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Trout Unlimited, Caribou-Targhee National Forest in Final Year of Large-scale Restoration Project Benefitting Native Fish in Idaho’s Tincup Creek

Tuesday, August 11, 2020 Contacts: Leslie Steen, Snake River Headwaters Project Manager, Trout Unlimited, 307-699-1022, lsteen@tu.org Lee Mabey, Forest Fisheries Biologist, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, 208-557-5784, lee.mabey@usda.gov TROUT UNLIMITED AND CARIBOU-TARGHEE NATIONAL FOREST COMPLETING FINAL YEAR OF LARGE-SCALE RESTORATION PROJECT FOR NATIVE FISH ON TINCUP CREEK, ID  JACKSON, Wyoming – Trout Unlimited (TU) and the Caribou-Targhee National Forest

National Conservation Agenda

Approved 9/30/16 Protect  Wild and native trout, salmon, and steelhead stream habitat, riparian zones, and their watersheds  Native trout, wild trout, & salmon and their watersheds:  Through existing and new federal and administrative land designations From the impacts of climate change From pollution from energy development, mining, agricultural run-off, acid deposition, and other sources  Against

Connecting people to policy

Published in Conservation

TU’s government and policy staff. By Chris Wood Several of the bright lights in the Trout Unlimited policy world came into the intergalactic headquarters last week. Their recent accomplishments are pretty amazing. Dave Kinney of New Jersey helped organize efforts to pass and then fund legislation for restoration in the Delaware Basin; Taylor Ridderbusch of

BTT and TU create the Lefty Kreh Memorial Conservation Fund

Published in Uncategorized

Photo Courtesy of WYPR. The Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, in partnership with Trout Unlimited, is pleased to announce the establishment of the Lefty Kreh Memorial Conservation Fund in memory of legendary angler and instructor Bernard “Lefty” Kreh. “Lefty made us all better fly casters and did so while keeping a smile on our faces,” said

Trout Unlimited Statement on the 2018 Water Resources Development Act

tu-logo-xl.jpg For Immediate Release September 17, 2018 Contact: Steve Moyer, smoyer@tu.org, (571) 274-0593Laura Ziemer, lziemer@tu.org, (406) 599-2606 Trout Unlimited Pleased by Gains, but Disappointed in Missed Opportunity in 2018 WRDA Washington, D.C.House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster unveiled the 2018 Water Resources and Development Act (WRDA)out of conference committee, S. 3021, last week

From Red Brook to Bristol Bay: scaling conservation

Published in From the President

A few days ago, the people of Wareham, Massachusetts delivered a victory for conservation. They voted overwhelmingly against the wishes of their Town Administrator, and four of their five selectmen, and denied a 775-acre development in the headwaters of Red Brook

Trout Unlimited Seeks Volunteers to Participate in Restoration Project on Hay Creek

8/1/2008 Trout Unlimited Seeks Volunteers to Participate in Restoration Project on Hay Creek Contact: Jeff Hastings: 608-606-4158 Trout Unlimited Seeks Volunteers to Participate in Restoration Project on Hay Creek Red Wing, MN Trout Unlimiteds (TU) Twin Cities and Hiawatha chapters in conjunction with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources are seeking volunteers to work on

Large-Scale Restoration Project for Native Fish Underway on Tincup Creek

Monday, August 19, 2019 Contacts: Leslie Steen, Snake River Headwaters Project Manager, Trout Unlimited, 307-699-1022, lsteen@tu.org Lee Mabey, Forest Fisheries Biologist, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, 208-557-5784, lmabey@fs.fed.us JACKSON, Wyoming –Trout Unlimited (TU) and the Caribou-Targhee National Forest (CTNF) announced today the Tincup Creek Stream Restoration Project’s third year of construction is underway. The project is a large-scale,

$2 Million in Whirling Disease Research Signed Into Law

10/13/2000 $2 Million in Whirling Disease Research Signed Into Law $2 Million in Whirling Disease Research Signed Into Law TU Praises Montana Congressional Delegation Contact: 10/13/2000 — — Contact: Steve Moyer, Vice President for Conservation Programs, Trout Unlimited, (703) 284-9406 October 13, 2000. Arlington, VA . . . Two million dollars in crucial whirling disease

Busy spring for riparian planting projects in NY

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Volunteers planted 600 native trees and shrubs along Schoharie Creek near Jewett, NY. (Photo Laura Weyeneth, Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District) By Tracy Brown Trout Unlimited had a busy spring on the banks of streams in eight watersheds in New York, planting thousands of trees and shrubs to provide shade and other benefits.

Congress Approves Funds for Restoration of American Fork Canyon Watershed

11/4/2005 November 4, 2005 Contact: Ted Fitzgerald, American Fork Home Rivers Initiative Coordinator, 801-465-9949, tfitzgerald@tu.org or Kira Finkler, TU Government Affairs Director, 703-284-9408, kfinkler@tu.org Congress Approves Funds for Restoration of American Fork Canyon Watershed Washington The United States Congress has approved $100,000 for the restoration of the American Fork Canyon Watershed. These funds were approved

Fish need water — people need jobs

Published in Community

This spring and summer, as legislators in Washington D.C. consider infrastructure investments to stimulate the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, Congress can look to partnerships like that of the Kittitas Reclamation District and Trout Unlimited as evidence of the significant value conservation work brings to communities.

Pigeons, persistence and hope

Published in From the President, TROUT Magazine

I recently read an essay where a priest on a mission to Guatemala discovered that artists from the village painted museum-quality artwork on the inside walls of a bell-tower—a place where only pigeons would see them. The story reminded me of Trout Unlimited’s work—behind the scenes, often unnoticed, complicated, hard, and, ultimately, beautiful.   What a year. We reckoned with racial injustice as a nation, and looked inward to the fact that we need to become

Trout Unlimited applauds passage of Senate Agriculture Committee's Farm Bill

Contact:Russ Schnitzer, Trout Unlimited, (307) 438-1365Steve Moyer, Trout Unlimited, (703) 284-9406 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited applauds passage of Senate Agriculture Committee’s Farm Bill WASHINGTON, D.C. Trout Unlimited commends the Senate Agriculture Committee for voting to reauthorize the Farm Bill and help keep trout and salmon resource conservation efforts in place across the nation. The