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Chris Wood cautions Congress: eliminating the Roadless Rule would upend 25 years of balanced public land management
In testimony before the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, Trout Unlimited President and CEO Chris Wood opposed H.R. 7895, a bill that would nullify the 2001 Roadless Rule nationwide and prevent similar rules from being created and administered in the future. “The Roadless Rule strikes a common-sense balance: the rule allows forest health projects and hazardous fuels treatments in Roadless Areas. Off highway vehicles, grazing,…
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A 133-mile river cleanup? That’s the longtime goal for “Sweep the South Branch”
Stream cleanups are a great way for Trout Unlimited to engage with communities. Every year TU members and supporters connect on hundreds of rivers for events that make streams healthier and prettier. Most of the events last a few hours and produce plenty of trash, from tires to plastic grocery bags to those ubiquitous single-use plastic drink bottles. When TU staffer Jeff Kresch…
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Piecing together diverse funding sources to address a culvert ‘monstrosity’
There are several sound approaches to replacing a poorly functioning, undersized, fish-blocking culvert. The first step is to remove the old structure. Sometimes nature gives TU and others who frequently tackle that kind of work a headstart, with flood waters blowing out roads and starting the demolition process. When high flows damaged one bad culvert road crossing on Crossett Creek in…
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Watch: Blueprint – insight into making history
Every year, Trout Unlimited hosts its Costa 5 Rivers Ambassador Summit, where college anglers from across the country come together for a week of conservation, fishing and community. College angles at the Costa 5 Rivers Ambassador Summit In 2025, the Summit took place on the Wind River Reservation in central Wyoming. Idyllic for its natural resource conservation, the…
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Video of the Week – Flowing Free
Culverts and road crossings often create barriers to fish passage while also causing problems during floods for local communities. So, in Wisconsin, Trout Unlimited is doing something about it. By updating and upgrading these barriers, native trout like brook trout in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest can move freely amongst this spectacular habitat. Watch Flowing Free to learn more and…
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Public lands are worth defending… and that’s just what Idaho did
In Idaho, support for keeping public lands in public hands isn’t just strong—it’s overwhelming. Recent polling shows roughly 96 percent of Idahoans back the idea that these lands should remain accessible to all of us. That makes sense in a state where more than 60 percent of the landscape—over 32 million acres—is public land. These places are where generations of Idahoans have learned…
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Idaho’s spring Chinook season: A reminder of what we’ve lost and what we can still restore
In late March, after a series of public meetings, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission announced Idaho’s 2026 spring Chinook season. Let’s be clear, as important as it is to have an opportunity to fish and harvest hatchery salmon, the limited spring Chinook season in Snake River basin is not a sign of recovered wild populations. These fish are still far from healthy and harvestable goals and nowhere…
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