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?

Annual Membership Meeting
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Click here for a printable Membership form.

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

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!

2010 Contributions

Jim and Sue Adams
Milus Allison
Christine Baker
Black Mountain Lodge
Margaret Bennett
Jack and Diana Bishop
Dana and Howard Brophy
Willis E. Brown
Russell and Sandra Burns
Howard B. Camden
John and Polly Cheney
James and Kimberly Chiavaras
Kenneth L. Cogswell, Sr.
Todd and Diane Crawford
David Cunningham
DCP Midstream
John Dempsey
John and Pam Ebner
Gordon Edmondson
Ray Ellenberger
Albert Ellenberger Lumber
John Engel
Keiran and Annemarie Fleming
John and Linda Fonger
Wallace and Elaine Gemignani
Bradley and Sharon Gerlach
Robert and Susan Gieleghem
John and Sue Goga
Gary R. Goodall Sr.
Richard D. Goodell
Chuck and Deborah Gossell
James and Linda Gregart
James Hanchett, DDS
Sean Hayden
Linda C. Heller
Dan and Yvette Hudok
Jeff and Monica Hughes
Doug and Janice Hunt
Fred Hynick
Virginia Pierce and Don Inman
Calvin W. Isaacson
Patrick Janks
Mary Janney
Scott and Julie Johnson
Christopher and Joni Kallgren
Mary and Jim Knight
James Lenfestey
John Madigan
Ronald J. Maka
Mike Manning
Bob and Ann Minock
Bradley and Susan Moffatt
Lee and Patricia Muchmore
Walter North
Onaway Community Federal CU
Karla and Mike Passalacqua
Dr. Jeffery R. Patt D.C.
Dennis P. Perry
William Posak
Nicholas Posak
Joseph T. Rentz
James Ribby
Gerald and Patricia Rintamaki
James Ruff
Lynne Peterson and Glen Schmiege
Al and Colleen Seitz
Joe and Christine Server
Steve and JoAnn Smith
Tim Stanke
Jim and Anne Sturgeon
Sturgeon Point Lighthouse
Mr. and Mrs. Supernaw
Tom and Lorna Tarman
Michael Thomas
Dan L. Thoms, Sr.
Jeff Tomboulian
John Tomlinson
Michael Tripp
Barbara Tyger
Terry M. Watts
Gerald and Patsy Williams
Bettie Cannon Williams
Gerald Wolinski
Dr Philip and Patricia Woollcott
Carl and Dorothy Woosley

In Memory of Dock McCall

Kathy Bezotte & Rick Ackerberg
Bill and Cathy Casper
Doug and Ellie Wilson
Larry and Candy Wood

In Memory of Gail McCall

Bob and Beth Garner

In Memory of Clarence Archambo

Kathy Bezotte & Rick Ackerberg
Dan Brown and Diane Libby
Howard and Alice Campeau
Graham and Sandra Edwards
Bob and Beth Garner
Anne Marie Farrell
George and Marjorie Galbraith
David and Kathleen Hart
Mr. and Mrs. Kaczynski
Kathleen Kwaitkowski
John and Nancy Lackey
Daniel and Charlotte Louria
Ms. Gail McCall
William and Alice Mushlock
Leonard and Susan Page
Rhonda Sanwald
Norman and Sarah Schwartz
Mike and Carol Sherwood
Bill and Annette Sova
UAW Employees
Jeff & Buffy Weldon and Family

In Memory of Brian D. Manny

Bruce and Joanne Manny

In Memory of Clifford Shephard

Sondra Shephard