Hope everyone has had as good of a holiday season this year. Here is the club news for winter 20-21:
A few neighbors searching for open water for a drink during a snowstorm in December.
Things have been very quite for the club as of recent. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the club has been forced to cancel most of the regular activities. The one exception has been the continued maintenance on the farm which is being done with a very small, core crew. We’re optimistic that we will be able to move back to normal near the second half of 2021, but we’re constantly monitoring the situation.
Farm Improvements
Last summer we made some much needed improvements to the collection lines that feed the clean, 60 degree water to our fish. Since then, we’ve seen a noticeable bump in our water flow and it has created a healthier environment for our fish. Again we would like to thank both Alvin, a long member of our club for donating his time and efforts and the property developer for graciously working with us to make this happen. Since the improvements, we’re able to keep water running in the runs without fish as well. This keeps the runs a lot cleaner when we move the fish during cleaning.
Farm Update
As mentioned above there aren’t many big updates at the farm. We received our new fish shipment from Parks and Wildlife this summer and they have been progressing great. We recently invested in new nets for the farm which will help out a lot. The old ones were on their last legs and almost completely held together with mends.
Unfortunately during one of the early winter storms, a piece of construction insulation made its way into the run containing the bigger fish we hold in the farm for an extra year. This resulted in a somewhat large fish kill which was very disappointing for us. Losing fish is a normal part of the raising process, however this instance was larger than normal and hit the fish we love putting in the kids’ ponds the most. It was most likely a very unlucky occurrence but a reminder that Boulder is a windy place, so remember to secure your trash.
Film Digitization
The club has been in possession of some great old footage of stocking efforts in the Indian Peaks Wilderness during the 1950s. With Film being a medium that degrades over time, we would love to get this footage preserved digitally. It’s not the cheapest process and we’re hoping to find a place that can clean up the footage as well. If you have any information on how to go about such or have services that can help. Please contact us through the contact us page.
We hope everyone has a great winter and we’ll be back for another update in spring. Thank you for your continued help and support!