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TU welcomes final rule protecting trout water near coal mines
Wikimedia Commons photo By Steve Moyer It’s never too late to make a policy that will better protect streams and communities. After a 30-year hiatus, and nearing the conclusion of the Obama Administration, the Department of the Interior announced yesterday that it has finalized a new rule – the stream protection rule -- that will…
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Cool streams in a warm future: Moving from talk to action
Yellowstone cutthroat trout are the prime beneificiaries of climate change adaptation work done on Idaho's Crow Creek Photo by Chris Hunt. By Dr. Jack Williams An old friend from back in our government days, Wayne Elmore, frequently noted that “when it’s all said and done, there will likely be more said than done.” How true.…
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Trout Unlimited statement on draft environmental document for San Joaquin River tributary flows
Salmon, steelhead, and resident trout such as this one will benefit from higher flow requirements in the major tributaries to California's San Joaquin River, including the Merced, Tuolumne, and Stanislaus Rivers. Today the California State Water Resources Control Board released a draft proposal to update water quality requirements for streamflows in major tributaries to the…
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What’s in a Forest Plan?
In 2012, the U.S. Forest Service adopted new rules guiding management planning for the nation's national forests and grasslands. Three national forests in California-the Sierra, Sequoia, and Inyo-were among a handful of national forest units nationwide to put the new planning rules into effect. The three "Early Adopter" forests in California have now prepared a…
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Changing climate disrupting phenology up and down the food chain
Leptophlebia spinner. Jerry Schoen photo. By Jerry Schoen My introduction to fly-fishing came courtesy of a heavy Hendrickson hatch on the Battenkill River, back in the 1970s. The fish were willing, and it all seemed easy - an impression corrected over the next several days of trial, error and inconsistencies in weather, the behavior of…
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Brodhead Chapter Trout Unlimited Pocono Creek Project Phase 1 Update
On Thursday June 16, 2016 and Saturday June 18, 2016, members of the Brodhead Chapter of Trout Unlimited contracted All Construction and Repair (http://poconosexcavation.com/) to place rocks that had been previously donated by Northampton Community College (https://www.northampton.edu/) in a section of the Pocono Creek owned by the Pocono Heritage Land Trust (http://www.phlt.org/). A portion of…
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Decision on Eagle Lake rainbow trout listing is “good news”
The US Fish & Wildlife Service has made a determination on a petition to list the Eagle Lake rainbow trout under the federal Endangered Species Act. In a decision announced July 5, the agency found that "listing the ELRT as an endangered or a threatened species throughout all of or a significant portion of its…
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