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Major win for one of America's best coldwater fisheries
Five hundred miles. That's a pretty significant distance, right? Now, imagine swimming that far. That's how many river miles will re-opened to native steelhead in the Klamath River under the terms of a revised agreement between the federal government, the states of California and Oregon, and the utility company PacifiCorp. The amended Klamath Hydropower Settlement…
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Water rights to streamflows: new handbook for California instream flow transactions
New guide helps California water rights holders understand their options for keeping water instream It's an axiom of conservation that people often want to do the right thing-but may not know how. Thus a key strategy in restoring and sustaining cold water fisheries is to help people better understand the ways they can support habitat…
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Cold Stream—A Trout Conservation Inventory
Today, ownership of 8,000 acres of Maine's finest trout habitat transferred to the state's Department of Conservation. Staff there will start working with their colleagues at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to develop a management plan to protect and enhance brook trout and whitetail deer habitat on the Cold Stream property, while…
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New route proposed for Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Confluence of Red Run and Dry Fork in the Cheat River drainage By Katy Dunlap Last fall, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) filed a formal application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seeking approval to construct and operate a 564-mile interstate natural gas pipeline across some of the best trout habitat in West Virginia and…
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Cows and conservation in Nevada’s desert
Lahontan cutthroat trout could one day be reintroduced into waters like Susie Creek in Nevada, where restoration work involves keeping cows from "parking" in the water. by Helen Neville Cattle reign supreme in the West, valued by many as an iconic part of this landscape and an important thread of western social culture. But without…
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TU ranching partner wins environmental stewardship award from cattle industry
Maggie Creek Ranch manager John Griggs receiving the Environmental Stewardship Award during the Cattle Industry Convention. Photo courtesy of the Cattle Industry Convention. A long time Trout Unlimited partner in conservation was recently honored during the Cattle Industry Convention held in San Diego. Maggie Creek Ranch, the Searle family and ranch manager Jon Griggs were…
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Mapping the ribbon of green
Above: Classic redband trout habitat in the Owyhee desert of Idaho - a ribbon of green among spectacular canyons. (Photo: Robin Bjork) By Kurt Fesenmeyer Redband trout in the high desert regions of Idaho, Oregon, and Nevada are tough fish - they persist in small, cool, and shaded headwater streams in a hot, arid environment.…
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