We’re not fishing for a new group says ex-Trout-leader 
By Richard Hutton CA Source: pelhamtoday 9/26/2024
Richard Hutton
Credit: Rosemary Culos/PelhamToday
While the Niagara chapter of Trout Unlimited may be temporarily mothballed, its former president says there is no intention to create any sort of rival group to the conservation organization. Trout Unlimited Canada paused operations of the Niagara chapter after its executive team resigned last May in support of then-president Dennis Edell, who said he was given the boot from the organization over the Niagara chapter’s opposition to a rebranding put forward by the national body that would change its name to Freshwater Conservation Canada.
 

“Let's say that there's certainly a lot of empathy towards what's happening in the watershed right now,” Edell said, adding “a lot of effort and mental energy” had been put into the Upper 12 Mile Creek watershed.

 
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