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Bobby N. Setzer Fish Hatchery Undergoes a Renovation with Jake Rash
Segment 2, March 30th, 2024
This is the time of year that sportsmen and women across the Carolinas really wake up to Trout Fishing in North Carolina. North Carolina trout fishing opens up on April 6th on Hatchery Supported streams. This tradition for anglers across the state is a welcome right of passage over the generations.
However, there has been a lot of gossip & rumors about the upcoming demise of the Bobby N. Setzer Fish Hatchery. Jake Rash, Cold Water Research Coordinator for the NC Wildlife Resource Commission joins...Carolina Outdoor host, Bill Bartee, to help with what are the facts versus fiction.
Show Highlights:
NC Trout Fishing had an economic impact of $1.38 billion
370,000 anglers spent 4.6 million days fishing for trout in NC. 322,000 are North Carolinians & 48,000 travelled here from somewhere else
Bobby N. Setzer Fish Hatchery will be closed for needed renovations in 2025. 2024 will not be affected
75% of the trout that are stocked in the state of North Carolina. Four-Hundred thousand pounds of Brook, Rainbow, & Brown trout are stocked from the Setzer Hatchery. Its location in Transylvania County is fed by the & Grogan Creek & Davidson River near Brevard.
Setzer has been run by NC Wildlife Resource Commission since 1983.
The state will continue stocking trout from other hatcheries
Things You’ll Learn by Listening:
There are four Trout Hatcheries run by the state. Bobby N. Setzer Hatchery, Marion State 1957 (& renovated in 2017), Armstrong State 1926, & Table Rock 1946
For every $1 spent by trout anglers there was a $1.93 return to the state economy
Fact & Video Pages from NC WIldlife:
Trout Page: www.ncwildlife.org/trout
Video on Bobby N. Setzer State Fish Hatchery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcCeqQihcsQ
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The American Chestnut Tree with Doug Gillis
Segment 2, March 23rd, 2024
Over one hundred years ago the American Chestnut tree had a considerable impact on the landscape of eastern North America. This large, deciduous tree was a part of the diet of wildlife & people, it provided wood for buildings & furniture, & provided shade to the canopy of its habitat. Then a blight occurred.
The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) is the largest advocate & fundraiser for helping bring back a blight resistant version of the now endangered tree. TACF active member Doug Gillis joined Carolina Outdoor host, Bill Bartee about the impact & recent mistake that occurred to the modern research involving the chestnut tree.
Show Highlights:
The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) has 5,000 members
The passion of the chestnut comes from its presence in American lore but also the hope to reintroduce it to the American forests
It is currently endangered but not extinct. The blight strikes when it reaches a certain age & height
The hybrid tree Darling 58 handled by SUNY-ESF was labelled incorrectly causing a genetic mistake
Dino Grandoni article in the Washington Post describing the mistake
Find a place to volunteer & learn more about the American chestnut tree
Things You’ll Learn by Listening:
It is estimated that the blight decimated the American Chestnut tree by 3-4 billion. There is an April Strategic Planning session in Virginia to consider the future moves of the TACF.
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Project Healing Waters with program lead Joseph Parente
Segment 3, March 23rd, 2024
Many times on the Carolina Outdoors we talk about how the outdoors helps heal. Whether it being taking on the Appalachian Trail after a job loss or divorce. Maybe it’s taking on Kilimanjaro or another tall bucket-list mountain after a cancer diagnosis. Recent guests on the program have spoken about the outdoors aiding with anxiety, depression, & anxiousness.
But what about returning combat veterans? How do they use sport & the outdoors to sooth their pains?
Joseph Parente, program leader for the Charlotte-area's Project Healing waters joins host Bill Bartee, to talk about how Fly Fishing works in regards to healing the wounds of combat veterans.
Show Highlights:
Project Healing Waters began in 2005 at Walter Reed Army Hospital
It is now nationwide
How the waters on a fly fishing trip helps sooth the soul?
