of the CWW teachers. Brett, Corvallis teacher Allie Neils and CWW students will present an overview of the program. Plan to attend and to learn why CWW is indeed Education in the World’s Greatest Classroom. Your attendance will also demonstrate to these students that BRTU supports educational efforts like this.

And, remember! BRTU will be inviting Brett, Allie and  the student presenters to the Spice of Life at 5:00 pm before the meeting. Long-time TU supporter Karen Suennen will be donating 10% of the proceeds to our club. So please come join us for dinner.

Information for Spice of Life Cafe and Catering
163 S 2nd St Hamilton, Montana
(406) 363-4433
Directions | Menu | Hours
Information for Elks Lodge
203 State Street
Hamilton, MT 59840-2522
(406) 363-3031
Get directions

For more information, contact Doug Nation (doug.p.nation@gmail.com) or Marshall Bloom (drtrout@mtbloom.net) or 406-363-3485.
Learn more about Bitterroot Trout Unlimited at www.brtu.org.

Greetings from the Montana Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program

2013 BOW Workshop Information

·        Ice Fishing Workshop on February 8-10

·        Help us spread the word about BOW

·        Awesome International BOW Trip

·        Watch for more 2013 Workshops

Registration is open for Ice Fishing near Bigfork — February 8-10, 2013
It doesn’t get better than this -- $100 registration fee covers 2 nights lodging, meals from Friday dinner through Sunday breakfast and lots of ice fishing gear to bring home.  Put on some warm clothes, get outside and try ice fishing.

This workshop is at Big Sky Bible Camp with a very short walk from the lodge to Peterson Lake. This workshop is for beginner and intermediate anglers and includes some optional indoor activities and night fishing.

Don’t need lodging?  Contact Liz for a reduced rate.  Scholarships available. 

Ice Fishing Registration form is attached or download at: http://fwp.mt.gov/education/bow/workshops.html

FWP is hosting a women's ice fishing workshop Feb. 8-10

BIGFORK - If you don't want to wait until spring to start fishing, Fish, Wildlife and Parks is hosting a women's ice fishing workshop Feb. 8-10 at Peterson Lake.
A $100 fee pays for all fishing gear, food and two nights lodging at a camp on the shore of Peterson Lake near Bigfork.
The workshop is sponsored by FWP's Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Program.
Beginner and intermediate anglers are welcome. Activities include learning to use ice fishing rods, tip-ups, ice augurs and sonar fish finders. Participants don't need a fishing license.
For more information, call BOW coordinator Liz Lodman at 406-444-9940 or email llodman@mt.gov.
Click here for an online registration form.

Ice Fishing — February 8-10, 2013

Near Bigfork, MT

Fee: $100

Don't sit inside waiting for the long winter months to pass by. Put on some warm clothes, get outside and try ice fishing. This workshop is at Big Sky Bible Camp with a very short walk to Peterson Lake. You'll learn to use ice fishing rods and tip-ups and other gear like ice augers and sonar fish finders. The workshop is for beginner and intermediate anglers and includes some optional indoor activities and night fishing. The registration fee includes all your fishing equipment, 2 nights lodging dn meals from Friday dinner through Sunday breakfast.

• Beyond BOW Ice Fishing Brochure ( 857 KB)