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West Virginia chapter hopes game cams deter poaching
Mike Sayre, president of the Ernie Nester chapter in West Virginia, presents a Spy Point camera to David Hylton, a state conservation officer. Hylton will use the camera to deter poaching on the catch-and-release-only section of Paint Creek in Fayette County. (Photo courtesy of Mike Sayre.) By Mark Taylor Glenn Nelson isn’t one of those…
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Skills: Making your own spool tenders
If you fish for trout, you likely have at least half-a dozen spools of tippet constantly at the ready, just in case you need to add length to your leader, change the tippet strength to throw bigger flies to larger fish or to rebuild a diminishing leader. And, if you're like me, you despise the…
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Connecting kids with conservation in Coos County, N.H.
By Eliza Perrault What do agriculture, fisheries, forestry, soil conservation, wildlife and foraging have in common? Conservation, that's what. Every spring, professionals from all areas of conservation gather for Coos County Conservation Day in Columbia, N .H., to share their passions with local fifth-grade school groups. Students spend half an hour at each station experiencing…
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TU President Chris Wood testifies on Good Samaritan legislation
Abandoned mine drainage impacts a small stream near homes in Pennsylvania. By Mark Taylor In Pennsylvania’s lower Kettle Creek watershed, an area scarred by abandoned mine drainage, water quality is improving. For example, Trout Unlimited and partners have worked to reclaim about 160 acres of abandoned mine land and installed nine passive treatment systems in…
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Busy spring for riparian planting projects in NY
Volunteers planted 600 native trees and shrubs along Schoharie Creek near Jewett, NY. (Photo Laura Weyeneth, Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District) By Tracy Brown Trout Unlimited had a busy spring on the banks of streams in eight watersheds in New York, planting thousands of trees and shrubs to provide shade and other benefits.…
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Trump Administration budget ignores Americans’ desire for clean air, water
Volunteers assist TU staff on a riparian corridor planting project in the upper Potomac River watershed in West Virginia. Elimination of funding for the Chesapeake Bay Program, as proposed in President Trump's FY2018 budget, would devastate stream restoration efforts that are helping to improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay. The proposed FY 2018 budget…
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Skills: Counter-wrapping intelligence
Fly tying is always an exercise in patience, at least for me. While I enjoy tying flies, I'm good for about a half-dozen at a time. Then I get antsy. So, the less time I spend at the vise and the more time I spend actually fishing the flies I tie is important to me.…
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