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The power of Trout Unlimited is often amplified by partnerships
A new short film highlights how one such collaboration is moving forward an ambitious restoration effort in New York’s Adirondack Park. TU is partnering with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to reconnect 30 miles of trout stream habitat in the Moose River watershed by 2030. The work is the focus of “Connected Conservation:…
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Making the most of winter’s return
After taking a hiatus of several years, winter has returned to Virginia. The mercury has been dipping into the single digits here in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and daytime highs have barely peaked north of freezing for a couple weeks. “Just like the old days!” a friend exclaimed recently. Yep. Which means that instead of…
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Dam removal in Catskills will make fishing even better on Mongaup Creek
Separated by several years, two events are working together to make a great trout stream in the Catskills even better. First came a decision in late 2020 by New York state fisheries officials to halt stocking on the Mongaup Creek, a tributary to the Willowemoc Creek in the upper Delaware River watershed. The move came…
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Another barrier down: Opens miles of habitat on Maryland’s Wolf Den Run
A barrier on Wolf Den Run in the Potomac Highlands of Maryland––a TU Priority Waters area––was among the many AOP projects TU tackled in 2024.
Imagine it’s a blistering hot summer day and your house has only one room that’s air-conditioned. But there’s a problem: The door operates only one way. You can leave the cool room, but you can’t go back in. That’s what happens when a dam or a perched culvert creates a blockage on a stream, and…
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Building watershed resilience in the Southern Appalachians
When Hurricane Helene tore its path of destruction north from the Gulf of Mexico through the Southeast, there was nothing anyone could do to change the storm’s strength or its path. But we do have an opportunity to pre-emptively address the risks storms and other natural weather events pose to our communities. We do that…
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TU members and volunteers mobilize to help communities impacted by Helene
Trout Unlimited’s Overmountain Chapter in Tennessee hosts a fishing day the first Saturday of each month. Participants meet in the morning and then, after considering conditions and the number of anglers who show, decide where to go. On Oct. 5, less than a week after the remnants of Hurricane Helene ravaged the Southeast, fishing was…
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Driftless area ignites teen’s passion for fishing and conservation
Lauren Genske’s earliest forays into trout fishing didn’t go exactly as planned. Consider her first outing in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area when she was about 11 or 12. “My dad was supposed to be taking me to go morel mushroom hunting,” recalled Genske, who lives a couple hours north of the Driftless region in Antigo, Wisc.…
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Mark Taylor
A native of rural southern Oregon, Mark Taylor has lived in Virginia since serving a stint as a ship-based naval officer in Norfolk. He joined…