Trout Magazine

  • Dam Removal Conservation

    Extraordinary measures

    Black and white photo of man with a rod looking at a river

    TU and partners sue Pacific Gas and Electric to restore California’s third largest river and its legendary salmon and steelhead fisheries. The Eel River, the beating heart of California’s Lost Coast, was historically one of the most productive rivers for salmon and steelhead in America. Today, however, the Eel’s anadromous fish populations are severely depressed…

  • Conservation

    Mapping Alaska’s Steelhead Habitat

    Man in river ducks under runnel of fallen branches and logs

    A visual update on our work to secure protections for steelhead in southeast Alaska. Entering its fifth year, the Alaska Fish Habitat Mapping and Community Science Project is an ongoing effort by Trout Unlimited and Wild Steelheaders United staff and volunteers to expand Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s (ADFG) Anadromous Waters Catalog (AWC) by…

  • Community

    North Sound TU’s Speyapalooza 2023 Recap

    Man at gathering who's shirt reads "North Sound Trout Unlimited" and shows a sasquatch

    The annual gathering on the banks of Washington’s mighty Skagit River was a great time. Warm, sunny weather meant that Speyaplooza 2023 felt more like summer steelhead conditions than the gray, cold days many of us associate with winter steelhead fishing on Washington rivers, but I didn’t hear anyone complaining.  North Sound TU President Bridget…

  • From the President

    Time forgot this place. We haven’t.

    Why folks at Trout Unlimited care so much about a shad fishery up the road from the Washington monument Everyone has a special place.    When I was going to high school in Jersey City, one of mine was the abandoned docks below the Hoboken train station. To get there, I had to sneak past darkened…

  • Clean Water Act

    Celebrating Bristol Bay 

    President Joe Biden and Alannah Hurley laugh together in the oval office

    In January we celebrated the monumental news of finalized Clean Water Act 404(c) safeguards for the headwaters of Bristol Bay. Last week, the celebration continued with a party at the White House.   Trout Unlimited’s CEO Chris Wood and Alaska Director Nelli Williams attended a historic celebration of Bristol Bay’s newly finalized protections with many friends…

  • Restoration

    New York trout benefit from restoration efforts

    Momentum is building for TU’s restoration team in New York

    Stream with rocks on bank surrounded by snow covered ground

    Momentum is building for TU’s restoration team in New York Trout Unlimited’s Northeast Coldwater Habitat team has designed and implemented an impressive catalog of strategic improvement projects across the state of New York, while actively gaining new information to prioritize future initiatives.   Within watersheds of all sizes, we continue to find unique challenges that…