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Monuments 101
Note: this is the first in a series of blogs detailing the Antiquities Act and national monuments that matter to hunters and anglers. Come back and visit in the coming days to learn more about your public lands and how national monuments conserve our hunting and fishing heritage. And while you’re at it, tell Congress…
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TU Business Spotlight: Alaskan Angling Adventures, LLC
Until you’ve been to Alaska, you don’t really understand the scope of the place – the sheer, monumental size of the 49th state. Saying you’ve been to Alaska is like saying you’ve been to Asia – there’s a lot of different places and experiences in that vast landscape. But one of my f avorite places…
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Video spotlight: Fly Fishing in Killer Whale Territory
The coastal rainforest of British Columbia is one of the most primal fly fishing destinations on earth. Featuring massive, glacial rivers, rocky coastlines, old-growth forests and abundant wildlife, this corner of North America is simply astounding. And it's captured quite nicely in the video below. This place is a bit south of Alaska's Tongass National…
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Voices From the River: Shinrin-Yoku
Garza's Creek, a tributary to the Carmel River. By Sam Davidson I’ve always been more of a shower guy. I like the feel of running water. I will stew in a hot spring or steam bath once every few years. But clamber into an in-home bathtub for a soak? Maybe three times since I was…
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Short casts: Cross-breeding in the Great Lakes, muskies in Indiana, know your knots
Biologists in Minnesota have come to the conclusion that two non-native species of rainbow trout are cross-breeding in Lake Superior tributary streams. Introduced steelhea d are now spawning with and alonsgide introduced Kamloops-strain rainbow trout. As for what this means for both contrived fisheries, it's still up in the air. The good news for anglers,…
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Idaho sportsmen ante up to support wildlife management
Jillian Lukiwski backpacking and fishing in Idaho's Sawtooth mountain range near Stanley, Idaho. Josh Duplechian/Trout Unlimited By Michael Gibson Significant cuts are being proposed to federal programs that benefit sportsmen and healthy habitat. But in Idaho, sportsmen successfully lobbied to increase their own license fees for the greater benefit of our wildlife, setting an example…
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US Senate: TU Letter to Senate Energy Committee re Multiple Public Lands Bills
title="application/pdf" />170330_SENR-Hrg-TU-letter-multi-bills-FINAL.pdf On Thursday, March 30th, the US Senate Committee on Environment and Natural considered and advanced several bills of interest to Trout Unlimited and our members. TU submitted the attached comments outlining our comments on the following bills: TU Supports: S.513, a bill to designate the Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management…