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Large wood additions improving habitat in Vermont
By Erin Rodgers A Trout Unlimited project in Vermont is improving fish habitat in an important native trout stream. In July and August 2018, a field team of seven people — led by me and Joel DeStasio— installed a significant amount of large woody habitat on 3.5 miles of Michigan Brook in Pittsfield. The team used…
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TU making fishing better on Vermont’s Mettawee
Replacing perched and undersized culverts with bridges allows fish and other stream-dwelling residents access to important, additional habitat. By Erin Rodgers Trout Unlimited’s ambitious work on the Mettawee River in Vermont moved forward in earnest in 2018 setting the stage for continuation of the effort in 2019. This ongoing project aims to remove or restore all barriers fish…
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Protecting Bristol Bay… This One is Personal
By Chris Wood Last month’s release of the draft “environmental impact statement” to permit industrial-scale mining in Bristol Bay, Alaska, made me recall the first time I set eyes on that remarkable landscape nearly 12 years ago. Trout Unlimited was looking to expand our presence in Alaska, so I consulted Tim Bristol, a long-time Alaska…
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Regional Rendezvous Season: Are You Ready?
Attending a Trout Unlimited regional rendezvous is quite the experience. Not only is it an opportunity to connect with like-minded coldwater conservationists, it is an opportunity to learn about the latest science, celebrate conservation successes and to shape a new perspective of your chapter or council's efforts through networking. Plus, it is always #TUmuchfun! While…
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Maine volunteers collect eDNA samples for Arctic char work
When Arctic char are caught (by angling) at sample sites, data is quickly collected from the fish prior to their release. By Dave Huntress and Steve Brooke Maine’s Kennebec Valley Trout Unlimited Chapter is in its second season of using environmental DNA samplingto detect the presence/absence of Maine’s rare and unique “blue back” Arctic char in a handful of…
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TU volunteers monitoring spawning redds and dam sites in Massachusetts
Members of TU's Deerfield Watershed chapter work on their redd survey on their home river. The past year has seen TU staff and volunteers in Massachusetts engaged in a variety of efforts in the field. The Deerfield Watershed chapter had a big year in 2018, particularly with their efforts with a sapwning study in the Deerfield…
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The end of the world as we know it
Take a stroll through the concourses of Denver International Airport this time of year, and the fly rod travel cases are nearly as ubiquitous as rubber rafts lining the local rivers in July. If not entirely a fishing town, Denver is a town of fishermen. And there may be nothing they enjoy more than decamping.…
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