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At Trout Unlimited, “infrastructure” = fixing rivers
One year after passage of the historic law, we’re getting to work on our waters This week marks the one-year anniversary of perhaps the most important piece of conservation legislation in a generation. A substantial portion of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s $1.2 trillion in funding is being invested in our natural infrastructure, into our waters…
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Reconnecting the Klamath
FERC’s license surrender order clears the path to remove four old dams on the Lower Klamath River The decades-long campaign Trout Unlimited and our Tribal and conservation partners have waged to restore the third most productive river for salmon and steelhead on the West Coast has taken a dramatic leap forward. Today, the Federal Energy…
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Trout Unlimited, Forest Service launch $40 million initiative
New chapter in a longstanding partnership to recover and reconnect trout waters on public lands A century ago, Gifford Pinchot wrote: “The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves, in a sense, responsible for that future.” As the nation’s first head of the U.S. Forest Service after its…
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Colorado greenbacks are … back
After more than a decade of work, the greenback cutthroat trout is now reproducing in its native range Seven years ago, on a cool mid-September morning, I joined other Colorado Trout Unlimited members and Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) staff at a 10,000-foot trailhead to Herman Gulch, a stream located in Arapaho National Forest west of…
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Three things the Rubies taught me
The TU community has spent countless hours fishing the Ruby marshes and has dedicated years to protecting the region from oil and gas development via the Ruby Mountains Protection Act.
“Do you need a reminder on how to cast?” Trout Unlimited’s Nevada Field Coordinator, Pam Harrington, asked Zoe and I as she handed us each a fly rod. With smiles to match the cloudless October sky above the vast valley we fished in, we exclaimed “Yes!” The weaving marshes of Nevada’s Ruby Lake National Wildlife…
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Future bright for premier wild trout fishery in the East
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helps TU and partners boost efforts in the Delaware River watershed Juggling three balls can be tricky. Try 19. That’s how many projects Jo-Anne Humphreys has had on her plate this year as a stream restoration specialist for Trout Unlimited’s Northeast Coldwater Habitat Program. “It’s been my busiest professional year ever,” said…
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In Massachusetts, a step toward a premier wild trout fishery
Tireless, science-based effort by TU volunteers leads to an agreement for higher flows during spawning season Carefully picking his way up the Deerfield River, the angler suddenly stopped at a trout redd. The sight of the trout spawning nest in this river, which supposedly did not harbor wild, reproducing trout, wasn’t entirely surprising. Eric Halloran…
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