Trout Unlimited Media Resources
Trout Unlimited is the nation’s leading conservation organization uniting people behind clean waters, healthy fish, and thriving communities. Are you a reporter on deadline? Reach out to one of our communications directors to get the information you need. Working on a longer piece about trout and salmon, rivers and streams, and the conservation issues facing them? Scroll on to see how Trout Unlimited scientists, policy experts and local, on-the-ground field staffers can help advance your story. Looking for ideas? Check out our storylines and press releases.
Media contacts
Trout Unlimited experts
Searching for a subject-matter expert? We can help. From fisheries biologists and water policy experts to stream restoration specialists and lawyers, Trout Unlimited has more than 300 staffers working nationally and in their communities to protect and restore healthy waters and healthy fisheries. If you’re not seeing what you’re after, that doesn’t mean TU can’t help. Please reach out to one of the communications directors listed above.
Conservation
Chris Wood
President and CEO
Arlington, Va.
Forestry, mining reform, Good Sam mine cleanup, water policy, Snake River dams, public lands, fisheries
Contact:
David Kinney
Rob Masonis
Vice President for the Pacific Region
Seattle, Wash.
Salmon and steelhead; fisheries management; water and fisheries law and policy
Contact:
Greg Fitz
Emily Olsen
Vice President for the Rocky Mountain Region
Denver, Colo.
Public lands policy, forests and wildfire, federal funding, conservation finance
Contact:
Nick Gann
Keith Curley
Vice President for Eastern Conservation
Concord, N.H.
Fish passage, fisheries restoration, FEMA, Eastern brook trout, Atlantic salmon restoration
Contact:
Mark Taylor
Warren Colyer
National Restoration Director
Missoula, Mont.
Fisheries and habitat restoration strategies; native trout; Forest Service, Fish & Wildlife Service, NOAA partnerships
Contact:
David Kinney
Steve Kandell
National Campaign Director
Durango, Colo.
Public lands protection, national monuments, Antiquities Act
Contact:
Zoe Bommarito
Nellie Williams
Alaska Director
Anchorage, Alaska
Bristol Bay protection, Pebble mine, Tongass National Forest, all things Alaska
Contact:
Marian Giannulis
Amy Wolfe
Northeast Habitat Program Director
Lock Haven, Pa.
Abandoned coal mine cleanup and policy; Eastern brook trout restoration
Contact:
Mark Taylor
Jason Willis
Western Abandoned Mine Lands Program Director
Salida, Colo.
Abandoned hard rock mine cleanup, Western Abandoned mines
Contact:
Nick Gann
Dustin Wichterman
Mid-Atlantic Coldwater Habitat Restoration Associate Director
Circleville, W.V.
Eastern brook trout, stream restoration, Farm Bill programs, fish passage, community science, fisheries biology and management
Contact:
Mark Taylor
Nate Rees
Arizona State Lead
Tempe, Ariz.
Apache trout, stream restoration, Southwest water issues
Contact:
Nick Gann
Chrysten Rivard
Oregon Director
Ashland, Ore.
Water leasing, Upper Klamath restoration, Oregon habitat restoration, fish passage, forestry management
Contact:
Greg Fitz
Water, Climate, Energy and Mining Policy
Lindsay Slater
Vice President for Government Affairs
Arlington, Va.
Congress, Snake River dams, mining reform, climate change
Contact:
David Kinney
Corey Fisher
Public Lands Policy Director
Missoula, Mont.
Mining reform, Good Sam abandoned mine cleanups, public lands
Contact:
Zoe Bommarito
Tasha Sorensen
Western Energy Lead
Shoshone, Idaho
Energy policy, responsible energy development & siting on public lands
Contact:
Zoe Bommarito
Brian Johnson
Senior Policy Advisor, Western Water and Climate
Emeryville, Calif.
Climate change, Western water policy, dam removal, Klamath dams
Contact:
David Kinney
Sara Porterfield
Western Water Policy Advisor
Boulder, Colo.
Western water policy, Farm Bill, WaterSMART, Colorado River Basin
Contact:
Nick Gann
Austin Williams
Director of Federal Relations
Anchorage, Ala.
