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AOP surveys continue in Driftless Area
The summer of 2024 was our second year having field technicians working across the Driftless Area to assess the condition, fish passage status and flood vulnerability of bridges and culverts on our coldwater streams. This work is often termed “Aquatic Organism Passage” or AOP due to the broad ecosystem benefits that are achieved when…
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Tip – adding tippet to a sinking line
It’s time to start fishing with sinking line.
The fish are starting to move deeper in the water column, so it’s time to start fishing with sinking line. Watch Tom Rosenbauer from Orvis explain how to add terminal tackle to a sinking line and why you’d do this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqFIGEYUKm0&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=83
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‘We never give up.’ Watch Chris Wood’s State of Trout Unlimited 2024
We’ve accomplished so much over the past year. Salmon are returning to the Klamath River after the largest dam removal project anywhere. Apache trout are off the endangered species list and on the road to recovery. Good Samaritan abandoned mine cleanup legislation is nearing the finish line. From Vermont to Virginia and the Driftless to…
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Jeremy Brooks scholarship affords Wisconsin student summer opportunity to work and learn
By Kyle Kamm Heading into my senior year studying fisheries management at The University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, I was fortunate as the recipient of the 2024 Jeremy Brooks Memorial Scholarship to be able to spend this past summer working in multiple aspects of fisheries management throughout a summer internship with Trout Unlimited. …
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Kids at play on Butcherknife Creek
No, this isn’t some horror film title; though it is that season. Instead, it’s an incredible opportunity for learning and career planning in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Bennett Colvin, a teacher in Steamboat for over a decade, has been taking his Steamboat Springs High School students to Butcherknife Creek adjacent to the school for several years.…
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Funds pour into the Colorado River Basin thanks to corporate partners
In the Colorado River, not far from Rocky Mountain National Park, wild trout are returning to a once-degraded stretch of water. It’s a story that demonstrates the resilience of ecosystems and the power of all-hands-on-deck collaboration to solve intractable water issues. In 1985, completion of the Windy Gap Reservoir—built to supply water to Front Range…
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Blue Lines & Brook Trout – Mapping Critical Spawning Habitat in Connecticut’s Priority Waters
Trout Unlimited and Connecticut DEEP band together for wild trout data collection and improved regulations. Here’s how YOU can help today! Brook trout in Connecticut have certainly not had it easy these last few centuries due to logging, agriculture and development, and yet these resilient and resourceful native fish still hold on – even thrive…