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Floods and building reconnected rivers
Jordan Fields recently connected with TU vice president for eastern conservation, Keith Curley, to talk about Fields’ work.
August 28, 2011, was a day that changed Jordan Fields’ life. That day, Tropical Storm Irene dumped more than 11 inches of rain on Fields’ hometown in Vermont in just a few hours. “It was a week before I started my senior year of high school,” remembers Fields. “I watched as my friends’ and neighbors’…
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Reconnecting the Colorado River
What is so important about a connected river? Well, to trout, there is an obvious answer: connectivity gives them the ability to survive when adversity strikes. To anglers, there is also an obvious answer: a healthy fishery translates into a better experience on the water. But there is much more to a connected river, and…
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Wisconsin project shows it’s not always about the money
By Chris Collier Working with the Town of Beaver and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Trout Unlimited recently helped replace a fish passage barrier on the North Branch Beaver Creek located in the middle of a state fishery area. Surveys at the site indicated fish passage and flood risk concerns associated with the existing, four-culvert…
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Battenkill Home Rivers Initiative hits the ground running
By Jacob Fetterman In the first official year of Trout Unlimited’s Battenkill Home Rivers Initiative, we are thrilled to have completed two restoration projects and one reconnection project within the watershed. The projects to enhance cold-water and spawning habitat took place on three tributaries — Camden Creek, Juniper Swamp Brook, and Coulter Brook — all supporting native brook trout. …
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