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Only a few days left to ‘Give Where You Fish’
There’s only a few days left to “Give Where You Fish” and support 29 local Trout Unlimited projects across the country. The Embrace A Stream Challenge, a fun, week-long online competition, has already raised more than $50,00 0 for these great projects and your donation – whether $10 or $100 – can help improve a…
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The Affordable Clean Energy Rule in context
The power industry has put more natural gas power plants online, but the repeal of the Clean Power Plan could slow progress toward fewer greenhouse gas emissions. Wikimedia commons photo. By Jim Wilson As a member of TU’s National Leadership Council Climate Change Working Group, I volunteered to write a blog about EPA’s proposed alternative…
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Conserving freshwater biodiversity in California
A native Chinook salmon from California's Central Valley. Conservation of freshwater biodiversity faces major challenges. The fragmented nature of freshwater habitats often results in species populations being highly vulnerable to extirpation. Moreover, areas managed for resource conservation typically reflect jurisdictional or landscape boundaries that have little meaning for aquatic species. Now, a team of scientists…
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Economic analysis shows watershed groups such as TU improve water quality
A recent economic study confirmed what the thousands of Trout Unlimited volunteers and our partner watershed groups already know: TU's work directly benefits water quality and makes fishing better. (Trout Unlimited photo) By Chris Branham, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. — Economists have found that in the United States, watershed groups have had a positive…
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Thanks for the memories
A good bank to fall down to land a fish. By Chris Wood I woke this morning dreaming that I was on point on a two-on-one fast break. I measure the distance from my ground blind to a target through various pass patterns. “That’s a down-and-out; that’s a post;” and so on. I still consider…
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TU, SRF host first-ever Large Wood Field School
Participants in the 2018 Large Wood Technical Field School, hosted by TU and the Salmonid Restoration Federation. Photo: Dana Stolzman, SRF One of the biggest coldwater conservation challenges in the western U.S. is recovering coho salmon in California, the southernmost extent of the species' historical range. Coho, one of four species of salmon native to…
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186 not just for anglers
As we enter the final days until the elections in Montana, TU is checking in with local businesses on why passing I-186 is important to them. This editorial from Stephanie Shammel, a rancher downstream of the Kendall Mine, originally appeared in the Billings Gazette. Check out our Instagram story about other Montana businesses who are…
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