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Trout campers in NH and VT get hands-on conservation experience
By Joe Norton Recently, TU’s Upper Connecticut Home Rivers Initiative held our annual conservation days with the New Hampshire and Vermont TU Youth Trout Camps. Eliza Perreault led the camps’ Conservation Days. She is the Home Rivers Conservation Assistant, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Riparian Invasives Specialist, Grip-Hoist Gal, and, as is clear, the program’s Jill…
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Colorado businesses join fight for MT Smith
By Colin Cooney As Trout Unlimited continues the campaign opposing the proposed copper mine that threatens Montana’s famed Smith River, companies from around the country are stepping up to help. Recently, RepYourWater, a Colorado based business dedicated to providing uniquely designed, top quality gear for anglers and hunters, and Upslope Brewing, a brewery out of…
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New gear: Orvis, Scott and St. Croix unveil new rods
The new Orvis Helios 3 Editor's note: The following is courtesy of Angling Trade. Orvis Helios 3 Yeah… it’s all that. Worth the wait. Deserving of the hyp e. Honestly, it had to be, because Orvis is going all-in with this rebranded flagship rod. The Manchester marketing machine will no doubt drive sales, but at…
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New gear: Deeter sets the table
Patagonia's Middle Fork waders. TROUT Magazine and Angling Trade Magazine Editor Kirk Deeter is in Orlando this week at the International Fly Tackle Dealer show, and he's taking in all the new products that hitting the market in the coming months. International Fly Tackle Dealer Show Day 1 Video RecapOf interest to me? Those Patagonia Middle…
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No sign of slowing down: Sierra Trout Camp 2017
TU’s Sierra Trout Camp recently celebrated its 5th anniversary of prepping the next generation for fly fishing and conservation. By Sam Sedillo For five years now, Trout Unlimited’s Public Lands office in Truckee, California has hosted one of northern California’s premier fly fishing camps for young people—Sierra Trout Camp. This camp blends a mix of…
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Conservation Funding: NOAA-NMFS Trout Unlimited Letter to U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee for Commerce, Justice and Science
170628_TU_FY18_CJS_House_FNL.pdfJune 28, 2017 RE: NOAA FY18 Budget Request Dear Chairman Culberson, Ranking Member Serrano and members of the Subcommittee, I am writing on behalf of Trout Unlimited (TU) in regards to Fiscal Year 2018 appropriations for the NOAA programs (Department of Commerce) within your jurisdiction. NOAA’s habitat programs are of great interest to our 300,000…
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Conservation Funding: Interior and Related Trout Unlimited Letter to U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee for Interior, Environment and Related Agencies
170711_TU_FY18_IER_Approps_House_FNL.pdf July 11, 2017 RE: Interior, Environment, and Related: Proposed FY18 Budget Cuts. Dear Chairman Calvert, Ranking Member McCollum, and members of the Subcommittee: I am writing on behalf of Trout Unlimited (TU), regarding Fiscal Year 2018 appropriations for programs within your jurisdiction. These programs are of great interest to TU, and critical to the…
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