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Faces of Restoration: Capitan Forestry in Oregon
Restoration work in Oregon couldn’t happen without Capitan Forestry. The Grande Ronde and North Fork of the John Day headwaters are critical habitat and special places to fish, and the collaboration between TU and Capitan is making it even better. Capitan Forestry historically specialized in upland forest restoration work, but after partnering with TU’s aquatic restoration efforts in the…
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Finding common ground on mining reform
In testimony before Congress, Trout Unlimited president and CEO, Chris Wood made the case for common-sense reforms to mining laws and increased funding to clean up abandoned mines. The hearing focused on several proposed bills that, if enacted, would enable the expansion and improved regulation of critical minerals development. According to the International Energy Agency,…
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Public lands: key to America’s sporting legacy
There is no opportunity for productive fishing or hunting if there are no productive lands and waters in which to sling a line, spot and stalk or swing an over-under. Bottom line. This basic fact has been a part of the American sporting consciousness since Theordore Roosevelt inscribed it, if not before. It’s a cornerstone…
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Faces of Restoration: Reid Brothers restore Southeast Alaska streams
When it came time to find a construction contractor for a restoration project on a remote, mostly uninhabited island in Southeast Alaska, Trout Unlimited’s Alaska habitat restoration director, Aaron Prussian, didn’t have to look very far. “Construction projects in remote Alaska are inherently challenging,” said Aaron. “We needed a contractor with the right expertise and…
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Faces of Restoration: Mike Nelson, Washington coast contractor
Olympic Resources: Restoring salmon and steelhead habitat on the Washington Coast On one of his first visits to Ziegler Creek, a tributary of the Quinault River watershed on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, TU’s Luke Kelly remembers finding a Sockeye salmon stuck in the pool below the large culvert blocking access to the creek’s high-quality spawning and…
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Avoiding science imperils salmon
A long-awaited environmental impact statement (EIS) regarding plans for fish passage improvements on Maine’s Kennebec River finally dropped on Feb. 28. Trout Unlimited and our many partners and supporters who are invested in the health of the Kennebec are disappointed that the EIS ignores the best available science and could doom endangered Atlantic salmon to…
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Faces of Restoration: Brice Wizner, Geomorphic Restoration
Brice Wizner has always had an interest in fish and where they live. Growing up in La Crosse, Wisc., Wizner spent a lot of time chasing trout and walleye throughout the region’s lakes with his grandfather. After college, an early job was working for the state of Minnesota as a fisheries technician. Was it a…
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