Trout Unlimited experts
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From fisheries biologists and water policy experts to restoration specialists and lawyers, Trout Unlimited has a staff of 300+ working nationally and in their communities to protect and restore healthy waters and healthy fisheries.
Policy
Public Lands Policy Director
Missoula, Mont.
Mining reform, abandoned mine cleanups, public lands
Comms contact:
Zoe Bommarito
Western Abandoned Mine Lands Program Director
Salida, Colo.
Abandoned hard rock mine cleanup
Comms contact:
Nick Gann
Western Energy Lead
Shoshone, Idaho
Responsible energy development & siting on public lands; Energy policy
Comms contact:
Zoe Bommarito
VP for Government Affairs
Arlington, Va.
Congress, Snake River dams, mining reform, climate change
Comms contact:
David Kinney
President and CEO
Arlington, Va.
Forestry, mining, water policy, fisheries
Comms contact:
David Kinney
Senior Policy Advisor, Western Water and Climate
Emeryville, Calif.
Climate change, Western water policy, dam removal
Comms contact:
David Kinney
Western Energy Lead
Shoshone, Idaho
Responsible energy development & siting on public lands; Energy policy
Comms contact:
Nick Gann
VP for the Pacific Region
Seattle, Wash.
Salmon and steelhead; fisheries management; water and fisheries law and policy
Comms contact:
Greg Fitz
National Restoration Director
Missoula, Mont.
Fisheries and habitat restoration strategies; native trout; Forest Service, Fish & Wildlife Service, NOAA partnerships
Comms contact:
David Kinney
National Campaign Director
Durango, Colo.
Public lands protection, national monuments, Antiquities Act
Comms contact:
Zoe Bommarito
Alaska Director
Anchorage, Alaska
Bristol Bay protection / Pebble mine
Comms contact:
Marian Giannulis
VP for the Rocky Mountain Region
Denver, Colo.
Public lands policy, forests and wildfire, federal funding, conservation finance
Comms contact:
Nick Gann
Northeast Habitat Program Director
Lock Haven, Pa.
Abandoned coal mine cleanup and policy; Eastern brook trout restoration
Comms contact:
Mark Taylor
VP for Eastern Conservation
Concord, N.H.
Fish passage, fisheries restoration, FEMA, Eastern brook trout, Atlantic salmon restoration
Comms contact:
Mark Taylor
Fisheries
Senior Scientist
Boise, Idaho
Conservation genetics, cutthroat trout, climate change
Comms contact:
David Kinney
Fisheries Science Director
Boise, Idaho
Fisheries ecology and population biology; multispecies and watershed approaches to freshwater fish conservation; fisheries monitoring
Comms contact:
David Kinney
Wild Steelheaders Science Advisor
Olympia, Wash.
Salmon and steelhead fisheries science; hatchery and wild fish interaction
Comms contact:
Greg Fitz
Salmon Biologist
Walla Walla, Wash.
Anadromous species conservation and fisheries management; hydropower/fish passage at dams; climate impacts (especially drought)
Comms contact:
Greg Fitz
Monitoring and Community Science Coordinator
Rockford, Mich.
Monitoring technology, stream assessments
Comms contact:
Mark Taylor
Fishing
Vice President for Angling
Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Trout and salmon fishing; flyfishing industry
TU media contacts
Storylines
After the world’s largest dam removal, what’s next?
On the Klamath River, four dams are coming out in the largest removal project in history. What does that mean for recovery of one of the West’s great salmon and steelhead runs?
How infrastructure dollars are flowing
Once-in-a-generation infrastructure investments are finally getting on the ground. But it’s not just bridges, roads, airports, electric vehicles and the like. This historic funding has natural infrastructure projects blooming across the country, from man-made beaver dams that store water and act as firebreaks to retrofitted culverts that reopen fragmented ecosystems and mitigate flooding.
Abandoned mines, the most pervasive water pollution problem in the nation
Some 40 percent of headwater streams in the West are polluted by abandoned mines from a century’s worth of extraction. Those who want to clean them up are hamstrung by liability laws that treats them as if they were the polluters themselves.
The climate calculus for iconic trout and salmon
For trout, salmon and steelhead, the picture is forbidding: They are coldwater fish in a warming world. Projections show the footprint for native trout species shrinking over the coming century. What can be done to prevent the demise of America’s two dozen native trout species?
Recent press releases
EPA decision sets the right course for small stream and wetlands protections
Klamath River: FERC issues final License Surrender Order and approval for Lower Klamath Project dam removals
Bureau of Land Management announces policy to protect and restore fish habitat and connectivity
Forest Service, Trout Unlimited launch anticipated $40M restoration initiative
Thanking our Veterans
TU in the news
Return of the Native Brook Trout
“On the back of a determined West Virginian—and private landowners and government agencies
alike—the vaunted and cherished brook trout just might be making a miracle comeback.”
With beavers missing from the landscape, humans do the dirty work
“Scientists know beavers create landscapes better adapted to climate change. Here’s what they’re doing in ecosystems too degraded to support the critters.”
Opinion: Trump Weakens the Nation’s Clean Water Efforts
“The president’s decision to roll back protections is deeply misguided.”
Opinion: The Potomac River is an American success story, thanks to the Clean Water Act
“The Trump administration’s announcement puts at risk nearly 50 years of progress making rivers such as the Cuyahoga and Potomac more fishable and swimmable.”
Biden moves to ban most old-growth logging in national forests
“The most ancient trees still standing in America’s national forests would get new protections under a proposal the Biden administration announced Tuesday that would ban most logging in groves that play a vital role in fighting climate change.”
Idaho cobalt mining that devastated local water revisited with greener new approach
“Cobalt is seen as a critical mineral for ev batteries.”