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From endangered to delisted: How TU’s science team won national recognition for Apache trout recovery
American Fisheries Society and US Fish and Wildlife Service bestow TU staff and partners with conservation awards Last month, members of TU’s science team and the Apache Trout Implementation Team (ATIG) travelled to Hawaii to receive the Carl R. Sullivan Fishery Conservation Award from the American Fisheries Society. This award is “presented to an individual…
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It’s official: Apache trout are back
FWS removes the native fish from Endangered Species list in a first for a trout or salmon species The survival of Apache trout is a testament to the wisdom of protecting, reconnecting and restoring river systems to recover native trout. First listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, they later…
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A healthy river is a connected river
USFWS fish passage funding provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will support TU projects in Priority Waters across eight states TU members know fish, watersheds and communities benefit from connected watersheds, which is why we’re celebrating the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) announcement that 43 fish passage restoration projects across 29 states have…
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Watch Now: Resilience
The Rise of Apache Trout | A film by Trout Unlimited
The Rise of Apache Trout A film by Trout Unlimited We are here to understand how this gold-splashed trout has bounced from nearly disappearing entirely to being a candidate to be removed from the Endangered Species list, the first-ever sport fish taken off the fabled (or infamous, depending upon one’s viewpoint) list. This week, as…
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Resilience.
On Apache Trout, and the people who ensured their survival
On Apache Trout, and the people who ensured their survival July in Arizona and the heat lies out there like some hulking great beast, a monster with an appetite that seems always unsated. It swallows all when it can, but we humans move behind glass, the bake held at bay in containers of refrigeration. A…
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The Power of Native.
Like your first kiss, no one ever forgets their first native trout. The memory is as searing as the sun's reflection off snow through a windshield. My friend and fishing mentor, Bill Sargent had pointed me to a small and little-known stream in the Green Mountains to fish for native brook trout. Bill explained to…
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Trout Unlimited Restructures Across the Rockies
New leadership and investments in people reflect growing federal partnerships and project funding across the region. Last week, TU announced a series of new investments in its people to accommodate the growing number of partnerships across the Rocky Mountains. Over the last decade, TU has secured roughly $133 million in funding partnerships to initiate and build more…
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