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  • TU has big presence for World Fishing Day

    World Fishing Day is Saturday, June 23, and, with the help of FishingTV, Trout Unlimited will be a big part of the 24-hour live webcast. TU will be on hand for two live webcasts, starting at 3 p.m. MT in Denver, where host Corinne Doctor of Rep Your Water will examine the great improvements in…

  • USGS scientist Than Hitt spearheading innovative brook trout research

    USGS fish biologist Than Hitt during stream assessment work in Shenandoah National Park, in Virginia. The summer issue of Trout Unlimited's Trout magazine that is hitting mailboxes now is full of stories that feature innovative work by TU employees, volunteers and partners. TU's vice president of eastern conservation, Keith Curley, recently caught up for a…

  • Angler scientists make a difference

    Trout Unlimited's culture of volunteers who step up to care for their home waters — getting their hands dirty to protect, reconnect, and restore trout and salmon habitat — is a pillar of the organization. Those within the TU family know the value of these types of efforts, but it's also gratifying when they are…

  • Announcing the Jackson Hole Clean Water Coalition!

    We are pleased to announce the launch of the Jackson Hole Clean Water Coalition, a group of organizations and agencies working collaboratively to initiate community-wide action in programs that will improve and protect Jackson Hole’s surface and groundwater quality - which is vital to clean drinking water, healthy aquatic ecosystems for fish and wildlife, and…

  • Soccer … and carp fishing

    Ten years ago, I wrote a story for Field & Stream magazine titled “Carp Crazy”, wherein the premise was basically that carp fishing was like soccer in that the rest of the world is stark, raving mad about it, but most Americans don’t get it (or don’t want to). It was a cool story, not…

  • TU secures $104K grant for NY stream crossing project

    By Tracy Brown Trout Unlimited has been awarded a grant of more than $100,000 for flood resilience work and river restoration work in New York. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos recently announced $316,767 in grant funding for three projects to help reduce localized flooding and restore aquatic habitats in…