Search results for “delaware river basin”

Newsletter highlights TU’s work in New York in 2020

Published in Community

We all know that 2020 was far from a normal year. Despite the challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, Trout Unlimited’s team in New York soldiered on. The team, which continues to grow, was able to accomplish many key projects in the field as well as to continue advocacy efforts. Below are a few of the highlights from 2020, as well as a look ahead to what’s on the horizon for 2021.

Voices from the River: Keeping the Faith

Published in Voices from the river

Nick Halle, TU’s volunteer operations coordinator, kept at it even after falling in over his head and was rewarded with this nice buck steelhead from Ohio’s Conneaut Creek during a recent TU staff steelhead outing. By Mark Taylor “I’ve lost all faith.” The admission came from Keith Curley as we stood in the snow on

A Step Forward For The Ailing Delaware River, Fishery Still At Risk From Drought

A Step Forward For The Ailing Delaware River, Fishery Still At Risk From Drought A Step Forward For The Ailing Delaware River, Fishery Still At Risk From Drought Trout Unlimited applauds DRBC action, calls for scientific review of flows for Upper Delaware tailwaters Contact: Nat Gillespie Catskills Coordinator TU (607) 498-5960 4/5/2002 — Hancock, N.Y

Native: PA’s Shades Creek is tight, fragile and fulfilling

Published in Uncategorized

By David Kinney None of us had laid eyes on the stream before, and as it turned out, we were just a bit over-equipped for the task at hand. We had four- and five-weight rods, chest waders, and a thousand flies, among them the blue-winged olives and Isonychia we’d been told to expect. One of

Conservation Funding: Interior and Related Trout Unlimited Letter to U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee for Interior, Environment and Related Agencies

Published in Uncategorized

170711_TU_FY18_IER_Approps_House_FNL.pdf July 11, 2017 RE: Interior, Environment, and Related: Proposed FY18 Budget Cuts. Dear Chairman Calvert, Ranking Member McCollum, and members of the Subcommittee: I am writing on behalf of Trout Unlimited (TU), regarding Fiscal Year 2018 appropriations for programs within your jurisdiction. These programs are of great interest to TU, and critical to the

New TU field techs get to work in Catskills

Published in Conservation

Joe Liesman and Chris Pullano recently joined the Trout Unlimited staff for six-month stints as technicians in the Upper Delaware River basin. We recently caught up with the two avid conservationists and anglers to see how things have been going.  Q: Talk a little about your backgrounds. Where did you grow up and what got you interested

Big things are happening for trout in New Jersey

Published in Uncategorized

By Cole Baldino To the average angler, New Jersey may not seem like a top fishing destination, but if you live in the Nor theast, it should be. A plethora of coldwater streams drain from the New Jersey Highlands and into the Delaware River, and Trout Unlimited is working to make the fishing even better

Colorado River Basin and Greater Southwest

STATE OF THE BASIN For far too long, the Colorado River has been overused and overworked. Despite this year’s epic winter, the system’s largest reservoirs are still less than a third full, while the Basin faces threats to its environmental, economic, and cultural values. With so much at stake for the future of the Colorado

Delaware River flow deal on the horizon

Published in Uncategorized

Photo courtesy of FUDR By David Kinney A new long-term deal is in sight on the Upper Delaware, and its drafters say it would address concerns about the effects of erratic flows and high temperatures on the river’s wild trout fishery. The broad outlines of the 10-year agreement were announced this week at a meeting

Delaware River Fly Tri paddle course

The Delaware River is the longest undammed river east of the Mississippi. Beginning below the Pepacton and Cannonsville Reservoirs on the East and West Branches, it flows south unimpeded for more than 300 miles to the Delaware Bay. Along its route to the ocean it also provides drinking water for more than 15 million people and is home to migrating American

Delaware River Fly Tri bike rules

The McDade Recreational Trail meanders through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area for 31 miles starting at Hileah and ending at Milford Beach near the town of Milford. Participants will have the opportunity to traverse roughly 6.7 miles of this trail, beginning adjacent to Toms Creek and finishing at the Eshback Boat Launch. Click HERE for the complete bike course. The course is mostly flat and the trail surface is a mix of

Leave it to Beavers

Published in Restoration

Patagonia celebrates the restoration work of TU’s Northeast Oregon Hand Crew Initiative in a new story and video