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Mark Taylor

  • 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…

  • Students participate in planting day on Salmon Creek

    Students from the Salisbury Central School (4th-8th grade) and Sharon Center School (1st – 8th grade) recently participated in a tree-planting event on Salmon Creek at Lime Rock Park in Northwest Connecticut. The event is part of an ongoing restoration initiative on the creek, a tributary to the Housatonic River. The work is helping to…

  • TU kicks off STREAM Girls program with Girl Scouts of Michigan

    Volunteer Alicia Bartlett demonstrating how to sample for macroinvertebrates. By Jamie Vaughn You may be familiar with the phrase “STEM” education, which refers to learning in science, technology, engineering, and math. At Trout Unlimited, we believe in “STREAM” education, which includes “Arts” and “Recreation” too! That’s why on April 29, to celebrate Michigan’s Trout Opener…

  • Voices from the river

    Voices from the River: Mountain Strong

    Wes Gwaltney, president of the New River Valley of Trout Unlimited, fishes the West Prong of the Pigeon River near Gatlinburg, Tenn., in late April. Even as damage from 2016 fires remains, the forest in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is greening up with the arrival of spring. (Mark Taylor photo.) By Mark Taylor…

  • Why I #TUVolunteer

    Southern West Virginia chapter volunteers gather after the 20th Annual Elkhorn Creek Cleanup on April 15 in the community of Northfork, in McDowell County, W.Va. By Rob Shane When I was young, maybe 6 or 7, I had a tendency to act like a total brat — usually upset about not getting some toy that…

  • Volunteers have big day on Stony Clove in New York

    The Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited and Ulster County Soil and Water Conservation District recently joined forces to plant trees, shrubs and willows along the Stony Clove, a major Esopus Creek tributary. Stony Clove was traditionally was a source of natural turbidity until s ome recent, major stream restoration projects. Thirty folks of all…