Sturgeon For Tomorrow Membership

JANUARY IS MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL MONTH

Please renew your membership today. Enclosed is a membership renewal envelope. Your memberships and contributions support our conservation, research, hatchery, habitat and outreach programs.

PLEASE RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP - THANK YOU!

Interested in Joining SFT?

Your membership dues and contributions support to the following programming (a partial list):

Advocacy

  • Effective communications among and between local and state officials and organizations
  • Building collaborations
  • Grassroots awareness and advocacy
  • Natural Resource Stewardship

Conservation

  • Sturgeon Guarding Program: Coordination of 350 volunteers who contribute 3,800 hours to protecting spawning sturgeon
  • Supporting Members of Michigan United Conservation Clubs

Education

  • Access to local, state, national and international sturgeon research and recovery data
  • Statewide lectures/presentations
  • Opportunity to participate in sturgeon workshops, conferences, and symposia
  • Access to materials on lake sturgeon biology and reproductive ecology
  • Scholarships and youth mentoring

Fundraising

  • To ensure program implementation
  • Annual Banquet
  • Grant Writing
  • Merchandise Sales
  • Sponsorships

Public Relations

  • Organization Promotion/Increase Public Image
  • Members -World Sturgeon Conservation Society
  • Establishment of media relations
  • Media and group tours and field trips
  • Website management: promotion and marketing

Research

  • Purchase of pit tags, pit tag reader, larval sampling Gear, submersible telemetry receivers, hatchery hardware and supplies
  • Weir construction/documentation of adult migration: time-lapse recorder and digital video
  • Thousands of volunteer hours

Spawning Habitat Protection

  • Establishment of a partnership among and between several organizations to protect/enhance spawning habitat
  • Purchase of engineer drawings required for grant applications to implement project, perhaps in phases

Sturgeon Advisory Council (SAC)

  • Coordination and facilitation of SAC
  • Focus of SAC
    • Management
    • Assessment
    • Law Enforcement
    • Progressive Public Involvement

THANK YOU for investing in our lake sturgeon research, conservation, education, and habitat enhancement.

Benefits & Membership Information

SFT Membership Sticker
  • Members of SFT benefit from knowing strategic planning of the organization have been and will be a positive contributor to possibly saving the species from extinction. (The aquatic bald eagle if you will.)
  • Members receive newsletters keeping up-to-date on all lake sturgeon issues
  • Members receive a membership card and Lake Sturgeon Logo window sticker
  • Sturgeon for Tomorrow relies on membership dues, charitable gifts and fundraising to further our purpose; to assist fisheries managers in the rehabilitation of a living fossil, the Lake Sturgeon
  • Your membership investment and contributions allow us to offer programs instrumental in preserving, what we believe to be, Michigan's most unique aquatic species. By standing together, we are able to create a brighter future for the prehistoric Lake Sturgeon.
  • Memberships run from January 1st through December 31st. SFT has nearly 200 members.
  • Membership dues are $10 per household
  • Membership dues are tax deductible

SFT is a proud affiliate of the Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC), the Black Lake Association, the Black Lake Sportsman's Club, the Cheboygan Area Chamber of Commerce, the Indian River Chamber of Commerce and the Black Lake Sturgeon Shivaree.

We pledge that:

  • Our membership lists are not for sale or rent
  • We will never rent or sell your e-mail address or personal information to another e-mail delivery service
  • We will never use misleading subject lines to trick you into opening an e-mail message
  • We will always truthfully identify the sender as Sturgeon For Tomorrow in the "from" or "subject" line
  • We will never sign you up for third-party email lists
  • You may easily unsubscribe easily by contacting any one of our board members

THANK YOU

Sturgeon For Tomorrow accepts contributions as well as memorials and honorariums for special occasions including birthdays, anniversary's, and special tributes. A special thank you to the following donors for their generous gifts. THANK YOU!

  • In Memory of Leo Jacobsen - Kristin Choo
  • In Memory of Clifford Shephard - Sondra Shephard, Kristine Latimer & Larry Vermeersch
  • In Memory of Paul Watt - Schell's Resort On Black Lake
  • In Memory of John Trip - Schell's Resort On Black Lake
  • In Lieu of wedding party favors - Kregg and Liz Smith
  • Milus Allison
  • Chris Baker
  • Phillip and Kendra Blum
  • Paul Breed
  • William S. Brown
  • Howard B. Camden
  • Citizens National Bank
  • Todd and Diane Crawford
  • Gordon Edmondson
  • John Engel
  • Mark and Sue Fielder
  • Gray and Carol Fischer
  • Robert C. Gieleghem
  • Gary R. and Donna K. Goodall Sr.
  • Richard D. Goodell
  • Bob and Wendy Goodenow
  • James and Linda Gregart
  • Darst and Peg Grund
  • Mike and Karen Hannon
  • Gerald and Janet Hebert
  • Fayne M. and Deborah Hodgman
  • Dan and Yvette Hudok
  • Fred Hynick
  • Virginia Pierce and Don Inman
  • Patrick Janks
  • Christopher and Joni Kallgren
  • Jim and Mary Knight
  • Patricia Kozal
  • Tom and Nancy Lamb
  • Kevin Lee
  • Alex Mackay
  • Ronald J. Maka
  • Bruce Manny
  • George and Louise McNelly
  • Dennis Mikus / Coffman Hardware
  • Bob and Ann Minock
  • Lee and Patricia Muchmore
  • Dan and Wendy Nieland
  • Floyd Ostrom
  • Dr. Jeffery R. Patt D.C.
  • Richard Plamondon
  • Charlotte and Howard Poole
  • Nicholas Posak
  • William Posak
  • Tim Rash
  • James Ribby
  • Tom Rozich
  • James Ruff
  • William and Carol Schomer
  • Gary Shepherd
  • Roy and Margaret Sjoberg
  • Tim Stanke
  • Michael Thomas
  • William Thompson
  • Dan L. Thoms
  • Tower Kleber Limited Partnership
  • James Tuomikoski
  • Barbara Tyger
  • Terry M. Watts
  • Frank Wheatlake
  • Clarence and Len Anne Williams
  • Gerald and Patsy Williams
  • Ralph and Hazel Williams
  • Gerald Wolinski
  • Carl and Dorothy Woosley