The work highlighted during the site tour provides a view of habitat related efforts to keep the Little Susitna River one of the most productive fisheries in the Mat-Su Valley.
By Laura MacFarland In 2017, Trout Unlimited staff and volunteers helped to reconnect 42 miles of coldwater habitat within the Peshti go River watershed in Northern Wisconsin, as part of TU’s Great Lakes Restoration Program. In collaboration with the Forest Service and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 10 inadequate culverts were replaced with fish-friendly
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Matthew Deitch, Center for Ecosystem Mngmt&Restoration, 510-420-4565 x106, deitch@cemar.org Brock Dolman, Occidental Arts&Ecology Center, 707-874-1557 x206, Brock@oaec.org Kara Heckert, Sotoyome Resource Conservation Dist., 707-569-1448 x104, KHeckert@sotoyomercd.org Lisa Hulette, Gold Ridge Resource Conservation Dist., 707-874-2907, lisa@goldridgercd.org Mary Ann King, Trout Unlimited, 510-649-9987, mking@tu.org Mariska Obedzinski, Univ. of CA Cooperative Extension, 707-565-2621, mobedzinski@ucdavis.edu
7/24/2000 Hands-On, Volunteer Conservation Program Celebrates 25 Years of Rescuing Rivers Hands-On, Volunteer Conservation Program Celebrates 25 Years of Rescuing Rivers Trout Unlimited’s 2000 Embrace-A-Stream Grants Fund 47 Stream Recovery Projects Contact: 7/24/2000 — — Washington, D.C.. Trout Unlimited, the nation’s leading coldwater conservation organization, today announced recipients of the 2000 Embrace-A-Stream (EAS) grants, distributing
By Chris Wood Last week, I saw a video celebrating the removal of the Tack Factory Dam on Third Herring Brook in Massachusetts. Like all dam removals, it involved many partners especially the North and South Rivers Watershed Association, local TU chapters, the MA/RI Council, NOAA, and Steve Hurley of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries
To this day, the Salmon SuperHwy partnership has removed 50 barriers and reconnected over 127 miles of anadromous fish habitat. Three of those were finished this year.
By Eric Booton I felt a slight hesitation as the group collectively chose to avert our former plans in order to float Willow Creek. I had the thought but I didn’t dare say it out loud. Was this going to be another fishless story from Willow Creek? I can’t recall how many times, but it
01/15/2008 Comprehensive agreement for Klamath Basin restoration proposed, sets stage for hyrdropower agreement and dam removal FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 15, 2008 CONTACT: Severn Williams California Trout 510-336-9566, C 415-336-9623 Chuck Bonham, Trout Unlimited 510-528-4164, C 510-917-8572 Steve Rothert, American Rivers 530-478-5672, C 530-277-0448 Brian Barr, National Center for Conservation Science & Policy 541-482-4459 x
Southern steelhead country. My son and I wandered into the land of the southern steelhead yesterday. Cactus sprouted like gargoyles from the sandstone outcroppings that lined the creek up which we hiked. This winter has been profligate all across California and yet another massive cumulonimbus cloud reared up over the peaks above us. Then it
By Dylan Cooper An important historical site in Virginia got a long-awaited face-lift after more than 70 years of being hampered by the presence of man-made barriers to aquatic organism passage. Bob Downey Branch, a Class III wild trout water, is once again open for trout thanks to efforts by Trout Unlimited and the George Washington
Major energy development proposals have such enormous implications for our waters and fisheries that there must be a high bar for approval
2/17/1999 Whirliing Disease: New TU Report on the “State Of The Epidemic” Whirling Disease: New TU Report on the “State Of The Epidemic” Updated Report Documents New Research and Continuing Challenges Facing Fisheries Conservationists Contact: 2/17/1999 — — Trout Unlimited today released a comprehensive new report detailing the current knowledge about whirling disease, the parasitic
Bonneville cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii utah) Species summary and status: The State Fish of Utah, the Bonneville cutthroat was historically found in the Bonneville Basin, including suitable habitat within Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Nevada. Although scientists believed pure strains of Bonneville cutthroat were extinct, a few isolated populations were discovered in Utah in the 1970s and
12/05/2007 New Report Looks at Impact of Climate Change on Trout and Salmon December 5, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jack Williams, TU Senior Scientist (541) 261-3960Erin Mooney TU Press Secretary (703) 284-9408 New Report Looks at Impact of Climate Change on Trout and SalmonReport Analyzes Warming Climates Effect on Fish and Rivers Washington, D.C.
1/22/2004 National Academy of Sciences Endorses Trout Unlimited’s Primary Recommendations for Atlantic Salmon Recovery National Academy of Sciences Endorses Trout Unlimited’s Primary Recommendations for Atlantic Salmon Recovery Contact: Jeff Reardon New England Conservation Director Trout Unlimited 207.623.1470 1/22/2004 — Washington — The National Academy of Sciences National Research Council (NRC) this week identified urgent actions
A majority of Wisconsin’s 115 fish species, including native brook trout, need to move throughout a watershed seasonally or at varying stages in their lifecycle to feed, find cooler water, avoid predators and reach spawning habitat. Research conducted in the early 1990s in Northern Wisconsin documented the seasonal movement of trout. When water temperatures reached
In August 2020, TU worked with our partners in northeast Wisconsin to remove a remnant logging dam in the North Branch Oconto River near Wabeno
A new executive order would require California to conserve 30 percent of its natural lands by 2030
By Shawn Rummel The West Branch Susquehanna drains an area of approximately 7,000 squares miles in north-central Pennsylvania, a watershed that’s double the size of Yellowstone National Park. Due to the large amount of public land in the basin —more than one-third is state forest, state park, or state game lands — it is a tremendous
By Shawn Rummel The West Branch Susquehanna drains an area of approximately 7,000 squares miles in north-central Pennsylvania, a watershed that’s double the size of Yellowstone National Park. Due to the large amount of public land in the basin —more than one-third is state forest, state park, or state game lands — it is a tremendous resource for outdoor recreation.
