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TU starts public lands gear and knowledge swap via Facebook group
Are you or your family in need of gear to better use and enjoy our public lands? Are you looking to get rid of gear that’s collecting dust? Are you new to fishing and could use a tip? This is the group for you. Use this page as an opportunity to give and receive, share, lend and express gratitude through the Trout Unlimited network. The…
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Climate change at its CORE
Stewing in the sun and smoke of the late-August afternoon, even the temptingly titled Shady Island River Park was overmatched. Cottonwoods lining the shore of the Gunnison River offered only modest relief as the mercury climbed north of 95 degrees, and soon enough the haze of Colorado’s largest recorded wildfire would overcome our little oasis…
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‘Get to work and find some answers’
Local sporting businesses are helping to make the case for removing the four Lower Snake River dams Earlier this summer, TU released a report entitled, “Why We Need a Free Flowing Lower Snake River,” that lays out the scientific basis for the federal government’s conclusion that the best way to restore salmon and steelhead in…
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Do it for the fish that made a river famous
If the determining factor in the effort to save the native Yellowstone cutthroat trout of Idaho’s South Fork of the Snake River is how hard cutthroats fight at the end of a leader … well, then, the fight is already lost. The perception that introduced rainbows—spawned from mongrel strains engineered in hatcheries over decades—offer anglers…
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Could “critical minerals” development affect your home water?
New report from Trout Unlimited shows half of critical mineral deposits overlap with trout and salmon habitat At Trout Unlimited, we understand the desire to balance conservation of trout and salmon fisheries with needs of the 21st century. We all rely on the cell phones in our pockets and the computers on our desks (not…
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Trout Unlimited volunteers fan out to survey Wilson Creek in North Carolina
Armed with mountains of scientific data, Trout Unlimited is starting to dig into reconnection and stream restoration efforts in a large, important watershed in western North Carolina. Over the past year, carefully trained TU volunteers fanned out across the Wilson Creek watershed to survey the condition of Wilson Creek and its many smaller tributaries. Volunteers…
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Trout and Salmon Foundation’s grants make out-sized impact for TU
Small donations from private foundations provide seed money needed to get a big restoration project going
When Trout Unlimited and the U.S. Forest Service team up for a reconnection project next year in the Ottawa National Forest in Michigan, the price tag will top $80,000. In terms of the project’s total cost, a single $5,000 contribution might seem like it’s not that big of a deal. But that grant from the…
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