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Izumis to pitch in for Earth Day event
Celebrity anglers, area schools and college students onboard for conservation work in Cobourg
BACKGROUND:
The Lake Ontario Atlantic Salmon Restoration Program, the Community Stream Steward Program and their partners are celebrating the successful wrap-up of the second year of the “Bring Back the Salmon program” with help from well-known anglers Bob and Wayne Izumi. Both programs are initiatives of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (O.F.A.H.), Ontario’s largest conservation-based organization.
This second annual Earth Day event takes place Friday, April 18, and includes a stream clean-up and the release of 1,000 Atlantic salmon yearling into Cobourg Brook.
“This is going to be a great day, one that typifies what the Fishing Forever Foundation is about