2022 SPRING NEWSLETTER
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
First of all, I want to thank you all for choosing me for the President of the BCHC Shasta/Trinity Unit for the next several years. I'll start with a little bit about myself. I was raised on a cattle ranch in Cottonwood, more like out of Cottonwood about 20 miles west, since I was a toddler. I learned how to ride horses with just the basic lessons. Pull on these reins to stop and kick to go. That was about it. Being raised on a ranch I got pretty savvy working with cattle. As a kid, we were invited to help the nearby ranches gather, mark, vaccinate and ship. Plenty of cow experience.
I moved to Reno in my early 20's, and I helped work cattle on the Winnemucca Ranch, outside of Reno for a few summers, part time. Over the next couple decades, I made sure I was available to help with the cattle on the ranch come spring time when all the nearby ranches were gathering, marking, and shipping.
My father showed us the Trinity Alps during the summers, and we ended up packing and riding in the Alps. We had a mule (Leslie) where we packed all the food and supplies for a week at a time. We rolled up our sleeping bag and clothes and each of us carried on the back of our horse. This was the most beautiful and exciting times of my life. I will never forget the beauty and the lessons learned from those years. I was in complete awe.
I joined the BCHC Shasta/Trinity unit in 2003, and I didn't really have a good grasp on what our purpose was at that time. I didn't receive much in the mail either. I attended a few general meetings and then I signed up for the infamous fish plant in the Trinity Alps. I was hooked and I got a better understanding of what the BCHC does. I joined the board, maybe 10 years ago, and got to know a lot of people and what they did for the unit. I held various positions, but most importantly, I got to see where some short comings were in the unit. So it's with those short comings, I decided to run for President so that I can help work towards those fixing those areas that need fixing!
My main focus for our unit is to improve the communication process, so that all the members know what is happening and how they can actively participate. This is not going to be an overnight achievement, but a one-step-at-a-time process. Some ideas are to repair our damaged website, re-do it so that others can navigate around easier. I want to start putting the board minutes on the web-page too. We plan to send out a “work/project/fun” schedule out with all the events, including when our board meetings are. I want to invite anyone, who would like to attend, so that you can hear first hand what plans the board has for your unit, and it would help you to understand the process and what BCHC is all about. We plan to send out regular newsletters, apprx four per year (winter/spring/summer/fall) editions. We also plan to send out a monthly notes, flyers and postcards when applicable for any event/project that comes up. Of course, we can't have fun unless we have by-laws. We are in the process of revising them, but it will take about 2-3 months before they are complete. We now have a Unit trail boss, (Paddy LaRue) who will be scheduling more rides/outings/camping and discuss safety and a briefing before the ride begins. We have a lot of plans in the works, I welcome anyone to send me ideas to help our unit grow.
We can never forget the BCHC's main focus, which is to enjoy the outdoors/wilderness via horse/mule and also help to keep trails available for all to share. We can not do this alone, we need to collaborate with other related agencies, such as BLM, Forest Service, CCC's, just to name a few, at the state and national levels.
Laura Rodger BCHC Shasta/Trinity President 2022 530-347-9351 fordoglaura@sbcglobal.net
NEWSLETTER
BCHC Shasta Trinity unit Spring Newsletter
The new board consists of 12 members. President, Laura Rodger; Vice president, Kip Kinneavy; Secretary, Audrey Sterrett-Kinneavy; Treasurer, Derith Rochlitz; Newsletter, Nancy Anglemyer; Membership, Insurance and Work Project Coordinator, Larry Shuman; Website, Albert Estrada; Work Projects Trinity, Alan Hill and Barry Powell; Trail Boss, Paddy LaRue; Directors at Large, Dan Charter and Doug Powell.
- Upcoming Events
- Trail Ride – April 9, 2022 at 0900 hrs will be the next Trail Ride. Laura’s family has graciously opened their ranch for this event. The address is 4879 Lower Gas Point Road. Contact person is Paddy Larue at (530) 277-2239 or plarue54@gmail.com and Laura Rodger at 530- 347-9351 or fordoglaura@sbcglobal.net. A flyer will be attached.
April 30th will be our combination Packing Clinic and General Meeting. It will be held at 20936 Yogi Bear Lane (off of Old Alturas Rd) (530) 227-8262. 9:00 AM for the clinic and general meeting at 1300 hrs. Board of Directors will provide pot luck and Kip & Audrey will provide the meat.
May 4th and 5th has been scheduled for our Day in the Woods event. We bring pack animals and saddle stock to this event hosted by Sierra Pacific. We show kids what we do and let them see the animals and equipment. If you would like to participate contact Larry at (530) 526-0590 or lshuman62@gmail.com.
Have you ever wanted to learn how to correctly use a chainsaw? Dan Charter will be giving a class at 9:00 AM on May 7th and 8th. The may 7th class will be at his house at 17020 Hooker Creek Road, while the hands on training will be held at the Cloverdale Trail Head. Call Dan Chartier at (530) 356-0256 or dr.outfittin@yahoo.com, to sign up.
