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Legends of the Tetons: A Lady Angler’s Storytelling Event – Saturday June 30th at NMWA
Join us for an evening of fun, friendship, and fly fishing as we hear from some of the most skilled and experienced female anglers in the Tetons - Saturday, June 30th, from 6 - 9 pm at the National Museum of Wildlife Art! The evening will kick off with a happy hour in the museum…
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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…
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The future offers hope
By Chris Wood Jake Marshall, whose Dad helped to organize TroutFest, a huge TU event in Texas that raises a lot of money for youth education through the Tomorrow Fund, said he was there “to help conserve our water s.” Laurel Smith, a graduate of the amazing Georgia Trout Camp, said she was there “to…
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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…
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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…
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Trout Tips: Your fellow anglers
This last week, I ventured high into the eastern Idaho backcountry to chase native Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat trout on a small mountain stream that clears early from runoff and sports some sizable trout for a stream its size. I'd scoped out a large bend in the creek that, I had calculated, would have me…
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Voices from the River: The elusive No. 5
Photos of the Naknek River by Mark Hieronymous By Jenny Weis Working in communications for Trout Unlimited, I encounter more than a fair share of “grip ‘n grin” fish photos. Given this, I like to think of myself as somewhat of an expert on the components for what makes the perfect photo. In my humble…