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A Tribute to Gary Fredricks (and the many public servants like him)
By Rob Masonis In the world of salmon conservation, criticizing government agencies can be a popular sport. By nature they are easy targets: faceless, powerful, bureaucratic and slow to evolve even in the face of glaring need to do so. But often overlooked and underappreciated are the many well-intentioned, dedicated individuals working within those agencies. Public servants like Gary Fredricks, a fish biologist who worked in the National Marine Fisheries Service for more than 30 years to improve fish passage systems at federal dams on the…
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‘Hunters and Anglers for CORE’ call for more access and habitat protections
The Gunnison River drains into Blue Mesa Reservoir Measuring 20 miles long with nearly 100 miles of shoreline, it’s difficult to ignore Blue Mesa Reservoir. Sitting on the western flank of Gunnison County, Colorado’s largest body of water is a pivotal cog of the Colorado River Storage Project and the centerpiece of the surrounding Curecanti…
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Instagram Live with Matt Heron Fly Fishing
Join us on August 19, 2020 at 1 PM PDT on Instagram Live @troutunlimited when we talk fishing the Sierras with Matt Heron @mattheronflyfishing! Matt started his fly fishing career over two decades ago and has never looked back. Matt grew up catching trout and bass in the historic Adirondack Mountains, and not long after…
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The magic of time and light
Summer light and good fishing bring TU's advocacy work into focus Among the ample life lessons bestowed by the pursuit of trout on the fly is one I like to think of as the gospel of timing and lighting. Which is to say, timing and lighting are the secret to life. Maybe not so much…
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Progress on the Lower Snake needs collaboration
Read the report Last week TU held a webinar on our recently published report, “Why we need a free-flowing lower Snake River,” which lays out the overwhelming evidence of why we need to remove the four lower Snake River dams to rebuild abundant, healthy wild salmon and steelhead populations and provide consistent fishing opportunity. In response, we heard from some folks that…
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Wyoming governor visits Little Mountain’s cutthroat paradise
Gov. Mark Gordon and his staff spent time on the ground in Wyoming's treasured Little Mountain, located in the state's southwest corner
By Liz Rose It’s not every day the governor visits your local public lands or your backyard trout streams, so last week was something special for community members and sporting/conservation organizations who have long known the value of the Greater Little Mountain Area in southwest Wyoming. Gov. Mark Gordon, Natural Resource and Environment Advisor Beth…
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Cultivating Community in the Time of COVID-19
In what feels like a lifetime ago, I was a disaster relief volunteer. I was always astonished with how grief stricken and tumultuous conditions could unite people in supporting one another with, oftentimes, simple acts of kindness. As we are all experiencing this pandemic differently, I have found great comfort in how people are uniting…
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