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Short casts: Public lands win, great fishing beards, classic writing
Thanks for writing, calling and posting. Your efforts paid off in the protection of our public lands ... for now. Last night on his Instagram account, Utah Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz announced that he w as abandoning a bill to sell some 3.3 million acres of public land in the West. The reason? He'd heard…
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TU Supports the Stream Protection Rule
January 31, 2017 Re: Trout Unlimited (TU) opposes the CRA Resolution against the Stream Protection Rule On Wednesday the House is expected to take up the CRA resolution (H.J. Res. 107) to terminate the Stream Protection Rule (RIN: 1029-AC63). The resolution is an ill-conceived tool for jettisoning a useful rule that will protect mountain headwater…
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Short casts: Help stock trout in PA, salmon in Michigan, wild trout in Virginia
A Mossy Creek brown trout. Photo courtesy Mossy Creek Fly Fishing. Not everyone is lucky enough to live next to a naturally reproducing trout stream, even in a state like Pennsylvania, where wild trout waters are generally quite plentiful, and designations of new wild trout waters are growing. For instance, many anglers around Potstown are…
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Tracking trout in the wilds of Vermont
By Mark Taylor Scientists tend to have a pretty simple philosophy about data: More is better. So Jud Kratzer can be forgiven for not hurriedly working up a paper on results he’s seeing while surveying streams in Vermont, where he has been studying the effects of habitat restoration work on brook trout populations. After all,…
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Madison Gallatin TU VSP and Montana State U Veterans
Thank you to Dave Kumlien, Robert Allen, and all those associated with Madison Gallatin Trout Unlimited for your generous donation to the Student Veteran's Club @ MSU. We appreciate it and plan on paying it forward! Good things to come in the near future! We'll keep you all posted! If your Chapter is interested in…
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National Monuments: A Sportsmen’s Perspective
title="application/pdf" />national_monuments_report_final.pdf Original blog post: http://www.tu.org/press-releases/sportsmen-present-path-forward-for-national-monument-proposals
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Traditions: In search of fur and feathers
Taylor's Sneaky Coyote. By Mark Taylor I’m off in a bit on a quest for fly-tying materials. Usually this mission involves a short drive down to the local Orvis store or nearby Sportsman’s Warehouse. But this time of year, it means I’m headed to the woods, bow or gun in hand. I wouldn’t go so…
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