3/25/1999 Conservationists Threaten Suit Over New Columbia River Water Withdrawal Conservationists Threaten Suit Over New Columbia River Water Withdrawal Corps of Engineers Should Reject Irrigation Project To Protect Threatened Salmon Contact: 3/25/1999 — — Three conservation groups have served notice that they intend to sue the Army Corps of Engineers under the federal Endangered Species
5/2/2003 Response To The Bureau Of Reclamation’s Proposal, Water 2025, To Address The West’s Growing Water Crisis Response To The Bureau Of Reclamations Proposal, Water 2025, To Address The Wests Growing Water Crisis Contact: Alan Moore Western Communications Coordinator Trout Unlimited 503.827.5700 x. 10 5/2/2003 — Portland, OR — Trout Unlimited commends the Bureau of
Bonneville cutthroat trout Editor’s note: TU’s Costa Five Rivers Native Odyssey team visited Utah recently on its trip across America. During our time in Utah, we sought four species of native cutthroat trout. Luckily for us, Utah has just the thing. The Utah Cutthroat Slam is a challenge that costs only $20 and is an
Editor’s note: TU sent a handful of college students to the Pacific Northwest for this year’s TU Costa 5 Rivers Odyssey to study and fish in the Columbia River basin. Oregon State University’s campus is home to the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station where the Odyssey group was fortunate enough to sit in
From ice out until late spring, pike are in the shallows and ready to hit a fly. Here in the Lower 48, it’s prime time for pike. From ice out until lakes “turn over” in the late spring, pike can be found cruising the shallows of lakes and in the froggy water of rivers in
Editor’s note: TU sent a handful of college students to the Pacific Northwest for this year’s TU Costa 5 Rivers Odyssey to study and fish in the Columbia River basin. Surrounded by the shadows of ponderosa pines, the Odyssey crew met up with Shaun Pigott, President of the Deschutes Redbands Chapter of Trout Unlimited. We set out
I’ve always been OK owning the title of that “fishing guy” pretty much everywhere I go because, after all, that’s who I am. Ever since my uncle introduced me to fishing, I haven’t had a second go by when I don’t think, speak or dream of fishing. For me, fishing is the glue that has
Contact:Kate Miller, (503) 827-5700 x16, kmiller@tu.orgRob Masonis, (206) 491-9016, rmasonis@tu.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TU: Hastings Bill Stifles Innovation, Collaboration on Dam Operations Background: On August 1, 2012 representative Doe Hastings (R-WA-4) introduced HR 6247 the “Saving Our Dams and New Hydropower Development and Jobs Act of 2012.” This bill aims to promote hydropower production by
Across the country, regional collaborations called “fish habitat partnerships” bring sometimes non-traditional partners together like sport and commercial fishing or business and government stakeholders to ensure vibrant fish habitat and communities. The idea sounds simple enough, but don’t underestimate their big effect. Together, the players fund and conduct science, restoration, protection, and education projects that are changing communities for the better. In Alaska, Trout Unlimited
Just like that it was time to say goodbye to our friends. We had finished Montana and completed 991 miles of the trail.
Last week Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) turned up the volume on the issue of recovering Snake River salmon and steelhead. Not that the issue wasn’t front and center for him before. He has been battling to find ways to bring back Idaho’s dwindling salmon and steelhead populations for years. But now that a long-anticipated Draft Environmental Impact Statement has outlined a “business as usual” approach – indeed, the preferred alternative does
By Steve Moyer River restoration proponents are celebrating the completion of the construction phase of the Penobscot River Restoration Project, one of the largest, most innovative river restoration projects in history. In an unprecedented collaboration, the Penobscot Indian Nation, seven conservation groups including Trout Unlimited, hydropower companies PPL Corporation and Black Bear Hydro, LLC, and
The new confluence of Deming Creek and the South Fork Sprague River. By Chrysten Lambert Trout Unlimited, in partnership with the US Fish and Wildlife Service Parnter’s Program completed a substantial habitat reconnection project on the South Fork Sprague River, the headwaters of the iconic Klamath River. The project involved restoring the Deming Creek tributary
May 5, 2016 Contact: Chris Wood, President and CEO, Trout Unlimited, (703) 284-9403 Rob Masonis, Vice president for Western Conservation, Trout Unlimited (206) 491-9016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TU renews call for collaboration to restore Columbia and Snake river salmon after court rejects latest federal plan PORTLAND Federal district court Judge Michael Simon rejected on May
Editor’s note: The TU Costa 5 Rivers Program sent a handful of college students to the Columbia River basin to study the challenges facing the drainage’s fisheries. At 6 a.m. we started driving from La Grande, Oregon to the Grande Ronde River headwaters – Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Within 20 minutes, the car’s temperature read 40
CONTACTS:Taylor Ridderbusch/ TU Great Lakes Organizer, tridderbusch@tu.org/ 715-313-0001 Bryan Burroughs/ Michigan TU Executive Director, bryanburroughs@michigantu.org, 517-599-523 (Feb. 9) FENTON, Mich. Trout Unlimited applauds Michigan Congressman Dan Kildee, D-Flint, for introducing legislation that will protect the Great Lakes and designated Wild and Scenic rivers from the harmful impact of commercial aquaculture operations. The Ban Aquaculture in
By Kyle Smith Jim Rogers first came to Elk River over 50 years ago as a forester and was tasked with logging off the watershed for its heralded Port Orford Cedar. Following a short time in the Elk basin, it quickly became clear to Jim that the river was special and that his true purpose
Remote sensing is being used to measure improvement in Lahontan cutthroat trout habitat in Nevada. By Dan Dauwalter, Kurt Fesenmyer and Helen Neville Have you ever assisted your local DNR biologist with a painstaking habitat survey on your favorite trout stream where you tediously measured the stream channel, substrates, wood, undercut banks, and so on?
Contact: Rebecca Dunlap: 570-367-8519, rdunlap@tu.orgTU Eastern Abandoned Mine Program For Immediate Release: Study Shows West Branch Susquehanna Watershed is Improving Restoration work leads to better water quality and more fish. LOCK HAVEN, Pa.A study conducted by TU shows that the overall health of the West Branch Susquehanna River and its tributaries has greatly improved, compared
2/24/2004 PacifiCorp Offers Little for Klamath Salmon PacifiCorp Offers Little for Klamath Salmon Contact: Chuck Bonham California Counsel Trout Unlimited 510.528.4164 2/24/2004 — Portland, Ore. — On Tuesday, PacifiCorp submitted an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a new license for its Klamath River hydro project that proposes no significant measures to
