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Frank Moore: North Umpqua Icon
Remembering Frank Moore and a life spent not just chasing steelhead but fighting to protect the water they call home.
Frank Moore: North Umpqua Icon By Mark Taylor Reprinted from TROUT Magazine Summer 2019 issue Editor’s note: On Sunday, Jan. 23, the world of fly-fishing and conservation lost a hero when Frank Moore passed away at the age of 98. Moore made his home along Oregon’s North Umpqua with his surviving wife, Jeanne, for nearly 70 years, a good chunk…
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Could this become Michigan’s next great trout water?
TU’s Jake Lemon sees promise in a stream anglers breeze past to get to the Pere Marquette Jake Lemon admits he was as guilty as most when it came to paying attention to Michigan’s White River. “It’s basically sandwiched between the Muskegon and the Pere Marquette,” Lemon said of the White. “Many people just drive…
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Frank Moore, angling and conservation legend, passes away
A life spent not just chasing steelhead but fighting to protect the water they called home.
Longtime proprietor of the Steamboat Inn was instrumental in protecting the iconic North Umpqua River The world of fly-fishing and conservation has lost a giant. Frank Moore, a legendary angler and advocate for Oregon’s North Umpqua River, died Sunday. He was 98. A decorated World War II veteran who fought on the beach at Normandy on D-Day, Moore settled in the small…
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Flowing free in ’23
Long campaign to remove four old dams and recover the Klamath River’s legendary salmon and steelhead runs nears completion Life After Dams Part 3 of a series. This week, we’re telling stories about what happens when dams come out and life flows back in. It’s a vision of what could be on the lower Snake:…
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In Michigan, schoolkids get their hands dirty for healthy trout
What images come to mind when you picture your schoolyard from childhood? Do you see stark, barren scenes dominated by hardscapes? Or verdant, lush environments teeming with songbirds and pollinators? On a hot day last May, Crestwood Elementary School in Michigan took a step toward the second vision thanks to staffers from Trout Unlimited, local partners and the school—as…
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In Maine, fish following ancient instincts find newly open rivers
But recovering Atlantic salmon will mean removing more dams on the Kennebec Life After Dams Part 2 of a series. This week, we’re telling stories about what happens when dams come out and life flows back in. It’s a vision of what could be on the lower Snake: a free-flowing river and wild fisheries staging…
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On the Elwha, dams came down, steelhead came back.
Wild summer-run steelhead, once prolific in the Elwha, were functionally extinct before the dams were removed. Six years later, they were back.
Life After Dams Part 1 of a series. This week, we’re telling stories about what happens when dams come out and life flows back in. It’s a vision of what could be on the lower Snake: a free-flowing river and wild fisheries staging a remarkable comeback. It is not always possible to restore wild places…
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