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Snakes, snarled permits & supply chain snafus
Just another field season at TU.
For Trout Unlimited crews, restoring streams means persisting through every manner of calamity It’s another muggy August day and Erin Rodgers is in her element, walking along a brook in New Hampshire looking at how a habitat enhancement project on the stream held up through high water from a recent thunderstorm. A few hundred miles…
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A foray into ‘centerpinning’ for steelhead
When was the last time you fought a hot 10-pound fish on a reel with no drag? For me, the answer was “never.”
Another fishing experiment in a lifetime full of them. The strike was surprisingly violent. Really, it was just surprising. How often does that happen? We take a minute off. Or maybe just a few seconds. And boom! In this case I had been flipping the end of the fishing rod in hopes of removing a…
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A race to stave off extinction for California’s Coho
TU’s North Coast Coho and Steelhead Restoration Program is clearing the way for salmon and steelhead in coastal streams north of San Francisco California’s coastal streams north of San Francisco Bay are the last bastion for native Coho in the Golden State. They are also the best hope for coastal wild steelhead in this state,…
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It’s Groundhog Day until we have permanent protections for Bristol Bay
It’s been well over a year since the key federal permit for the formerly proposed Pebble mine was denied. When the Army Corps of Engineers cited Pebble’s failure to meet Clean Water Act standards and being “contrary to public interest,” it halted a mine from advancing and developing in the headwaters of the most prolific…
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Newsletter touts 2021 highlights New England
This past year, it was great for our New England staff, along with our members and partners, to get out on the streams once again to start chipping away at a backlog of projects since most work came to an abrupt halt right near the beginning of the 2020 field season due to Covid. Thankfully…
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Newsletter highlights TU’s work in New York
Hello 2022! Trout Unlimited’ s conservation work has continued around the state despite the delays and challenges brought about by the COVID pandemic. We have many highlights from a productive 2021, and some exciting things on the horizon for the coming year. Click below to download the full newsletter. Tracy Brown, the restoration manager for…
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Little Beaver Kill gets a restoration makeover
By Jesse Vadala When Trout Unlimited undertook a restoration project on the Little Beaver Kill in Livingston Manor, trout were to be just one of the beneficiaries. The restoration project is part of a bigger vision to reduce flooding in the Town of Livingston Manor. It is also part of TU’s longstanding efforts in…
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