For Immediate Release June 13, 2018 Contact: Steve Moyer, smoyer@tu.org, (571) 274-0593 Laura Ziemer, lziemer@tu.org, (406) 599-2606 Corey Fisher, cfisher@tu.org, (406) 546-2979 Trout Unlimited lauds conservation elements in Senate Farm Bill (Washington, D.C.)Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow led the way in developing a very promising, bipartisan Farm Bill which
Video spotlight: 90 and Counting
Leigh Perkins, the man who bought a small New England outdoors company and helped turn it into the Orvis we know today, is 90 years old. But you’d never know it. Video of ORVIS PRESENTS: 90 and Counting The short film above is more than just a tribute to Perkins—it’s an homage to fathers and
Invasives symposium draws interest in NH
By Eliza Perreault What do you get when you cross state agencies, non-profit organizations, conservation districts, and federal agencies? An UCCISMA! That is an acronym for the Upper Connecticut Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area. Add in local town leaders, educators, invasive treatment specialists, and road agents and you have a model for an Invasive Plant
Mad Dog Chapter tackles riparian planting at former dam site in Vermont
By Eliza Perreault Laughter on a cool, rainy day in northern Vermont is not common, but when you have a group of dedicated volunteers ready to dig in and plant more than 2,000 trees, shrubs and willow stakes at the former East Burke dam site, the laughter and camaraderie spills over. The site, on the
Climate change amplifies stressors, stresses PA’s state symbols
Pennsylvania’s native brook trout already face stessors. Climate change is making those stressor more accute. Photo by Chris Hunt. By Brian Wagner On March 27, I attended a program titled, “Roundtable on Climate Change: Effects on Fish, Wildlife and Forests,” at Wilkes University in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. The program was put together by Ed Perry,
Students, volunteers celebrate Connecticut’s Salmon Creek
In celebration of Earth Day, Sharon Central School students and local volunteers took part in a day-long planting project to help restore the banks of the Salmon Creek in Salisbury on Tuesday, April 24. At the annual Salmon Kill Watershed Festival organized by Trout Unlimited and the Housatonic Valley Association, students planted native trees and
TU in Action: Cleaning up rivers; reviving a fishing derby; planting trees, and more
Amateur scientists examine bug life on the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam. Photo by USGS Editor’s note: Every day, all across America, TU volunteers are working in their local watersheds to improve habitat, water quality and angler opportunity. We’re starting a new weekly feature here on the TU blog to honor those volunteers and