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Sustaining wildlife and ancestral land uses together
It started with a mouse, the New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse, which was listed in 2014 under the Endangered Species Act. The listing closed an important pasture to grazing and also locked out trout anglers from fishing the Rio Cebolla. United in their belief that the mouse could be preserved along with ranching and fishing,…
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Jeremy Brooks scholarship affords Wisconsin student summer opportunity to work and learn
By Kyle Kamm Heading into my senior year studying fisheries management at The University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, I was fortunate as the recipient of the 2024 Jeremy Brooks Memorial Scholarship to be able to spend this past summer working in multiple aspects of fisheries management throughout a summer internship with Trout Unlimited. …
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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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Young conservations help restore trout habitat in Traverse Valley Creek
In September, the Wisconsin Clear Waters TU Chapter and Oak Brook, Illinois TU Chapter completed a stream restoration project on Traverse Valley Creek in Trempealeau County, with a focus on educating local youth. The restored section of stream is along highway X, 5 ½ miles from the junction of X and State Highway 93.…
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Meet Anna, TU Alaska’s new education coordinator
Anna Petersen is Trout Unlimited Alaska’s new education coordinator. She will work across southcentral Alaska to educate kids in all the things fish need for healthy habitat. If you’re interested in connecting with Anna on a youth education opportunity, you can reach her here. Without further ado, meet Anna: What is your hometown/current town? Anchorage,…
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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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2024 TU Sweepstakes winners announced
Our grand prize winner, Joe V. of Oklahoma, won a 4-days/5-nights trip for winner and a guest at the Linehan Outfitting Company’s Yaak Valley Log Cabins. Led by experienced guides, they’ll fish the pristine Kootenai River, the legendary Clark Fork River, and the mighty Missouri, and relax at the end of each day in beautiful,…
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