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Time to act: Rare opportunity in Congress

Published in Advocacy, Featured

This month in Congress, we have a remarkable opportunity that doesn’t come along very often—a chance to pass major legislation that would put Americans back to work while promising cleaner water, healthier rivers, and rebounding trout and salmon fisheries

Rattlesnake Dam removal is almost complete

Published in Barriers, Conservation, Dam Removal, Featured

Removal of century-old dam in Missoula, Mont., opens creek for native fish passage The opportunity for native westslope cutthroat and bull trout to move unimpeded up and down Rattlesnake Creek in Missoula, Mont., is close to reality. Contractors hired by Trout Unlimited, Montana Trout Unlimited, the City of Missoula and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks,…

Catch the F3T, help a local conservation cause

Published in Community, Featured, Fishing, Travel

The Fly Fishing Film Tour is available for online streaming right now, and if you’re interested in catching this year’s film offerings, you can buy tickets from an independent screening and help a local conservation cause in the process. So far, the F3T has raised more than $30,000 for local conservation causes via independent screenings.…

TU, BLM announce five-year, $8.9 million agreement for Western watershed restoration  

Agreement will support process-based restoration in Colorado River, California-Great Basin, and Columbia Pacific Northwest watersheds  Contacts:   Arlington, Va.—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Trout Unlimited (TU) today announced a five-year, $8.9 million agreement to reconnect and restore arid Western watersheds, including the Colorado River, California-Great Basin, and Columbia Pacific Northwest river systems. TU will…

Flood prone Lake Superior communities receive major NOAA investment 

Published in Healing our ecosystem

A coalition of partners in the Lake Superior basin have been awarded $1.45 million by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to increase climate resilience in communities hit hard by catastrophic, repetitive flooding.  Earlier this month, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department of Commerce and NOAA have recommended the funding of…

Council NLC Representative Description

NLC Representative Job Description & Key Responsibilities The National Leadership Council (NLC) Representative serves as a vital link between their state council and Trout Unlimited (TU)’s national organization. This role focuses on fostering connections, sharing knowledge and ensuring that grassroots voices influence TU’s national initiatives. An NLC Representative’s key responsibilities include: Qualifications We welcome NLC…

VSP TRAIN THE TRAINER EVENT IN SUN VALLEY!

Published in Uncategorized

Please save the date for this opportunity. The TU Veterans Service Partnership (VSP) and Higher Ground Sun Valley (HGSV) are pleased to announce our first VETERANS SERVICES PARTNERSHIP TRAIN THE TRAINER EVENT to be held in Sun Valley, ID from September 24-28. TU chapter or council volunteer VSP coordinators will receive expert training in how…

Native fish strongholds

Many populations of trout, salmon and char are at-risk. Across the country, Trout Unlimited works with various partners to ensure we do everything we can to protect these fish and the fishing opportunities they provide. We use landscape-scale conservation assessment and planning, along with local information and expertise to identify strongholds of wild and native…

It’s World Water Day. What does that mean to you?

Published in Uncategorized, Advocacy

On World Water Day, we ask ourselves not just what water means to us, but “What we can do to make it better, cleaner and more available in our communities and environment?” Learn more about the impacts of abandoned mine pollution on communities across the United States. And then check out this video to learn…

Washington Post Article: Maine Stews Over Plan to Override Salmon Policy

12/2/1999 Washington Post Article: Maine Stews Over Plan to Override Salmon Policy Washington Post Article: Maine Stews Over Plan to Override Salmon Policy Contact: 12/2/1999 — — Time was when fly rods packed the wooden racks at Eddington Salmon Club, and dozens of fishermen waded into swirling Penobscot River pools. Anglers here still recall how…

Conservationists Challenge Huge New Columbia River Water Withdrawl In Court

6/17/1999 Conservationists Challenge Huge New Columbia River Water Withdrawl In Court Conservationists Challenge Huge New Columbia River Water Withdrawal In Court Suit challenges Corps of Engineers’ failure to regulate the irrigation project, which harms salmon and steelhead Contact: 6/17/1999 — — Three conservation groups today sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in federal district…

TU Calls for Improvements to

3/9/1999 TU Calls for Improvements to TU Calls for Improvements to Conservationists Ask For ESA Listing Without Further Delay Contact: 3/9/1999 — — NOTE: The complete text of Trout Unlimited’s comments on the Maine plan may be downloaded in Adobe .pdf format from TU’s web site at http://www.tu.org/library/conservation.asp In comments submitted Monday, Trout Unlimited (TU)…

Colorado River restoration project awarded $8 million grant

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 21, 2016 Contact: Drew Peternell, (303) 204-3057, dpeternell@tu.org Matt Rice, (803) 422-5244, mrice@americanrivers.org Paul Bruchez, (907) 531-2008, reedercreekranch@gmail.com Colorado River restoration project secures $8 million grant NRCS award a huge boost for ambitious project to restore threatened river (Kremmling)The U.S. Department of Agricultures Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) today announced $7.75…

TU volunteers, staffers speak up for Chesapeake Bay funding

Published in Uncategorized

Raymond Phares (left) of Circleville, W.Va., traveled to Washington DC in late March to meet with Congressional offices in support of funding for the Chesapeake Bay Program. He was accompanied by Trout Unlimited’s Dustin Wichterman, who oversee’s TU’s restoration efforts in the up per Potomac watershed. By Mark Taylor Trout Unlimited staffers and volunteers converged…