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Olympic Peninsula: Restoring Rainforest Rivers
“It’s go time” - Luke Kelly On the wild coastal rivers of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, Trout Unlimited is removing migration barriers, reconnecting floodplains and restoring critical spawning and rearing habitat for struggling populations of wild salmon and steelhead. Wisen Creek Culvert. Photo by Liam Gallagher Working alongside our partners at federal and state agencies, regional…
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Washington public TV celebrates TU volunteers measuring culverts
In Washington state, TU volunteers on the Barrier Assessment Team (BAT) train and work alongside staff to document and measure failing culverts acting as migration barriers for salmon, steelhead and other native species. WCTU's Steve Miller speaks at the "State of Salmon" panel discussion. Photo by Dannon Engquist. The program works with state, federal, county…
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Precious Mettle
California’s golden trout persist with project help from TU. Golden Trout Creek An angler since she was four years old, even after a long day working in the backcountry, Trout Unlimited’s Jessica Strickland couldn’t resist the opportunity to fish an iconic stream winding its way through a mountain meadow. In September, during the last weeks…
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OpenRoad episode highlights TU restoration in California’s newest park
On each episode of OpenRoad, journalist Doug McConnell visits beautiful and inspiring places across Northern California and the Bay Area. He does so to learn more about the region's natural, historical and cultural treasures. McConnell places a special emphasis on the parks and protected open spaces that provide access to the public and key protections…
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Building bridges for fish and people on the Salmon SuperHwy
Department of Transportation investments are improving road infrastructure for fish and local communities on Oregon’s North Coast Over the past decade, the partners working together on the Salmon SuperHwy have been removing barriers to fish migration in watersheds across Oregon’s beautiful North Coast. When they started, they identified 93 priority barriers blocking over 180 miles…
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New Podcast: Klamath dam removal updates
TU’s Brian Johnson and filmmaker Shane Anderson join The River Rambler podcast to share observations from the biggest river reconnection project in history Brian Johnson, TU’s senior policy advisor for western water and climate returned to The River Rambler podcast for a fascinating conversation about the unfolding Klamath dam removals with host Richard Harrington and…
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Leave it to Beavers
Patagonia celebrates the restoration work of TU’s Northeast Oregon Hand Crew Initiative in a new story and video Each summer, the young adult members of TU’s Northeast Oregon Hand Crew Initiative spend weeks camping in national forests, restoring miles of trout and salmon habitat by building beaver dams and log jams, planting willows by hand…
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Greg Fitz
Fitz is TU's Pacific Communications Director and is based in Olympia, Washington.