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‘We Are TU’ series accepting nominations
As the larger angling community grows and diversifies, Trout Unlimited wants to make sure members of our community who don’t fit what was once the “traditional fly fisherman" mold are seen and heard, and that their experiences on the water, at fly shops and volunteer meetings are represented across our channels. When someone unfamiliar with our work sees Trout Unlimited’s content, we want what…
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The Chugach National Forest caught up in roadless mess
By the TU Alaska Program staff Although Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s main target is the Tongass National Forest, where he hopes to revitalize and greatly expand the outdated practice of industrial clear-cut logging of old-growth forest, the Chugach National Forest is also now caught in the crosshairs. (Take action today!) Post-logging on Prince of Wales…
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How to pack for a trip to Bristol Bay
The flights are booked, the lodging is arranged. You’re going to Bristol Bay. Dang, I’m jealous. First of all, you may be spending significant amounts of money, time and effort to travel to remote, southwest Alaska. Maybe there’s a little part of you that has buyer’s remorse about all that? Well, don’t. Just experiencing this…
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Act, then put the Tongass on your bucket list
If you want to catch a very large steelhead in a very small stream, there’s probably no better place on the planet to do so than Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. The Tongass is almost 17 million acres of mountains, fjords, massive glaciers and wild rivers and creeks. With 18,000 miles of public waters that…
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The science is clear on suction dredge mining
Two bills will move through the Washington legislature this session with the goal of updating the state’s laws protecting its fish and waterways from impacts of suction dredge mining. Though you may see comments from a select few upholding the activity, the science is incredibly clear on negative impacts it causes to our already-stressed fish…
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Staying mad
A good friend of mine worked with a women’s group at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago one summer during college. The federal prison famously has these tall, 5-inch wide windows, originally made to be narrow enough that they didn’t require bars. My friend told me that when new women moved in, they complained…
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Guiding the guide
When the weather doesn’t allow the de Havilland Beaver floatplanes to fly at the lodge, we just hop in a meticulously-maintained, fully stocked, and (perhaps most impressively) clean jet boat to fish for trophy rainbows on the world-famous Naknek River. The guides carry lunches, complete with inventive sandwiches on fresh-baked bread, hot soup and a…
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