Search results for “Potomac Headwaters”

2024 Western Regional Rendezvous

  May 17th-19th, 2024 Idaho Falls, ID Join fellow TU members, supporters and volunteers from across the region on May 17-19th, 2024 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Idaho Falls for some great fishing, informative presentations, inspiring dialogue and engaging camaraderie with those who share your dedication to TU and our mission. Located in the

Wisconsin chapter and Forest Service partner on Newman Creek restoration

Published in Uncategorized

Trout Unlimited volunteers install brush bundles on Newman Creek on July 21, 2018. By Laura MacFarland Wisconsin River Valley Trout Unlimited received $2,000 from the Trout and Salmon Foundation to improve brook trout habitat and angling opportunities within Newman Creek located on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Price County, Wisc. In partnership with the U.S.

Clean Water Rule Update: January 2020

Published in Conservation, Government Affairs, Science

Final rule announced; what it says and what comes next. Final Rule Announced.  On January 23rd, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced a final “Waters of the U.S. Rule.”  This rule replaces a 2015 Rule, which clarified the extent of jurisdictions for clean water act protections.  This new

The Apache trout: All you need to know

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Apache Trout (Oncoryhnchus gilae apache) Species Summary and Status: The Apache trout is one of only two trout native to Arizona. The Apache trout was historically found only in the nearly 700 miles of headwaters of the White, Black and Little Colorado rivers above 5,900 feet. At one point, nearing extinction, Apache trout occupied only 30

Responsible mining

Hardrock mining played an essential role in shaping the national character of the United States. It served as a catalyst for western expansion, beginning with the California Gold Rush in 1848. Today, the mining of hardrock minerals like gold, silver, iron and copper feed our economy and are essential to building the world we live

Bristol Bay giveaway

Published in Clean Water Act, Advocacy
Man fishing in clear river with hundreds of fish

Trout Unlimited in Alaska has teamed up with partners to give away a trip for two to Kulik Lodge in the heart of Bristol Bay in celebration of the Clean Water Act safeguards that were achieved earlier this year. 

Collaborative project over 10 years in the making will remove final impediment to native fish migration in Spread Creek 

Contacts: C.J. Adams, Grand Teton National Park, 307.739.3431, christopher_adams@nps.gov; Leslie Steen, NW Wyoming Program Director, Trout Unlimited, 307.699.1022, lsteen@tu.org; Mary Cernicek, Bridger-Teton National Forest, 307.739.5564, mary.cernicek@usda.gov; Mark Gocke, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, 307.249.5811, mark.gocke@wyo.gov For Immediate ReleaseNovember 12, 2021 Collaborative project over 10 years in the making will remove final impediment to native fish migration in Spread Creek 

Agencies team up to remove rainbow trout from Slough Creek tributary

Published in Conservation

The long-term goal is to establish a pure population of native Yellowstone cutthroat trout Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and the Custer Gallatin National Forest are seeking public comment on plans to remove rainbow trout from the Buffalo Creek watershed north of Yellowstone National Park to protect the genetic integrity of native cutthroat trout in

Voices from the River: A reincarnated trout?

Published in Voices from the river

Photo courtesy Colorado Parks and Wildlife. By Garrett Hanks Extinction, as the saying goes, is forever. Reincarnation? Let’s just say the jury is still out. But the case for rebirth grew significantly stronger over the summer when Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed the rediscovery of a native trout species long considered extinct. Thanks to a

Voices from the river: Being relevant

Published in Voices from the river

Some of the “new generation of conservationists,” Bay Area Youth Fly Fishing event, May 19, 2018. By Sam Davidson I recently spent a day fishing for trout—a rewarding mix of small wild fish and 10- to 12-inch stockers—on an obscure tributary to the upper Salinas River that flows out of the Santa Lucia range on

ADVISORY: Conservation Leaders Ask Senate to Protect Clean Water

News for Immediate Release June 18, 2014 Contact: Katie McKalip, 406-240-9262, kmckalip@trcp.org TODAY: Teleconference on Senate Efforts to Block Clean Water Rule Sportsmen warn Congress about dangers of derailing Clean Water Act protections for waterways and wildlife habitats WASHINGTON This week, the Senate could derail a federal rule that would restore some Clean Water Act

Pebble advisors must know the answer is still no

Published in Uncategorized

Alaska Program director, Nelli Williams, holds a microphone for a crowd of Pebble Mine opponents saying, “Wrong Mine, Wrong Place!” at a Monday rally in Anchorage. Photo by Brandon Hill From an op-ed published in the Alaska Dispatch News. Amid another EPA comment period regarding protections for Bristol Bay, Alaska from Pebble Mine (click here

Trout Unlimited, MSI launch Animas River monitoring

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 16, 2016 Contact: Ty Churchwell, tchurchwell@tu.org, (970) 903-3010 Scott Roberts, scott@mountainstudies.org, (865) 382-2993 Randy Scholfield, rscholfield@tu.org, (720) 375-3961 Trout Unlimited, MSI launch Animas River monitoring After Gold King spill, aquatic bug life offers clues to the health of the river (Durango)Trout Unlimited, Mountain Studies Institute and partners today announced plans for

TU project opens blocked trout habitat in NH

Published in Conservation

By Colin Lawson A recently completed Trout Unlimited project in Pittsburg, N.H., reconnected over 4 miles of high quality coldwater habitat for native brook trout populations in the Upper Connecticut River.  Trout Unlimited reconnected Tabor Brook to the main stem of Indian Stream, which will now allow brook trout to access headwater habitat for both fall spawning and

State of the Trout: Native fish on the Colorado Plateau and in the Southern Rockies in peril

June 23, 2015 Contacts: Jack Williams, Trout Unlimited senior scientist, jwilliams@tu.org, (541) 261-3960 Chris Hunt, Trout Unlimited national communications director, chunt@tu.org, (208) 406-9106 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Trout Unlimited report highlights challenges facing native trout in the U.S. Climate change, non-native species among biggest threats on the Colorado Plateau and in the southern Rockies WASHINGTON,

TU welcomes hundreds of new teen members

Published in Youth, Community

Each year TU welcomes 300 new TU Teen members through our twenty-four regional Conservation and Fly Fishing Summer Camps & Academies. These budding teen members are usually learning about Trout Unlimited for the first time at one of these camps, entering camp as an enthusiastic angler and leaving as an inspired conservationist. For a lot of these young fly fishers, though,

The new natives

Published in Fishing, Travel, TROUT Magazine

West slope cutthroat trout from Grayling Creek, Yellowstone National Park. Just a quick update from Yellowstone, with more to come (I promise). I had the good fortune to take a quick drive a couple of weeks ago along the Grayling Creek corridor in the northwest corner of Yellowstone National Park, and I figured I’d stop