TU/Costa’s 5 Rivers Students Help Complete Willowemoc Restoration Project

Students from Trout Unlimited’s 5 Rivers Program, hailing from six different universities across New York and Connecticut camped, fished, and planted trees in the Catskills for the Fall 2023 Northeast Rendezvous.   Participants were welcomed by New York State Council’s Director of Youth Programming, Lindsay Agness and TU’s Youth Education Program Director, Franklin Tate who

Conservation coalition urges Congress to pass bipartisan bill to clean up abandoned mines 

Discolored water coming out of a mine opening, viewed from inside the mine

Good Samaritan legislation would allow third party groups to clean up polluting mines  Contact: Corey Fisher, Trout Unlmited, corey.fisher@tu.org  WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 25, 2023) – A coalition of 41 conservation groups, including organizations representing millions of hunters, anglers, public land advocates, and wildlife professionals, have sent a letter urging Congress to pass the bipartisan Good Samaritan Remediation of

Administration inks agreement on upper Columbia, but leaves Snake River in limbo

Mist rises off of a river on a beautiful mountain morning

The Biden Administration today took a step forward on meeting the nation’s obligations to upper Columbia River tribes but fell short of producing a comprehensive plan for the entire Columbia basin including the Snake River.  

New legislation would clean up abandoned mine waste polluting Western streams

Bill would enable ‘Good Samaritans’ to clean up abandoned mine pollution to improve water quality.   Contacts:    Arlington, VA. (September 13, 2023) – A bipartisan coalition of 19 Senators today introduced ‘Good Samaritan’ legislation to help clean up chronic pollution leaking from abandoned hardrock mines. Lead bill sponsors Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and  James Risch (R-ID)