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Drought resiliency is important for ranching and for ranching families
Trout Unlimited project leader completes collaborative effort in the West What do you do when your new conservation job encompasses more than 15 million acres over three watersheds and three states? For Nicole Sullivan the answer was easy. Time to hit the pavement -- and a lot of dirt roads -- to meet the sparse…
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Not all fishing buddies are great anglers
This is Maya. Shortly after she jumped in the river, wrapped around my leader, and thus caused me to lose what I thought was at least a 16-inch brown trout that I had hooked on a dry fly. Maya obviously feels no remorse whatsoever. I’m still kinda mad. But not really. For the record, Maya…
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Fishpond stands with TU on Lower Snake proposal
There are a lot of reasons to love the work we do at Trout Unlimited. It’s meaningful work, making things better for trout and salmon across the US. I told a friend not long ago that I got into this work because I loved wild things and wild places. But I have stayed in this…
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Ninemile: Bringing in the big guns for river restoration
Work is ramping up again as the Ninemile Creek restoration enters its fifth phase. And this one is a big one as workers prepare to bring in the bulldozers, excavators and haul trucks. "This particular reach of Ninemile Creek was significantly altered, destroyed, even by Ninemile standards," said Paul Parson, Clark Fork restoration coordinator for…
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Thinking big on the Upper Rio Grande
Trout Unlimited has worked in the upper Rio Grande drainage for years, investing staff and volunteer time into things like raising water tables, reconnecting rivers with their flood plains and protecting public lands. We've worked with indigenous people and local communities to protect and restore this important watershed. We're now combining and organizing our various…
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Taking in the infrastructure of nature in New Mexico
Humans are coming to grips with the damage we've done ... and the need to repair it Even in New Mexico, a state so over-endowed with emptiness that one can find a place to hide a body almost anywhere, Gila country is about the loneliest place imaginable. The closer you get, as I realized on…
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StreamTech Boats stands with TU on Lower Snake proposal
“I think we have a responsibility to wild fish and to wild rivers,” Link said. “In the 1800’s, the Snake River produced runs of two million fish – over half of the spring/summer Chinook salmon and summer steelhead came from this one basin. Even today, if you look at the entire Columbia River Basin, the Snake River has by far the greatest potential for recovering wild salmon and steelhead in the entire watershed.”
I think I met Link Jackson from StreamTech Boats not long after I came to work at Trout Unlimited. I’m pretty sure it was in Missoula, and I recall our conversation clearly. Mostly, I remember thinking, “Wow! This guy knows boats!” First impressions are sometimes misleading, but this one wasn’t. It was dead-on. This guy…
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