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We are TU: Jacob Fetterman
Meet the Trout Unlimited staffer behind the newest Home Rivers Initiative on the Battenkill River in Vermont and New York
We care about clean water, healthy fisheries and vibrant communities. We roll up our sleeves to volunteer, we sit on our boards, and we strategize as members and leaders of staff. We want you to join us. For a discounted first-time membership, click here: https://gifts.tu.org/we-are-tu The aim of this blog series is to highlight our friends, in…
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How TU chapters and 5 Rivers clubs can work together
Online training for chapters and councils planned Oct. 7 When I started TU’s 5 Rivers college program in 2011, I wasn’t exactly sure of the best way to move forward with involving college students in TU. I’d heard of the Rutgers TU Chapter that kept emerging and then disappearing, unable to make it more than…
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A boy becomes a man and it takes the outdoors to make it happen
Nature deprivation is a real thing, and I’m witnessing the impacts of both being exposed to the wild and willingly foregoing exposure in both of my kids. My daughter loves the outdoors. She’s working her third year in Grand Teton National Park, and not long ago, we exchanged photos and video via text of our…
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One less barrier to access
As the trees from the trail opened to a view of the water, I checked out the anglers already standing in the river. Against all common sense, I immediately assumed they knew more than me. I assumed they were slightly annoyed that I had come to crowd their spot. As I walked upstream to avoid getting too close, I peeked at their gear. Little by little,…
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Hiking the CDT: Learning to dislike roller coasters
Editor’s Note: The Strawbridge family from Lakeland, Fla., is hiking the length of the Continental Divide Trail – all 3,100 miles of it – from Canada to Mexico. Henry Strawbridge, 14, will be providing updates of their journey to Trout Unlimited as they pass through the historic range of seven native trout species. You can track the…
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Donate $10 through Orvis Giveback Days and help Embrace A Stream make fishing better
What does it take to plant 22,685 trees, restore nearly 60 miles of trout stream and reconnect 166 miles through dam and culvert removals? It takes you, Orvis... and just $10. From now through Sept. 24, through the Orvis Giveback Days, when you give $10 to TU's Embrace A Stream grant program you'll get a…
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When did you become interested in conservation?
Enter the annual Teen Youth Essay For some of us, the moment we decided to get involved in conservation efforts was crystal clear. It happened more subtly for others. This year, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have turned to the outdoors and recreation as a safe way to keep up our spirits in…
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