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Native Odyssey: Yellowstone National Park
Editor's note: The TU Costa Five Rivers Program Native Odyssey Team visited Yellowstone National Park recently, where they chased native fish in the waters where they belong. Public Land: Yellowstone National Park. Establ ished March 1, 1872, Yellowstone National Park covers an area of 3,471 square miles through Wyoming, Montan and Idaho. The park rests…
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Drift boat rules: The Oarlock Warlock
Call me the “Oarlock Warlock.” Because if you are fishing from the front of my dory, and you start firing casts that land behind the oarlocks (thus cutting off the water for the poor “tail gunner” fishing from the back), one of three things is going to magically happen: 1) You will find the bow…
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New grant will help Van Duzen River coho, steelhead
Floodplain habitat connectivity improvement project site, Lawrence Creek TU’s North Coast Coho Project has been awarded a major grant to underwrite the first year of a three-year project to restore floodplain habitat connectivity in Lawrence Creek, a tributary to Yager Creek in the Van Duzen River drainage in Humboldt County, California. The Lawrence Creek Reconnection…
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Stand up for Clean Water
Stand Up For Clean Water The public can now comment on a decision by the Trump administration to repeal a rule that would protect 60 percent of stream miles and the drinking water of one in three Americans. In June, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would begin the process of repealing the 2015…
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Native Odyssey: Utah’s cutthroat slam
Bonneville cutthroat trout Editor's note: TU's Costa Five Rivers Native Odyssey team visited Utah recently on its trip across America. During our time in Utah, we sought four species of native cutthroat trout. Luckily for us, Utah has just the thing. The Utah Cutthroat Slam is a challenge that costs only $20 and is an…
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Renewable energy bill moves forward
The House Committee on Natural Resources advanced a bill today that would balance renewable energy development with fish and wildlife resources. Introduced by Paul Gosar, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act passed through the committee with unanimous support. "The Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act offers an innovative approach to advance renewable development while…
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Sportsmens bill advances in Senate – S.1514, the Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation for Wildlife Act.
On July 26th, 2017, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee advanced S.1514, the Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation for Wildlife Act (HELP Wildlife Act). Trout Unlimited supports this bill, which reauthorizes a number of useful conservation programs until 2023. The reauthorized programs that Trout Unlimited is particularly supportive of include: North Americans Wetlands…
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