Project Healing Waters includes comradery & combats loneliness.
Activities include fishing, casting, fly tying, & share time for vets
Needs are qualified veterans, volunteers, monetary donation, & property with fishing water (Ponds, lakes, streams)
Things You’ll Learn by Listening:
Project Healing Waters can get qualified veterans that are dealing with both emotional, concussive, & physical challenges. The physical includes adaptive additions to enable holding a rod for an amputee, to choosing a stream or boat that handles a wheelchair, and other ways to overcome reasons not to fly fish.
Contact Project Healing Waters by typing in Charlotte, online & Facebook.
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Fly Fishing Party in Charlotte & Clarity on Trout Streams
Segment 1, March 16th, 2024
Listen in to learn about the Fly Fishing Film Tour's (F3T-Charlotte) 18th annual edition as it comes to Charlotte. The doors open at 5 p.m at the Visulite Theatre & the films start at 7 p.m.
Plus, although the Hatchery Supported waters in NC are closed during the month of March you can still fish the Wild Trout Waters & the Delayed Harvest Waters. The Hatchery Supported will open on April 6th, 2024. -
Art Loeb Trail, The man, & the Striper Run
Segment 2, March 16th, 2024
Springtime means all the fun outdoor activities start to kick in. Listen as host of the Carolina Outdoors, Bill Bartee, talks about some of the more immediate activities like hiking & fishing.Here's a story about the famed Art Loeb Trail. This 30.1 mile footpath traverses across the Davidson River Valley to its terminus at the Daniel Boone Scout Camp in the shadow of Cold Mountain.
Show Highlights:
The Art Loeb Trail is a National Recreational Trail (NRT)
It was dedicated & officially opened 55-years ago
Loeb was a Yale graduate & moved to Brevard at age 26
He was the GM at the Ecusta Paper Mill
Health caused him to start walking, then hiking
300 people attended the dedication
Things You’ll Learn by Listening:
What Art Loeb wore on his hikes? Plus, the trail is used by both day hikers and backpackers on multiple day hikes.
Later in the segment:
The topic turns to the Roanoke River section of the striper run in Weldon, NC.
Plan your trip & visit the fly shop of Charlotte, Jesse Brown's to learn information about fly fishing the river.
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Fly Fisher Fitness with Brian Braudis
Segment 3, March 16th, 2024
When Bill Bartee went to the orthopedist about his knees, he was startled by the answer. "You're getting older," he said. "When your grandparents were your age, they were wrapping a lot of activities up."
That's where Brian Braudis comes into the picture. He went "all-in" with the sport of fly fishing when he retired as a wildlife biologist & as a manager with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
He crossed the physical side of fitness with the clinical side of fitness & began Fly Fisher Fitness. He has an upcoming presentation to the Rocky River Trout Unlimited chapter on Thursday, March 21st, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. He had a chance to speak to Bartee, host of the Carolina Outdoors, about getting into shape for fly fishing.
Show Highlights:
Braudis retired in 2021 to "fish ad nauseam"
Members of the fly fishing community had knowledge but were challenged physically
He was inspired to become a fitness trainer for older adults
Braudis lost his father & brother at an early age.
Out of shape is like being impoverished.
CDC says 50% of people over fifty have at least one chronic disease
What is FOMO?
We are living longer 77.23 according to verywellhealth.com. But are we living better?
The science is clear, 70% of disease—heart attacks, stroke, diabetes, falls, fractures, and the common cancers are primarily caused by lifestyle. Further, genes determine about 20% of how you age. The other 80% is in your control.
Things You’ll Learn by Listening:
The difference between Lifespan & Healthspan & the upcoming Charlotte appearance of Braudis. He speaks to groups about the requirements & accountability of getting, being, & staying in-shape as we age where you may hear the Plato quote, "Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being while movement and methodical physical exercise saves and preserves it.".
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