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Yellow perch … in Yellowstone?

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Yellow perch were discovered in Goose Lake inside Yellowstone National Park in 1919. Photo by Wikimedia Commons. Wait. Don’t panic. There aren’t any yellow perch inside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park. At least not anymore. I’m in the final throes of researching a book on the wild trout of Yellowstone that’ll hit bookshelves next…

Allegany State Park recognized in 10 special places report

Trout Unlimited ‘Special Places’ report features Allegany State Park   Dec. 17, 2014   Contact: Katy Dunlap, Eastern Water Project Director, 607-742-3331, kdunlap@tu.orgMark Taylor, Eastern Communications Director, 540-353-3556, mtaylor@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Allegany State Park recognized in 10 special places report Vast New York park offers extensive fishing and hunting possibilities WASHINGTON, D.C.Trout Unlimited is…

Owyhee Canyonlands Protections Will Benefit Fish, Wildlife, Public Lands and Waters

For Immediate Release   December 13, 2023 Contact Owyhee Canyonlands, OR. – Today, Trout Unlimited and National Wildlife Federation announced their support for an Owyhee Canyonlands National Monument as another means of protecting Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands in the event that the Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act does not pass in Congress. Trout Unlimited…

New York’s “Barrier Busters” on a roll

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On a recent early fall day, Tracy Brown and Jesse Vadala connected to reflect on what had been an extremely busy several months for them and the rest of TU’s Northeast Coldwater Habitat Program.

TU VSP Partner Warriors and Quiet Waters Featured on CNN

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Check out this great story about the Bozeman, MT based Warriors and Quiet Waters (WQW) therapeutic fly fishing program for post 9/11, combat injured Veterans. TU VSP Partner Warriors and Quiet Waters I helped organize the trip featured in this piece by CNN and served as one of the guide/instructors for the trip. I was…

Veterans Service Partnership and Project Healing Waters working together

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Serving our nation’s military family by engaging veterans, veterans with disabilities, their spouses and their families in the TU community and in support of TU’s coldwater conservation mission is the backbone of TU’s Veterans Service Partnership. To accomplish this, the “partnership” in the VSP is critical to achieving this mission. One of our most significant…

Traditions: Fishing the High Uintas

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By Brett Prettyman Among the many thoughts running through my mind while traipsing though the wilds is one that does more than the others to clear out the chaos and clutter of every day life. “Am I the first human to stand in this place?” The fact I am even pondering the possibility means I…

Reconnect

An angler fishing a favorite stretch of stream might not think of it as being part of a larger watershed or basin. But that broader, landscape-scale vision is key to Trout Unlimited’s conservation strategy and success. Simply put, a river is greater than the sum of its parts. A river ecosystem is healthiest when it is…

Valley Forge TU Wins Project Healing Waters Award!

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Congratulations to Valley Forge TU Chapter #290 for winning the prestigious Project Healing Waters Chapter of Excellence Award! Read about the wonderful work Valley Forge TU does with veterans with disabilities. PHWFF Chapter of Excellence Award If you are interested in learning about the TU Veterans Service Partnership, visit www.tu.org/veterans or contact TU VSP Coordinator…

Upper James River Home Rivers Initiative

Goals The Upper James River watershed drains more than 3,000 square miles of western Virginia encompassing 10 counties and hundreds of tributary streams — the lifeblood of the James River. The majority of these mountain streams and high valley creeks historically sustained abundant populations of native brook trout and provided a steady source of clean…

Growing up with fresh water means never growing out of it

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By Mandy Nix I’ve always been a child of water. A native to the North Carolina Piedmont, I spent the stickiest of summers at Kerr Lake (pronounced “Car”), the 50,000-acre reservoir that stretches across the line between the Old Dominion and my own Tar Heel State. Some mornings I’d greet the water as a freshwater…

The time for band-aids has passed

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Make no mistake, we will double down on making communities and landscapes more resilient to the effects of climate change, and do so in a way that benefits wild and native coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. At the same time, we will work very hard with our many partners and members and supporters to pass federal legislation that slows the causes of climate change.

TU urges public comment on new designation for PA streams

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A fine wild trout from Glade Run, southwest Pennsylvania By David Kinney Paradise Creek, Tank Creek, and Devils Hole Creek are small freestone streams running through an area of the Poconos in northeast Pennsylvania that is 90 percent forest and water. All these waters harbor healthy populations of wild trout, and the Brodhead Chapter of…

Media Teleconference: TU releases '10 Special Places' report

ALLegany RedHouse Fishing youth _ALL_ (24a) copy[1].jpg Media Teleconference: New Trout Unlimited report features public fishing and hunting areas in East at risk from shale gas development Dec. 17, 2014 Contact: Mark Taylor, mtaylor@tu.org, 540-353-3556 MEDIA ADVISORY: Trout Unlimited releasing full 10 Special Places report Report focuses on protecting iconic public fishing and hunting areas…

New York volunteers spearhead barrier removal projects

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By Tracy Brown Trout Unlimited’s Columbia-Greene Chapter helped to remove two stream barriers in eastern New York, allowing native brook trout and other creek-dwelling creatures to access miles of cold water habitat. One of the projects involved removing an antiquated culvert on the Town of Chatham’s railroad bed, allowing Green Brook (above) to reestablish its…

Big projects on tap in Driftless Area

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Several major restoration projects are on tap for the coming field season in the Driftless Area, one of Trout Unlimited’s Priority Waters. Here are several of the biggest efforts on tap  Nohr Chapter – Snow Bottom Stream Improvement Project – Wisconsin  The Nohr Chapter was awarded a Department of Natural Resources Surface Water Grant to…

Check out Namebini for great fishing in Minnesota

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Namebini has been a northern Minnesota business since 2007, taking its name from the original Ojibwe name for the nearby Sucker River.  Namebini has been a northern Minnesota business since 2007, taking its name from the original Ojibwe name for the nearby Sucker River.  Since then they have offered guided fly fishing and a variety of…

Revised ‘Waters of the United States’ rule weakens protections for wetlands and streams

Revised rule implements Supreme Court opinion sharply restricting federal protections for wetlands and small streams Contacts:   ARLINGTON, Va.—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers today issued a revised Waters of the U.S. Rule sharply limiting Clean Water Act protections for wetlands and small streams that are critical to healthy and functioning…