By Eliza Perreault If you have ever faced a wall of several varieties of invasive plants you know help and thick gloves will be needed. On a bright, sunny, summer day in Burke, Vt., a group of volunteers dove head first into just that kind of task and, with hand tools, bags, and perseverance, the
On July 26th, 2017, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee advanced S.1514, the Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation for Wildlife Act (HELP Wildlife Act). Trout Unlimited supports this bill, which reauthorizes a number of useful conservation programs until 2023. The reauthorized programs that Trout Unlimited is particularly supportive of include: North Americans Wetlands
Click here to inspire and support the next generation. Are you up for the GRTU Tomorrow Fund Challenge? The 066 – Guadalupe River chapter (GRTU) has a hunch. They’re thinking that chapters and councils across the country care about engaging the next generation of river stewards as much as they do in Texas. So when
The Moose 4 team: (Left to right) Becca Marcott, 25, Linwood, Mich; Brandon Shepard, 23, Mt. Juliet, Tenn.; Adam Bagley, 20, Seattle; Josh Kenon, 22, Colquitt, Ga.; Jacob Allen, 25, Golden Meadow, La.,: Gus Merwin, 25, Pardeeville, Wisc.; and Kennedy Morris, 22, Greenville, S.C. . A team from AmeriCorps has been helping out trout in
By Joe Norton Recently, TU’s Upper Connecticut Home Rivers Initiative held our annual conservation days with the New Hampshire and Vermont TU Youth Trout Camps. Eliza Perreault led the camps’ Conservation Days. She is the Home Rivers Conservation Assistant, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Riparian Invasives Specialist, Grip-Hoist Gal, and, as is clear, the program’s Jill
By Colin Cooney As Trout Unlimited continues the campaign opposing the proposed copper mine that threatens Montana’s famed Smith River, companies from around the country are stepping up to help. Recently, RepYourWater, a Colorado based business dedicated to providing uniquely designed, top quality gear for anglers and hunters, and Upslope Brewing, a brewery out of
By Brett Prettyman We were still stringing lines and slipping on wading boots when my preteen nephew came running into the parking area at Three Dollar Bridge on the Madison River. “Look how big this bug is,” he squealed while holding an enormous, and still squiggling, insect out for us to behold. It didn’t take
