Sportsmen await monument specifics

Today the Department of the Interior issued a press release noting that Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has submitted his much-anticipated report and recommendations on the fate of twenty-two national monuments – those public lands conserved for fish, wildlife, scenery, scientific and recreation values – to President Trump. The release spurred numerous press reports…

Video spotlight: National Monuments and Sportsmen

When the Trump administration indicated it would review all national monuments for size, scope and appopriateness earlier this year, one group of American hailing from all points on the political spectrum stood up and denounced the idea. That group? Sportsmen and women. We understand that national monuments that set aside land to protect everything from…

Short casts: Atlantic salmon escape in Puget Sound; pinks in Ireland, brewers join clean water fight

Photo Seattle Times Anglers and commercial salmon fishers off the coast of Washington and Vancouver have known for years that the occasional escapee Altantic salmon from off-shore aquaculture nets is swimming wild in Pacific waters. Atlantic salmon have turned up in nets, and juvenile Atlantic salmon were reported off of Vancouver Island as early as…

Local “Green Team” spends summer restoring Rogue River

Morgan Werner, Matt Anderson, Niyah Banfill, and Meriah Gannon planting riparian trees along Blakeslee Creek. By Jamie Vaughan Rockford locals may have noticed green-clad students working throughout the community this summer, usually covered in mud and always sporting a smile. It may look like a typical summer gardening job, but don’t be fooled: This group…

Video spotlight: Grading PA’s trout streams

This may come as a shock to a lot of anglers out there, but the state with the most miles of trout water isn’t Montana or Colorado. It’s not Idaho or Wyoming or California. It’s Pennsylvania. And in Pennsylvania, folks are serious about their trout water, so much so that state Fish and Boat Commission…

Native Odyssey: A swing through Idaho

Editor’s note: The TU Costa Five Rivers Native Odyssey team spent the summer traveling across America in search of native trout. This installment: Idaho. Public Land: Sawtooth National Forest The Sawtooth National Forest encompasses 2,110,408 acres largely in Idaho, but also partially in Utah. It is comprised of multiple terrain types including sagebrush steppe, spruce-fir…