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Connecting kids with conservation in Coos County, N.H.
By Eliza Perrault What do agriculture, fisheries, forestry, soil conservation, wildlife and foraging have in common? Conservation, that's what. Every spring, professionals from all areas of conservation gather for Coos County Conservation Day in Columbia, N .H., to share their passions with local fifth-grade school groups. Students spend half an hour at each station experiencing…
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TU President Chris Wood testifies on Good Samaritan legislation
Abandoned mine drainage impacts a small stream near homes in Pennsylvania. By Mark Taylor In Pennsylvania’s lower Kettle Creek watershed, an area scarred by abandoned mine drainage, water quality is improving. For example, Trout Unlimited and partners have worked to reclaim about 160 acres of abandoned mine land and installed nine passive treatment systems in…
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Busy spring for riparian planting projects in NY
Volunteers planted 600 native trees and shrubs along Schoharie Creek near Jewett, NY. (Photo Laura Weyeneth, Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District) By Tracy Brown Trout Unlimited had a busy spring on the banks of streams in eight watersheds in New York, planting thousands of trees and shrubs to provide shade and other benefits.…
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Trump Administration budget ignores Americans’ desire for clean air, water
Volunteers assist TU staff on a riparian corridor planting project in the upper Potomac River watershed in West Virginia. Elimination of funding for the Chesapeake Bay Program, as proposed in President Trump's FY2018 budget, would devastate stream restoration efforts that are helping to improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay. The proposed FY 2018 budget…
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Voices from the River: Urban fish
By Mark Taylor Scenic and peaceful, this place was not. We were walking on the shoulder of a busy highway in Eastern Pennsylvania, Joe Baylog leading the way. We were in the area working on a film project on TU’s work with the state’s Unassessed Waters Initiative. Baylog, president the Forks of the Delaware chapter,…
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Duke Energy grant to further TU’s work in North Carolina
Duke Energy awarded more than $1 million in grants to 14 organizations. Pictured with grant recipients is Mike Hughes (far right), Duke Energy's vice president of community relations. TU will remove or replace ill-suited or poorly functioning culverts across three headwater streams, re-connecting 9 miles of aquatic habitat for eastern brook trout and other aquatic…
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Rogue River receives high acclaim during national River Rally conference
By Jamie Vaughan This past week, Grand Rapids, Mich., hosted River Rally, a national conference hosted by the River Network that brings together hundreds of water champions and river enthusiasts to cultivate new partnerships and inspire the sharing of knowledge and ideas within the river and water community. NGO staff and volunteers, academics, agency and…
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