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Planting Hope in Rural America
This week in Tennessee, we were doing more than putting trees in the ground. “We do things that are meaningful. Things that build a legacy and inspire the next generation of people who want to live a rural lifestyle.” Marti Skold-Jordan has good reason to be proud of her work with the Tractor Supply Company…
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A vision of trophy wild brook trout in WV
Thanks to federal investments, TU’s Dustin Wichterman has audacious goals for his home state Dustin Wichterman has always been connected to the wilds of West Virginia. He spent his youth traipsing through the Mountain State’s woods and waters. Fishing. Hunting. Foraging ramps and wild mushrooms. Being a mountain kid. TU’s Dustin Wichterman has been fishing…
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Federal funding improves water efficiency in the West
In Wyoming, the federal Farm Bill is put to work improving irrigation on the Henry's Fork of the Green River. Each installment of Western Water 101 will be accompanied by a podcast, released weekly. Find the fifth episode below, and subscribe to get each new episode as it's released. This important funding reduces labor, improves…
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Newsletter highlights productive 2020 for Driftless team
For the past two years, the DARE team has been providing free pollinator seed to enhance Driftless Area streams. The seed mix is not intended to replace the planned seeding mixture, but to supplement pollinator plants into the mixture.
The COVID pandemic presented a variety of challenges for the Trout Unlimited Driftless Area Restoration Effort team, but solid progress on Driftless stream restoration projects moved forward in 2020 and the team has aggressive plans in place for 2021. One of the key elements of the TUDARE founding platform is collaboration. The success of TUDARE over…