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Monday, February 06, 2012
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 Broward County Airboat, Halftrack and Conservation Club
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DUES ARE DUE! January 1st of every year!
Please fill out a membership application today! Located on the right side of this page-----------------> 23rd Annual Airboat Show - March 10th & 11th, 2012
@ Bergeron Rodeo Grounds, Davie, FL
for more information call Kellie @ (954) 931-6761 or email: kcarroll2121@aol.com
The Broward Banquet is scheduled for Feb 11th, 2012 at Tropical Acres restaurant. As you know they had a fire but they tell me they should be reopened by Feb.1. Tickets will be available at our next meeting Jan 25th at a new location.
Davie Women's Club
6551 Orange Drive, Davie.
It is west of Davie road and Orange. By the City hall.
Please remember the club has a Facebook page.
BrowardCounty AirboatHalftrack ConservationClub
Broward County Airboat Halftrack and Conservation Club has lost one of our members. He was a Firefighter for Pompano Beach Fire Department and was killed as a result of a fall during a training exercise. His name is Bill Elliot and was a member at the Never Rest Camp in Area 2A. You may remember him and his Dog named Dinghy riding his airboat. He was always there when you needed help. We will miss him. Rest in Peace Billy.
 
Memorial Dedication was held on October 8th, 2011 for Don "Pops" Kirk
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1st Annual Tim "Bravo1218" Herburger Crab Trap Cleanup
It was the second derelict crab trap removal event for Broward County Airboat, Halftrack & Conservation Club on July 10th, 2011. The first one was on July 10th, 2009 in which the members and their airboats along with some skiff type boats, removed 621 derelict crab traps.
The club decided to call this 2nd event the "1st Annual Tim "Bravo1218" Herburger Crab Trap Cleanup" in honor of Tim, who passed away this past year. Two of Tim's three kids attended the event - Alison & Sean. Tom, "T-REX" on Southern Airboat, brought his airboat so the Herburger family & their friends Matt & Sarah could also participate in the event. The event started shortly after 7:00 a.m. from the boat ramp at Alabama Jack's on Card Sound Road in Key Largo, FL. Keith Price, President of the Airboat Association of Florida, also brought a crew from his club. Tim was also a member of their club.
After a brief instruction on the event from the Miami-Dade DERM Coastal Resources Supervisor John Ricisak to the approximately 40 volunteers, all boats were given a reporting sheet and a permit to remove the traps for the day. Then the HUNT was on! Some went to the south of the boat ramp and others went to the north. It was a completely different scenrio, then two years ago, as we rounded the corner out of the canal to the areas we would be looking for traps, there was a lack of buoys floating around. We really had to look for them submerged in the water.
We all met back at the boat ramp around noonish. Hamburgers and Hotdogs with water and chips were provided by the club to the volunteers. The count was 207 traps that were brought in, exactly 1/3 of the previous cleanup. The traps were completely smashed and put in a large dumpster. The Broward club presented Tim's kids with plaques so they would take home a momento of the event.
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The Everglades Coordinating Council (ECC) is an umbrella organization for almost every sportsmen's/conservation clubs in South Florida. Our membership is concentrated in the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and we have enjoyed these lands/waters since the 1940's.
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The Florida Airboat Association, Inc. is an umbrella statewide sportsman organization of airboat related businesses, organizations, and clubs. We actively promote safe boating while protecting our natural resources.
The FAA demonstrates a long tradition as leaders in conservation, humanitarian aid and protection of Florida's native habitats by both word of mouth and actions of it's members.
The purpose of the FAA is to unite the airboating community for our common good, to protect and promote our traditional and cultural outdoor recreational opportunities such as airboating, hunting, fishing, and camping.
For more information on the Florida Airboat Association, please visit their web site: www.floridaairboat.org
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| Important Information from the Secretary
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DUES ARE DUE - this year, we have some different options for your dues. $35/year per person OR you can purchase a family membership for $50/year, which would include a spouse (must be married couple) and any children under the age of 18 OR you can purchase a lifetime membership at the annual membership fee of $35 x 20 (or however many years you have remaining to get to 20) less a 10% discount.
Also, please ensure that we know when you joined the club so we can keep accurate track of your years of service and acknowledge you for those years of service at the awards banquet. If you've had a lapse in membership, your membership starts over from the time of renewal UNLESS you pay for the years that have lapsed.
Please, all Lifetime Members, every year, fill out a membership form also so we can keep our records up to date.
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The Florida Wildlife Federation is a private, statewide, non-profit citizens' conservation education organization composed of thousands of concerned Floridians and other citizens from all walks of life who have a common interest in preserving, managing, and improving Florida's fish, wildlife, soil, water, and plant life.
As the State Affiliate of the National Wildlife Federation, FWF has been improving Florida's wildlife since 1937.
The "Goal" of the Federation is to be the leader in promoting, through education and political action, the conservation, restoration, sound management, and wise and ethical use of Florida's natural resources, to the end that present and future Floridians may live, work and pursue traditional outdoor activities in an outstanding natural environment.
For more information on the Florida Wildlife Federation, please visit their web site: www.fwfonline.org
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The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission came into existence on July 1, 1999 - the result of a constitutional amendment approved in the 1998 General Election as part of the package proposed by the Constitution Revision Commission.
In the implementation of the Constitutional Amendment, the Florida Legislature combined all of the staff and Commissioners of the former Marine Fisheries Commission, elements of the Divisions of Marine Resources and Law Enforcement of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and all of the employees and Commissioners of the former Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission.
Five years later, after consulting stakeholders, employees and other interested parties, the FWC adopted a new internal structure to address complex conservation issues of the new century. The new structure focuses on programs, such as habitat management, that affect numerous species. It will focus on moving the decision-making process closer to the public and did not require any additional funding or additional positions.
For more information on the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, please visit their website: www.myfwc.com
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