Trout Magazine

  • Conservation

    A boom for trout (and taxpayers)

    New drilling policies are a win for fish and wildlife. Now we need to modernize oil and gas leasing rules on public lands. Last month, as part of landmark climate legislation, Congress acted for the first time in decades to modernize the outdated oil and gas leasing program on our public lands. The reforms signed…

  • From the field

    National Wildlife Refuges need our help

    Here's how we can fix crumbling infrastructure, re-open visitor centers, and hit key conservation targets on these overlooked public lands The National Wildlife Refuge System protects sensitive populations of fish, maintains healthy habitat, and manages land use based on conservation goals. Additionally, over 75 percent of National Wildlife Refuges are open to the public and…

  • Community Travel

    2022 TU Sweepstakes winners announced

    Congratulations to the winners of the TU 2022 Spring Sweepstakes! Our grand prize winner, Neal L. of California, won a 4-days/5-nights Montana trip for two at the Linehan Outfitting Company’s Yaak Valley log cabin. He’ll enjoy fishing some of Montana’s pristine rivers and streams that hold big browns, rainbows, and more… and relaxing in the…

  • Fly tying

    Tie One On: Rickety Cricket

    Here’s a fly to tie before you hit the new Gold Medal stretch of the Colorado TU is helping create.  This week in Colorado, TU celebrated the groundbreaking of a project that will reconnect a section of the upper Colorado River and, in a few short years, open up a new section of Gold Medal…

  • From the field Dam Removal

    Freeing the Eel

    TU and partners sue to protect endangered salmon and steelhead as California dams await decommissioning The Eel River is the last, best hope for recovery of wild salmon and steelhead in California. But two old, fish-killing dams on the Eel block access to over 200 miles of high-quality spawning and nursery habitat in the headwaters…

  • From the field

    Groundbreaking: Rerouting the Colorado River

    A Q&A with the woman behind the long effort to reconnect the Colorado outside Rocky Mountain National Park This week, Trout Unlimited field staff joined U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) and a collection of partners outside Granby, Colorado, to break ground on a $33 million river restoration project that is decades in the making. Senator…