Be the beaver
Finding new appreciation for sleeping outdoors, for water, and for the work TU is doing to restore streams
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How to catch four cutthroat trout subspecies in one day
“It wasn’t pretty, and it certainly wasn’t easy, but with my line tangled over and over again, I dabbed and flipped my fly until that hungry little guy grabbed it. It was 9 a.m., the race was on, and it was time to get on the road to our next location.”
When the weather breaks and the rains come
Photo by Mark H. Anbinder A group of friends had meticulously planned a big float of the upper Henry’s Fork from Big Springs to Mack’s Inn this past weekend. It’s been a hell of summer — we went the better part of a month without rain and here in Idaho Falls, we went through the latter
What role does climate change play in the debate over removing the four Lower Snake dams?
The data show conclusively that the Pacific Northwest’s climate is warming. The Snake River basin will experience hotter temperatures in the summer, which will make water conditions in the lower Snake River more problematic than they are at present. High water temperatures in the Snake under current conditions can take a devastating toll. In 2015,
Moving fish before the machinery arrives
Stream restoration projects require a variety of tools and tactics. Sometimes you use a trowel, and sometimes a bulldozer.
Fly Fishing as Catalyst for Change
Costa 5 Rivers Ambassador Summit realizes values of fly fishing
Trout Unlimited Supports Sen. Mark Udalls Good Samaritan Bill
For Immediate Release Contact: Chris Wood, Chief Operating Officer (703) 284-9403 Trout Unlimited Supports Sen. Mark Udalls Good Samaritan Bill Bill increases the ability for groups to clean up abandoned hard rock mines ARLINGTON, VA.–Trout Unlimited (TU) commends Colorado Sen. Mark Udall for his bill introduced today, The Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines
Attend School of Trout, become a piscatorial professor
Photo by Tim Romano I’m very excited, humbled and honored to have been invited to take part in a new endeavor called the “School of Trout.” Guide, author, and Conservation Hawks lead man Todd Tanner is the School of Trout’s creator and headmaster. It’s a weeklong school that will allow students to dive into the
TU Files Protest of Colorado Energy Lease Sale
01/29/2009 TU Files Protest of Colorado Energy Lease Sale January 29, 2009 Contact: Corey Fisher, (406) 721-1002 David Nickum, (303) 440-2937 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TU Files Protest of Colorado Energy Lease SaleProposed development threatens Colorado River cutthroat trout habitat DENVER On Wednesday, Trout Unlimited filed an official protest of a proposed Bureau of Land Management
TU's Malloch Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee on Bureau of Reclamation Title Transfers
3/24/2004 TU’s Malloch Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee on Bureau of Reclamation Title Transfers TU’s Malloch Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee on Bureau of Reclamation Title Transfers Contact: Steven Malloch Counsel, Western Water Project Trout Unlimited 206.818.0482 3/24/2004 — Washington — Steven Malloch, Western Water Project Counsel for the national conservation organization Trout Unlimited (TU), today offered
Building bridges for logging trucks … and native cutthroat trout
“People don’t necessarily think about the necessity of fish to be able to move like terrestrial animals,” said Anna Senecal, an aquatic habitat biologist with Wyoming Game and Fish. “We all know about bird migrations and we know about ungulate elk migrations, but fish need to move as well.”
Are there “good” dams and “bad” dams?
We just released an issue of TROUT magazine that focuses most of its 100 pages on the need to remove four dams from the Lower Snake River. That was an easy call for me as editor because I think removal of the Lower Snake dams, thus giving a huge percentage of steelhead and salmon in the
Fish and fire in the West
In June 2013, researcher and fisheries biologist Ashley Rust and her family were at their family cabin near Creede, Colo., when an afternoon rainstorm—a frequent occurrence in the San Juans at that time of year—worked through the area
Pacific Salmon Crisis: Seeking Shared Solutions
05/08/2008 Pacific Salmon Crisis: Seeking Shared Solutions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Brian Johnson, Trout Unlimited: (415) 385-0796 Paul Johnson, Monterey Fish Market: (510) 525-0999 Michael Brunson: Michel-Schlumberger Wine Estate: (707) 433-7427 x16 Kirk Hardcastle: Taku River Reds (AK): (808) 281-4090 Pacific Salmon Crisis: Seeking Shared Solutions CA Salmon Businesses, Chefs, Fishermen, Vintners & Conservation Groups
First look at Denali
I’d come all the way to Alaska and saw more grayling than I’d ever seen in one place. And I didn’t catch a single one from this river. And I didn’t mind a bit
Don’t ‘dis’ the whitefish that swim next to the trout we love
There’s trout water, and then there’s trout water that also holds mountain whitefish. The latter is likely healthier. Whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) are often greeted by anglers with the same enthusiasm they might afford a creek chub or a sucker. The slightly downturned snout may not be as appealing as the maw of a wild brown
Protected: Popular Southwest trout waters
Thousands of miles of trout streams in New Mexico are susceptible to the historic drought plaguing the Southwest. TU just helped protect 305 of them.
The lowly whitefish
The mountain whitefish native to the northwest U.S. There’s trout water, and then there’s trout water that also holds mountain whitefish. The latter is likely healthier. Whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) are often greeted by anglers with the same enthusiasm they might afford a creek chub or a sucker. The slightly downturned snout may not be as
Voices from the River: Days behind the oars
By Chris Hunt There’s a fine line between fishing from a drift boat and fishing from a source of chaos. The first time I rowed a drift boat, I damn near put it into the bridge abutment just above Ashton Dam on the Henry’s Fork while my two passengers—one of whom owned the boat—watched helplessly
TU lauds House passage of Protecting America’s Wilderness Act, notes benefits for habitat and sporting opportunities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Miller, Director, Government Affairs, (703) 489-6411, kmiller@tu.org Sam Davidson, California Communications Director, (831) 235-2542, sdavidson@tu.org TROUT UNLIMITED PRAISES HOUSE PASSAGE OF BILL TO IMPROVE CONSERVATION, FOREST HEALTH AND OUTDOOR RECREATION ACCESS IN CALIFORNIA The Protecting America’s Wilderness Act promotes protection and restoration of public lands and waters, wildfire risk reduction, and fishing and hunting opportunities in five national forests in California Feb. 12, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the