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A watershed moment for the Klamath
Public comment encouraged, critically low salmon and steelhead runs can’t wait On February 25, the long campaign by TU and our Klamath Tribal and conservation partners to restore the Klamath River passed a major milestone when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released its draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on proposed decommissioning of the Lower…
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Hold the line on the Great Lakes
Will Washington do what it takes to prevent yet another invasive species from wreaking havoc on fisheries? Most of us have seen the videos of flying carp. As a bowhunter, my favorites are the ones where people use arrows to target the leaping fish. Most of the time the video ends with a few fish…
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Unlocking a mile of Gold Medal quality trout water
Stand up in support of a project to reconstruct a healthy, fishable, reconnected river channel on the Colorado River Connectivity courses through all that Trout Unlimited does, from our mission to unite diverse interests to care for and recover rivers and streams, to the field work of staff and volunteers on behalf of anglers who…
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Roads to recovery in Wisconsin’s North Country
Where roads intersect with chilly, clean trout water, you'll find TU's Chris Collier at work As a kid growing up in Ohio, Chris Collier looked forward to vacations of fishing, camping and boating in the wilds of Northern Michigan. These days, he’s creating new memories as a relatively recent transplant to the region. “Northern Wisconsin…
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A drift boat takes shape
From the editor: A few weeks ago, we introduced you to a radical drift boat design from Justin Gallen over at Raindog Boatworks. Since then there have been a few updates. Today, we have another from Justin on how the boat is progressing. By Justin Gallen Hey all you raindogs! We left off just having flipped the "Gunnimoon" over…
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Cooling off coldwater streams
Cooling off coldwater streams BY CHRISTINE PETERSON In an ever-warming West, hydrologists and anglers place hope in Mother Nature's refrigerator The creek running through Pam and Brian Robertson’s property wasn’t actually a creek. It was a ditch. A really, really deep ditch that funneled rushing runoff from the mountain to the Clearwater River each spring.…
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PA’s Coldwater Habitat Program gets it done in ’21
Pennyslvania's Coldwater Habitat Program had another productive year in 2021, its efforts resulting in an astonishing reduction in sediment and nutrients across the state's waterways. The team has highlighted a handful of the projects in a newsletter that will be shared with the more than 14,000 TU members in the Keystone State, along with the…