Fund Raisers – Our unit will be cooking for the local team sorting group on May 21, 2022 at 19872 Live Oak Road, in Red Bluff, which is a one day event. A two day event will be held on June 25th-26th, 2022 at Bar W Bar arena, 17795 Bowman Road in Cottonwood. This is a great chance to help our unit and get to meet some of the other members. There is a flyer included in this newsletter with more info. Please contact Larry Shuman at 530-526-0590 or email at lshuman62@gmail.com.
Time to be thinking about our Summer fish plants. (Please refer to attached articles) The Top of the State unit may join us and give us a chance to meet new people who enjoy the same things we do. THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED.
Larry Shuman has been working on the project/work schedule for 2022. (This will be included in the newsletter) Larry will update at least monthly. We will ensure you receive the current schedule monthly after our BOD meeting.
Other Events Tentatively Scheduled
We have been invited to the Dye Creek Preserve, which is by invitation only, they are looking forward to host the BCHC. Date: May 7th or 14th, 2022. Paddy LaRue will keep us informed.
Looks like the CCC's will be moving in around June 23rd, we'll have 11 camps to move in the Trinity Alps. Exact date unknown, but will keep you posted. Alan Hill will keep us informed.
A reminder that all members are invited to our board meetings. This is not a general meeting, but informative for the audience. (see attached schedule) Any new information will be sent out via email & snail mail gleaned from the BOD meetings on a monthly basis.
For sale/trade/wanted section: If you have horse and packing items that you want to buy/sell/trade, let Nancy Anglemyer know and we'll include this in each newsletter. My phone number is (530) 474-3649 Nancy Anglemyer.
- For Sale/trade/wanted section
As a matter of fact, our President, Laura, is looking for a kids saddle. Contact her at (530) 347-9351, or email at fordoglaura@sbcglobal.net
Please contact Larry Shuman, to update your email address, mailing address, phone number when applicable, this is to ensure you receive all correspondence from the board. All items will be sent out via email in addition to snail mail, check your SPAM folder just in case the email landed there. All information will be added to our website. To find our website, go to http://www.bchcalifornia.org/units.htm, then look under local unit tab, scroll down until you see the shasta/trinity unit and click to open.
- Contact Information
Nancy Anglemyer, Derith Rochlitz, and Laura Rodger
Shasta/Trinity BCHC BOD Meeting Schedule
2022
April 5th at 1730 hrs
May 3rd at 1730 hrs
June 7th at 1730 hrs
July 5th at 1730 hrs
No meeting for August
September 6th at 1730 hrs
October 4th at 1730 hrs
November 1st at 1730 hrs
December 6th at 1730 hrs
All meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month, at the Players Pizza in Anderson. If you want to eat, show up early, we usually arrive by 1700 hrs. You are welcome to attend to listen in. Hope to see some of you there.
Laura Rodger
BCHC Shasta/Trinity President
Shasta Trinity Unit of BCHC Fish Planting
The Shasta Trinity Unit for years planted fingerling trout in the lakes located in the Trinity Alps Wilderness. We lost those lakes about 7 years ago to endangered frogs and until more studies are completed by the California Fish and Wildlife (F&W) will not be resumed. The studies when completed will hopefully bring back some of the lakes we historically planted with trout.
In 2019 we were approached by F&W to see if we would like to plant trout in the Caribou Wilderness Lakes, 7 lakes total. Of course, we said yes. Well, it did not go as planned. We approached the plant the same way we planted trout in the Trinity Alps. We lost a good percentage of fish because the lakes are warmer and not high alpine as in the Alps. That did not deter us or F&W we discussed changes and in 2020 we planted the same 7 lakes and lost less then .5% of the fish distributed in the lakes. Our changes worked.
With this success F&W asked if we could handle 18 lakes in the Caribou Wilderness. Again, we said yes. This upped the amount of planning and logistics significantly. We planned for 3 days of planting over 2 weeks. We successfully planted 37,900+ fingerling trout in 18 lakes with very little loss. In some lakes we lost only 1 or 2 out of a 1000 or more planted. To accomplish this required 37 pack stock days with 7 packers and 10 to 12 others helping with the logistics. But let me tell you we had a lot of fun. It was successful, no incidents, and great food and fellowship.
In 2022 F&W at our request has added 3 more Lakes in Thousand Lakes Wilderness to the list. This and the fact that the wildfires went through most of the Caribou Wilderness will add more work to accomplish a successful plant in 2022. We will need to assess the lakes and trails asap when the snow melts to see what it will take to plant in 2022. Right now, we are allotted 45,000 trout and plan on needing 47 pack stock days with 4 days of planting over 3 weeks. Of course, this may change as we get closer and look at conditions of trails and lakes.
We are really looking forward to this year’s plant. We would like to invite any BCHA member to contact Larry Shuman at 530-526-0590 if you would like to help with this major project.