Theodore Gordon Flyfishers is a not for profit angling organization, founded on American fly-fishing
traditions, promoting stream and river protection and self-sustainable salmonid populations through
conservation, environmental oversight, activism, catch-and-release practices, and education.

The proliferation of Marcellus Shale development will result in an industrialization of the landscape of portions of upstate New York.  In the Catskill Mountains, the Beaverkill, Neversink, Esopus and Delaware Rivers as well as the Willowemoc Creek, are vital trout producing waters, which produce consistently-flowing, cold, clear water year-round to enable its trout populations to thrive.  TGF continues to play an active leading role in addressing natural gas development in New York State as a member of The Sportsmen Alliance for Marcellus Conservation (Sportsmen Alliance).

On October 28, 2011, Cooperstown Holstein Corporation (“Holstein Corp.”) submitted a Notice of Motion for summary judgment seeking a declaration of the Supreme Court of Otsego County that the defendant Town of Middlefield’s (“Town”) Zoning Law pertaining to a ban on Gas, Oil or Solution Drilling or Mining within the Town was void as being preempted by New York State Law.