About us Solid Rock Masonry Heat is close knit company of stone and brick craftsmen based out of Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. Our passion is building the most efficient, functional and beautiful fireplaces, masonry heaters and wood-fired ovens in North America. Eric is a 3rd Generation Master Stonemason that is physically involved on every project.…
by Sam Davidson | September 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
TU’s Government Affairs staff with the 2018 TU-Costa Five Rivers Odyssey team and program coordinator Andrew Loffredo, working the Halls of Congress recently. The last couple of weeks have been wild and wooly around Washington, D.C., as major packages of legislation worked their way through congressional conference committees prior to the government’s fiscal year coming…
by Mark Taylor | September 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ crews are currently working in Wabeno to improve trout fishing adjacent to the town park and elementary school. The goal is to make the trout fishing better, especially adjacent to the town park’s barrier free fishing platforms built by the Friends of Wabeno. This project is a collaboration between the…
by Mark Taylor | September 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Take action to #SaveLWCF By David Kinney and Taylor Ridderbusch In 2016, sportsmen and women in Maine celebrated the successful end of a seven-year project to preserve an 8,159-acre parcel known as Cold Stream Forest (above). It was a step that protected a 14-mile native brook trout stream and seven ponds. “Cold Stream is one…
by Mark Taylor | August 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Jamie Vaughan Girl Scouts love the outdoors and helping their community. In Michigan, with its 36,000 miles of rivers and streams, they especially love their water. Their innate care for the environment, plus their adventurous spirit and hunger for knowledge, makes Girl Scouts the perfect group of young people to become our future water…
I have a secret. I’ve never fished in saltwater. I’ve just never had a chance. In fact, I’ve barely fished in the ocean at all. However, I recently moved to a new house just a few blocks from Lake Michigan, and not far from a handful of renowned carp flats — which I’ve been told…
by Mark Taylor | August 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Duke Welter TU and partners continue to work together to improve trout streams — and to improve trout fishing — in the Driftless Area. Lessons learned along the way are being used to inform future efforts. Kiap-TU-Wish Trout Unlimited, Wisconsin DNR, NRCS and other TUDARE partners recently completed a project on the Trimbelle River…