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Watch: Lifeblood
In the high deserts of Wyoming, habitat restoration work spans generations; providing kids an opportunity to get dirty and explore different career paths while building beaver dam analogs (BDA) on Muddy Creek. https://youtu.be/l3Z2UtWz1ls An important coldwater producer to the Colorado River Basin, Muddy Creek hosts native Colorado River cutthroat trout. Over-grazing, down cut banks and…
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Watch: “Strengthening the Snake”
The Snake River is a vital lifeline coursing through the heart of Teton County, Wyoming. Facing dynamic challenges, the river’s mainstem can fluctuate from 30,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) to just 280 cfs in a single season––a flow reduction of 90 percent. Combined with human-driven changes resulting in riverbank erosion, land loss and degraded…
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Audience of One
DIY anglers have only regulations and their own consciences to follow We made the agreement long before we headed north. We were driving down a highway in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains, recapping our recent fishing trip (for tiny brook trout) and planning the next one (for monster bull trout). “If we have any luck finding bull…
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Busy as Beavers
Trout Unlimited hosts youth from around the country to restore Flaming Gorge watersheds Years of volunteer work have led to a $1.5 million investment through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Last week, Trout Unlimited completed one phase of its multi-year restoration effort work along Sage Creek near Greater Little Mountain. Sage Creek and its tributary Trout Creek, part…
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Protecting your home waters and America’s first ranger station
Earlier this year, the Wyoming's TU staff met in Thermopolis, Wyoming, to discuss priorities and projects across the state in 2024 and beyond. Thermopolis is a hidden gem hosting some of the Cowboy State’s most vaunted outdoor wonders, including the world’s largest mineral hot springs, a dinosaur center where you can dig for them, and…
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Watch: “Reviving the Bear”
Once thought genetically extinct, this native trout is on the path to recovery They call the Bear a “working river.” Covering more than 500 miles and tracing a broad horseshoe on its journey to the Great Salt Lake, the river connects rural ranching communities in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. Its heavily controlled flows are interrupted…
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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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