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Reflecting on an honor named for a friend and fighter
From time to time the landline would ring in the Moyer residence in the early 2000s and my wife Michelle would pick up the phone. A deep southern accent born of the hills of east Tennessee would exchange pleasant greetings with her, and then the request would come: “Darlin, we gotta get your boy workin’.…
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Fishing for Answers to the Critical Minerals Conundrum
TU continues to focus on mining issues, policy changes and water quality impacts so you can focus on fishing.
A clean energy future and healthy watersheds depend on policy solutions for responsible mining. And we’re on it. Let’s be honest, when you’re out on a river fishing, mining is probably the last thing you’re thinking about. And that’s understandable; it’s hard to focus on one of the biggest challenges of our time while…
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Fishing in the Farm Bill
When you think of Farm Bill conservation, what comes to mind? Maybe fields full of pheasants or ringed by deer stands. Prairie potholes for waterfowl. What about fish – perhaps a little farm pond full of bluegills and bass? Farm Bill conservation programs actually fund a significant amount of coldwater conservation across the country, and…
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Administration inks agreement on upper Columbia, but leaves Snake River in limbo
The Biden Administration took a step forward on meeting the nation’s obligations to upper Columbia River tribes but fell short of producing a comprehensive plan for the entire Columbia basin including the Snake River. The administration announced a $200 million investment to benefit upper Columbia River salmon. The agreement between the administration and the Confederated…
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Map questing: How to find trout water on public lands
It’s nice for anglers to know that we have access to literally millions of miles of trout streams and countless acres of trout lakes and ponds on public lands in the United States. But just how do we pinpoint those fishing spots? Fortunately, we have many options to help us, including those old-fashioned paper maps,…
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Public lands photo essay
Vast expanses of public lands and waters The Rocky Mountains offer nearly endless public lands and waters Sinuosity on public lands Pure joy of fishing on public waters Public lands and waters offer solitude if you know where to look Public lands and waters come in all shapes and sizes Oxbows galore on public lands…
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Money Helps Build Resilience
Agreement with the Forest Service invests $10 million to help restore aquatic ecosystems damaged by wildfire. For those of us who live in the West, increasingly smoky summers are one of the really bad manifestations of climate change. I live in Missoula, where winters are gray and long and summers are short and glorious. At…
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