Scott's Driftless Flyathon Fundraising
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
Running RiversI have a love and passion for these driftless cold water trout streams, lets help protect them!
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My love and obsession with protecting these cold water streams is something I live for. Water quality and habitat is hard to come by nowadays in Iowa, so let's help raise money together for a great cause to protect these streams for future generations. The project for this years Flyathon is going to protect the Spring Branch Creek Project.
- More than 4000 feet of Spring Branch Creek runs through the property and provides premier fishing opportunities for wild and stocked trout. This project area buffers the “Middle” and “Lower” spring sources that supply about 1000 gallons per minute of fresh water to the hatchery where trout are produced for stocking across Iowa.
- Iowa DNR Fisheries Biologists have found that Spring Branch has one of the best populations of wild Brown Trout in Iowa with exceptional numbers of large trout. The stream also has native Brook Trout and Slimy Sculpin, a Species of Greatest Conservation Need.
- Protection of this upland and floodplain will help improve the quality of water flowing through the hatchery and maintain existing fishing access on the 3/4 mile stretch that flows through the property.
Let's help fundraise to keep this creek clean and protect it for the future!