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Tour TU’s Driftless projects on Oct. 16
Save the Date: Tuesday, October 16, for the 2018 Driftless Projects Tour. We'll spend a lovely autumn day on a comfortable charter bus touring a major multiyear Driftless Watershed project and a smaller stream with some unique characteristics. If you've fished the last day of trout season October 15 (except in Iowa), you can ease…
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TU in Action: Bringing native fish home; reclaiming a golf course; saving water, and more
Conservation might seem like a straight-forward enterprise, but anybody who has worked to protect or restore even a single stream in a larger watershed knows that it is actually quite nuanced. Anything involving people and the waters and fish they love is going to be complicated. In southwest Colorado, that's no different. This week, on…
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TU Five Rivers Odyssey: Native fish… and native people
Editor's note: Building off the success of last year’s Native Odyssey campaign, Trout Unlimited sent four of our brightest college club leaders in the TU Costa 5 Rivers Program to explore the home of the world’s largest runs of wild salmon: Alaska. These students are exploring the Kenai Peninsula, Bristol Bay and the Tongass National…
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TU Five Rivers Odyssey: Bristol Bay today
Editor's note: Building off the success of last year’s Native Odyssey campaign, Trout Unlimited is sending four of our brightest college club leaders in the TU Costa 5 Rivers Program to explore the home of the world’s largest runs of wild salmon: Alaska. These students will explore the Kenai Peninsula, Bristol Bay and the Tongass…
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New gear: New glass from Scott
Years ago, while perusing a pawn shop in Pocatello, Idaho, I stumbled upon a gem. In a dank corner of the old store rested an old bourbon barrel that bristled with fishing rods. After thumbing my way through the rods, I noticed something unique, especially at the time. There, unceremonious ly protruding from the barrel…
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Upper Delaware Veteran Couples Retreat!
The VA acknowledges that the first line of defense in supporting our nation's veterans is the spouse and family. Dr. Steven Sayers of the VA's "Families at Ease" program says "the role of family members in supporting the treatment of our military Veterans is now a key part of the services provided by VA." TU's…
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Fishing spurred invention in ancient Japan
Photo courtesy Cosmos Magazine They say necessity is the mother of invention. In ancient Japan, it seems that pottery essentially came to be thanks to the need to store fish. Fishing made pottery necessary. Who knew? According to Cosmos Magazine, the initial assumption was that pottery came into being some 20,000 years ago because a…
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