Federal agencies, infrastructure and conservation funding, Alaska, Bristol Bay / Pebble mine, Tongass National Forest, Roadless Rule, old growth, salmon
Contact:
Marian Giannulis
Trout and Salmon
Helen Neville
Senior Scientist
Boise, Idaho
Trout and salmon ecology and evolution, conservation genetics, climate change, Snake River dams
Contact:
David Kinney
Dan Dauwalter
Fisheries Science Director
Boise, Idaho
Fisheries ecology and population biology; multispecies and watershed approaches to freshwater fish conservation; fisheries monitoring
Contact:
David Kinney
Gary Marston
Wild Steelheaders Science Advisor
Olympia, Wash.
Salmon and steelhead fisheries science; hatchery and wild fish interaction
Contact:
Greg Fitz
Haley Ohms
Salmon Biologist
Walla Walla, Wash.
Anadromous species conservation and fisheries management; hydropower/fish passage at dams; climate impacts (especially drought)
Contact:
Greg Fitz
Brian Hodge
Fisheries Scientist
Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Cutthroat trout, stream restoration, water and fisheries monitoring, catch-and-release science, Didymo
Contact:
David Kinney
Great Lakes Steam Restoration Manager
Clarkston, Mich.
Great Lakes brook trout, aquatic invertebrates, aquatic invasive species, Didymo, New Zealand mud snail, decontamination, restoration
Contact:
Mark Taylor
Jake Lemon
Monitoring and Community Science Coordinator
Rockford, Mich.
Monitoring technology, stream assessments
Contact:
Mark Taylor
Kirk Deeter
Vice President for Angling & Editorial Director
Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Trout and salmon fishing; flyfishing industry
Kirk Deeter
Storylines
After the world’s largest dam removal, what’s next?
On the Klamath River, four dams are coming out in the largest removal project in history. What does that mean for recovery of one of the West’s great salmon and steelhead runs?
How infrastructure dollars are flowing
Once-in-a-generation infrastructure investments are finally getting on the ground. But it’s not just bridges, roads, airports, electric vehicles and the like. This historic funding has natural infrastructure projects blooming across the country, from man-made beaver dams that store water and act as firebreaks to retrofitted culverts that reopen fragmented ecosystems and mitigate flooding.
Abandoned mines, the most pervasive water pollution problem in the nation
Some 40 percent of headwater streams in the West are polluted by abandoned mines from a century’s worth of extraction. Those who want to clean them up are hamstrung by liability laws that treats them as if they were the polluters themselves.
The climate calculus for iconic trout and salmon
For trout, salmon and steelhead, the picture is forbidding: They are coldwater fish in a warming world. Projections show the footprint for native trout species shrinking over the coming century. What can be done to prevent the demise of America’s two dozen native trout species?
Recent press releases
Bureau of Reclamation Funds Trout Unlimited Projects Across the West
U.S. Forest Service moves to protect old-growth stands
Biden Administration Agreement: Step Toward Comprehensive Solution for Columbia Basin Salmon and Energy Infrastructure
Owyhee Canyonlands Protections Will Benefit Fish, Wildlife, Public Lands and Waters
Building a better river: Rico Diversion project improves fish passage and bank stability
TU in the news
Return of the Native Brook Trout
“On the back of a determined West Virginian—and private landowners and government agencies
alike—the vaunted and cherished brook trout just might be making a miracle comeback.”
With beavers missing from the landscape, humans do the dirty work
“Scientists know beavers create landscapes better adapted to climate change. Here’s what they’re doing in ecosystems too degraded to support the critters.”
Opinion: Trump Weakens the Nation’s Clean Water Efforts
“The president’s decision to roll back protections is deeply misguided.”
Opinion: The Potomac River is an American success story, thanks to the Clean Water Act
“The Trump administration’s announcement puts at risk nearly 50 years of progress making rivers such as the Cuyahoga and Potomac more fishable and swimmable.”
Biden moves to ban most old-growth logging in national forests
“The most ancient trees still standing in America’s national forests would get new protections under a proposal the Biden administration announced Tuesday that would ban most logging in groves that play a vital role in fighting climate change.”
Idaho cobalt mining that devastated local water revisited with greener new approach
“Cobalt is seen as a critical mineral for ev batteries.”